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Not telling you ayyyy lmaow

Why are there so many fucking dumbfuck customers???

>Dumbfuck #1 this week:
>his item is returned to be by USPS because he stopped paying for his PO BOX
>contact him to ask what is going on with his shipping address
>he says "oh send it again, I paid for my PO BOX so this time i won't be returned
>I tell him, no problem, that will be $15 to ship it again
>he spurgs out about how he "shouldn't have to pay shipping twice"
>I kindly explain that I already shipped it once, and it was returned, and to ship it again COSTS ME MONEY
>he says that "but then shipping will cost more than the item itself" as if this matters at all in this situation
>LISTEN ASSHOLE, I BOUGHT POSTAGE ONCE ALREADY SPENDING $15 AND BECAUSE YOU GAVE ME A SHIPPING ADDRESS THAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE, THE POST OFFICE RETURNED IT, SO IF YOU WANT IT SENT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO PAY AGAIN, SHIPPING ISN"T FUCKING FREE

>Dumbfuck #2:
>Orders item on Sunday
>I ship it Monday, emailing him UPS tracking number
>He emails me on FRIDAY saying he "needs to cancel the order, don't need it"
>I kindly inform him that the item shipping 4 days ago, and thus the order cannot be cancelled
>he writes back some fucking hardly readable email saying "but i don't want it anymore and you must refund me now"
>I again inform him that he can return the item AFTER HE RECEIVES IT
>He then complains about having to pay shipping to return the item to me cuz he "didn't want the item in the first place!!!"
>FUCK YOU

Bought a flight jacket that is going to sell for 200+ and some other jacket I am not sure of yet for 25 bucks today. Plus I still have a bunch of military stuff to offload. Really need to get working on that.

Also got my first person to request a cancel on me
>I accept best offer for item
>Doesn't pay for almost 2 days
>Send invoice
>Pays
>Next day
>"I NEED TO CANCEL PLEASE" not once but two messages.
Thanks friend.

>>806976

Paper bags with holes in them so you can see through

>>806976
i'm thinking about buying those retarded going-to-get-yourself-shot iphone cases that look like guns.

http://www.cnet.com/news/who-wouldnt-want-an-iphone-case-that-looks-like-a-gun/

I ran into a TON of pledge future floor finish back in december - 27oz bottle at 1.25 each on clearance. Selling them on ebay for 15 bucks plus shipping. Made a killing on those, was selling 4-7 per week. apparently hobbyists LOVE the stuff for loose joints on toys (after I asked why one guy bought so many), and cleaning companies love it because 1-2 coats make a cleaning job look really good on tile/wood/vinyl flooring.

kinda silly since you can get it for 6 bucks on walmart.com but whatever.

Wooo, not bad for my first month doing this I think.
About 750 of that is pure profit, maybe more.

>>807031
Why not just have a no-return policy?

>>807347
Reselling stuff or are you flipping shit from flea markets?

>>807349
Because eBay is retarded and having a no return policy means jack shit since they can just file a complaint and get their $ back.

>>807353
>Because eBay is retarded and having a no return policy means jack shit since they can just file a complaint and get their $ back.
Fuck.

Has anyone here considered using ebay for advertising?
e.g. sell something either really eccentric or at a very good (unprofitable) price once in a while, and link to your main website in the description section.

>>807364

and get banned?
No

The smart way is to make your username your website and sneak notes into your packages telling your customers where to get better discounts.

eBay's so fucking greedy they'll ban you for using Paypal to accept payments when their own fucking site is acting up.

>>807353
>Reselling stuff or are you flipping shit from flea markets?

Reselling, I get my stuff from Aliexpress.

Do you guys report your profit to the government if so how? If not at what point would be the risky zone of not paying taxes?

>>806976

is an ebay business only good if you live in the USA? shipping to the US from a different country is expensive but when you're in the states its much lower.
i can try selling in my own country but the US has much more people

Can someone tell me what they used to sell least? Its so fucking hard finding something. How do you guys find stuff to resell?

I started this a while ago. stopped though cause it was hard finding items from China that actually sell on eBay well. drones were good but its hard to need the moq's without decent money.

>>807393

Started late last year, my uncle (lawyer) said all I have to do is subtract what I spent on business/etc from the total of what I made.

There's no way avoiding taxes, also Paypal reports if you make more than 20k a year. So they will freeze your acc if they find out.

>>807442
Seems like it in a way, I've seen people selling what I sell in their country but the buyers still trust me more than them.

It's just how it is, I for one personally like sniffing the inside of the package I received, to smell what the country/home/warehouse smelled like...lol

>>807675
>>807688

lol you just have to keep looking, and don't even think about stealing from another one of us. You'd just be fighting an uphill battle.

I was looking at those new electric moped things I keep seeing on Vine/instagram videos. Seems people are interested in them, they cost alot though so expect to be paying upwards of 5k just to make a profit.
>Tfw I spent $1500 for an item that's in the wrong season

>Today's earnings: $0.39.

>>807031
Why not do an intercept before it goes out for delivery?

>>807349
No returns is actually more likely to fuck you. I just accept returns and move on. If I don't they file negatives on me and it ruins my top rated status.

>>807697
You spent $1500 on your Cthulhu hats?

>>807786

Did you remove the tax as well?

>>807789
Nah, more than that.

Buying while it's cheap, waiting for it to get hot.

FFffucking hell, negative feedback has to wait till tomorrow to be removed. Shitty first time buyers I swear.

>>806976
I dont sell on ebay anymore, i got slammed with my ex-wifes fee's i moved onto better sites for my products.

>>807839


>Better sites

Explain?

I'm trying to move onto Overstock myself

>>807843
well i sold alot of xbox live and psn codes
>Pic related.
so i started selling on g2a.com and kinguin
cause its all automated and all i had to do was upload hte codes where as ebayt when somone bought i would have to get up and send them the code
and i made alot more money on g2a alone than ebay itself ebay was only making me 68,000$ yearly whereas g2a was 512,000 yearly.

>>807847

and lemme guess, eBay you were scammed more?

>>807849
Fucking insane how u can predict such things accurately, Fuck yteah i got scammed like bonkers on ebay. On both kinguin and g2a the customer has to purchase "protection" so i never got scammed there.

>>paypal wont withdraw to greek banks
>>no point in selling on ebay
>>how the fuck will i eat?
inb4 bitcoins

like there will be people with money to buy bitcoins in a week

>>807847
Quality, how did you get so many codes for cheap?

>>807852
when i was selling on ebay i got into a price battle with another ebayer seeing who could get the lowest price. Eventually he won so i sent him a message. And he was happy to be a middleman for me between him and his supplier for no profit on his part

But tl;dr
Mexico. is how i got them cheap.

>>807850

Exactly, and eBay could take advantage of that but is too filled with greed to ever even consider looking at their own FUCKINg forums to see our inputs.

eBay could be the home for Mobile, PC, Console, even shitty Nintendo trades if they just listened to us for once.

>>807851
Pay your debnts first

>>807853
lol off the truck or pesos is cheaper so u make profit on currecny conversion ?

>>807876
Im not sure what it was, weather it was currency exchange or my guy just had a shady connection. Dude never told me about it i only inquired once, and he didnt say much then either.the prices i bought for were
Xbox live 14-day trial : 1.50 ea. (profitable) sell for 3.25$ easily
Xbox live 1 month supply: 5.50$ ea.
sell 8.75ea
(sells like hotcakes but its starting to cost more as an investment)
xbox live 12 month
supply:25$
sell 35$
sells insanely good but obviously low frequency of return buyers.

>>807884

Did you have any issues with buyers? Anyone complain their membership get suspended at all?

Probably shady as hell lol.

>>807930

I am truly being cucked

>>807930

didn't mean to respond to you.

His biz sounds sketchy and all but it's just games, not like it's really hurting anyone regardless.

>>808025

Lol wtf is that. Give me the whole story in basic English haha.

>>807364
>>807366

This. Provide a little note to your website with maybe a coupon to encourage them to check it out.

>>808032


>I take loan for $4500
>Find new supplier for new item I can make easily $15,000 off of
>Tell old supplier "Sorry, I found cheaper"
>She starts to pout and lowers her price for me
>Still $1500 cheaper to go with new guy
>New guy gives me total of $3,200
>Ask new supplier for total again
>"3,200 me friend"
>Pay with Paypal (as we agreed)
>20 minutes later
>"I forgot Paypal fee, you need pay $136"
>Fuck it, pay the fee as well
>Finally going to sleep now (4am or so)
>"I sorry, I gave you sea shipping not Air shipping"
>"You need pay $1800 more"
>Go to Paypal to cancel
>He somehow knows and video chats me on skype begging me to stay
>I stay
>We agree on sea ship for original $3,200+$136
>Two days later
>"You have to pay $500+ for sea custom"
>Now we're still discussing it again

>>808025
you shoudl give him the paypay charges. and tell him ur not budging til otherwise moot.

