/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>945070
iPhones, and video game consoles.


Literally two of the most risky items to sell on eBay.

Prepare to get scammed left and right, especially if you offer 14 day returns.


As far as best match shows, with those items it'd be really hard to tell.


Also, are you BUYING these on eBay? Be careful about getting scammed BUYING on eBay, they will revoke your buyer protection after awhile.

>>945095
Well in my whole ebay carrier I've sold items in these two categories.
Currently I don't use the returns... But im still debating whether or not to continue using them
I buy these items from craigslist and wholesale.
Also I've got a separate account just for purchasing items to avoid just that.

>>945070
Also another thing. Should I leave feedback after a purchase or after they leave me feedback? If I leave it before someone might bitch about the item and leave me negative feedback and leave with my postive feedback. idk.. feel dumb for asking, but it must be done i guess...

Actually looking to get out of selling on eBay. Been lucky to dodge scammers so far but the place is just so full of poorfags. I really don't see how you're going to make a buck peddling used phones and consoles.

Found a small, niche with buyer that tend to be more professional which means don't have to deal with scammers.

The volume is really low but margins are high.

>>945195
what is it?

>>945191
So far I seemed to stray clear of scammers. I've had roughly 500 transactions... So idk only time will tell i guess.
>>945195
Exactly. Although i fear that this niche market is already filled with vendors...

>Accepted good offer from buyer on high risk item.
>Realize buyer has ZERO feedback.

Welp time to lube up my asshole.

I find free shit on Craigslist and resell on eBay. It's a side job that I've been looking to expand.

I have a load of shit that I need to pull the pictures from my phone and list on ebay but I'm feeling lazy tonight...

>>945070
I used to sell on ebay. I imported airsoft stuff from china for like £10 and sold it for £40. Sold a few £100 worth of items a day. Then it fucked up and lost it all.

Started it by repairing phones in school. iPhone 3G and 4 screens loved to break. I fixed them for a decent amount. I then started to buy and sell peoples phones on ebay as well as buying ebay phones to repair and sell on. Had a few problems. Someone managed to sell me a stolen phone that I sent to mazuma mobile (UK) I didnt get paid for it because it was stolen and sold to me with a faulty signal by a business seller that ebay refused to investigate. Also have had some black niggers in london nearly get away buying a few iphones from me. Although police got involved and they were arrested. I was under 18 at the time and jewpal have been holding a few £100 from me and refuse to release it to me. Top kek.

This was a few years ago, so may people doing it now It's not worth my time/risk/effort to do it. Was a baller in school though.

tip I always click on price lowest + p&p when searching.

- Top rated seller.

>>945429
There's literally an app for that. eBay app lets you create a listing and upload right from your phone.

>>945070

Buyer advice time.

I bought as 6000Lumen Bikelight on Ebay recently. Of course it never ever reaches 6000lm, not even on the max wattage of the LEDs. Sellers have a tendency to exaggerate specs.

Question: Can I get a refund based on the fact that the Lumens are a gross exaggeration and are an false item description was provided.

>>945429
0/10 and listing multiple items through the app is a pain in the ass.

>>945846
Can you prove beyond your word that the light isn't putting out the advertising lumens? Probably not but don't worry, just complain to eBay and they'll fuck over the greasy gook that scammed you.

>>945070
Bein a top rated seller isn't that great with your niche people aren't making spurr of the moment purchases they will take their time and look at what is available. Take really good pictures and be as precise as possible and you'll be good.

>>945846
If you can actually prove the light doesn't live up to it's specifications contact eBay otherwise take the loss you probably bought a cheap non-brand light anyway.

>>946268
> just complain to eBay and they'll fuck over the greasy gook that scammed you

lmao

>>946268
>>946414
I actually can. Modern high end smartphones have accurate luminosity meters plus I have the spec sheet of the leds. I measure 1400lm max and the spec sheet reads 2600 at quadruple the wattage the orbited battery pack can deliver.

This means the seller can make no excuses. Not even "muh max power spec".

However I asked this because I knew 6000lm was literally impossible and every seller on eBay exaggerates. I knew how good the light was beforehand and that it wasn't going to be as advertised.

