Shipping charges

[mickybruce]

eBay sellers have some great items to sell, but when they include shipping charges on items, many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account.  Sorry people but that’s what makes you loose watchers, and buyers.

[krazzykats]

Enhance the "offer," and present a better deal.

Large booksellers, including yourself and others, have inspired the idea of offering a 'buy one, get one at 50% off' to provide customers with savings. Some promotions are 'buy three, get one free.' Such offers are likely to boost sales if customers receive good or excellent value for their money.

[dbfolks166mt]

@mickybruce 

Good thing I'm selling items that can't be found on Amazon.

     Not sure what you are selling since you have no listings on this account, which I assume is your posting account. Ironically with the Amazon FBA program the breadth of products on Amazon has expanded greatly. It is where I purchased my last couple of Morgan Dollars and an old vintage chess set. A friend of mine collects Pokemon cards and has acquired quite a few rare ones off of Amazon. 

[dbfolks166mt]

@mickybruce wrote:

many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account

Whether or not the seller has a shipping charge, if it is cheaper on Amazon then it is cheaper on Amazon.

Most sellers here are not interested in taking a loss just to get a sale.

Also ... are you factoring in the cost of Amazon Prime? If prices on Amazon are 10% cheaper than eBay, you would need to buy $1400 worth of stuff there before you came out ahead after the $139 cost of Amazon Prime. 

     It's not always just the cost of the items it is some of the other perks that come with Prime like streaming and other discounts. It is also sometimes about speed. A lot of things I can order off Amazon before 10:00 A.M. are delivered to my house the same day before 7:00 P.M. even on the weekends and holidays. 

[powell-collectibles]

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@stainlessenginecovers wrote:

Loose is your pants after 2 months of Ozempic

Lose is what the Yankees did

When you add the $16 a month for the wonderful Amazon account, did you really buy that much 12 months out of the year, to really save?? 

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Depends on what you buy, how often you buy. I do save. I’ve done the math on buying small items that I need quickly. It usually isn’t stuff that I would buy on eBay – rather stuff that I would get at the hardware store or target. The savings isn’t so much in the item price, rather in saving time and fuel to make a trip. 

And there are a lot of things where you might save on eBay one week, then Amazon another. New vinyl records is a pretty good example – there are some great deals on eBay, and often there are some amazing deals on Amazon.

for most common, new items, Amazon is cheaper when you factor in the savings on shipping if you have prime. Even if you don’t have prime, you can get free shipping if you buy enough in one order.

[ittybitnot]

When you add the $16 a month for the wonderful Amazon account, did you really buy that much 12 months out of the year, to really save?? 

@stainlessenginecovers 

I can contribute to that question.  The answer is YES.  The nearest town with any stores is 29 miles away on the other side of a mountain from me.  Therefore, it  often makes little sense (for me) to get in the car and go to a "store" other than for groceries, haircuts, large readily available items, etc.  Though I am an advocate for choosing a "small businesses" to patronize,  I would likely "pay more" LOL, not to have to make that 29 (x2) mile  drive only to find out the "physical store" was out of stock (i.e. it might come tomorrow...can I order it for you? etc.)   

Need your usual "unscented" deodorant (LOL) ?  Go to perhaps to three stores looking for it, or get 2 for the price of one and have it the next day online from AZ.  They deliver on Sunday, and I won't have to worry about smelling bad for another six months. 

[brightlightbookseller]

But why would we?  Our sales are doing great at the prices we offer now.  Why discount even more when our stuff sells?  We discount based on age of the listing alone.

[bashort]

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@mickybruce wrote:

eBay sellers have some great items to sell, but when they include shipping charges on items, many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account.  Sorry people but that’s what makes you loose watchers, and buyers.

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Try finding a original parking brake lever for a 1955 Ford F100 on Amazon at all let alone prime, those are the kind of things that ebay dominates the market on. 

[gone.c-33]

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@stainlessenginecovers wrote:

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@chevymontecarlo88 wrote:

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@stainlessenginecovers wrote:

Loose is your pants after 2 months of Ozempic

Lose is what the Yankees did

When you add the $16 a month for the wonderful Amazon account, did you really buy that much 12 months out of the year, to really save?? 

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You had to bring the Yankees into it. 😂

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I started to say 'Bengals' from last night, but figured since it was on Amazon Prime, nobody really watched it. 

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Just say the Saints. This losing streak is about to have us put paper bags on our heads again when going to the dome… 

[myfrugalboutique]

@mickybruce 

Why don’t you wander back over to the Amazon forums. I sold on Amazon for 10 plus years…I loved the money..hated their business model. I have sold on eBay for 23 and find it much more rewarding from a customer service level.

I do not like Amazon. I don’t like what they represent, and more. So take you sage advice somewhere that it is appreciated. 

[bonjourami]

I sold on Amazon many years ago,hated their treatment of sellers, worse than Ebay then..maybe its better now.

[brightlightbookseller]

It's certainly no place to express an opinion with no basis in reality.

[bonjourami]

"You know if EBay sellers are like you, with no open mind, and rude things to say, I wouldn’t be surprised if your customers aren’t switching!  I can see this is no place to express an opinion!"

You are certainly free to express your opinion here, but just be aware that you get back what you give on the board.

[dbfolks166mt]

@mickybruce wrote:

eBay sellers have some great items to sell, but when they include shipping charges on items, many times I can purchase it cheaper on My Prime Amazon account.  Sorry people but that’s what makes you loose watchers, and buyers.

Try finding a original parking brake lever for a 1955 Ford F100 on Amazon at all let alone prime, those are the kind of things that ebay dominates the market on. 

     Do you have a part number? I can't see where you have one listed either.

[myfrugalboutique]

@mickybruce 

Check out my 5 digit feedback. I am hardly rude to my customers. Frankly you are contributing absolutely nothing to this board and there are people here who have legitimate questions

[bonjourami]

"You know if EBay sellers are like you, with no open mind, and rude things to say, I wouldn’t be surprised if your customers aren’t switching!  I can see this is no place to express an opinion!"

With over 39,000 feedbacks, I would say myfrugalboutique does very well for herself.