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FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: MaaMaw
Friday, 29 July 2005, at 6:23 a.m.
Well damn!!
My two very small successes made me want more MORE *MORE*, and so far I'm still having fun. Earning peanuts, but having fun (at least for the time being).
Two things amaze me so far (I'm sure there will be more):
Just for giggles, I've been following one seller who has well over 2500 auctions running at a time (4500+ one day I checked) and was selling something like $1500 a day on each of the days I checked. Well, yesterday I went back (it's been a while). One random day she sold almost NOTHING! Tons of auctions closed, and maybe 5% sold. The day before, page after page of auctions, and literally EVERY ONE sold (well, maybe a couple didn't). #1, this is so strange; the items weren't much different. #2, I just can't see where the profit comes from (all small-change stuff) with all those listing fees. Between the listing fee, the final value fee, and the PayPal fee, it takes a *huge* chunk of the small stuff.
And the other thing that amazes me on one hand and doesn't surprise me a bit on the other is the number of hits to my own auctions. With all the stuff on Ebay, it doesn't surprise me to only be getting about 1-1/2 hits a day on some and a whopping 2 or 3 a day on others (and it doesn't surprise me not to sell anything at that rate). What *does* amaze me is that the hit counter that comes free with listings rates hits as below average, average, or above average -- and with those piddly-ass numbers, mine are all ABOVE AVERAGE! That's ridiculous!
Every day I wake up and smack myself and say, "You are doing this WHY?" -- but I know me, and I know I won't stop at least until I use up my little profit.
My only goal in this endeavor is grocery money. (I have each little income stream earmarked for some basic survival item.) The problem is, it takes so long, I don't think I'll have time to eat my groceries :-(
Luv,
MaaMaw
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