So this is purely an ethical matter of me fucking over a gook for 24bucks.

>>947469
Made up my mind: I am going to jew him.

Is selling on eBay, or amazon a viable way to earn a living?
How many hours do you guys work?
How much money do you make?
How did you get started?

>He does it for free

looking for very generous person to loan me $40 until next friday. started new job and have no money for gas/food until that date. will pay back via paypal! wicked_rob_10@hotmail.com

>>947707

>implying we have any guarantee whatsoever that you'll actually pay it back

>>947752
>Implying he really needs 40 for food and gas
>implying he will stop posting this on every thread once someone sends him 40 dollars
>implying he at any point has had intentions of paying it back

>>947752
>>947764


I was actually thinking about it, we could easily send him the money as a "Goods/Services" payment. In the notes of the transaction we can say "iPhone 6", if he doesn't return the $$$ or ship the made up iPhone, we contact Paypal for a refund on Saturday...

Reviewed his Paypal acc and it's his legit Paypal, but still I'm not sending shit.

>>945429
What items do you generally trade in? Media? Small Electronics?

>>947767
In that case then I need 40 for food too m8 send it here

>>947569
If your like me and you just sell random shit from your house it only takes a day or two of work to make several hundred dollars. If you're going out and buying the stuff from stores and trying to be competitive I would imagine it's better to get a real job and only use ebay as side work.

Chances of things messing up are just too high. Gotta have stability bro.

>>947691
I don't get it.

Whats going on?

>>948046

>Buy phone online to resell (flipping)
>Receive phone
>Setting phone up
>"This phone was stolen, please call me"
>Text number
>Original owner says his son was mugged
>Talk to seller that sold it to me
>"Das my pone nigguh, gimmie my money or send it back"
>Refuse to send it back to thief
>Site makes me return it to him to get a refund
>Return
>He refuses parcel (I wrote something on the package)
Probably his mom saw the package and made him give it back to the postman
after reading my notes.
>Phone gets returned to me
>Shitty site still wants me to send it again
>Finally comes to their senses and gives refund
>Send phone to original owner
>Gibs me giftcard as thanks

>Old thread
>>916181


Now I'm dealing with pic related, earlier this morning there were 6 more devices.

>>948063

What the fuck did you write on a package to stop a nigger accepting a phone?

"Contents : KKK clan with pitchforks and torches."

On a side note.


I bought a phone from a business seller on ebay.

It had a "faulty signal". I thought I could repair it and re-sell.

Send it to a phones for cash. They don't pay me because its stolen, they wont give it back and they give me 30 days to resolve it on my end.

Cant return on ebay as it was no returns accepted (Spares and repair)

O2 say they can't release any information because its protected under data protection

Ebay agree to offer a refund. But phone recycling wont return it to me.

Time runs out.

Crushed phone

Out of pocket a few £100 quid.

Something was fishy when the box arrived with the IMEI + Serial scraped off it. Three people were linked with that one ebay account too. different second names.

>>948070


Crazy what people will do just even when they know it's getting harder and harder to sell stolen phones.

>tfw reporting seller to IC3.GOV, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service for not sending $500+ worth of items and avoiding all contact for weeks.

How fast does USPIS work?

>>947768
All sorts of things. Right now in my "inventory"...

>about 6 medium flat rate boxes full of unopened geodes (sell on average for $40 a box)
>a hell of a lot of clean, newer choir robes that I received an offer for $300 earlier today
>a lot of early 1900s National Geographics
>a set of encyclopedias from 1903
>about 30,000 clean bottle caps (sell for about $30 a medium flat rate box full or 1600 caps per box)
>a generator pulled from a 1939 Cadillac

i have a few collectible items worth a few hundred to a bit over a thousand dollars each. any advice on how to sell them on ebay without getting fucked over? i know insurance and signature confirmation are a must, but any other tips?

they are all in their original sealed packaging. the moment the packaging is opened the value drops by half. i'd much rather sell them locally on craigslist, but i would probably have to have the ad up for a year just to find buyers for them all.

>>948474
When making a listing take a good amount of good quality photos. Also be sure to describe the thing like a critic. Dont forget the proper packaging with tons of packing penuts

Is it normal for a sellers page to have the same comments over and over again for pages?