>>808040

Already paid the initial paypal fee, he wants more because he wants to ship air instead of sea because he knows if custom isn't paid by me, package will be lost and Paypal will refund me.

>>808039

Was the old supplier consistent? Although I don't blame you for considering the new guy when his original total was that much lower knowing my experience with overseas supplier I just go with the more consistent trustworthy people.

>>808072

Nah, just two small orders.

Chill chick, actually got to learn alot about China from her. Kinda fucked her over since we already agreed she would be the one, but after I asked around, well...yea.

>Lesson learned, don't leave what's good for you.

>>808088
nice digits

>>808088

Yeah, you probably could've negotiated a little bit more. Tell her you'll commit more now and to think about the long term.

>>808110

Might need to check these >>808111

Yea she's fine with it, actually wants to laugh with me asking for the company name.


Ah, China....


Anyways,

eBay

>4Th of July
>Buyers asking why their item isn't being delivered today
>pic related

>>808117
How'd you get that connect in China for bulk codes? Just get lucky or lots of asking around?

>>808119

Asking around, finding right people.

Don't want to go spamming your email/requests, you'll just end up with junk mail for weeks.

>>808119

Wait codes?

I'm not the code guy...

>>807442
You can sell items that are exclusive to your country - People do order things they cannot find in the U.S. (expats usually, or hipsters who like foreign stuff)

>>808088
Mfw chink supplier always tries to butter me up by calling me honey and amazing boy and stuff...hahaha is also cool chink chick though im gucci with it...one day i will threaten to leave unless u get to see her sweet luscious ching chong milkers though

>>808117

Someone asked me why mail wasn't being delivered on Labor Day. As if I had any control over what days USPS operates.

Breddy soon eBay/Amazon will offer me billions for my bussiness.

I will say no, cuz I want the world :^)

>>808235

eBay knows this yet still wants to wait till it's delivered to remove negative feedbacks, some people will never learn.


>>807697

and just look at this...

Really...$1700??? On eBay it's $300

People are so dumb to buy from this site
>TL:Dr This site is the "Jordans" to two wheeled moped things

>>807382
what are you selling?
I always buy shit then just figure its not worth buying more

I'm new to internet auctions. Does ebay have an official stance on programs/services that make a bid in the last few seconds? It feels like there is zero chance of winning an auction (with a fix time limit) without using one. There are always several competing programs making bids at the last possible moment.
Does /biz/ have a recommended ebay sniper?

>>808515

Don't do it.

>>808523
Than how do i buy anything? I feel like this is encouraged by the rules of the auction.

Anyone buy and sell items at a profit? I've been doing it with a few brands of designer jeans and wonder if anyone knows any items which show pretty broad price variances depending on the quality of the listing.

>>808515
Alright i've read up on this and it seems ebay does this proxy bidding by default, which means all these "sniper" services are scam websites profiting from uninformed people and possibly abusing the ebay password you have to give them in order to work. Especially if you have linked your paypal.
I feel like an idiot now.

>>808629
Sniping is a real thing. It's become less prolific. Sniping can get you some good deals, but like you said, you're giving out your password...

>>808629
Sniping just works, and the site I use hasn't rekt my account yet. Totally legit imo.


>Get item.
>Take it apart.
>List parts for $1032.
>Paid $249.99.

I bought some shit on fagbay and the weird ass tracking hasn't been updated since June 30th.

Is my shit lost or something? Wut do

>>809041

There should be a thing that says "Estimated delivery date: X"

After that date you're allowed to selection an option saying you haven't received your item. At that point it'll open up a case between you and the seller. You can choose to get a refund or the item and the seller will have a limited amount of time to resolve the issue. After like 5 days you can ask Ebay to step in.

Unless the tracking says the item was delivered to you you'll basically get a refund no questions asked.

>>809069
>There should be a thing that says "Estimated delivery date: X"

There was one but it fugging disappeared...

Now it just says it's on route to regional dispatch place or something like that. With no updates.

>Tfw guy has like tens of thousands positive feedback but you got unlucky

MY FUCKING FACE when Alibaba banned Confederate flags.

>mfw sitting on 20.

>>809355

>>809373
I think he meant to say ebay

>>809374
Nope.


http://www.ibtimes.com/confederate-flag-controversy-alibaba-latest-ban-sales-across-platforms-charleston-1981705

>>809373
>>809355
top keks you fucked his business this is why
>>rule n1 you never say what your selling

>>808847
>>809011
I don't really get how sniping can be beneficial with this proxy scheme.

As i understand on ebay you are supposed to bid the absolute maximum you are willing to pay, and if you are the highest bidder, you end up paying the minimum amount required to still be the highest bidder.

These sniper services bid at the last possible moment, one increment over the displayed price, which is the second highest current bid plus one increment. This means that they probably won't bid enough, like if the displayed price is 100$ and the highest bidder bid 150$ than the sniper will bid 101$ and nothing will change except the displayed price going up to 102$.

Depending on how fast ebay can register new bids, how far the sniper's servers are from ebay's etc, the service can still make new bids until it reaches the limit the user specified, in which case the result is exactly the same as if the user just gave that limit directly to ebay with no 3rd party involved and no chance of error due to needing to send a lot of messages in a short time.

>>809575
>As i understand on ebay you are supposed to bid the absolute maximum you are willing to pay, and if you are the highest bidder, you end up paying the minimum amount required to still be the highest bidder.
Unfortunately (or fortunately I guess if you use these sniping services), people are stupid. A lot of users won't put in their maximum bid thinking they can somehow lowball a computer program, despite clear instruction on how the bidding process works being posted everywhere.

If the general public understood how bidding on ebay works, then sniping would be pointless, yeah. However, as it stands now, it's totally legit.

>>809575

Some people follow the auction and bid in increments, so by bidding late the price is more likely to stay low.

>>809575
>These sniper services bid at the last possible moment, one increment over the displayed price

A lot will bid your maximum at the last second, do you get a snipe with no time for humans to respond, plus you get the benefits of proxy bidding.

It will be fruitless 9:10 times, but that 1 can be a pretty good score.

>Buyer's package isn't moving
>Buyer leaves negative feedback
>eBay won't remove
>Call USPS
>"We don't know"

I already plotted a plan to get his negative removed, good thing it fixed itself (after 7 damn days).

Now we wait till tomorrow when he loses the case/neg auto deletes itself.

>>810335
>>Buyer's package isn't moving

This shit ALWAYS happens to me. It honestly feels like everytime I buy something it just so happens to get lost in the mail, or delayed in some way... Resulting in either them saying "idk where it went" or eventually arriving all tattered up and busted as if it had been out in the rain for weeks and fell off the truck then returned

>>810335
>eBay won't remove


Wut, why not? How did you end up getting it removed?

I had a similar issue, negative feedback as item wouldn't arrive within 2 days after payment lol. eBay removed it instantly though.

>>809011
Fuck this is a great idea. What kinds of items are best for this?

>>809011
I can see computers being pretty good for this (Though I'd assume it would take a really long time for people to buy the separate parts as computers parts aren't massively in high demand), but what else could you do this with?

>>810441
Parts from cars released in the 90s. Millions of people with emotional attachment to their shitmobiles, coupled with age-related deterioration means a massive market. Especially when you factor in that cars from the 90s don't have the kind of anti-theft devices one finds in modern cars.

>Sell a modem over a month ago
>Brand new, still in the packaging
>Get email from buyer saying he wants to return it, says it's defective
>I ask what is wrong with it
"the technician that installed my cable internet, says that it either does not work with cableone (the name of the isp) or it could just be defective. This modem is on their list of supported modems, but according to them and the box it came in it is set up for comcast. I had to buy a modem from them, which was what i was trying to avoid to begin with"

I feel bad for the guy but it's not really my problem that he didn't make sure it was compatible. What should I do? It's a $65 item and I don't want to have to sell it as used when I get it back. I also don't want the negative feedback that I'm sure he would leave if I said no.

>>810459
Be cordial but firm about the fact that he should have checked before he bought the item. If he starts up a shit then it's really up to you what to do.

>>810388

I don't know, I used every form of plead I could.

>It was 4th of July week so USPS is backed up
>He's my competitor
>The address doesn't exist
>USPS says it wasn't updated

Kept receiving

>"We have to wait till it's delivered"
EVEN THE American CS WOULDN'T HELP!

eBay is out of control sometimes

>>810354
>Fell of f the truck
This shit happened to me so many times I started only using bubble mailers for everything so the package will at least be bigger.

