Wow, I too have felt the slow sales and lower auction final sales amounts... My auctions have ended much lower than anticipated compared to past sales for the same merchandise. And, it's getting harder to gauge what to start auctions off at. I'm all over the place. I tried doing the ultra-low start price to generate bids but that back fired on several auctions. Then I started alot of auctions at the price I wanted to get only to see them end with no bidders.
Now I'm somewhere in the middle and we'll see how things go since it's after Labor day. My fingers are crossed!
What has happened to all the buyers? or did they all become sellers? that would explain the slower than normal sales.