>>948858

I picked out three items, they're all coming from this seller: http://www.ebay.com/usr/lal792

Either feedback manipulation or some Air Condition repair company really likes that seller.

>>948886
Well I am buying pretty cheap air filters in bulk from them so the latter does kind of make sense. I'm just new to ebay and found that a little concerning.

>>948085

>How fast does USPS work?

Make sure to save that post, so you won't have to type it again around this time next year.

Any amazoners here? I would like to get started selling on there, I have a little bit of money to invest in merch im just not sure what would be a solid investment. Also what ever I decide on im going to do fulfillment by amazon I think and let them handle the shipping and customer service and what not.. help me out biz.

>>948474
Find a forum that deals with the collectibles in question. Advertise there. Offer item for 10% cheaper than it sells for on ebay in same condition for cash in person.

Collectibles are nice to deal with because they're generally too obscure to be worth a scammers time. The person knows the value of the item. They are more likely to pay higher than value for convenience.

Got an old grain grinder in an auction once for about $75. Sold to a guy locally for $300 a week later. The guy was nice, ended up hooking me up with a bunch of nice shit for cheap that I sold for a good profit and I have a go to guy for anything farm related now. Usually pays cash for stuff. Plus he has a lot of old guy friends who collect the shit and acts as a middle man for me for no charge.

Get a call from eBay talking about their new Return policy and if I wanted to be one of the beta testers.

Now when I receive a return & accept it, I can deduct the shipping cost of what I paid to get it to the buyer. Pretty good huh?

Anyways
>Pic related

I love when buyers open the wrong type of return.
He would've lost the return even if he opened it the right way and I wasn't able to close it myself.

>Product says it doesn't work for new OS
>He buys it
>He upgrades to new OS
>It doesn't work for his device
>I don't offer returns but he still wants to return it..

some people...

>>949179
how do you get the option to decline his return? I only got that god tier button once because someone waited more than 30 days.

Might start making crosses and coat hangers and shit out of railroad spikes on amazon. 2 dollar shipping but gonna hike the price a bit. Returns after a week.

Thoughts?

>>949339

It's only offered when the buyer opens a return request the wrong way, or basically they want to return it "just because".

The other thing I said is a new return policy that might be put into place for everyone else this coming year.

>>949021
??????? anybody?

Has anyone done this? What kind of promotions would you get?

>>949021
No one is going to give you merch ideas. Especially not ones that they're using.

I work for amazon. All i can say is that if you're going to use FBA... FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTIONS or they will wipe out your profits very easily. Amazon makes a lot of money raping their vendors (you).
You send them something that's not on your PO? You get a fee.
You send them more than what's on your PO? You get a fee.
You send them something that needs prep before it can be sold? You pay an amazon employee's labor expense to prep it + a fee.
If you send them LP Certified cartons that do not work. Fee. $5 a box.

>>949022
where do you meet when selling face to face?

>>949566

>I work for amazon

Hello darkness my old friend

Any chances they un-suspend accounts that were suspended for reasons that were not so big? No one seems to be responding to my appeal, could I forward it to you?

If there's a fee for that, I'd pay ...

>>945070
>I plan on having free priority mail shipping with a 14 day returns
It's 30 days now

>>949021
eBay may not be perfect but it's fairer in the fact that eBay does not sell anything in there or is a major vender.

>sell fully operation Playstation 4 remote
>arrives today
>same day buyer claims is is wonky
>says it won't let him sprint in some game
>tell him check his settings
>says: sorry I don't know how to use these things

>mfw

>>949720
fuck me,,, sideways.

>>949756
you got fucked...upside down.

>>949972
>>949973
You know we have IDs?

>>949983
yep. the thread got a bit slow.. so a bump or two wont hurt.

