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websilverjewel · ‎03-10-2019

I know its GTC but anyway to get around the worry of accidentally forgetting to check one day and loosing my shirt on fees? Figured I'd check one last time before I throw the towel in. I like it how it is now, list it and forget it till it sells or the 30 day ends.

The only thing I have to come to a conclusion on is to let my all listings end this month, not list or relist anything in March and wait till April 4th to relist exactly 50 and only relisting on the 4th of each month. Pass on all free listing promos and just accept that I wont list much here anymore.

fern*wood · ‎03-10-2019

I haven't seen anything like that being offered. I've read numerous posts by helpful ebayers offering charts and advice about how to avoid being hit by the double listing fees within the month, and have even claimed those listings are the only ones that pose an issue.

I imagine there are plenty of sellers like me that have built up hundreds of listings on IDs (sans a store) by using the free listing promos offered by ebay. We list and let them end if not sold and wait for another, rinse and repeat as needed.

There will probably be a plethora of sellers that never see or read the update, and then get hit with relisting fees when hundreds of listings start to roll and quickly wipe out the monthly 50 freebies. This can occur any day of the month, not just at month end. It seems to be the elephant in the room. I've posted a few times but haven't seen many discuss this. One poster did tell me not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but offered no further explanation. I'm too dense to understand what that meant exactly with my concern.

castlemagicmemories · ‎03-10-2019

You are NOT dense! Don't ever think that!

Just hazarding a guess, but maybe they meant that many might be wiped out by fees and leave, so there would be less competition, hence, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

divwido · ‎03-10-2019

You could do something very basic and put a pull date in the title. Then you scroll through looking for the dates coming up.

Good Moms let you lick the Beaters.

Great Moms turn them off first.

divwido · ‎03-10-2019

A don't worry about it so much. You still have auctions too.

Good Moms let you lick the Beaters.

Great Moms turn them off first.

yuzuha · ‎03-10-2019

@divwido wrote:
You could do something very basic and put a pull date in the title. Then you scroll through looking for the dates coming up.

You don't even have to do that. Just sort your listings on the Listings screen by ending soonest; anything that is ending within the next 24 hours will have its time left shown in red.

fern*wood · ‎03-10-2019

@castlemagicmemories wrote:
You are NOT dense! Don't ever think that!

Just hazarding a guess, but maybe they meant that many might be wiped out by fees and leave, so there would be less competition, hence, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Thanks for at least giving me a possible answer. It looked like a slam since they deleted it, but maybe that's what they meant. I don't know, though, since it would also wipe me out on that ID if I were to miss getting them ended. It's like no one wants to discuss this angle.

I always felt the free listing promos were pushing me toward a store, but this seems to up the game a bit by upping the financial risk. I have one store and won't open another, so most of the listings on my second ID will probably just go away now.

luckythewinner · ‎03-10-2019

@fern*wood wrote:
It seems to be the elephant in the room.

Cambridge English Dictionary:

an elephant in the room
informal
"If you say there is an elephant in the room, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about."

This subject has been discussed relentlessly here ever since the announcement was made. In fact there are seven differnet threads about GTC on the front page of this board right now.

websilverjewel · ‎03-10-2019

@luckythewinner wrote:
@fern*wood wrote:
It seems to be the elephant in the room.
Cambridge English Dictionary:
an elephant in the room
informal
"If you say there is an elephant in the room, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about."

This subject has been discussed relentlessly here ever since the announcement was made. In fact there are seven differnet threads about GTC on the front page of this board right now.

I figured it was, guess it means its a big deal if there are so many threads.

fern*wood · ‎03-10-2019

@luckythewinner wrote:
@fern*wood wrote:
It seems to be the elephant in the room.
Cambridge English Dictionary:
an elephant in the room
informal
"If you say there is an elephant in the room, you mean that there is an obvious problem or difficult situation that people do not want to talk about."

This subject has been discussed relentlessly here ever since the announcement was made. In fact there are seven differnet threads about GTC on the front page of this board right now.

I'm fully aware of what an elephant in the room signifies and did not need a dictionary to 'splain it to me. I have seen numerous threads and read numerous posts, but I must have missed all the ones discussing anything but being charged twice in a month. I see charts and advice of how to avoid that happening and posts claiming how rare it will be to have a problem, but I fail to see all the posts talking about hundreds of listings that can roll that were created with free listing promos. Many will be caught by this and probably by design.

I'll not post about it again and I will handle my listings. Thanks anyway.

websilverjewel · ‎03-10-2019

@divwido wrote:
A don't worry about it so much. You still have auctions too.

Auctions aren't useful for the majority of my items. I like the idea of the date in the title, a visual reminder...but I don't look at my listings after they are up unless someone has a question or it sells.

divwido · ‎03-10-2019

Yes, but you have only a few listings. I run two to three hundred just on eBay.

Good Moms let you lick the Beaters.

Great Moms turn them off first.

websilverjewel · ‎03-10-2019

@fern*wood wrote:
I haven't seen anything like that being offered. I've read numerous posts by helpful ebayers offering charts and advice about how to avoid being hit by the double listing fees within the month, and have even claimed those listings are the only ones that pose an issue.

I imagine there are plenty of sellers like me that have built up hundreds of listings on IDs (sans a store) by using the free listing promos offered by ebay. We list and let them end if not sold and wait for another, rinse and repeat as needed.

There will probably be a plethora of sellers that never see or read the update, and then get hit with relisting fees when hundreds of listings start to roll and quickly wipe out the monthly 50 freebies. This can occur any day of the month, not just at month end. It seems to be the elephant in the room. I've posted a few times but haven't seen many discuss this. One poster did tell me not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but offered no further explanation. I'm too dense to understand what that meant exactly with my concern.

I wager many smaller or part time sellers haven't seen the spring update. eBay communication goes to my eBay inbox not my regular mail, so I didn't see it right away. I saw it on the Seller boards first.

websilverjewel · ‎03-10-2019

@divwido wrote:
Yes, but you have only a few listings. I run two to three hundred just on eBay.

Yes I have let my 180 listings roll off the last few weeks in preparation since I don't have a store and only use the 50 free ones and promos. I have 300+ listings on other platforms.

goodluckselling · ‎03-10-2019

@websilverjewel wrote:
I know its GTC but anyway to get around the worry of accidentally forgetting to check one day and loosing my shirt on fees? Figured I'd check one last time before I throw the towel in. I like it how it is now, list it and forget it till it sells or the 30 day ends.

The only thing I have to come to a conclusion on is to let my all listings end this month, not list or relist anything in March and wait till April 4th to relist exactly 50 and only relisting on the 4th of each month. Pass on all free listing promos and just accept that I wont list much here anymore.

Within 48 hours of the release of the eBay early seller update there was an announcement from an approved eBay third party listing tool (I think it was inkfrog?) that announced because of this jowly announcement they were adding a scheduled ending for GTC listings. Exactly what you are asking for. I applaud them for being proactive and knowing the current direction of the eBay marketplace.

You can search google for them, but what you probably need to know is third party listings tool generally always cost a monthly fee? The cost to use these tools will probably offset the saving from using this tool versus the occasional listings fee you will endure?

Good Luck Selling!