That's funny, today I heard that Napster was going to subscription fees.
Haven't heard anything about eBay except thier modest rate increase
recently.
Mickey
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From: "Timpe, Jim" <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:49 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] OT eBay Fees
> Do you routinely believe everything you hear on the radio????
>
> I find it hard to believe that they'd monkey around too much with the cash
> cow they've got.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WKato@xxxxxxx [mailto:WKato@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:43 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] OT eBay Fees
>
>
> I heard on the radio yesterday that eBay is going to start charging
> subscription fees. If they are, I should sell everything I'm gonna sell
now.
>
> If I were them and wanted to make more money for the shareholders, I'd
just
> charge a little higher fee. Some autctioneers (Tamarkin for example
charges
> both the buyer and seller 10%) charge in different manners.
>
> The allure is eBay is that you get a free "look see." The camera peep
show
> gets a lot of us going. Without that, and the auction fever, they will go
> downhill.
>
> Otherwise, I'm outa here (ebay that is).
>
> Warren
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