Right, I've been buying stuff on AliExpress and reselling it on eBay. Do I HAVE to register as a business? Or do they not care as long as I pay my income Tax?
I'm in the UK if that helps.

>>810441
>Though I'd assume it would take a really long time for people to buy the separate parts as computers parts aren't massively in high demand

You would assume incorrectly.

>>810459
Tell him you would be happy to return it, you have a restocking fee listed in your returns, right anon? 15% No refund on shipping. This should cover all your expenses.

>>810454
Buying a car is a lot of work though, fuck that.

>>807349
not actually legal AFAIK (in AU at least)

>>808039
You're getting scammed, you fucking retard.

>>811228

lol, nah it's legit. The guy made a mistake and is now paying for it.

His price was lower than everyone else, so clearly he was making a mistake.

We finally agreed on UPS air shipping for a lower price.

All said and done, he's about $300 less than my old supplier, might stick with him since he now has something I sent him that no one else has (the type of product I sell is custom made).

Or might just keep telling him I'll order more later, so he won't go sharing my customs...

>TFW package finally starts moving after 8 days

I wonder if it fell off the truck somewhere then picked up on another trip. Like wat the fuck?

>USPS damages item.
>Buyer receives it, and immediately starts return without contacting me.
>PayPal balance goes negative.


fdafjdkaslf;jsdlk;fadjs

>Buy THING on eBay.
>List on eBay before receiving it, using modified picture from buyer's listing.
>Sell within 2 days of receiving it, and sell at $40.00 markup.
>mfw profit

>>811694
Grats, you successfully applied the "bigger fool" theory.

>>806976
I buy video games from people and then resell them for 1.25-3x what I paid.

It's not hard.

>>811442
One of my things is still missing from 2 weeks ago. Luckily my buyer is a cool dude and didn't flip out, not that I can do anything about it.

>>811775
How long does it take you to move 1 vidya game?

>>807884

>>811785
I bought a 3DS at 4PM today for $80 and sold it 2 hours ago for $199, but it depends on the game, and I try not to stock junk I know I'll have a hard time moving, unless I get it in a lot.

I test all my stuff, clean them if possible, take super nice pictures, and ship same/next day, so I typically don't sit on things for more than a week unless it's something hardly anyone ever buys, like this fucking Metroid Prime 3 I can't get rid of. I typically get feedback from people amazed at how fast they get things, like this one guy I sold Pikmin 1 to that somehow got his copy the very next day.

I get annoyed at eBay sellers sometimes since I expect people to be as punctual as I am when it comes to shipping, but they sometimes take almost a week to even mail shit, so I guess I'm not the only one.

>>807697
Duuuude, I've been selling since summer of 2013 and have yet to file any taxes. How exactly do you do yours?? I don't think I can just go to any of those ''$50 Taxes Done Here!'' places. It's something I'm dreading to get to because I know I'm gonna end up owing.

>>811790
Who the hell is buying 3DS for $200. Ebay?

>>811802
Yeah, eBay, but it was an ambassador 3DS preloaded with Smash and like, 21 games, plus a hard copy of 999, a protector case, and a charger. I gave them free shipping, but the person who bought it sounds like they would have paid for shipping if I didn't jump the gun and actually read their note they attached to the order. They wanted to pay more money to have it shipped faster, but I'd already packed it in a flat rate priority box that will probably be there in 2 days, so I just told them they'd get it basically in 3 days anyway. I could have taken them for a ride, but that would feel wrong, and I'd rather have a little pride in what I do despite being just a reseller.

>tfw finding a good selling products with no competition but a chink seller I can under cut by only a dollar
As a side note, branding is the greatest thing in the world

>>811793

lol I don't know much either, I just know basically what's going to happen when I do it.

>>811832

>Branding is the greatest thing in the world

This is why I hate selling on Amazon, F'n sellers trying to claim that what they're selling was made by their company, when clearly there's no logo on it.

Then they report you to Amazon when you try selling on their ad.

>>809575
this would be a legitimate post in 2001

>>811805
You got a 3DS with all that stuff for $80 from eBay?

I live in hong Kong may be able to help u guys with bulk orders since I can run up to shenzhen for some cheapo bullshit.

message kneegross@gmail.com

Clothing. The sneaker reselling game has been killing it lately, that shits finna pop

Why do people always complain about eBay customer service? I spoke to someone earlier today when they messed up my final value fees, and they didn't have any problem fixing it.

>>813045
Because you often get connected to FUCKING INDIANS that won't do anything to help.
>mfw USPS has broken 3 of my items this month.
>mfw 3 insurance claims last month.
>mfw another 3 this month, and we're only 9 days in.

I seriously hope they pay out these next 3 claims...

how do you find products to sell? i know how to take pictures, write copytext, buy boxes and attach shipping labels.

but finding a good product to sell seems to be the hardest part of the ebay (or any other retail) business

>>813051
Auction warehouses/lost. Trash/dumpster diving. Buy & resell for a profit, (usually requires dismantling item and selling as multiple parts.)

>>813053
Auction warehouses/lots*

>>813048
I'm 99% positive I got an Indian girl, but she did her best to fake what sounded like a midwestern accent and at least told me it would be fixed within 24hrs. I guess my nightmare could only just be beginning though.

>>813051
Buy high, sell low.

>>813045
how were they messed up?

I never look at my invoice and its usually several hundred dollars.

>>813068
I upgraded to a basic store today after realizing how hard I was taking it over fees, and the lowered FVFs didn't apply when my most expensive item was sold, which wound up being nearly $40 in fees I didn't actually owe.

I didn't actually get my credit yet, but they said it would apply within 48 hours, so I guess we're playing the waiting game now.

>>810805
not him but
Guys please answer
but im from germany

do you guys usually buy something in bulk and sell just that or do you sell a bunch of different items? I think I might've found something viable to sell but I don't know what else to sell

>>810805
>>813076
Just report your income and you're fine, but you may or may not receive tax breaks if you go through the trouble of registering as a business. It depends on your country/state.

>>813077
The more you buy the less you pay per item.

>>813092
right, I get that but do you stick to only one product or have multiple? especially if you're getting your stuff from alibaba or aliexpress.

>>813063

>24 Hours
In other words, "I'm just going to say anything to get you off the line".

>>813073
lol, basic store only deducts like %1 less on fees. Only good if you're selling alot.


>>813115
You grab a view variations, then stick to the one that sold the most. Most Chinese will let you pick different ones after you tell them you will go elsewhere.


>Mfw I finally get >>810335 this feedback removed
>Drop phone after confirm for removal
>4min later, refresh
>Another negative feedback

I give them so much leisure, yet they still try to fuck me over.

Why does she/he think that someone buying over $500 worth of shit won't know the difference between a USPS/DHL tracking?

Almost thought it was DHL global at first, called DHL to find out they don't even use alphabets for neither express/global.

>>813118
I sell a lot of game consoles, and with the basic store it goes from 10% to 4%, so if I sell a console and toss in a bunch of games, then I beat the fees and overall pay much less than I would ordinarily.

>>813154

Nice, I haven't really looked into all the benifits of the store. I only sell small things so I won't get fucked.


Anyways,

It looks like the official date for eBay/Paypal split will be on the 17th of this month.


Donahoe is finally leaving...

Seems Toys R Us is also leaving eBay as well.
I think other big companies will as well, as eBay is now a mess.

>>811832
I've actually thought about this more within the day. Because I'm the only American seller of a product and the chinks selling it only offer slow chink shipping could I get away with charging a higher premium? By perhaps $5? I have no rep, really so I'm not sure

>>812021
that's not even the right way to use finna, you honky ass cracker

Thanks, Helen.

>>813989
Backstory?

>tfw waiting for USPS to reimburse me for damaged items.
>tfw claims taking longer than usual.
>tfw $100 each.

Truly suffering.

>tfw

>>811832

I'll give you a great tip.

Pay for the option to have a subtitle on your listing and put "Ships from America". A lot of people do not want to deal with the wait times of China or just Chinese in general.

>>812013

If it's an auction with a bad ending time then yeah you can snipe really good deals once in awhile.

Also sniping allows you to possibly out bid people that only put in a low bid to try their luck rather than being competitive. Someone might've not wanted to bid $200 but instead trying like $80 and he could've sniped them at $80.50

>>808464
Most of it's shit and overpriced for the quality of it

>>809011
Sniping is gud
For neck fat beards with no life

>>806976
Who would use fag bay
overpriced shit can get it cheaper anywhere on the web

>>814509

Google nuked their search results, that's why they're trying to sell eBay off now. Everything is Donahoes fault.

