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Posted by E. Barry Bruyea on 11/04/06 13:48
On 4 Nov 2006 00:47:02 -0800, "gerry" <gerrytwo@hotmail.com> wrote:
>China is selling products like DVD players at under cost, dumping them
>on the world market. China is more interested in stability at home,
>which would be jeopardized if unemployment rises too much. China's
>currency is undervalued, which makes Chinese goods sell cheaper in
>Western countries. Having no unions in the "workers' paradise" helps
>keep prices down, along with the constant threat in the background of
>the Peoples Liberation Army and the plainclothes thugs from the Public
>Security Bureau to keep Chinese wage slaves in line.
Most of all, it's a currency grab, in the sense that even N.A. & E.U.
firms that have manufacturing plants in Mainland China are indirectly
subsidized by the government in order to keep that foreign currency
flowing to fund the massive projects either underway or planned by
Beijing. The Japanese did it for years by providing huge sums of
money to Japan's manufacturers at little or no interest.
>
>traffik33 wrote:
>> I just bought a Manavox DVD player for $29.98 at Wal-Mart.
>> How can they manufacturer parts, assemble, ship/distribute,
>> and sell these players for $29.98 and make a profit?
>>
>> OK its a low-end player, but stil plays and produces an
>> excellent picture. Unbelievable.
>>
>> --
>> "Well Good Grief.....What is wrong with these eBay sellers?
>>
>> Yahoo is free. No listing fees. No final value fees. Yahoo has a bulk
>> loader.
>> Your listings actually show up in the search. Your listings also show
>> up in
>> Yahoo's shopping search. Yahoo has more traffic than eBay stores.
>>
>> But eBay sellers want to pay $15.95 month store fees. 5 cent listing
>> fees.
>> 10% final value fees. And for all these fees eBay buries their store
>> items
>> on the back end of eBay and they don't even show up in the search.
>>
>> Sellers could have it all and not even a small percentage of eBay's
>> store sellers
>> can grasp the concept of listing and selling for free on Yahoo and
>> keeping all their profits."
>>
>> ----------
>> "Sellers could have it all, and with so many working so hard to make
>> minimum
>> wage on eBay, they don't even get it. As simple as taking a day to move
>> their listings
>> to Yahoo and eBay would be slashing their fees and bending over
>> backwards
>> trying to get them back. All that potential. What a waste. "
>>
>> --------------
>> It's somewhat rare for the typical eBay seller to actually DO
>> something.
>> You are in a small minority.
>>
>> I realize in many cases, sellers have immediate financial needs, but
>> judging from the completed auctions I seriously doubt the majority
>> of sellers a making more than minimum wage for their time (at best).
>>
>> Reading the pathetic pleading on eBays message boards I wonder
>> if any of these people are even capable of understanding what
>> an incredible event it would be if they simply turned their backs
>> on eBay and moved their listings to Yahoo.
>>
>> At this point it should be a "no brainer" and is well within their
>> reach.
>> It would send eBay reeling. And improve the situation for online
>> sellers
>> for years to come.
>>
>> Instead of meek lambs, struggling for their survivial on eBay,
>> sellers would be saying, "YES, WE DID THAT".
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