Yahoo Auctions to charge for listings... crap

[dcdomain]

Well I don't really do much auctioning, but at least there was a decent free alternative to Egay... now that's gone too.

---email---
On January 10, 2001 Yahoo! Auctions will introduce listing fees for sellers.
We believe that this will improve the overall quality of our listings and
make it easier for buyers and sellers to connect and transact effectively on
Yahoo! Auctions. The free listing policy on Yahoo! Auctions has attracted a
great variety of items, some of which might be more appropriately listed on
other Yahoo! services such as Yahoo! Classifieds, which remains a free
platform.

Fees will be set on a sliding scale based on the start price or reserve
price of the item, and will range from $.20 to $2.25. Our listing fees are
lower than those of other fee-based online auction services -- you'll
continue to get great value for listing your items on Yahoo! Auctions. In
addition, we will not be charging a closing fee or taking a percentage of
the final sale.

Over the past few months we have taken many steps to upgrade the quality of
the Yahoo! Auctions experience. We are dedicated to providing you with the
best auction environment for selling and buying online.

Click here for more information about our listings fees:
http://auctions.yahoo.com/phtml/auc/us/promo/fees.html

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

does this mean every seller's reserve price is gonna shoot 0.20 to 2.25?

 

[serzone]

I found this really annyoying and I'm surprised more people on this forum haven't commented on it. After all, a sizable percentage of this forum's readership is looking for deals to sell at an online auction.

I posted about this too but God locked the thread.

 

[fir3wir3]

I hope people start realizing that

eventually, every company will charge for the service their providing.

Everyone keeps flocking to these "Free services" and get upset when they want to make money

 

[xaigi]

Sucks, doesnt it?

The amusing thing is that they're killing their own auction system. The only time that I use it is when I want to avoid -bay fees. When I use it, I do so with the knowledge that it has a much lower chance of selling on yahoo than it does on -bay and that I'll problably get a lower price for it. In addition, I take the risk that the winning bidder will never pay for the item (about 5x more likely on yahoo than on -bay, according to my experience). Yahoo should wait until it reaches a higher item density or does something about it's deadbeat bidder problem before charging fees.

 

[fir3wir3]

omg, no kidding, they dont pay EVER on yahoo.

You can be assured that every newbie computer user and 12 year old kid that has yahoo set up as their homepage will go to their auctions...bid on 20 or 30 things...and then either forget they won...or they were screwing around.

I sold a autographed magazine on there one time...and someome bid 60.00 which was about what they went for at the time. I emailed him 4 times and FINALLY he responds with "Sorry, my brother was playing around and bid on it...you'll have to sell it to someone else"

EXCUSE ME? I dont think so....

I ended up just keepin' the damn thing.

I lik e-bay though, they've gotten better...but they need to simply get medievil on the people who dont pay.

 

[Bluga]

well Yahoo is money eater now. They charge you $199 if you want to get your site listed.