GTC is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. (I have a main selling account, which this one is not) It's more extra work, and less profit. What a waste of time having to constantly check to make sure you cancel before it renews. On weeks when I am very busy, I wound up canceling my listings up to 5 days early, just to not have to worry about it. That's FIVE DAYS of NOT having viable listings listed that otherwise could have been listed more time, possibly getting sold. Now they just sit in the unsold folder instead. And the worst of it is, that the last 5 days are often the BEST for selling.
FURTHERMORE, now, I only list once or twice a month, instead of having a few listings go up (and down) every few days. I am NOT sitting babysitting listings every day to see if they are ending soon, so it makes the listing process EXTREMELY inefficient . But that also made me lose sales, as there are times I would have otherwise listed new items, but now, won't as I don't want listings that I have to babysit all month listing every couple days. It's ridiculous, as that was a great way to sell. But it is what it is.
Also, I buy less on EBAY now too, as I am in "get rid of" mode instead of "lets see what I can add to inventory" mode. And that hurts other sellers too, as EBAY forgets that sellers are ALSO buyers.
But what can you do when they FORCE this nonsense on you. It's less money for me, and less money for EBAY.
