When the GTC policy was announced in the early update I knew immediately that it would kill my sales by eliminating the short duration fixed priced listing. I had success with strategic 3/5/7 day fixed price durations with or without best offer. Some called it 'gaming' the search engine, but it seemed to be the only way I could get cassini to put me on the first page, and add the urgency factor.
As I expected my sales here have gone to near zero, so I essentially stopped listing here. Meanwhile I revisited the other venue that rhymes with Betsy after not using that site for a couple years. It was better on eBay back then, so I never needed Betsy, though I opened an account there and sold a few things. Anyway I listed about 35 items there in the last 30 days. I've had 14 sales, netting only a couple hundred bucks, but still more than here. I have four TRS accounts here with only a few listings on three of them at this time. One is empty. I have been selling here since 1998. All four accounts have hundreds to thousands of positive feedbacks.
Some say the GTC thing can't be judged yet because its only 30 days old, I say that is true. The "you know what" has yet to hit the fan. It's been a good run, but the writing has been on the wall for some time, and this last 'improvement' is just a few more nails in the coffin. It's already sealed tight. I pity the poor folks who will soon be hearing the dirt coming down on top of the pine box. I'm still here and won't be quitting, but for the most part, it's over for me as long at the short durations are gone.
