Has E-bay sellers lost their minds?

[bullsie]

When I put something on ebay to sell, I have no say on the price of the 'buy it now' option. Example: I want to sell something and put a start price at $10. I would like to get $20 for it so that stands to reason I would use that price for 'buy it now'. Well, ebay says NO! To list the option of 'buy it now' ebay tells me I MUST ask $35 for it or don't use 'buy it now'. Very nasty business. (these are made up prices, but you get the picture!)

 

[JAB]

Seriously?? You the seller cannot dictate the 'buy it now' price??

 

[bullsie]

Seriously?? You the seller cannot dictate the 'buy it now' price??

Yep! Won't sell on ebay anymore. Too bossy and too greedy.

 

[Happypaphy7]

Not true. You can set any price as you want.
Just have a look around the website. Lots of BIN items at varying price ranges.

Also, I sold a few. I could put any number I wanted.

 

[Ozpaph]

First of all if they are going to ebay then I am not sure they are actual hobbyists interested in the perpetuation of our hobby?! Most people I have met that shop ebay are looking for a "bargain," a "steal" regardless of what it is they are buying. Of course there are exceptions, but overall folks who use ebay are not concerned with bigger pictures.
.

That's certainly not true in Oz. Ebay is one of the very few ways you can get quality plants. I buy regularly on Ebay. There simply arent any/many true paph nurseries left here. Importing paphs , except for flasks, is near impossible. Its the only way to get divisions of high quality plants. Several of our ST members regularly sell top quality plants on Ebay; mostly grown on from flask. The prices can get ridiculous, though.

The two old adages still apply -
"Buyer beware"
and " A fool and his money are soon parted".

 

[bullsie]

Not true. You can set any price as you want.
Just have a look around the website. Lots of BIN items at varying price ranges.

Also, I sold a few. I could put any number I wanted.

Ebay wouldn't let me set my BIN price. I'd have loved to have set my own BIN price. They just wouldn't accept it. If I wanted the auction up, had to do it their way. Bidding prices where whatever I wanted, but never BIN.

 

[Hien]

Ebay wouldn't let me set my BIN price. I'd have loved to have set my own BIN price. They just wouldn't accept it. If I wanted the auction up, had to do it their way. Bidding prices where whatever I wanted, but never BIN.

I am confuse as well , but I think, Happypaphy7 and you are talking of two different things:
-one is competitive bidding with an extra BIN (before anyone submits the first competitive bid, one can submit a buy it now)
and
-listing with just one feature BIN
Is that where the two of them are different in price setting?

 

[bullsie]

I am confuse as well , but I think, Happypaphy7 and you are talking of two different things:
-one is competitive bidding with an extra BIN (before anyone submits the first competitive bid, one can submit a buy it now)
and
-listing with just one feature BIN
Is that where the two of them are different in price setting?

Yes, you have it! If I just went with BIN, I believe I could have set the price I wanted. But if I went with both bidding and BIN, I could not make my own BIN price. My example was of the later.

 

[cattmad]

I sell on eBay, but don't offer buy it now, only auctions

The market is very different here though

 

[Paph_LdyMacBeth]

Move to Canada where there are next to no orchids for sale on ebay Problems solved! Ha ha ha