>>814402

>>814406
I will

>>814291
I upgraded to a store and they charged me full fees instead of the discounted one on a big thing I sold, so I called and I guess the girl liked me, so instead of giving me the fee I owed they just waved it entirely.

USPS just took down the amount of days they hold your tracking for.

Instead of 180 days where you can check your tracking, it's now 120days.

But wait, THERE's MORE!!

Paypal let's you file a claim 180 days after you make a purchase.

So guess what scammers?

After 120 days, YOU can file an "Item not received case". Paypal checks the tracking, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE, so you win.

Paypal heard about this and isn't doing anything...

>"Why not take a screen shot"

Paypal says it's Photoshopped and doesn't accept

Made about $900-$1,000 after fees and original investment for June, went to Goodwill (outlet) bought a bunch of J.Crew and snatch the North Face coats, in total I pay $35 for about 50 items, and sell most for $5 - $10, but the odd few go for $50+ depending on what they are.

Do this in Long Island.

>>814966
Are you fucking kidding me?


>>814991
I've heard this works well.. Some guy made a video/wrote a book on how to 'make $1000 a day from Goodwill/thrift shops.'

Mostly selling polo shirts and things. Do used clothes really sell that well?

>>814966
>>815016

Looks like you can retrieve info on an archived tracking number within a few minutes. Not sure how, but once you provide that to PayPal, case should be in your favor..

>>815016

Nope, just read it on the forums and it checks out. Paypal could simply have their own personal archive of the info for tracking, oh but a tech money company doesn't have enough resources to do that.

and now Donahoe is taking over (former eBay CEO that was paid millions to leave), I don't see it changing anytime soon.

FUCK THIS SHIT, ONLY WELL KNOWN COUNTRIES I SHIP TO NOW.


My ol "The buyer won't pay his import fees" excuse for winning international INR cases isn't working anymore for some reason. Either these CS are getting smarter or someone posted some notes on my account.

Btw, eBay finally realized they were still losing money scamming both the seller/buyers with their global shipping program. So now only things worth $500+ can use the program (last I checked). TopFuckingKek

Is my new list good? I never have problems with these countries.

Need it to say "delivered".

>Also Stamps.com doesn't understand Russian alphabets and I'm tired of using eBay's shitty shipping service.

>>815016
I'd like to see the video.
$1,000 a day seems extreme even for the Outlet.

It really depends on the item from what i've found. First you have to find the fucker, then you have to make sure it's not in bad condition or ripped or boys/girls. You have no idea how many Lacoste shirts I find that are ruined with stains.

J.Crew / North Face / Victoria's Secret,

>>815032

knew Japan was worth it.

>selling while typing feels gud

>>814991
Hey son, stay out of Nassau if you know what's good for you

I sell on ebay every now and then. Few months ago I came across something fucking GREAT at the flew market.

>old guy with four wooden tables set up
>just has big cardboard boxes on them
>no one even looking in his boxes
>walk over and look inside
>CAR BADGES HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF THEM
>says $.50 a piece
>look at my wife and smile
>tell him if he gives me a chance to run to the bank I'll give him $300 for all of them
>says okay without even thinking about it

I've sold 95% of them so far, ended up having in total 2,213 car badges. All makes and all models. On average between $5-10 per badge. Had a couple more rare ones such as the Plymouth Scamp badges, and the old GT500 Mustang badges that sold for more

>>815032

eBay likes to play jokes now...

>>815201
I have one car badge, can I sell that?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Breaking-Bad-Personalised-Mug-Tea-Coffee-Cup-Custom-Name-Gift-Idea-TV-Series-/331557900285?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=540712946864

lots of people do things like this it seems. add meme to crap from china, then sell at a profit. how are they not banned? will i get away with doing this?

Anyone tried selling cameras from Gumtree on eBay? Seems like the only competition is Hong Kong sellers and their grey market bodies

>>807349
>>807353

A customer has a right to refuse a delivery of any UPS parcel. They will send it back to the seller free of charge. Refunds for the delivery for whomever paid for it take time but they eventually get there. src: ups driver.

>>807851
Pay your debts. Don't rely on us ants to bail you out, grasshoppers need to be punished.

>>815430

That's actually incorrect, a buyer who refuses a USPS package loses the case if any on eBay.

They DO have the right to refuse a USPS package, not on eBay though.

But with the recent split of eBay/Paypal, I don't doubt Paypal not keeping those rules.

IM GETTING SO FUCKING SICK OF PEOPLE CANCELING ORDERS

I HAD 2 ORDERS, $114 EACH, CANCELLED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET THE ITEM WITHIN 3 DAYS EVEN THOUGH I CLEARLY LISTED IT AS A PREODER (For October)

WHAT CAN I DO? I LISTED IT IN THE FUCKING DESCRIPTION.

THE MONEY IS MINE.

>>815666

Satan, calm down...at least they aren't able to leave a negative feedback now.

It's a pre-order, anything can happen. Just be glad it's not Amazon where you can cancel right before the seller ships (or even after he's shipped but forgot to mark as shipped).

>>815342

They probably should get hit with trademark shit but I don't really know.

In case you haven't noticed, Ebay tends to not really give a shit about this stuff because it sells.

For example they said they were "working" to get rid of confederate flag items yet you can still find them. They're selling for more now and Ebay wants that commission.

You'll also find knock off items in clothing and electronics shipping directly from China yet Ebay hasn't taken them down. It's frustrating but that's how it is.

>>815666

I've never seen preorders on Ebay. I also wouldn't do it because Ebay wants to see you provide tracking right away else you get penalized.

>>811832
Branding is massive. I've been trying to think of some try-hard outdoorsy bullshit I can sell to frat boys for a super upcharge. Kind like Yeti coolers or Chacos or Enos or literally anything else that would be stocked at Mountain High.

And it's only been two weeks, let's hope next time I can get 8k.

>Based Paypal

30% of sales deducted daily isn't all that bad.

>>815772
How much would shipping coolers cost?

>Buyer hasn't paid for item in over 2 days.
>Contact them.
>No response.
>Start buyer hasn't paid case.
>eBay says hurr durr wrong item number.
>Says same exact thing, regardless of me inputting item number, or selected from list.

wtf?!

>>816027
Turns out I had to turn off the unpaid item assistant to manually start a case...

>>816027
Every time I have a Buy it Now item that for some reason doesn't actually make them buy it now, and has me send them an invoice instead, they don't pay. Why even bother clicking the button if you're going to change your mind 25 minutes later?

>>815302
Knock yourself out.

any canadians here? how much do you pay for shipping stuff? It seems so expensive.

>>814299
>mfw they still haven't approved these claims.

fsajlkf;dajflkdsajfldafkjlkdsafjalfkj

Thought id show you all this:

http://www.ebay.com/gds/Taxes-and-Ebay-eBay-Sales-May-Be-Subject-To-Taxes-/10000000000720733/g.html

bought this phone for 315$, broke it 3 weeks later, and flipped it for a nice 87$

if anyone wants ebay tips ask away

>mfw short term investments.
>mfw profit within days.
>mfw being scared of not making my money back.
>mfw waiting for items to arrive.

feels mostlygoodman

>>816536
How did a waterproof(Resistant) phone get water damage?

Would going to a goodwill or second hand store for stuff to sell on ebay be worth it? Do people buy shit like clothes on ebay?

>>816632

Yes, if you know what the hell you're doing though.

Mother does it, but sends it to another country in loads. They don't care about brands/top notch quality so she can grab anything and it will still sell over there.

She tried doing a yard sale last weekend because she bought too much shit from Goodwill, only made $5. She really thought people wouldn't know that the shit she was selling was Goodwill down the street. Still won't listen to me when I keep telling her Americans aren't that dumb.

But yea Goodwill/thrift is good if you know your shit on clothes, then you can get the silks/name brands that are missing tags/etc. Selling clothes on eBay though is stupid if you don't know how to deal with fatties not knowing their sizes and wanting to blame you for their fatness.

>>815721
>>815666
Preorders are against eBay ToS.

>>815527
USPS and UPS are different companies.

>>815720
Pretty much this. Unless you own the rights to the item and contact eBay they just ignore copyright infringement. It's how retard sell legend of zelda hats and LoL boob mousepads. Granted if one just calls eBay, and complains they can easily have their item taken down, but usually nothing beyond that.

>>816724
You said she got ripped off before by sending to her own nigger kind...

>>816519
>http://www.ebay.com/gds/Taxes-and-Ebay-eBay-Sales-May-Be-Subject-To-Taxes-/10000000000720733/g.html

I'm pretty sure Ebay issues you a form after $20k revenue + 200 items sold (same for Amazon).

