EBay Auctions:
I have decided to
NOT sell my
beads through EBay auctions anymore. There are many reasons, but the main
reason is a huge influx of poorly made mass produced overseas lampwork
flooding the EBay artisan bead category. EBay has decided to do nothing
about this problem to fix it for the actual artisan beadmakers, so I have
decided that they can do without my EBay fees (as measly as they are). I
think that other sites such as JustBeads is wonderful, is fair and doesn't over
inflate their fees and has a wonderful auction site to feature beads, beads, and
more beads - of every kind and caters to a very specific and product educated
clientele that, in my experience has been a joy to deal with. If more
artisan beadmakers would investigate alternate auction sites, I believe EBay
would hear our voices a bit louder. This has been a touchy subject in the
lampworking community for a while now and I just had to put my 2 cents in about
it!
There will be
NO MORE
auctions posted here until EBay puts poor quality overseas lampwork into its own
category.