I thank you for your comments and views.
I never relist an item, and have a unsold rate of maybe 2 a month. I used to offer 'second chance' items where i have duplicates, but once ebay made it a 'pay on acceptance' process for the buyers including a postage, i stopped with that process.
The items i list on ebay are not the rarer items (Say £500 plus), those would go onto my fall back Set Sale location - D... cogs, and also gain exposure on various groups on FB, including my own page.
Attracting potential buyers to these locations is done through communicating, never through paid for in house promotions or 'sponsoring', which the platform has the ability to hide then un-hide once a ransom is paid.
The OP was suggested to make the start price high for protection, or maybe a reserve, im not sure how that's impacted by BPF, but it wont be a positive. Will seller fees be higher for a Private seller with a high Start price?
What faith should be attributed to ebays exposure for the item - without having to pay more for the privilege?
It seems with Simple Delivery - the option of a shipper is down to the Buyer now, so any affection to the Local Post Office for the Seller is erased.
I agree that record buyers are very trustworthy, i cant accept ebays figure which they display for 'returning Buyers' but mine is in the 90% region. One trait for that has been until the 'pay in 4 days or else' ebay rule, to offer my buyers the option to combine shipping and save postage , as the discs lend themselves to multiple item shipping.
ebay is functional as an auction site only these days as far as im concerned, but the changes they make are making that choice much more difficult.
8HzeYiHBMl7k4)ovw~~_7.JPG "aphystykqa"){kind=avatar}