Why is UPS shipping through Paypal so horrible? I just tried to send this stupid box out a dozen times and it wouldn't let me, saying that I had to link a UPS Billing Account, or some shit, now I don't have enough money in my paypal account after filling all my other orders, so now it super won't let me print a label.

>Hurr durr delete and relink your UPS account to fix it :)
Fuck you, I've been doing that since last night

>>816778
Sounds like a pain, eBay UK makes it much, much easier.

Does anyone know how listings end up on Google search results?

I have auctions for a specific brand of designer jeans and have optimised the titles, description and features (Fast & Free etc) for user searches.

However, my listings literally will not show up on Google shopping - even if I search for the exact title. Meanwhile, other eBay listings for the brand showing up on searches have terrible titles, one sentence descriptions and are just from casual eBay users.

Why do my listings never show up and these other ones do? Getting onto the Google shopping results would obviously be great exposure.

>>816752

Whoops, didn't read that. But either way, if you refuse a package from eBay you lose the case. Unless of course you're the type to actually type out your response instead of calling eBay to have the case closed in your favour.

Also, lol yea she got scammed...that's why she was trying to do a yard sale.

Duh...

Last I talked about it, she was trying to sell it at the flee market but we finally told her how we wouldn't even consider helping her pack all that bs to take to the flee, she doesn't even have any racks/enough hangers/etc to have it placed like a legitimate store.

>>816792

Not sure.

I do know about a year ago that Google heavily penalized Ebay listings for their abusive SEO tactics which killed a lot of their traffic.

>>816792

>My listings never show up on Google

Last year first quarter, Google nuked the shit out of eBay items. eBay items were cluttering up search results while other websites that were owned by mom/pop shops weren't being shown.

Google saw that eBay was being greedy already with their fees/new seller system that they just decided to clean shit up. Think it was called KungPow or some shit.

>>816800

Ah, yes Panda 4.0 is what they called it.

>http://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-algorithm-update-panda-40-hurts-ebay-2014-5

>>816797

Boom

>>816799
>>816800

But why are these other items still showing up? They are mostly from the same 2/3 sellers so they must be doing something differently, I just can't see it on the listing itself.

>>816817

Google's not going to completely remove an entire site like eBay from the search results. I don't even think that's possible.

Probably have some sort of algorithm to only show 1/10th of results related to eBay domains.

2nd Negative of the week, I think I'm going to pass my 5 negatives a week mark if it's already getting this bad this early.

>Buyer contacts me (1min) "Where's my package?"
>Buyer leaves negative feedback (5min later)
>I'm not even at the computer
>Try to check for his transaction but can't even find it...
>Call up eBay and tell them it's the same guy from few weeks ago (Idk, lol but who cares).


Feels good to have threats on your account, use them to your advantage.

What are the seller limits at the beginning? My account is fresh, I've already sold two headphones, but bought 50 Windows 8.1 Keys for literally no money that could bring me huge profits, but I'm limited to selling only like 10 items. When am I going to be able to sell the keys? What does it take to get out of the "noobfag arena" to actually be able to sell finally?

>>817186

>Bought 50 Windows 8.1 Keys, going to sell on eBay

Someone's about to lose their account before they even start

Besides that, limits were 100items and $1000 dollars when I started, that was back in 09 (my first acc). Made another acc a week or two ago and it was at 10 items.

>Pic related (main acc)
Just a few months ago I was at about 200 items. I think they double every month you ask. Remember, you have to use at least 1/2 your limits to get an increase.

You're probably still in the "Item has to be delivered for money to be released" stage, it's going to be 90 days till you're free.

>>817194
Oh, I see. Well, I've seen quite a few high feedbacked people doing this and frankly, I could beat their prices. If not eBay, what other places are there I could sell these keys then?

>>817205

To the lock smith

What can I buy to turn around and sell on eBay? Complete beginner here.

>>817227

Dragon dildos, I've never seen a rainbow colored one. Maybe you could be the first?

>>817231
>>817221

lol wow, my IP changed and changed back. That's a first.

>tfw waiting for at least $30 profit today before I go and grab supper.

>>816508
>mfw USPS sent me two letters requesting that I provide more documentation, asking that I provide proof that I purchased the labels/insurance.

fdjasklfdjaskl;fdjsal;
Has anyone had this happen before?

>>817302

Never gotten a refund from USPS, then again I ship 90% first class uninsured.

I see why USPS is going under...

So how impossible is this going to be to sell?

>>817324
I have to be brutally honest and say that listing is the fucking plebiest thing I have ever seen.

Look at your title, its got 5 fucking words. Optimise that shit. Not to mention you are making it look shitty by calling it a 'beginner' didgeridoo.

Your photo is taken on your fucking dirty ass bed, not going to look too promising to potential buyers.

Auction style with buy it now option for just an extra $15, why not just make it buy it now? What the fuck were you thinking cunt?

I looked up your listing and the description isn't even two lines long.

At least you have cheap express postage, I think (from Australia).

Recommendation: Give the didgeridoo to a charity store.

>>817324
I can see your feet in the damn picture

>>816800
>Google saw that eBay was being greedy
Irony 101

>>817358
>>817354

at least he's not the type to post a stock photo for a used item

>>817365
lol Google has all the power really, they can do whatever they want.

>>817227
Literally anything, but you should start out with things you know and go from there

>tfw first return
>also fist part-replacement today since part of the order arrived broken

At least everyone is being nice and reasonable.

>>816817

Some listings make it.

If you ask me I think Google wanted to run more of their ads so that they can get paid for clicks. Ebay was getting free traffic off of them for some shoddy SEO work they did.

>>814803
implying they did it by accident, thats how they get you , they deliberatly steal from sellers , becasue majority dont see it. there no way system would charger a user full fees if hes on the list of store sellers database, anyone with the shititest clue of how databases work know this.

>>814991
that must be some countefeit shit , i ve never seen northfacce go cheap on gw

>Selling laptop parts.
>eBay send sends me pic related.
>eBay ends 3 of my listings for no fucking reason.

What the shit??

>>818282

Has this happened before?

>>818075
Well, it was like an accident they made on purpose.

You see, if you upgrade to a store, then your current listings don't update to reflect that, so you have to take down and relist everything manually or else you get hit with the fees they were listed under, and I think they even say that somewhere when you upgrade, but if you just call and tell them to fix it they will, but I guess they bank on people not bothering to check their fees regularly to determine that they're correct, so even if they give out some refunds they still win in the end by playing a numbers game and pocket all the cash of the hoards of ignorant fools that use their platform.

You just need to keep them honest and double check their numbers. Protect yourself from eBay, keep your ratings and sales high, and they'll at least operate within their own rules when you call them on it.

Also, don't be a dick when you call customer service, or else the Indian people who don't care about you will /really/ not help you.

>>818304
Nope.

My guess is they didn't like my description.


I literally list multiple things at once, and in the 3 listings removed the description just said 'Great!'

>Buy item.
>Pay $42 or so for shipping.
>Seller calls me saying it will cost $100 to ship UPS Ground.
>Seller has 0 feedback.

Is Fedex, or USPS any cheaper?


FUCK

>>818359
For really heavy shit UPS is usually the cheapest option.

>>818305
that's not an "accident", they could easily automate the re-listing. they make money off of people's laziness

>>818361
Yeah, I figure they're just BSing me to try and get more money.


Item weighs 45 LBS.. I looked at Fedex, and it would only be $50.. I figure UPS can do it for at least that.

>>818465
If I shipped something that weighed 45 lbs from NY to CA, and it was something like 19x19x11, it would cost me a little over $40 via FedEx, and maybe a little more from UPS. If the box is a lot bigger than it'll be more, probably.

>>818472
It's probably 30x20x20 or so at the most.

Coming from NYC to MO/KS

GUYS

I found an item that is very cheap on Aliexpress but NO ONE ELSE HAD IT ON EBAY.

I listed it for about $7.99 even though I paid less than a dollar for them.

2 People have bought my item so far, but I have 11 more.

I have about 9 watchers and 100 views.

Why aren't these selling? They are extremely useful to a specific niche and lots of people I know that are into this niche would die to have one of these.

I have 100% + feedback on ebay and have had my account for 7 years.

WHY ISNT ANYONE BUYING?

>>818523
To ship from Long Island to some random zip code in KS would cost me $41.95 just for postage via FedEx, a little more from UPS, and A LOT more for USPS. If he's using USPS it's like $120+

>>818577
Well as much as you don't want to tell us what this specific item is, we can't really tell you much without know what it is.

>>818577
Because you are gay

>>818580
Buyer just shipped it UPS, which they were claiming earlier would've cost them $100.


