Ebay cancelling Ebay Live auctions as of 12/31/08

[HSaidman]

Ebay will be ending Ebay Live auctions at the end of the year. Interesting..

http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... nologyNews

[Dave]

I don't think that will hurt any of the major coin-op auctioneers feelings.

One of them talked to the COCA crowd a couple of years ago and he said he HATED eBay. The only reason he did it was that the sellers demanded it.

Given the huge commissions that were charged when you bought something via eBay live (typically 20% or more) I don't think many people bought much stuff via it.

Dave

[tmhatting]

Personally, if I'm surfing Ebay and see an item I'm interested in that's a live auction, I just pass it by. They typically have only one lousy picture, no description, no guarantee that it works or is complete, charge 20% commission, and to top it off - you're at they're mercy for packing and shipping. Good riddance!