Does B&S seem slow to you lately?

[philosophe]

Originally Posted by Dewey

It's not that B&S needs only this kind of seller, but that when there were 3-6 people bringing the deals on an irregular basis, it was a lot more interesting to check B&S a few times a day. Chorse, edmorel, Doc, and some others helped other sellers move their merchandise. And there definitely is something to the argument that B&S now reflects the dramatically reduced inventories of luxury goods since the stock market crash. Most every day I celebrate my good fortune in that I was able to make the most of buying opportunities in the '07-'09 fall from excess.
The shopping was good way back when. Kudos to the quality seller and his fellow sellers. I think the major factor is the post-crash economy.

 

[harry2quinn]

Originally Posted by KenRose

No dude, that won't work for us. I'm Canadian so even though I have US money and a US bank account, Paypal forces me to buy things with my Canadian $ and then they transfer in into US $ with an exchange rate that should be illegal. Then, when I sell goods and am paid in US$, they convert it to Can before they transfer it to my bank account. Between the fees and what they **** us with on exchange, it adds up to 10%.
Dont know what's going on in your case... Even in your situation, you should be able to have US buyers purchase through credit card rather than bank ac and have the cc charge the fees. I've definitely done this with a Canadian buyer before. Sent him $125cad charged directly to my credit card. He got it with no more than the typical PP fees.

 

[ThinkDerm]

Have you guys noticed the shift in former sellers to their own companies - such as chorse and ed?

 

[odiv]

I'm just a new member, but B&S seems a like a mixture of very different types of selling that sometimes clash with each other. Some people use it to closet clean, some to make money on thrift finds, some to pass along a good deal, some use it as a retail outlet, some to sell their handmade goods, etc.

I really like the "No bump without price drop" rule. One solution that I've seen used on other sale forums is listing the threads by the original post date and new posts do not bump the thread. Members are then restricted to a certain number of posts a week/month/whatever. I think whatever way you try to mitigate bumps you remain firm, which mostly seems to be the case here.