I figure they were just trying to get more money for the item lol.

>>818624
Yeah, they're probably trying to screw you. Just ask him to show you a photo of his shipping calculations or something.

Like, it's not a big deal to squeeze someone for an extra 5 bux on a large package, because whatever reasons, but for $60? Come on

>>818577

>NO ONE ELSE HAD IT ON EBAY

And you expect it to sell because you have it?
Go ahead and tell us what it is :^)

My Top Rated status will get it on the front page, then more people will see it and when I sell out, they JUST might buy from you instead. Good deal huh?

>>818359

Leave them a neutral (not negative), they were dumb enough to not know the total.

Even that being said, $100 is not the price to ship anything. It can't be exactly $100.

So they are clearly trying to scam by having you send more money through paypal (you can still get a refund either way).

Anyways

>@Bus stop downtown coming home from $5 movie Tuesdays
>Qt with ^Boo-T stands next to me
>Take my earphones out and start convo
>Phone starts buzzing
>Phone keeps buzzing
>Me: Sorry, let me put it on mute
>"You're famous, heeehee"
>Me: Oh, no it just happens when someone buys something from my online store
>"Oh, you sell on Etsy?"
>No, e....eBay (lol I thought she'd stop talking since it's not fancy Ama-zoing)
>Qt is a biz major too, too bad we only talked about Obama

Been almost a month since I left the house, feels good.

People keep buying this one fucking thing from me and then not paying for it

Fucking eBay, let me relist this shit without waiting 8 goddamn days for these dumb niggers to not pay me, or actually make people buy it now when it's listed as BUY IT NOW

>>816604
you have to keep the parts closed in order for it to be waterproof

Is it just me or has there been a drastic drop of Indian support on the "Appealing a Case" department???

Tried having a usual common case closed in my favour and I kept getting American CS.

Finally after 8 calls I got an American woman who called me out saying I was "defrauding the buyers", when clearly the buyer stated he wasn't using the product right.

She ends up saying she understands and will close the case in my favour. 10min later I get an email, check it because this was a really weird conversation..."Buyer's Favour".

Called to have it revised and no one would until I somehow found an Indian rep that understood clearly what I was saying. This is FUCKING INSANE, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS eBAY UP TO?

>Buy item to resell.
>Seller leaves positive feedback a day after purchase.
>Item hasn't shipped yet, shipping has passed handling time frame.

wat

>>818913
>Contact seller.
>They claim item is shipped.
>Isn't marked as shipped, no tracking number.
>Ask for tracking number.
>Seller responds saying 'ok thank you'

fug ;DD

>have item on ebay no one else is selling
>only watchers, probably competition checking if my item sells
>my item is good quality, and very cheap to buy. very small and light.
>buy it for .58c free shipping , sold a few for $10 each
>no one is buying them right now

I just don't understand. I offer returns, and have 100% feedback. I'm the only one with this item.

Also, why do so many people bother selling cellphone cases / ipod headphones / phone batteries?

Why bother?

Yours aren't going to sell, and those chinese niggers will just undercut you by a fucking cent to get their pennies.

>>818946
>Seller provides tracking number via message.
>Seller applies TWO tracking numbers to item.

wat


>>818994
fjdksalfjdla; sometimes people just don't buy things... Sold 5 of one item the other day that I hadn't sold in a month or two.

>Sell game
>Buyer claims it doesn't work
>Tell him to send it back
>Test it, it works perfectly
What should I do here? Just give him a refund, sell the game again, and eat the costs?
Do I report him to ebay?

So eBay just pulled off my listings based on "trademark infringement" from Daimler, but I can see other sellers continuing to sell the exact same shit.
What's that all about?

>>819192
As long as they say it works "now" its suspicious enough to were you'll win any return/defective case about it. Lot of idiot scammers give up if the only way they can get money out if you is having to do any extra work i.e. returning an item. Nothing else you need to do now.

>>819192
Unless the buyer opened a case, then they have to close it out themselves and you'll have to call eBay to get the defect removed.

>>819297
99% its just your competition. I'd call in to eBay and hit them right back.

>>819192
>eat the costs
Any business that accepts returns eats something unless there's a restocking fee


Grow up and be a big Boi and accept the return or mark your listing as no returns.......

>>819309
Probably is, because my items were on top of the page and I was selling more 7 items for 1 sold by the competition.
Fuck those cunts, I'm pissed off, had to cancel my stock order and have useless stock laying about now.

>>815032

So I decided to take this off and put back "Worldwide".

This time I just up'd the price since I'm only shipping priority mail (since it always get's delivered).

People are still buying at my x6 price increase, amazing


>Postman doesn't go behind the house for daily pickup, have to find postman willing to come down my street to pickup 50+ packages...how nice.

>>819398
What's a "Vladimir"?

>>819401

Slovakian guy

Glad he put his name/address in English. Stamps.com still doesn't read Russian alphabets.

Get a call from so-so at 9am

>"Hey, I bought from you few weeks back, you still sell *****?"

I didn't even know what he's talking about since I usually wake up at 11.
Finally remember and tell him I do.

He wants more, wants to buy more outside of eBay.


>Mfw soon I won't need eBay
>Mfw my supplier now sends me $1000 worth of shit and I still pay after it sells.

>>816093
You can make them pay immediately for BIY. It's an option you have to select.

>>819439
What do you even sell? I keep seeing people talking about selling something that no one else sells, and I honestly have no clue what you could possible have that no one else does and still sells in decent amounts.

>>819497
he sells your mom

>>819407
They dont use russian alphabet in slovakia

>>819497
>Update

lol I sell things people need/want

If you're selling something no one else sells, it's either a custom made item or something people can't find where to buy from.

There are about...40 people selling my main item. Every time someone new pops in, I lower my price for a few days, letting them know that I'm ready to get to the point where I know they defiantly won't be making any money. So they stay above my price and surprise surprise, they still sell. Just not as much as I do.

Also my main selling item will get you around 3-5 negative feedbacks a week based on how many you sell (1-2 if you sell small). Don't forget the headaches of idiotic buyers. This isn't a perfect product, so anyone can buy it, anyone...meaning anyone that doesn't even know what the hell they're buying. Lucky me, as I know how to deal with these types of buyers.

>>819507
^kek

>>819508
Eh, Idk the difference.

>>819510

Keep a list, so if any defects/feedback remains I can call back.

So many I don't even update it as much anymore, just block the buyer after I win the case and move on.

Sometimes get the same eBay rep, they look at the previous case and just close it, seeing it's the same thing.

>Send item
>Passes the date it should have been delivered
>No feedback received
>Didn't send it tracked
>No way to know if it was delivered

>>819623
>No tracking.

WHY
>Make $150+ with 1 hour of work yesterday.
>Make $0.01 today with 1.5 hours of work.

fug ;DDD

>We are ready to ship your items
>"Are you sure you are?"
>Yes we will ship it tomorrow
>"Will I have the DHL tracking tomorrow as well?"
>Yes, please you can now pay the remaining charges
>"I hope we don't have anymore problems in the future Anon"
>Of course, thank you for trusting us
I Pay

10min later


>We can only use UPS my friend
>"..."
>"Will you still be shipping tomorrow Anon"
>Yes
>"That's all that matters".

I swear I was about to hit refund on all the payments if he said no, If I don't have a tracking tomorrow, this guy is going on the block list.

>>807031
my sides

>>819870

Foreigners have made me hate the phrase "my friend". They think that by saying that there is a special bond between the two of us beyond money. I could give a flying fuck, I just want the damn items/service done.

>>819894

worse part is it rubs off on you and you start saying it as well

>>819898
hey friend i totally agree with you

E-commerce company eBay Inc (EBAY.O) reported a 7 percent jump in net revenue, boosted by higher demand in the PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPLV.O) payments business it plans to spin off on Friday.

Net income fell to $83 million, or 7 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, from $676 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier.

Net revenue rose to $4.38 billion from $4.10 billion.

so they make profit but lost 7cents a share?

the reason why paypal makes that many transactions is because they have the monopoly of internet payments. no one likes these fucking companies !!!!!

>>820259

Lmao I thought I was the only one reading about eBay news this morning.

Read pic related, they're trying anything now.

They really think we're dumb enough to not know that when they split tomorrow, nothing will change. The same employees are still at the top.

>https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/ebay-bids-chance-success-paypal-123954214.html

>>820270
lol wtttttfffffffffffffff wost publicity stunt

>>yfw when you got banned 3 days from ebay for selling a digital item that i created

>>820274


guy in wheel chair is like

>"I just came for some lotion".
>eBay: "It rubs the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again"
>"Okay, I'll take your stupid photo"

lol how can you get banned for custom made? Unless it had a brand in the title and you forgot to say "for Apple" or "for Windows" etc...