Just to keep this thread going -
>searchcraigslist.org
>find expensive marijuana consumption devices
>top tier vapes, bongs etc.
>hurr i cant find a good deal locally can you ship it to me
>I'll send payment when i get a tracking number
>hell, I'll pay extra if you overnight it
>ok
>Don't pay
>Pick up item from recently sold local house you said was your address
>hurr i used to live here
>ok here you go
>sell locally or online
>the lazy fucking stoners don't do shit
>rinse, repeat

ofc this is applicable to anything on CL, but I like being able to try most of the latest 420 tech 5 free also desu

>>950051
T B H not fucking desu fuck

>>945258

Why would he want to introduce competition into his market?

>>949566
They could help a brother out and give me one idea im not looking to get rich just make a living.

Here's a story.

>be me
>sell dsi on ebay, just bought a bunch of pointless shit and nothing left in paypal
>Balance= 0.05
>dsi sells for 15.50 with buyer paying 5.00 shipping
>figured that i could pay for label with money i get from sale
>get a message from eBay
>"your buyer had paid, but funds are being withheld until the transaction has been confirmed"
>fugg
>can't go to usps because live in the middle of bumfuck nowhere

Someone send me 5.25 on paypal, ill email you a steam code

Hunter.witt2000@yahoo.com

>>951096
Gonna have to do better than that faggot

>>951105
Not lying, friend

>>951109
Can't deny that. You really don't have 5 dollars though?

>>951117
Nope. Like i said, bought a bunch of gadgets and didn't realize id have to pay for the label first. If anyone can send this to me, I'll send it back to you right when i get the funds from the sell.

>>951126
You can print it from home, the funds will just be taken out at a later date.

>>948986
The USPIS (Inspection Service) will fuck you up real fast senpai.

>>951109
It's such shit. It always says oh you can use the funds from the sale but then you can't actually use the funds from the sale

>>949566

What is your position at Amazon?

That drop-shipping gimmick sure has reeled in a lot of suckers. I see sellers saying they pay 30% or more in fees, yet on ebay sellers complain that 10% is too high.

>>951695
I would'nt mind paying 30% if I had a profitable product I could move a volume of....What can I sell on amazon and make a living $300-$400 per week?

>>949021

I've been thinking underwear would be a good item to start selling. Looking around ebay I see they sell like crazy, and returns should be non-existent. No idea where to buy wholesale though.

>>951699

No idea. I only make a couple hundred a week on average. Every year gets worse, too many sellers online everywhere now. Plus they are letting the Chinese pollute every site.

>>951704
What are you selling my friend? what kind of volume?

>>951708

Can't say what I sell. Nothing that great, make about 10 bucks per item.

I've been selling online for almost 20 years now. It's really tough these days, nothing like the gravy easy 90's.

I used to clear about 60-70 grand back in the early days, only about a third of that now.

I can tell you that I see some ebay sellers that are doing good with knives and rolling papers.

>>951723
what were you selling in the 90's then at least? assuming your not selling that now? I had a family member you made a killing for 3 or 4 years in the 90's selling antiques via ebay

>>951753

Mostly software and computer books back then.

When the wholesalers starting selling retail at lower than my wholesale cost, I gave it up.

>Sell item to buyer.
>They pay, and receive payment in PayPal.
>eBay shows as unpaid after like 12+ hours.

wtf do?

>>952711
Cusdomber serbise :--DDDDDD

>>945595
Did you make an article, underage when selling aursift guns, your story is familiar

>>951096
I like Smart Post because I can delay the payment for shipping until the end of the month.
>>950053
Desu is cuter and not irritating.

>>952711
I would hold the product from being shipped, contact the buyer, etc.

>>949021
If you're starting out, I would use eBay over Amazon. It's a slicker interface (eBay always was a place for vendors to sell whereas Amazon is opening up for vendors to sell on their website), and you really should be the one handling customer service, not Amazon.

>>945846
Easy refund case. If it's $24, and I was the vendor, it's prolly cheaper to tell you to keep it.

>>945846

I've bought so many LED lamps at Aliexpress. Noone of them reach the specifications. They are not bright enough.

I got bought some lights but the box was so taped up it took me like an hour to open it, I couldn't just take the tape off either. I had to cut open the box. And inside, there were five more boxes, all taped up so they all needed to be cut through. I like the lights and everything, I was just wondering if this is an good message to send the seller.

