"B J Foster" wrote in message
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> Pagey wrote:
>> "B J Foster" wrote in message
>> news:4882f249$0$30460$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> Pagey wrote:
>>>> "B J Foster" wrote in message
>>>> news:4882b3c5$0$30465$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>>>> Pagey wrote:
>>>>>> "Species 8472" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:g4sqve$dp$2@yoda.apana.org.au...
>>>>>>> Ebay's ineptness when it comes to the way Ebay and PayPal try to
>>>>>>> forcibly
>>>>>>> manipulate the way the buyer/seller relationship can be developed
>>>>>>> knows no
>>>>>>> bounds, and it's this reason that so many sellers are abandoning
>>>>>>> Ebay for
>>>>>>> real Australian online selling sites like Oztion, sellmystuff, etc.
>>>>>> I just had a look through Oztion and found that most sellers were
>>>>>> using PayPal for the items I wanted - how ironic.
>>>>> According to these:
>>>>> http://www.oztion.com.au/?r=249221
>>>>> http://www.oztion.com.au/vshops/?r=249221
>>>>> http://www.oztion.com.au/Company/news.aspx?r=249221&id=200759#200759
>>>>> there are 300,000 members, 28,000 selers and 2,454 shops. You checked
>>>>> each one?
>>>> On the items I wanted - yes.
>>> Apologies - I'll read it properly in future.
>>>
>>> As a seller, I have listed items on both sites. Because OzTion's fees
>>> are considerably lower, I have reduced the starting prices accordingly.
>>
>> Oztions fees are only lower to attract new users - once the user base has
>> increased they will do exactly the same as eBay, increase the cost for
>> users in order to increase their revenue - it is done by almost every
>> business and I doubt Oztion will be any different.
>>
>
> Sure, but once they are established there will be *three* auction
> providers and for the first time, effective competition.
Oztion is in a different basket to eBay, and if you could compare the two I
believe Bay would still come out on top - the reason: it operates
world-wide.
The benefit of eBay is the ability to purchase goods from next door or
across the world - using the same site, the same payment method and the same
ratings system.
It is for this reason I believe eBay is still around when many other AU
auction sites have come and gone -and it is for this reason that Oztion
won't be able to compete or succeed.
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