My eBay sales are agonisingly slow this month. From a steady stream of bids on my vintage stuff in March to virtually nothing now. It's noticeable.
Is anyone else experiencing a slowdown, either on eBay or another site or standing or attending toy fairs?
Are you putting off vintage purchases now too?
eBay is dead here in the US - buyers have left in droves, both because of the infestation of cheap Chinese products, and the fact that most eBay listings now are actually being drop-shipped from Amazon, with all of the hassle that entails. Frankly, I'm surprised they are even around any longer. SFZ
ReplyDeleteReally SF? I'm amazed. Ebay is an American icon isn't it? How do vintage collectors get their stuff now? And what does drop-shipped mean?
DeleteDon't forget, eBay has been around for over 25 years - it's "heydey" was about twenty years ago! It still chugs along, trying to gain it's income from scams like "Promoted Listings", but it is a sad shadow of its former self. I actually think more people sell and swap vintage stuff now on Social Media platforms like Facebook. eBay is considered a bad joke now, in the US at least. SFZ
DeleteI had a whole bunch of stuff for sale on fleaBay and only sold one item since before the pandemic! Some months back I deleted all my listings. To heck with it, I'll take all my junk to the grave with me! LOL
ReplyDeleteBlimey, that's drastic Ed!
DeleteNearly three quarters of what i had to offer over the last 3 months went to overseas buyers
ReplyDeleteand i had to drop prices dramatically in order to sell.A lot of good stuff went for next to nothing.Although the posting system is a lot easier no one seems to have the disposable
income they once had to buy anymore.
It's starting to sound bad.
DeleteI almost never buy anything on eBay from America, because of the absurd Shipping costs from the US...
ReplyDeleteDo you buy in Oz Looey?
DeleteThe last 4 years on ebay have been very slow. No one is listing the good stuff.....Pyro, tudor rose or kleeware space.
ReplyDeleteCrikey, things aren't good.
DeleteI have one item on order from China, when it arrives it will be the last time I bother with eBay.
ReplyDeleteYesterday I took my listings down. It's just too expensive to deal with mailing costs on purchases in the US with eBay taking a cut of everything.
Good Lord, it's worse than I thought. There's real discontent in the States by the sounds of it Terran.
DeleteeBay is dead - long live eBay!
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