tokyoracer wrote:
I'm sure many are skeptical as to why items sold on the fleaBay are getting to such un resonable rates but the simple answer depends on how much the buy has to blow. I discoverd recently the increacing number of newer buyers are pretty well off. It's said that users that own large businesses (and even ultra- err... whatever they are called) are joining to buy items and due to the fact that "the richer are getting richer" so they can afford to pay for anything they want regardless of what they are actually valued at. So for the "must haves" things are going pretty well but for most of us (I.E. the "can't haves"), it looks like we are stuck. Not only this, as listing prices increace it will be soon that only the rich will be using eBay in the not-so distant future.
Sounds like a bit of envy creeping in here. ;-)
eBay is one of the great democratizers of the century.
All of a sudden people of all types and socioeconomic backgrounds can trade and compete on an equal footing.
It is the perfect supply and demand machine.
To suggest that "rich people" are debasing it's value and affecting the marketplace is simply not logical.
My wife just bought 3 designer handbags for $0.01 each. Not exactly the domain of the rich only.
Amigas are catching on again with all kinds of people and it is that demand that is driving the price increase. Economics 101 :-)
