Ebay - fees go up to 19% of listing price
OhioGuy
listed a few DVD's over the past month, and noticed the fees jumped.
Including listing and final value, plus Paypal, to list a fixed price "buy
it now" listing costs 19% of the price you hopefully sell at - just barely
shy of 1/5.
Man, I remember back when it was called Auctionweb, and it only cost a 10c
listing fee to sell things on there.
Al Bundy
I remember when gas was 17¢ a gallon and hamburgers were a dozen for
$1 at White Castle.
OhioGuy
> I remember when gas was 17¢ a gallon and hamburgers were a dozen for
> $1 at White Castle.
How old are you, Al?
Al Bundy
I'm too young for Medicare and too old for women to care, but I have a
good memory and was driving when I was 12. Cigarettes went up to a
quarter in vending machines and the pack had three pennies change
under the cellophane wrapper. (Have not smoked in many decades though.)
val189
Now I'm REALLY mad. I was gypped. We only got two taped cents back.
Ah, the days of the 15 cent hamburger and nickel A and W rootbeer.
Vic Smith
The White Castle price might be off, depending on year/location.
I remember in 1959 sliders being 12 cents. Maybe there was a dozen
for a buck deal I never paid attention to. Reason I remember is the
first McDonalds I saw opened up a few blocks away, and the burger
was 15 cents, which I thought was an absolute rip off given it tasted
like sawdust.
I'd take a White Castle over that McD burger any day.
--Vic
Al Bundy
They did have specials, but I also remember a couple of white building
knock-offs of White Castle. One was called Motts Hamburgers. Another
was Bates Burgers. They had a dozen for a buck regularly. If you
loaded up with onions, tomato, and mustard, you were getting healthy
vegetables too! The local precursor of McDonald's was called Henry's
Hamburgers.
Even today, an eleven year old likes a White Castle burger now and
then. I couldn't tell you what they cost now and I don't care. I have
noticed that two small Frosties at Wendy's has gone from $2.10 to
$2.95 in just a few months. We're going to have to get used to it
more as the dollar becomes worth-less faster.
clams_casino
>
>
>They did have specials, but I also remember a couple of white building
>knock-offs of White Castle. One was called Motts Hamburgers. Another
>was Bates Burgers. They had a dozen for a buck regularly. If you
>loaded up with onions, tomato, and mustard, you were getting healthy
>vegetables too! The local precursor of McDonald's was called Henry's
>Hamburgers.
>Even today, an eleven year old likes a White Castle burger now and
>then. I couldn't tell you what they cost now and I don't care. I have
>noticed that two small Frosties at Wendy's has gone from $2.10 to
>$2.95 in just a few months. We're going to have to get used to it
>more as the dollar becomes worth-less faster.
>
>
I was surprised this week to still get a double cheeseburger, small fry
& small drink this week for just $1 each at McDonalds.
Several weeks ago, I stopped at a Wendy's and found that although their
bacon cheeseburger was still 99 cents, their small fry & drink had
climbed to $1.29 each.
OhioGuy
> The White Castle price might be off, depending on year/location.
> I remember in 1959 sliders being 12 cents. Maybe there was a dozen
Ok, since this has turned into a White Castle discussion, I thought I
would mention that the one near me just closed less than a month ago.
There is a McDonald's across the street, and while for decades they
co-existed, evidently the double whammy of increased costs and fewer
people eating out lately was enough to finally make them go under.
Just a few months back, I filled up a bag with those tiny burgers and
our whole family enjoyed them for a meal.
I have to admit, though, I was rather annoyed when they started
poking 5 holes in the meat patty so they could use even less meat in
each one of these. The meat was already pretty thin, and they were
already pretty small to begin with. It got to the point where a Wendy's
Jr. Cheeseburger Deluxe, or a McDonald's Double Cheeseburger were better
deals for a buck.