Hi,

I received the lights. They are great. Thank you very much. I left positive feedback. All five stars. The box was a little hard to open, so maybe use less tape next time :) I'm very happy with the lights, I just wanted to leave one little suggestion that might make things more pleasant for future buyers.

Thank again

Selling Fallout 4 pip-boy edition at a mark-up as it sold out in the first week. Generally new to ebay and testing the waters again since last year.

Wish me luck, bros.

Help /biz/

I'm pretty new to this ebay business and I need your advice.

The same user bought the same item twice to the same address. Pic related
Two items can be shipped in the same price packaging as one item

Do I
1. Message them asking if they made a mistake and want one or two
2. Send both items in one package (can they charge back scam if I do this?)
3.Send each item in separate packing

>>953790


Your buyer can file a claim saying that you shipped them only one parcel. Most buyers don't, but some will just because they can.

Send them separately if they don't say otherwise, you don't want anything...blowing up in your face.

>>953795
Ok thanks for the advice. I should've added that its an item that I have no idea why you'd need two of, but I'll just send two anyway, noone can fault me for that

>>953807
Messaging them might be a good idea too. Just a nice thing to do.

>>953790
Happens all the time.

Message them if they meant to order two.

If the item is worth less than $50, then 90% of the time it's because they want two, else they would have asked to cancel then ship it together. Most buyers prefer items shipped together anyways.

If the item is worth more than $100, then I would ship separately because USPS priority mail (which I assume you are using because $8.25 postage) has insurance up to $100 each package.

Hi, forgive me, new to selling on ebay-ish, now the offer this guy has offered me is acceptable, and he has 100% feedback rating with (51), the issue is...well this.

Were these people who left him feedback retarded, or was the ratings modified?

Should I trust this guy, as I assume we know top feedback is most recent, 6 months ago infact.

And what could be the harm if I agree to the offer and he doesn't pay, just a waste of time?

Could he just shit out a bad rating if he doesn't get his way?

Should I cry like a bitch and just decline the offer and blacklist him mentally?

I want to sell more than playing cards but not if I'm gonna cop flak for it.

>>953995


It's called a False Negative

Most sellers will put "Neg" within their comment, but as you can see, these ones are pretty new to how it should be done.

Sites like these:
http://toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs

Will pickup the false positives by checking for the "Neg" comment within the feedback.

To answer your question about what happens if he doesn't pay, nothing...
He won't be able to leave you a feedback and his account will be marked yet again with an unpaid item strike.

But seeing that he has all recent feedbacks as false negs, I wouldn't accept...

>Started receiving many sales last night
>Asked buyer where he came from

So turns out a popular DJ posted one type of my product to his millions of fans.

Christmas is looking $$$ :^)

>Forget I had a return request
>Buyer escalates return to a case
>Case turns into a forced return
>Call eBay
>Case gets closed in my favor

Imagine if he was just about to hit the "print" button to mail it back...

Also, it's very odd how my Paypal account never gets deducted the $$$ when a case is opened, while my other accounts do...

>>954035
Forgive me, I think I used it right, its coming up as accurate to what ebay is showing...he's left alot of bad feed back for others but only 1 within 6 months, infact no activity 6 months from now, these were taken via the site you provided to omit the good ones

So am I to believe these people are just dunces and he is, infact a shit buyer and to avoid, yes?

If so you have saved me some unnecessary hassle.

Otherwise I'm still baffled by his feedback ratings to wrap my head around what should be an easy to figure out situation

>>954050

Looks like the site has updated since I last used it, looks like new updates that pull words/sentences that sound like negative.

Anywho, yes you should be avoiding him.

Up to you t-bh, won't hurt if he doesn't pay. But people like him are...different.

>>954052
Seems that way, I'll decline him tomorrow after I put up new listings seeing how I got a regular who's after very specific stuff off me, could go off ebay but...the boost in ratings may help for the future.

Which leads me to another question, does it look dodgy if most of my feedback is from the one guy, I mean shit made triple digit sales off the nice guy but from his personal order list (he just asked if I had and I told him I'll update according to his list).

Also before you ask, trading cards are the bulk of my sales currently so lots of individual ratings flowing.

