SOUND OFF: Do you like the new Ebay changes?

As of March 30th, 2010, Ebay as we knew it has radically changed.

Everything that was in peoples stores were released to the Core Search Engine

Giving people more ability to BUY IT NOW and getting people more and more away from Auctions.

I personally love auctions..love going to them..love selling at them..just love them..it is the thrill of the hunt.....

But Ebay has been changing to mostly a fixed price format and as of April 1st, everyone who buys or sells on Ebay could feel it.

I am trying to take an informal survey of how everyone likes the new Ebay changes.

Some of you I have asked personally, but if I haven't and if you have not responded, please take a moment and write a comment and let me know how you like these new changes.

If you don't know the changes..or havent noticed them..it is is like this:

Before, when you looked for photos..it would be 40,000 photos that were in the entire category..

plenty to choose from!!

but now..

there are 430,000+ photos in the category.

To me, it is kind of like being stuck in rush hour...being one of sooo many and getting lost in the crowd.

Now, this is not necessarily a bad thing..as for me..I found things very cheap because they were so hidden and no one else could find them...

but it also makes sellers struggle...kind of like being a retailer in an average size town with competition but..able to stay in business...

to having a HUGE MEGA MALL grow up next to you...and trying to keep your sign lit up so that people can see you over the HUGE MEGA MALL sign...

kind of like that..

and that means that many of the smaller ebay sellers just wont be able to continue as Ebay continues to go more and more with big sellers and lots of "buy it nows"

please sound off...do you like the new Ebay changes???

Comments please!!

Thanks!!

cathi

Heart for the world and photos that show it..

This week was a CRAZY week.

It was the week my daughter..the one that had 2 different ebay websites..and had taken over mine for awhile..left with her hubby to Europe..to live..

So I now have 1 son in America..and 3 daughters overseas.

Mmmmm was it a smart idea that I taught them to love to travel??

Anyhow..

Then..

My computer crashed..

I was talking to my daughter on the telephone and then everything went BLUEISH GREEN

Yukky color ...no red at all......it was all gone..

so off to Best Buy and they said..

Mother board is ruined.

so after 2 nights til 4 am ..total confusion with a new computer and another daughter that left overseas.. (mother board felt ruined alright!)

I took some time out to look over my photos

This photo is from Naples Circa 1924

One of my daughters was married in Sorrento not too far from Naples..

Our family is very at home traveling around the world.

I dont regret it...we have had some incredible experiences..

My children have a heart for the world and they live it out..

making a difference..

taking a different road...

finding their path

I found a collection of snapshots from a couple that traveled all over the world in 1920s.

Incredible places...all over Europe, Sri Lanka, Bombay, Australia, you name it

I am sure their parents missed them, too...

But there are some pretty snapshots here....

cathi

Just a Quick Happy Easter ~ Happy Pesach!

Spring is a magical time of new beginnings...

For those of you that celebrate Passover...it is the celebration of freedom from Slavery...
from the desert to the Promised Land...

For those of you that celebrate Easter...it is the celebration of Freedom from Slavery in a spiritual way...

a celebration of new life...of resurrection...

and for those of you that just like Spring...

it is the celebration of new life...of the resurrection of everything that was once dead and now is alive again...

for whatever you celebrate...

may you enjoy 2010 Spring and may it be a time of new beginnings..may there be new life...and freedom for you and for those you love....

blessings
cathi

NEWS UPDATE: JJay is moving to Germany

Well, after helping me out and working on ebay and developing her own stores...my beautiful middle daughter..is going to be moving to Germany with her hubby! They have been offered a Wonderful job..(it is one of those save the world type of jobs) and she is currently liquidating her inventory....This job opportunity came up quickly and it is something that she and her hubby have been waiting for..for a long time...and now, the time has come and she has to leave shortly. (sniff sniff)

SO...
if you love her photos...
then please check on Catherine Simms Bridal and buy buy buy because you will not see these kinds of deals very often. She also has a website named Uncle Bing's photos and things
so check it out.

After she leaves, I will go back to selling Loads of Wedding photos ...and will also offer photos from 1950s as well as all the items that I carry now.

Mom is sad...it has been fun talking to her every day...working on a business together...

but Mom is also SO proud!!

so check it out in the next week..she is leaving soon!!

Have a great ebay day!!
and enjoy that WONDERFUL sunshine...
(i am heading to the garden now!!)

cathi