Ebay's Not So Wonderful Anymore-A Seller's View

Ebay used to be a great site to sell on. It was fun watching the closing minutes of auctions and seeing two people fight over a post card you bought for a dollar and see it pushed to ridiculous levels. That's not happening much anymore. Maybe it's the economy, maybe it's the millions of people who are NOT looking at your item. So much is offered on Ebay, the sophisticated buyer will wait till someone else down the road offers the same item. And they will. It's mind boggling how many people are selling on Ebay and Ebay's new feature of allowing the seller to see how many people are watching an item is just plain depressing. No last minute hopes that ten people will emerge to snipe in the closing seconds. If three people are watching your item one has one just like that and wants to know what it's worth, the other sold it to you and wants to know how much you made on it, and the other will forget to bid. My latest attempts to offer items have had dismal results, with my profits eaten up by fees from the items which did not sell. These are the things that led me to establish my own web site. www.tennrebgirl.com. At least now when my items don't sell I won't have to pay a fee for it.