>>954054

If you plan on going off eBay (Paypal->Paypal), just make sure the buyer isn't shady and you're actually going to sell to them for the price you agreed on (or even lower). Most buyers will report you for going offline when they find out you won't give them a discount (since they know you won't be charged eBay's 10%).

No point for a buyer to ask you such a question unless there was a problem with combining the shipping price on eBay. Just don't get caught doing so or you can be suspended. Even sending your email through eBay messages is blocked by a filter.

lol and hell yea, some idiot could get eBay on the phone saying that you're manipulating your feedback. But your feedback score shouldn't even be going up after the first + the buyer left, unless of course he bought it on separate days. Either way don't worry about it since you have other feedbacks from single orders.

>>954060
Hrm, well I used to see my merch on a social media group but the movement was so slow, it seems this guy wasn't aware of it despite it being the main source of news in our country (it has a small gathering, its kinda niche), though I'll remain on ebay to be safe.

Well how its working is I put up listings on mondays, all buy now or best offer (sometimes multiples of said item), he buys his stuff from the individual listings (he bought 5+ cards last time) and he pays quite quickly, I send them out and its all good for both of us (I don't charge shipping if local though international were these would really sell worries me, local post wants $20 for tracked shipping despite it being letter sized items and basic non-tracked mail is $3, surely must be a way to guarantee I'm sending them while keeping post cost down but that's all they offered me at local post).

So some dick may come along and just nag because one guy is buying 5+ items at a time and because very few people are picking at them, infact other than who we've initially discussed only one guy guy bought anything off me and it was a single order.

>Get negative feedback
>Call in to have it removed
>"Sorry Sir, we can't remove negative feedback. Please send him a feedback revision request"
>Tell her to do me a favor and look at his feedback profile
>Of his most recent 50 feedback, 48 are negative and the 2 positive are both revised
>"Oh well have you considered giving him a refund to revise the feedback"

WAT
>I ask her if she's considered banning him from ebay because he's only left two legit positive feedback on this 3 year old account since it was created
>"Please hold"
>"I've removed the negative feedback from your account"


The best part? She just removed the one feedback he sent me. The rest are all still there. His account isn't banned.

Wouldn't want the all mighty buyer to be inconvenienced!

Icing on the cake? I looked the guy up. He's an airman in the USAF. Base is about 4 hours from me. My cousin works on that base and has for years. He's a Master Sergeant. My cousin used to sell stuff online, and is the reason I started doing it. Going to see if he can arrange some fun for my buyer.

>>954122
This is getting good, looking forward to hearing more from you anon.

>two weeks ago see ad for church group cleaning out their office
>TONS of audio equipment; mixers, samplers, microphones, loudspeakers, etc
>take two fucking trips in the truck to gather everything
>test everything out that night, it all works, wipe everything down and list it on ebay
>week later (few days ago) everything sells, about $3700 in total, only had to ship a couple of flat rate boxes for the smaller stuff, everything else was local pickup
>mfw I made ~$3250 doing absolutely nothing except wasting a Monday morning picking up free shit

I took this week off of work because I deserve it.

>>954516
Donate some to the church.

>>954552
I was talking to the qt in the office and they told me they did not belong to a particular church, they just did various activities and shit in the neighborhood.

When I was there there was another couple of guys loading up a box truck with all the desks and chairs and furniture and shit.

I have $5,000 in eBay profit from selling basically junk. What do you have to do to get into wholesale selling?

Is Alibaba the basic go-to source for a bunch of cheap shit to unload on people?

>>954516

FUCKING nice.

I really need to get more free stuff.
>mfw 33 items sold this month (8 days)

>>955007
>>955007

Step your game up f@m (short for family)

what would you do with an unlimited supply of tires /biz/?

http://knoxville.craigslist.org/zip/5302209109.html

>>955103

Build a house out of tires, claim it's "new age art". Sell for millions

Today is the day I upgrade myself from used crap to brand new crap.

7 months ago came here, found the idea of iPhone cables, laid £50 to start, it worked, for awhile, but profits were naff for the hours I was putting in, so looked at swap meet acquisitions, well things picked up then, making cushy £500 a month, now me and my girlfriend came across a branded wholesaler with the big boys.

