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This has been a horrid week on eBay. Only shipped about $400 worth of stuff. Had 11 auctions end with no bids. I don't recall ever having that many end like that. This is the worst week we have had since starting selling eBay 4 years ago. What is going on here??? Fall usually marked our "busy season". Anyone elses sales suffering?
I am wondering if it has to do with all the "improvements" ebay has been implementing. Lot of which I could do without.
LL
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I just opened an ebay store in March and my sales have been growing each month. Although I won't say this past week was my worst ever, it was slower than l expected. For some reason my sales seem to be great the first 3 weeks of the month and then drop off in the last week. That may have something to do with people getting paid at the end of the month so they are short on cash, I don't know.
Just speculating here, but maybe all the hurricanes and the rain/flooding they have brought to the eastern 1/3 of the country have something to do with it? I know here in Ohio we've had some serious flooding in some areas from all the rain realted to the hurricanes so it's affecting more than just the southern and eastern states.
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Hmmmm you might be right...... there I go thinking of me, me, me. and not about what is going on elsewhere. I am sure that folks have other things on their mind besides quilt racks and such...
Thanks for the reminder that there is a world out there beyond the woods...
LL
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I have been noticing the lower bids and sales as well. It happens every September to me. There are so many factors that affect buying, that I doubt it is any one thing.
But the increasing number of glitches in eBay's operation is certainly chasing many bidders away. The search process seems especially slow which discourages me from shopping eBay and sends me instead to google and amazon, both of which function efficiently and trouble free for me.
I also think the general economy is not in very good shape, and that the rosy picture we are hearing on the news is gross exaggeration of the actual reality. SOME people may be doing well, but not MOST people.
If I worked at WalMart and other big box store wages, not only would I not be able to afford their co-payments for health insurance, there would be nothing left for eBay either.
Larry
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I've been listing a lot more lately, but most items are selling at below-normal prices. I'm pretty much just clearing out old stock and breaking even.
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LL
Nothing wrong with being concerned about your business! Hang in there, from my experience and from what I've read, ebay sales are hard to predict consistently and maybe we're are just experiencing a small "famine" period. Hopefully our "feast" is coming soon! Good luck!
Michelle
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the weather is really good elsewhere where there isn't any hurricanes and clean up activity going on.
i wanna go outside and play
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I'll tell you what, I was using my Mom's computer last night on her dial-up connection. I wanted to check the price of something on ebay and it was just gad-awful-slow. I thought my brain might melt while I waited for the home page to load.
It's no wonder sales seem slow and it's no wonder people are hitting the bid/buy it now button twice. They think it didn't take the first time.
There's no way I would browse for fun at this speed. I sure hope eBay fixes it sooner rather than later.
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I am sure y'al are right..... And those pages sure do load slowly. I missed being able to buy a couple of items myself because of the slow pace.
Maybe I shall take this "down" time to clean house and reorganize before we leave for our much needed sun and surf vacation.... (hopefully without hurricanes )
LL
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We have an old laptop that we keep downstairs that I sometimes check auctions on.
This week I would have thrown myself out the window if that was the only way to get around in ebay. Everything is slow, pictures aren't loading. Not sure what is going on, but it has never been that slow. The laptop is networked in so it isn't just a dial-up issue.