discogs increasing fees.. greedy motherfuckers (Page 1 of 2)

so goes that

I'm afraid 'a nice buck' is an understatement 

maybe you should send them a bill like they did with you.. claim whats yours..

But seriously, this is not OK

i imagine more people will just go to ebay if theres no difference in the % that they take.

i'd be very interested in knowing how much the site made in the last year.

Wouldn't mind knowing myself
Surely they dont mean for browsing their site/release's?

Don't like it, don't use it. Don't like it, go start up your own website. Don't like it, go use GEMM or Ebay. Are you going to take your records down and sell somewhere else? No. They know that and that's why they did the increase.

I'm fine with another 2%. I list piece by piece so mine's only 8%. I love the new way of listing piece by piece. So fast.

Yeah it's an obvious greedy money grab seeing as they're probably making more than they've ever made and the way the notice reads is pretty over the top and insulting like they absolutely have to do this increase or they'll go under or something. I imagine this will be the last increase for a long time. Anything over 10% will look too ugly for most users, especially casual ones.

I don't think of and don't care how much they're making. I think of how much money they've made me over the years, which is a lot, and am thankful for that. Being in a small city in Canada my records and CDs are worthless where I live. No store would buy them here even for $1 each now so I am thankful that I am able to sell online all over the world for top dollar. And how much cheaper is it to sell online than if you had to open your own store.

But this is 2012. Everybody thinks they are entitled to something for nothing. Movies, music, services, everything.

It's by far the easiest to use. I refuse to use Ebay anymore for small items and GEMM was such a pain in the ass to buy records from, I imagine selling is probably a nightmare too.

But by all means, keep pissing into the wind. Discogs, Ebay, Paypal. None of them give a crap. Go somewhere else if you don't like it.

Hey Freek, how about you go give away your SDS3s in the street? How about you mail me one for free?

No? Then you are just being greedy motherfucker too.

Ebay is a complete nightmare for listing and selling CDs and LPs. Haven't done it in years. I wouldn't even list there if they took no money off. And their buyer protection policies have made me not list there unless I absolutely have to. And only larger gear.

As far as the second point goes it's nobody's business what Discogs makes.

My point in a nutshell is that unless you are willing to put your posessions into the street you are just like Discogs and everyone else. I am tired of western world liberals trying to impose this philsophy that there are different levels of greed. In other parts of the world people are much more transparent, honest and have less fake guilt about it.

It's like the guy in my neighborhood who runs a non-profit for homeless people with donations and federal government assistance but lives in a half million dollar house and looks down on anyone that works on the oilfields or in a bank or anyone with conservative views. As if he is less greedy or more pious than anyone working in the private sector. I don't like conservatives but at least they are honest about who they are. Everyone in the western world is in the same boat. Some people are just lying to themselves.

The whining here about Discogs fees and everywhere else on the price of rare records or vintage synths is because people feel outraged at the audacity of others to take more money from them that they would use to by more stuff. They are being cheap and miserly. Everyone wants something for nothing because that would leave them more money to buy more stuff.

Who is being greedy now?

And speaking of the SDS3, I just use it as an example, why didn't you insist on paying more money to your friend so he could at least get what he paid for it?

I just feel insulted by the Discogs message because it makes it seems like they are starving martyrs. And the thing with Klart is bullshit, especially making him pay fees on old sales and not offering anything once they became successful.

I would have preferred a message that says.

"We are raising fees to 8 and 10 % because we can and we feel like it and we know you'll do nothing about it because you like selling here. And if you don't like it, we don't care. Go somewhere else."

That's how I like my communications. Not full of idealism and bullshit. I got over myself a long time ago.

Truth be told I haven't sold a piece of gear on Ebay in almost a year and want to keep my favorites that i have left. Anything I've sold recently has bee through forums. My GAS levels are much lower than a few years ago so mostly I just sell records on discogs now and save up. I'd have more gear if those evil bastards had lower fees! 

oh c'mon guys, it was starting to get fun!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIMMONS-SDS-3 … 500wt_1159

Well, technically you have given me a SDS3 for free. 

How to proceed from here is up to me. Will be interested to see where it ends up at.

I'm finally almost done digging myself out of Serge debt, not sure if I feel like SDS3 debt. Not interested in selling. Everything I have now I want to keep.

if at least now they'd stop showing advertisements...