ebay shipping supplies - beginning of the end?

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

Just went to use up some of the quarter's coupons and see "limited quantity" on everything I looked at.

[threshold.sales.group]

Yep, not a good indicator for the program continuing.  Wonder if that's a sign of what's coming in the Spring Update?

Fwiw, those supply vouchers were given as an offset to a big price increase a while ago.  

[cascarole]

Also, the seller opted into Managed Payments, so you cant use Pay Pal to supplement the Voucher. That contributed to me downgrading my store, since that perk was part of the reason for keeping it...

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

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@threshold.sales.group wrote:

Yep, not a good indicator for the program continuing.  Wonder if that's a sign of what's coming in the Spring Update?

Fwiw, those supply vouchers were given as an offset to a big price increase a while ago.  

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Uhuh. If they do away with the free supplies coupon they need to roll back the store fees as well.

[gamersbaystore]

I bet they're having a hard time keeping up new inventory given the fact they give everything away for free. ebay is really operating at a loss with this, but its obvious they're doing this as a means to try and compete with Amazon. They want their brand name on the package! Its old fashioned marketing that works; a simple logo can go a long ways.

But I too noticed the same issue the last time I went to use my voucher, practically everything was listed in short supply.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@threshold.sales.group wrote:

Yep, not a good indicator for the program continuing.  Wonder if that's a sign of what's coming in the Spring Update?

Fwiw, those supply vouchers were given as an offset to a big price increase a while ago.  

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Maybe they are just waiting on stock?  I know, maybe I am dreaming there.

I remember that as an offset to a price increase.

[beardedbovine]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:

Just went to use up some of the quarter's coupons and see "limited quantity" on everything I looked at.

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They changed the design. Polymailers & airjackets that have a large blue ebay logo are a new design. Polymailers & airjackets that have a very tiny ebay logo and the phrase "shop like nobody else because you aren't like anybody else" are the old design being phased out.

The store is branding the old design as limited edition because once they sell out that's it. They did the same thing when they changed the logo on the packing tape a few months ago.

[femmefan1946]

Meh.

If I have 1000 widgets, that is a limited quantity.

If I have 999 buyers, the limit is unimportant.

If it takes me a month to get another 1000 widgets and I have 1001 customers, that's still a limited quantity, but I will have more in future.

TL/DR -- It's an advertising gimmick.

Buy now-- we might run out!!!

BTW- I have four different designs on the envelopes I have in stock. I assume these will continue to change. They are not "collectible".

[beardedbovine]

I re-read and saw that you meant limited quantity, not limited edition. Ignore my above post.

Limited quantity is text automatically thrown up there by eBay based on the original stock vs current stock... no matter who the seller is or what the item is. It has no bearing on whether the eBay branded supplies will stick around.