Originally Posted by
awgydawg1313
What you and the others don't seem to comprehend is that it will benefit everyone. I was trading with eBay when it first started, it only took a short time for people to be able to start expensive items off at 99p with confidence. As you say, eBid has been around a long time, but I could not start a 99p auction for a gold pocket watch on here, confident that I would get a decent price, which is why sellers start their 'auction' listings off at the selling price or put the selling price reserve on it.
They have to do this because there is no Best Offer option.
eBid has stalled, yes it is slowly increasing it sales, but only in the 'poundland' type of goods.
Offering options that eBay already has will increase the number of sellers in areas that are lacking at the moment, more oprions = more sellers = more quality items = more quality buyers, not just people looking for poundland items. This will give the poundland sellers an oportunity to diversify into better quality and more expensive goods, as the buyers will be there.
eBid has been around a long time, nothing much has changed in the bidding arena, and after all, it is supposed to be an auction site! It is really a just a Google shopping database at the moment, so anything that will improve it should be implemented.
They won't ask you when they put up the fees, don't be naive.