BUYERS ABANDON SHIP SELLERS LEFT HANGING / CORONA VIRUS BOLAGNA

[antiqueaddict1965-143]

WAS DOING GREAT BUT LAST WEEK OR SO BUYERS HAVE DRIED UP TO A NON EXISTANT STATE..NOT SURE HOW GOING TO PAY EBAY BILLS WITHOUT BUYERS ..HOPE THEY  SOON HELP OUT THE SELLERS LIKE THEY ALWAYS DO THE BUYERS..WHICH ARE NOW ALL GONE

[divwido]

I have seven bids and seven packages being picked up tomorrow.  We are not all dying.  So STOP ALREADY.

and everyone stop complaining about price gouging, out of stock and everything else.  IT'S TIME TO STOP AND SHUT UP.

[divwido]

A lot of people are being asked to work from home. They will be shopping on their lunch break. or playing solitaire.

[tommystrezures]

well said on latter part of message - here in UK much the same.  Just hope too many people aren't playing Solitaire tho their lunch breaks! 🙂

[handyhandz4u]

It will pass, normal business has eb and tide. Before you know it, you will make up in lost sales. Maybe try to diversify more, that might help too. My sales are more or less even, with some fluctuations which I always have.

[handyhandz4u]

Interesting thought, but I just keep until sold for profit. Over time everything sells. Better than to take a loss or give away, which is a big waste of time if you ask me. And my sales are more or less steady over the last 3 years. Keep my inventory updated with new from time to time not in a rush to sell anything. 

[frodobagginskennedy]

I sold a 250.00 vintage dish set.  The next day they demanded I cancel.  I opened a INP last night.  The reason for the cancel was they did not know it was used.

[456mainstreetshopping]

I sell clothing and sales have been decent. With people home they must be getting spring and summer items ready to wear when this is all over.

[jayjaspersgarage]

It all depends on scale. I have over 85,000 items in stock. Ebay is a small fraction of my business world. For someone with a few hundred or maybe a couple thousand in inventory I could understand dusting off half the inventory every six months.

[prettywoman-2012]

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@iart wrote:

What's a bolagna? Sounds like some kind of Caribbean folk dance.

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BOLOGNA is also a (beautiful) city in Italy. 

Just saying. 

PW🐿

[nilis13]

Could not of said it better myself..agree with everything you said...

[catranch69]

Last week seemed normal and the free listings helped. No one stops shopping. I see the amazon trucks all over my neighborhood. Hoping people will shop out of boredom. Job scare on the news is not helping.

[chapeau-noir]

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@iart wrote:

What's a bolagna? Sounds like some kind of Caribbean folk dance.

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Sing to "La Bamba"

Para bailar bolagna
Para bailar bolagna se necesita una poca de mustard

Ah...bolagna

Ahhhh...bolagna

[ifyouloveit]

People on my local Next Door APP are already trading eggs for TP. Apparently eggs are nowhere to be found in my area, one lady just offered 3 rolls of TP for the eggs.

I think they will start buying online, especially if they do more home quarantines. I hope they do!

[chapeau-noir]

A lot of people here are outside, gone to the mountains, etc.  Even the oldsters are out on their bikes and dog walking.  People working at home are dashing out for lunchtime walks and runs.  I'm not looking to see a lot of online clothes buying but I am listing DVDs and electronics.  IMHO, people are enjoying not being cooped up in an office and it's actually not raining here,  and if I were sick and quarantined, or quarantined and caring for someone who is sick, I'd probably not even care about spending money except on commodities.

Amazon is hiring 100,000 temp to take up the load, though.

[prettywoman-2012]

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@ifyouloveit wrote:
People on my local Next Door APP are already trading eggs for TP. Apparently eggs are nowhere to be found in my area, one lady just offered 3 rolls of TP for the eggs.

I think they will start buying online, especially if they do more home quarantines. I hope they do!

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I am ready for baking bread (if I could just find all ingredients, that is...) and there are eggs at Albertson's and Smith's (alas, not in the Super Wal*Mart, or if there were any, they sold out). Was just thinking the other day, we should set up a chicken coop. But then we also needed a cow...ouch!

PW