bambinod said:
It's an auction house - people list things for whatever they think they can get for them. Either they find someone willing to pay the asking price, or it goes unsold and costs them a little bit in a listing fee. From there they can relist it at the same price, or lower it a little. The last time I sold on ebay the rule was that you could relist at a lower starting or reserve for a lower fee (or was it free?) but if you wanted to relist at the same price, they charged you another listing fee. This was to encourage you to relist at a lower price that was more likely to sell.
So someone that keeps relisting something at the same price that's not selling is just paying a little money over time in the hopes that someone comes along eventually that's willing to pay the asking price.
Last I knew they don't charge on unsold listings, but whatever you sell in a month you will pay eBay 10%, and anything going through PayPal will costs 3.5%, and then you have shipping (which could cost as much or more than eBay and PayPal fees combined), I really don't get people selling cheap items, you would have to sell millions of them to make any kind of money, and you will lose a lot of the money in fees and shipping.
For the most part I try to avoid eBay like the plague though as I'm always scared of running into "customers" that dont really want to buy anything, these people are just looking to abuse the system and get things for free.
It is a major drain on time, energy, and can also end up being a waste of money and it is just a nightmare to deal with these people, so I can understand wanting to make more money on your sales, but you also have to be realistic.
I have never sold Diapers on eBay, never tried it and wouldn't want to risk it, but I don't mind selling on these kinds of websites (I have never sold on here, but I have on DailyDiapers before), I totally understand wanting discretion and always ship discreet, no blatant "DISPOSABLE ADULT DIAPERS" plastered on the top, bottom, or sides of the package (as I have heard of on some packages from certain sellers, I dont remember which ones, but I'm glad I've never had that kind of an experience), and I'm not gonna try charging people insane money either.