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

[J. Forster]

And very deep pockets to pay lawyers, coupled with political connections,
like LightSquared.

-John

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> 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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