>>820279
other sellerss reported me . but it was digital item and i didnt put under everytjing else, how the fuck should i know , when ebay suggested the listing

I run the ebay store for the pawn shop I work at, I've been killing it on game systems, sterling jewelry that I say are "antiques" or "rare", and shitty AMD wal-mart laptops.

Anyone else on the gravy train?

>>820284

Competition at it again, and eBay does nothing about it.

Yesterday some guy undercut me, looked into his account and saw he sold fake memory cards + had a whole fuck up of an account. Told him I knew what he was up to and this is what he said.

>>820291

First he tried denying it, lol

>Yfw I have nothing against a little scamming, but fake memory cards? Nah...

>>820287
you run it FOR the shop ? or you sell it first then buy it from the shop without ur boss knowing? much more profit second option

>>820291
>m-muh food
>m-muh kids
Report that fuck and tell him to get a job

>>820301
>>goes on ebay threads
>>tell him to get a job

nigga why you even here ?

>>820301

lol he's still undercuttng me, called CS/reported.

I fucked up by sending it on my selling account, let's hope he doesn't buy one of my items just to fuck with me. Saving his area code just for future reference.

>>820302
No no, lol he's talking about the scamming seller. He's trying to pull the "muh kids" excuse, when we all know he's using the money for a new blow up doll.

>>820302
I mean a job that doesn't involve bullshitting people(to his extent). I'm down for semi-neetdom

Guy who got banned from selling shit for a week here while other sellers are selling the same stuff, I guess I'll try to alter the description a little bit next week.
If my items gut pulled again will I get banned for life?

>>820335

No, a month.

Then it goes to a year.

You should call in and ask why it was removed, I've been suspended so many times but had so many of them removed. Yet on my account, it shows I was suspended. The system doesn't see it was removed and acts as if it's just another suspension.

>>820337
I went for the online chat option, they just told me to contact Daimler directly.
I emailed them, and surprise surprise, I'm being completely ignored.
Fuck them, we'll see what happens next week.

>>820345

lol of course they won't respond, greedy fucks only want to be the ones selling whatever they sell. While it's illegal since you're the one that now owns it and wants to resell it.

gl

>>820347
Thanks man.
What pisses me off the most is the fact that there's about 5 other sellers selling the exact same product who are now raking in the profit while before it was me who was selling the most since I had nice pictures and a good description.

>>819894
You mad, my friend?

>>820352

Reminds me of when I was selling dummy phones

>Call1
"Oh it's okay to sell these anon"
>Call2 (American CS)
"Oh don't worry Anon, we even have a category just for it"
>Call3
"Just put "for kids" and you'll be fine"


List item, sell a bunch...week later, suspended.

Call in, ask the problem, they don't say it's because of Apple. They claim you can't sell any type of dummy products.

lol

call a bunch of times again to verify and they say it's fine.

>2 Days later
1Year Suspended


lol I nearly fell off my seat laughing


Till this day, the Chinese and some Americans still sell dummy phones. There's still a category just for it.

eBay is a mess.

>>820363
Did you call and get your account unbanned?

>>820364

Well duh, lol and they called it a "curtsey reinstatement". How nice.

can anyone here help a european NEET out with drop shipping?
im buying a visa from post office and i want to drop ship from china to US is it possible?
and how can i get suppliers?
tips,etc..

Almost got fucked selling a xbox live card today ;/

>>820611
how? ebay or buyer trying to fuck you ?>

>>820641
No my wholesale supplier tried to change prices on me. I sell than buy from him. I got it all sorted out though.

can i get into trouble for selling those bootleg childrens toys/games if i list them as "unofficial" and "replica"? like i dont use name branding or anything.

>>820735
That's the opposite way you want to go. That automatically means you will be taken down. You're better off to sell as official and refund the people who call you out.

Counterfeit goods are always a bad route to go though. I know a guy who got into a bunch of legal troubles for it. Cost him many times as much as he made.

>>820747

>sell them as official and refund people that call you out

Can't do that. I'd be buying them for $30ish each, and the brand name is completely different. It's a well known product with a different name on it.

Example - Let's say LEGO bricks had "Lego" logo on each one of them. If I bought a pound of "LAGO" bricks with the "LAGO" logo on them, should I just sell them as "LAGO" bricks?

>>819702
Well the solution for you is too clearly work less.

Now we wait for the negative feedback :^)

Feedback extortion is a great thing

>>810441

Guns. Just bought a shotgun at the pawn shop today for $75. Will demil the receiver using my torch and sell the non-gun parts (barrel, stock, etc) and probably make ~200.

>>811002

Junk yards, especially on holiday sales where things can go 50% off. and by junk yards I mean pull your own ones. They have generic pricing.

For example, last year I bought about 50 pairs of car sun visors for $1.99 apiece (so ~$5 a pair with taxes). Some of these pairs sold for $40-50+ a set. Other parts sell well too: certain radios, dash parts, speedometers, etc. Especially older vehicles and even 90's vehicle like anon said.

I don't do it as much anymore because I moved and the nearest place is an hour away, but I still go down on holiday sales and I can make a small fortune.

And if you want to deal with BS, big parts can make you a lot of cash. Couple of years ago bought a minty tailgate for a toyota 4-runner for $50 and I sold that motherfucker for $600. Buyer lived the next state over so I just drove it to him.

>>814408

Yep, do this all the time.

Just got something the other week, paid $50 for the lot, have two items left and have already made $80 profit.

Also, people who list things incorrectly. Bought something the other week for $150 that was incorrectly listed and is worth around $350-400, but I'm keeping it because I needed one.

>>820301

Story from about five years ago, my first negative on eBay.

>selling a car stereo
>as-is (seriously, got it in a trunk of a car I bought, never tried it, didn't have the harness and didn't want to buy one)
>list it for $15 free shipping IIRC, or 20
>point is after shipping I probably made $4-5 on it
>buyer files a claim
>STEREO WAS DIRTY
>message after message
>dirty stereo turns into "I have six kids and I need the money to take them roller blading"
>Tell her she should have thought of that before purchasing an as-is item
>She sends a bunch of text I can't understand
>I escalate and won the case
>Got her negative removed because she used dirty dirty words in her comments

>>820764
>>820764
>>820764

please respond.

>>806976
Not selling yet but something I got from China. I think it'll sell well and for a good price. Especially since I'm an American seller.

>>820904
Like shooting fish in a barrel. I've only done this once and I really, REALLY, stretched it over the phone to make the buyer's message seem as feedback extortion, it was a riot.

>>820938
Just stay AWAY from counterfeit, it isn't worth it.

>>820938
Just don't sell bootleg trash. As a LEGO faggot I can tell you knock off bricks are easy to spot for anyone- an adult will immediately notice the inferior plastic and such, and a child will get lead poisoning from mouthing the bricks.

>>821089
Then wtf are you supposed to sell?

I've had a ton of good luck selling yoga shorts. I stopped because I don't really need to anymore but it was good while I did it. This is one of the pairs that sold best.

http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/EaYbI6aUn

>>821120
>http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/EaYbI6aUn
curious, why would people buy that item from you when it costs $20? A simple search on eBay yields results for $2-$3 pairs. How did you get yours to sell as a marked up price from the original $20/pair investments?

>>821117

are you for real?

At least go for the least obvious thing to counterfeit.

He's saying you should avoid it since you're going to wake up everyday knowing damn well your account might not be there. At least wake up knowing eBay might just want to fuck you in the ass for no reason.


>>821126
All about marketing, try selling some other shit that sells fast and then switch the images/title/description/category when you've sold alot of that item.

People will think you sold that new item and a lot of people trusted you, when in reality you just switched items. Most people (like myself) don't like being the first buyer of an item. Also your item would be closer to the first page this way.

>>821089
>>821098

its not really bootleg though. its something very useful but looks like something very popular.in a way, its brand logo is in plain sight but its not the legit product. basically an upgraded replica.

sucks, found em real cheap and i could probably sell em for $50-$60+ shipping and no one else is selling them.

Regular Walmart grocery shopping trip brought some extra inventory. They're getting rid of some videogames and picked up what was profitable. Just before that I stopped by goodwill and paid $33 for about $180 of goods. Haven't done that well at a goodwill in a while.

>>821126
dd you click on a phishing site ??
this is what i get when i past the link

>>821183

I used to do pretty good buying shit from Shopgoodwill and reselling it, but that shit goes for way too much nowadays. Don't know how people are making cash, unless they're counting them as charitable donations and I don't think that is really legal.

