12-12-2017, 06:06 PM
(12-12-2017, 02:12 PM)JonE Wrote: If all the cherished suppliers were to embrace the marketplace there, then the sacrifice of the occasional 10% ebay plus 2 or 3% paypal fees on a sale would far outweigh the positive advertising space for promoting the business subtly to new people outside of this hallowed circle.Cherished suppliers are well known to seasoned Austin Seven owners, so why use eBay as a platform,that way we would all be paying an extra 15% or our cherished suppliers would be making a loss of the same amount.Not good for any of us.
If it were done on high value or specialist items (like say, a steering box or Sports steering arm), then people see the ad but don't necessarily buy. Many businesses DO promote their contact details rather than being invisible, known only to to people by their ebay name.
And there is no reason why 'special ebay prices' have to be low. If the 12-3% is added on, then you still get the free advertising. i.e. you don't necessarily want to encourage the sales occurring there, as people will quickly see if they do go direct they can get a better price as they cut out the middlepeople.
What is irritating is those orgs (I'm not referring to Austin 7 related) who do sell new/common things on ebay at their lowest price, as they are plainly netting less per item when selling there after costs, than if people make direct contact.
Ebay is perhaps ok for a new Seven supplier to get themselves known and established, I notice Flying Sevens are doing this very thing
There is no excuse for new Seven owners, 1st thing to do is join one of the many clubs, plenty of adverts in the back of my monthly PWA7 magazine for Austin seven parts at fair and reasonable prices.