You have to be kidding me!
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Originally Posted by
carolinesstore
This is only meant to be a friendly suggestion. Please don't take it personally...
Post your games at reasonable prices. First of all, most everyone that uses ebid also knows of ebay, so if a game costs (on average) $20 used at ebay, don't post that same used game for double or triple that amount here. It simply wastes time and space. It also does not help this site any. If you really want to sell your games, get serious about it and post it at a price that will actually sell.
I understand that part of why the prices are higher here is that you'll probably only get one bid per item, but you should then post your items at approximately ebay's closing prices for that item since that (supply and demand) is what determines a real buying price (not just what you want it to be).
I had expected to find games $1-5 cheaper here because ebay charges so much more to the seller than ebid does, but alas I am disappointed to have only found one reasonably priced game here. I'll go ahead and buy it to support the site, since a site competition among ebay and others should cause ebay to stop charging so much in fees, but am disappointed that that appears to be all I will do at this site.
Think about it: you could post a game to sell here for $27 when it usually sells for $30 on ebay, sell it (or sell multiples of it), and turn a bigger profit than someone who posts said item on ebay for the standard $30... or you could post it on ebid for double or triple the usual selling price at ebay and never sell it here.
Believe me, people savy enough to know of ebid in addition to ebay are not so dumb as to buy an item without finding its approximate value first. The fact that they've gone to two or more sites to look for something shows that they are looking for it cheap. Also, bear in mind that videogames almost never increase in value. I can only think of 3 that have: Valkyrie Profile 1, Tactics Ogre:LUCT, and Suikoden 2; and they were all rare games to begin with.
Again, this is just a friendly suggestion, so please don't let it upset you.
Are you seriously going to tell sellers how they should run their stores / items they want to sell? I just read your 1st paragraph and needed to respond to it. I'll have to read the rest too and I'm sure I'll have more to say. I'm been on greedebay since Jan 03'. First of all; so what if it's the same price as ebay. I hate it when buyers gloat and say well I could buy this game for less elsewhere ... It's like and why do I care? What if I paid more for the game or I think it's a rare game don't your think a seller has the right to post their auctions at whatever costs the want. There is a difference with ebid and greedbay; the fees. So the actual price of the game might be the same but the shipping shouldn't it should be cheaper here since the fees are nothing compared to greedbay.
Moving an item is good and all but making money is better. Why settle for what ebay's closing auctions are when you know what you want to get and don't mind waiting for that amount. Once day a buyer will be looking for that game and will buy it from you at the price you want to sell it at.
P.S. I just made and account with ebid so I'm still kinda new here but I'm definetly not new to selling / shipping items and without dealing with excessive fees I think I can relax a bit more here which in the end so will my shipping costs for buyers. Once I figure out how to import my items from greedbay without the hassle of listing each auction individually all 1200 items will be here and you can see what I have to over; but don't be telling me "Oh I can find a better deal else where" cause I really could care less!