But the local goodwill near me is shit. Only things I've picked up this year were some $3 PS3 games I sold for $10-12 shipped and one boxed PC game for $1 I sold for $35.

>>821183
>>821265
How do you guys know what is going to sell well? Do you just pull out your smartphone and look it up while you're at the store?

>>821284
pretty much, mixed with common sense and intuition. I was with two other pickers, my roommates, and one doesn't have a smartphone and we get rid of any junk he's picked out usually just by eye. Some stuff doesn't sell other times it does, you hope for the latter. Or you can also check sold listings. But yeah a smartphone is essential and you'll be looking up practically every item you pick up once you start, and then use it just a bit less after some time.

>>821293
Alright, thanks.
I really fucking hate college so I'm going to start with this and then move onto other jobs whilst staying in school, just in case.

>>821300
It might be good for you to get a job and start this along side it, so you actually have some money coming in that you can invest right away. I moved out of my moms place and had 3k saved and a huge game collection and that was my kickstart with ebay. Also because when you start out you're gonna have restrictions per month and have your money held.

>>821284

I've been hustling at flea markets since I was 12, which was over 13 years ago.

So I pretty much know what sells and what don't, but I'll admit, smartphones and the ability to do instant research in the field have increased my efficiency by probably a thousand percent or more. But there are certain things you can't really go wrong with:

>medical equipment (and I mean good equipment, not someone's used breathing machine or diabeetus tester)
>gun parts
>video games
>coins/silver/gold
>construction equipment, especially surveying equipment
>aviation
>pretty much anything where the users are big wigs/rich yankees/etc

Take last year. Bought a CST/Berger DGT 10 from an auction of an architectural firm that was going out of business. Paid $10 for it. IIRC got $500 for it.

You do this shit long enough and you can just tell what is expensive and what isn't. Like a sixth sense. If I see something at a flea market, there's a little radar in my brain that goes "that shit pricey as fuck".

>yfw once I turned $5 into $680

Winter is coming

Anyways,

Is it all a ruse?

Is Weing really going to fix this shithole?

Or is he going to just fuck us deeper than previously?


>Find out next time on DBZ

>Sell item.
>For item to work it must be used x way.
>Buyer starts return.
>Still haven't heard anything from them on how they used it.


every FUCKING time.

>>821527

He can't be worse than that cocksucker Donahoe who single-handily fucked everything three days from Sunday.

Guys what's a decently cheap inkjet printer I could buy?

>>821748
Buy a Canon

Imo Epson printers suck and just don't work. Also their ads are lies.


First look for a decent Canon printer on eBay, then MAKE SURE you check the ink prices as well. The more popular the printer, the cheaper the ink :^)

Buy them in bulk, I get like 30 packs of ink for $18. While the Canon store cost like $25 for like 3 inks.

So I see an ad on my selling page talking about an "Enhanced Defect Report" or some bs. Click it and end up on a YouTube video.

How can eBay see this and not understand how fucking stupid it is?

It's like

>"Oh hey we know this is probably what your reports look like because EVERYONE makes returns, but we're still not going to change anything"

Oi vey, I'd accept returns on every item if they didn't penalize me for it. Reminds me of Amazon...maybe they should copy that idea as well.

Lmfao, this isn't even including July's defects.


At least it looks better than the old excel type report.

Amazing they listened and made it only a 3 month period, rather than a whole year.

>>821527
OMFG HES GOING TO FUCK ALL OF US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
focus his attention is not good , hes probably going to want professional companies and try to get rid of stay at home moms ,and goodwil scalpers . to compete with fucking ali ad amazon JESUS FUCKING CRHIST!!!!!!!!

>>821772

lol that's why I'm laughing at these new defect updates.

All they did was upgrade the UI.

It's like "Oh now you can SEE how you're being royally fucked by us".

Then the media takes in and tries to make eBay look better for new sellers, when in realty it's just not what it seems.

Talking to an old friend that wants to start flipping phones/electronics on eBay.

Doesn't understand how easy it is to be scammed...

This is what eBay wants, new sellers who don't even understand the basics of selling online to a stranger.


Instead of fixing problems with long time sellers that know what they're doing...

Some Brazilian bought something from a Buy It Now yet somehow hasn't paid yet either. These are my Shipping Preferences, I thought this is how you block international buyers?

>>821812

It's not 100%, trust me. I've had several issues with that over the years.

>I sell a lot of gun parts
>not even something you can export without a shitload of licenses I have no interest in acquiring
>eBay still wants me to do global shipping program even though when you list in the category, it says no shipping outside US
>still get messages from people trying to buy gun parts from foreign nations

I haven't had a buyer though in a while, and I don't know what I'm doing differently than you. But check your individual listing.

>>821830
This is what it shows on the listing.

>>821830
To be fair, I'm fairly certain you can send just about any gun part except fully assembled firearms and lower receivers to many foreign countries?

>821177
>821177

please respond

if i list it as "XYZ inspired ABC" will they remove it?

i also found something on Ali for $5 and is currently selling minimum on ebay for $60-$70 and people are buying them every day. It's extremely small too.

thing is, it's a "bootleg". Not really a bootleg though, it's just that the originals were made by the chinks and they continued to make them even though there was originally supposed to be a limited run.

can i get away with selling these?

>>821086

He finally posted

annnnndd....


It seems to have..."disappeared"

>>821842

same thing happened to me >>815235

Seems they're buying from a US account and somehow eBay lets them ship it to their country.

>>821812
dude i hve the same problem , i list no foreing buyers as policy people from all over hte world still buy it , just cancel the transaction, brazil takes 3 months shipping minimum

>>821923

You're still planning on going through with this...

You realize there's a high chance you'll end up with a ton of products without an account to sell it on...

>>821923
post the item and ill let you know . and dont worry i wont stealyour idea i already have a specific niche and sell every day i dont need to sell anything else i have a day job

>>821930

Stop using crows to mail your packages then.

It takes 6-10 days for first class...

Only problem is that sometimes they don't scan them, so buyers can claim INR case and win since it didn't update as "delivered".

>>821931

my item is so niche and its out of print. these fools are literally paying $80-90 + upto $200-$300 for very small items.

The chinks stopped making them because there was a limited run.

I could always sell it "without box"

>>821923
Tell us what it is mate.

>>821936

Or your competitors that are doing what you're doing could rat you out

>>821940

already checked. Only ones on eBay are official ones, but the bootlegs can easily be passed as real.

Like I said, the chinks made these, then stopped. Now they're selling extras.

The niche is so small but the userbase has so much money it's rediculous. They'res no way they can yell "bootleg" or "counterfeit" because

a. the bootlegs are made the same way as the originals
b. if i list them as an auction starting at half price, or even BIN at half price, they won't think twice before buying it ,and be happy that they got it so cheap
c. eBay employees + other users wouldn't be able to tell it's a bootleg just by looking at it.

im not gonna do it long term. Just whenever I need an extra $500 lol

>>821950

ayy, lol alright gl

>>821950
Did you just randomly stumble upon that niche?

>>821955

I looked around my room and used my own niche for inspiration.

Only thing is, these had a limited run, and usually come with a few more things. I'm just gonna sell them "as is" without the extra shit.

>>821957
Wait wait wait, I think I might have found it.
Figma related by any chance?

>>821958

home improvement.

>>821958

lol have a feeling it has to be related to Figmas


Most on eBay are fake anyways, no one really cares.
Wish the Chinese could replicate Amiibos

>>821961
Gaahhh, that's way too vague.
Anyway, well done on finding a good niche, now good luck raking in the mad profit.
I was pulling in over 1000 pounds monthly until someone complained.

>>821963

why would someone complain?

>>821962
not animu figurines, but i remembered i did order one on ebay knowing it was a fake.

i complained to the buyer, kept my $90, and my figurine.

>>821963

What happened after they..."complained"

>>821966
lol exactly, and you could be on the bad side of that if you don't watch out.

>>821966
>why would someone complain?

Slight trademark infingement I guess. What's worse is that there's other sellers selling the same shit.

>>821967
>What happened after they..."complained"

My account got suspended for a week.
Still going to try and move the remaining stock I have in a few weeks time.

>>821967

like i said, they nor eBay can prove it's a fake. It's literally the same thing, just extras from a limited run.

>>821971

Hmm, true true.


>>821969
lol just know that shit is logged. Next time it will be a month, then a year or "indefinitely" which is hard to get rid of for "counterfeiting".

>>821934
holy shit that was quick , mine with tracking is taking 3 fucking months , and it wasnt epensive neither electronic

>>821962
yeah its figma ,there is no such thing as limited edition home improvement

also fake toys from ali doesnt look anything like the pictures they post gl your account will be shut