@akemp1 wrote:
@theelench wrote:
The only way to hit ebay where it hurts them most is to stop buying as well as selling.
I don't think there's any need to artificially force yourself to stop using ebay.
As a buyer the total cost is generally too high now and as a seller the views are too low so naturally there will be less transactions anyway.
I think the key is ensuring people understand that there are other places where a growing proportion of things can be bought and sold with some success - that was the eye opener for me a few months ago.
Yes, I used to come to ebay and search for the items I needed. Didn't even bother to look elsewhere. Then search became more and more frustrating. So I switched to using Google. What a surprise, often there are other places that also sell what I'm looking for. Even including that e*** place that people say is dead, yet @theelench finds he does well on.
The post about the Laffer curve was interesting. The effects were known even centuries ago. E.g. post used to be hugely expensive, few could afford it. Then the penny post was introduced in 1840 and there was an explosion of growth. Many of us have albums full of penny blacks and penny reds reminding us of that!
