[Milsurplus] eBay estate lot.. now more joy from Epay

[Peter Gottlieb]

Now it's the patent system which creates monopolies. 


Peter

On Jun 9, 2012, at 7:47 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> Remember "Take your business to ANOTHER phone company"? eBay IS TPC,
> before Judge Green.
> 
> We're all gonna have bit parts in the remake of "Rollerball"
> 
> -John
> 
> ==============
> 
> 
>> Here's a news flash. Companies that don't care about customers go out of
>> business. Companies that don't care about profits also go out of business.
>> Unless of course the damn govt. steps in to screw things up. Don't like
>> eBay? Then suggest an alternative or start your own.
>> Cheers,
>> Nick
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 9, 2012, at 7:10 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ben,
>>> 
>>> 1. ePay is a public company.
>>> 
>>> 2. ePay is ONLY interested in one thing...  PROFIT.
>>> 
>>> 3. ePay makes the pretense of caring about customers.
>>> 
>>> 4. In fact, that is but a sham. Go to #2.
>>> 
>>> I've been screwed by them twice recently. CAVEAT EMPTOR!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -John
>>> 
>>> ====================
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Their latest news message:
>>>> 
>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>> 08 June, 2012 | 10:00AM BST
>>>> 
>>>> On Tuesday 10 July 2012, the maximum final value fee for private
>>>> sellers will increase from £40 to £75. This new final value fee
>>>> cap
>>>> will only impact listings with a sale price above £400.
>>>> This change applies to private sellers and will only affect items which
>>>> are listed from 10 July 2012 onwards.
>>>> -----------------------------------------
>>>> 
>>>> Talk about stating the bleeding obvious.
>>>> 
>>>> Of course it only applies over £400 sales. At £400 sale price you
>>>> still
>>>> pay £40 fee, but now, if sold for £600 instead of the £40 fee
>>>> its now
>>>> £60.
>>>> 
>>>> They make it sound like they are doing you a favour
>>>> 
>>>> Given their final price fee, listing fee, which if many pics used is
>>>> high, plus their Paypal (Ebay owned) fee its getting to the point where
>>>> its no longer a viable thing to flog junk on that site.
>>>> 
>>>> SpecialistAuctions is still only 3% fee. I don't know why more use of
>>>> that site is not made.
>>>> 
>>>> Ben.
>>>> 
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>>>> Subject: [Milsurplus] eBay estate lot
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Item number: 150829964207Not mine. I just came across it.-John=
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