eBay Cheap Listing Days begin creeping back, but….
By Ed | February 27th, 2008 | Category: PayPal, eBay AU, eBay CA, eBay DE, eBay UK, eBay US, eBid |February is a short month, we all know that. However despite being a few days short of a regular serving, various eBay sites around the globe have never let that stop them from throwing a cheap listing day (CLD) around about St Valentine’s Day.
Unusually this year, only the US (13th March) and Canada (also the 13th) did so (in fact, Canada did it twice (5th-6th March)) - the CLD-addicted UK did not, and there’s been some online gossip it was in retaliation for the severe grief the pommie pinks got in the discussion boards concerning January’s policy and focus shifts. They got no worse that did the North Americans, and the US doesn’t have Tame Bay’s to gush enthusiastically and favourably about every proclamation eBay makes.
In Europe, the French (1st - 3rd March), Italians (7th), and the Belgians (10th - 11th) had CLDs early in the month, but the UK’s last offering was 24th January, another month in which many countries held double or triple CLD’s and the new UK boss must have put his foot down on UK sellers, needing to get them used to paying full whack on what is already eBay’s most expensive-to-use site (apart from Germany, but that might swing with the new fees).
However it seems the dry patch is over. 
eBay.co.uk have just announced a Half Price listing weekend for 1st & 2nd March. Before you fire up the intravenous coffee for an all-night listing marathon, be aware that it’s for Motors only.
On the other side of the planet, the Aussies have been rewarded with a Half Price listing fest from 29 Feb through to 3rd March inclusive - that’s a 4-day binge of cheapies. PayPal being offered is compulsory to get the discount, and “Qualifying Sellers” for the purpose of this promotion are sellers who are validly registered members of any eBay site with an Australian registered address - yah, boo, hiss. The shackle-shakers never let the rest of us in on their fun 
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One condition of the Aussie promotion has me a little concerned - a clause I’ve never seen on any promotion-day announcement before - “Persons whose eBay accounts have been temporarily or indefinitely suspended or made inactive by the Promoter during the Promotion, are not eligible to enter this Promotion. “
Now call me paranoid and whack me with a wallaby, but that newest stipulation sort of sends the message that eBay Oz will be picking and choosing who gets to have an active account during promotional listing periods. And as I’ve blogged many times, what gets trialled in Oz, filters out to the rest of us eventually.
You’ve still got 2 days left of the eBid Half Price Lifetime membership offer, and then every day will be not only a CLD, but a FREE listing day - for life!
Ed
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Yup
For the first time ever, eBay UK sent me a marketing email about a Motors cheap listing day
Hmmm now let’s see
For sale ….
3 wheeled Thai Tuk Tuk Taxi - has provided 30 years faithful, though heavy, service in the tropics. Seeks quieter life in retirement and cooler climate.
Starting Bid GBP 50.00
Shipping from Northern Thailand to Shipping Port GBP 500.00
Buyer pays shipping and insurance from Thailand to destination country (FOB Terms), Customs duties, taxes, and must obtain road-use certification.
Only suitable for drivers in range of an LNG gas station, and with a kamikaze mentality (tuk tuks were originally designed for the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2).
Think I’d get slapped for P&P abuse?
Gaz
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