HermitFromPluto wrote:I thought when you listed anyone could find your items simply by making a worldwide search. Does this mean they are planning to limit worldwide searches and make Sellers pay for people overseas to be able to find their items?

I saw this today and wonder the same thing, Hermit.  Can folks overseas see my auctions?  It's odd, but more than half of my sales the past couple of months have been overseas - Singapore, Denmark, Finland, Italy, France and Japan in addition to the much beloved UK and Canada.  But that stopped about three weeks ago, and now it's mainly US, with a couple of notable exceptions.  With the weakness of the dollar one would think the opposite would be the case.  Anyone else seeing a similar trend?

lucyjoyce wrote:
I saw this today and wonder the same thing, Hermit.  Can folks overseas see my auctions?  It's odd, but more than half of my sales the past couple of months have been overseas - Singapore, Denmark, Finland, Italy, France and Japan in addition to the much beloved UK and Canada.  But that stopped about three weeks ago, and now it's mainly US, with a couple of notable exceptions.  With the weakness of the dollar one would think the opposite would be the case.  Anyone else seeing a similar trend?

It would be insane for Ebay to do this, but then again....I do know I'm getting about as much international buys as ever, haven't noticed a slowdown yet.

I know for certain that I wouldn't chose to list in individual markets overseas.  Maybe it's another part of Ebay's attempt to drive out smaller sellers, as larger sells might not have a problem with multiple listing fees.

Mike B.

Badmike wrote:It's a non-competetive clause that frankly I'm on Ebay's side about....screw the damn french anyway, if they want their culture to be "pure" then why let them on Ebay? Ebay should just shut down Ebay France and block all email registrations originating from France. That case is a crock.

Mike, while I agree with you I can't help but laugh at the irony.

"Today's ruling is about an attempt by LVMH to protect uncompetitive commercial practices at the expense of consumer choice and the livelihood of law-abiding sellers that eBay empowers everyday.

Here is eBay complaining about uncompetitive practices when they are trying to do the same in Oz with Paypal.  I can only hope the ACCC hits them hard on this.  Otherwise I am sure they will try this in the US/UK.

improvstone wrote:
Here is eBay complaining about uncompetitive practices when they are trying to do the same in Oz with Paypal.  I can only hope the ACCC hits them hard on this.  Otherwise I am sure they will try this in the US/UK.

Looks like they changed their mind on Paypal ...  Sort of ...

http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/ebay-backs-down-on-paypal-changes/2008/07/03/1214950928313.html

Now we are forced to give Paypal as an option

megnelwil wrote:Well I guess I've been 'upgraded' to the new search. Does anyone else just love the way it replaces your search term should it feel the need - or has it always done this and I've never noticed? The term 'tractics' is converted to 'traction', for example. Marvelous, I may THINK I know what I want to search for but eBay knows even better! This mind-reading feature can be outwitted by enclosing the term in double quotes.

And has the USA really stopped selling Traveller items? There are barely any on offer, about a third of the UK listing total. What the hell is up with that? All my automated searches have been affected too.

Your search using marklands  returned 0 results. This keyword has been replaced with maryland. Undo

I'm beginning to think ebay is an evil that must be stopped. Unfortunately, I'm stuck there.

NO! I did mean Maryland!
Buggers.

http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives/019366.html

Brette:)

Wags wrote:I've tried and tried to become confident in http://rpgmarketplace.com as I see it as a great alternative to Ebay.  However, for some (several) reason(s) the site just isn't catching on.

 To the operator of http://rpgmarketplace.com I beg you, make it work!  There needs to be more stuff listed, more stuff purchased, and an easier registration process.  Yeah, I'm the guy who has an msn.com account and it was declined initially because it's not a "for fee" e-mail account.  Thank you for allowing me to register anyway (much appreciated) but I couldn't help thinking of how many buyers are not able to buy from your site.

 I understand your reasoning, it's hard to track someone if they have a free and somwhat anon e-mail address and you're looking to protect your sellers and reputation.  I personally use msn.com because I can get to it from ANYWHERE and I travel a lot (and I mean a WHOLE LOT).  Also, my home moves about every 3 or 4 years and since I don't like AOL or E-link, I go with local providers and that means changing e-mails unless I use something like msn.com.  Enough about me though...

 I would love to have 100% of my buying and selling done through your site but you've got to attract more sellers and LOTS more buyers.

 Please know that I'm not complaining, I'm encouraging; maybe even begging.  Go for it!  Take on Ebay and make a BILLION dollars!

Hey Wags;

Not exactly speaking for Doug, but RPGmarketplace has always been what you make of it. It's just a venue minus all the cherry on tops of Ebay and such, a place just to list stuff without charging.  But the catch is you (and me, and anyone listing there) has to do ALL the marketing.  Doug has a really good regular job; he doesn't have a lot of incentive to spend hours doing more and more for the site, unfortunately.  During the first few months of RPGmarketplace I posted here and on Dragonsfoot weekly updates; I have not been able to keep up that schedule, even though there are many, many really rare and interesting RPG items there (also, the marketplace got it's 100th member last week!!!!).

I have been very busy this year getting ready for Gencon, and thus have not been able to list or contribute as much as I could.  This will change a lot after Gencon as I hope to list quite a bit afterwards.  At it's heart the Marketplace is not a competitor to Ebay but instead an alternate venue to avoid paying Ebay fees for listing or selling.  I would encourage anyone trading or buyng and selling amoung Acaeum members that are registered to do so through the marketplace to give it more traffic and more visitors; also to mention it if you are at another site if someone asks for an alternative to Ebay.  Hopefully the more time it's up, the more it will be noticed and used as a trading spot.

Mike B.

Badmike wrote:

Hey Wags;

Not exactly speaking for Doug, but RPGmarketplace has always been what you make of it. It's just a venue minus all the cherry on tops of Ebay and such, a place just to list stuff without charging.  But the catch is you (and me, and anyone listing there) has to do ALL the marketing.  Doug has a really good regular job; he doesn't have a lot of incentive to spend hours doing more and more for the site, unfortunately.  During the first few months of RPGmarketplace I posted here and on Dragonsfoot weekly updates; I have not been able to keep up that schedule, even though there are many, many really rare and interesting RPG items there (also, the marketplace got it's 100th member last week!!!!).

I have been very busy this year getting ready for Gencon, and thus have not been able to list or contribute as much as I could.  This will change a lot after Gencon as I hope to list quite a bit afterwards.  At it's heart the Marketplace is not a competitor to Ebay but instead an alternate venue to avoid paying Ebay fees for listing or selling.  I would encourage anyone trading or buyng and selling amoung Acaeum members that are registered to do so through the marketplace to give it more traffic and more visitors; also to mention it if you are at another site if someone asks for an alternative to Ebay.  Hopefully the more time it's up, the more it will be noticed and used as a trading spot.

Mike B.

I'd love to see a viable alternative to ebay. I will have to check the place out again. For some reason I looked into it but something didn't click for me.

HermitFromPluto wrote:
That link does not work, but I assume you were posting about this story:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/ebay-bac ... 28313.html

I think, this is good news for Ebay Sellers worldwide and shows that Sellers, which make the company all its money, do have some say in their policy proscriptions.

I have to disagree.  Paypal seem to have still got their way (for the moment).  Every Aussie auction now has to have Paypal as an option and as a seller you are not allowed to even suggest you prefer another option.

Now the use of paypal is at the discretion of the buyer and not the seller.

This issue still hasn't played itself out ....