Vic Smith
Far as I know, they always had those holes. Lets the onions permeate
the burger.
But they have never been a per pound of meat type value anyway.
Not even sure it's meat.
It's a White Castle. Nothing else like it.
--Vic
clams_casino
>
>> The White Castle price might be off, depending on year/location.
>> I remember in 1959 sliders being 12 cents. Maybe there was a dozen
>
>
> Ok, since this has turned into a White Castle discussion, I thought
> I would mention that the one near me just closed less than a month
> ago. There is a McDonald's across the street, and while for decades
> they co-existed, evidently the double whammy of increased costs and
> fewer people eating out lately was enough to finally make them go under.
>
Oddly, this morning's paper has an article that food & beverage taxes
are up about 2% in our state. There have been some price increases, so
the conclusion is that people are eating out here about as much as
previously. They imply that rather than traveling, some are eating
out more locally to offset some that may be tightening their belts.
curly'q
I was weened on those things.
Speaking of frugal, there are some recipes online for fairly authentic,
according to the reviews, sliders. This thread got me interested and I
will be whipping up a batch next week. I'll post a cost breakdown and
taste comments.
Curly
Al Bundy
curly'q wrote:
>
> I was weened on those things.
>
> Speaking of frugal, there are some recipes online for fairly authentic,
> according to the reviews, sliders. This thread got me interested and I
> will be whipping up a batch next week. I'll post a cost breakdown and
> taste comments.
>
>
> Curly
Be sure you use the straight SAE 40 weight and no synthetic oil.
Larry
curly'q
Urban myth, but not that far off. The real secret ingredient is strained
beef baby food.
Moe
Gary Heston
Al Bundy <MSfo...@mcpmail.com> wrote:
>OhioGuy wrote:
>> I just noticed a major hike in the fees to list items on Ebay. I had
>> listed a few DVD's over the past month, and noticed the fees jumped.
>> Including listing and final value, plus Paypal, to list a fixed price "buy
>> it now" listing costs 19% of the price you hopefully sell at - just barely
>> shy of 1/5.
>> Man, I remember back when it was called Auctionweb, and it only cost a 10c
>> listing fee to sell things on there.
Some time in October, eBay is disallowing the use of checks or money orders
for payment "to reduce fraud", forcing people to use PayPal, credit cards,
or local pickup. As checks or money orders are the only two payment methods
I'm willing to use, this will effectively eliminate my use of the site.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/23/ebay_payment_policy_change_us/
Oddly enough, I've seen very few reports of fraud via check/MO; all the
complaints I see are related to PayPal. Of course, this can't possibly have
anything to do with the little detail that eBay doesn't collect a fee from
checks or money orders. Certainly not.
>I remember when gas was 17¢ a gallon and hamburgers were a dozen for
>$1 at White Castle.
Ah, yes; when I could fill up a 16 gallon tank for less than $4, and
A&W sold real root beer in frosty glass mugs. Good onion rings, too.
Gary
--
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Why is it that these days, the words "What idiot" are so frequently
followed by the words "at Microsoft"?
clams_casino
I recall the cigarettes with the pennies, but $0.23 / gallon is the
cheapest I recall seeing gasoline.
I recall reading about $0.19 price wars around 1970.
15 cent burgers were as cheap as I recall (McDonalds, etc) but I also
recall 15-cent foot-long hot dogs as well as 10 cents for a loaf of bread.
Robin Coutellier
ghe...@hiwaay.net says...
> Some time in October, eBay is disallowing the use of checks or money orders
> for payment "to reduce fraud", forcing people to use PayPal, credit cards,
> or local pickup. As checks or money orders are the only two payment methods
> I'm willing to use, this will effectively eliminate my use of the site.
I use a (free) checking account strictly for dealing with PayPal -- it's
at a completely different bank from my main one. I didn't even bother
getting checks for it. I don't keep a lot of money in it, so if
something goes wrong, there's not much to lose.