I have to thank this board for giving me the inspiration, cheers bros!

>>955128
>7 months ago

Nice man, best of luck.

What's a good, but cheap scale I can get? I'm kinda of pissed off because it would have paid itself off and then some had I got it before I started selling (I've generally overestimate the weight just to make sure).

>>955135

I use a 5000g max scale, lol only costs me like $13 eBay new.
Only bought it because it fits my product(s) weights.

Just get any scale under $20. I've even seen 40LB max scales going for $16.

>>955135
This one is pretty good.

http://www.amazon.com/Weighmax-2822-75LB-shipping-Battery-Included/dp/B002U4OEDS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1447056898&sr=8-1&keywords=75lb+scale

>>955128
whats the new product bro?

>>955135
I use a harbor freight 70 pound shipping scale. Nothing worse than a scale the tops out under your shipping weight. 70 pounds covers all standard packages unless you deal in overweight shit.

>have a tablet that goes for 150-250

>my tablet is practically new and so I price it at 240 since Ive seen them selling for that price

>some retard sends me a message saying that I should sell it to him at 150 as if it were used and acts like my price isnt reasonable and that "but hurr every other seller has it for 150" which is a lie

>have the urge to tell him to fuck off and stop being so entitled since I run a business but obviously cant since I dont want to seem like an asshole

Why are people so entitled on ebay?

>>955704


Are you the guy that posted about that tablet in the last thread?

Your tablet might be in great condition, even might have never been turned on. Most people don't care, once it's been taken out of the original package it's used & will be looked at as every other used one out there (if it's not cracked/scratched/etc)

Hope you have a lot of good feedback, cause that's the only way someone will buy it for the price you're asking...

but yea I do agree, if you don't have the "Best Offer" ticked, then no one should be contacting you about a reduced price.

Hey Everyone!

I am looking for software to manage my ebay and Amazon sales together on 1 dashboard.

I'd like to be able to have the shipping information aswell also see my expenses and profit per item.

Tell me what software ya'll use. Thanks

>>955704
That's the way a lot of people ar man be it in real life or internet, I used to sell used cars and I would get this a lot "well there is one up the road with 20,000 less miles and $800 cheaper" to which I would always reply "well man, id like to sell you my car but to be honest if I were you id go buy the other one because that's a heck of a deal" and then 30min-hour later they would come back and buy my shit... same as the old walk away trick where they make the offer and say "im leaving that's the best I can do" and you just let them go it's about a 50/50 on if they come back but there is always a chance they will....as matter of fact the last deal I sold they guy said " $2000 is the most I can do, you can sleep on it...." and as he was leaving he worked his way up to $2,300 and then 10 minutes after he left he said i'll just bring you your asking price in the morning ($2500)

>>955798


I think I'm the only one here that uses Stamps.com, it's a great program but I hate it as well.

You could spend time printing 30 packages, then check your eBay and the data would never be posted there. Don't know why this hasn't been fixed in all these years. >>955077 Pretty much why I only print 5-6 at a time, or else I'd have to copy/paste all the tracking on all purchases if it didn't post back.

The only option out there that I know of that's better is ShipStation. It will allow for you to keep track of your sales easily. Mostly everyone uses that since it's so simple, and works great.

The other ones like InkFrog are decent, though their shipping system is shit.

I'm looking to move onto Endicia, but that's only because my shipping is increasing everyday, also I like their "Unused return" labeling system.

All these sites will let you integrate your Amazon/eBay accounts so you don't even have to log into Amazon to ship.

Does anyone use alternatives to paypal?

>>955918


There is no alternative, also eBay is removing every other payment system they had before the split with Paypal. Even though...

>http://www.wsj.com/articles/ebay-paypal-offer-new-details-on-planned-split-1428612663

>“PayPal is free to pursue any merchant, to pursue an Amazon, an Alibaba,” said Mr. Donahoe in an interview. “And eBay is free to bring other payment alternatives onto eBay.”

Oh...you must have forgotten Paypal is owned by eBay, even when split. So whatever is being agreed upon is utter bs.

eBay is already removing every other previous payment processor they had before the split, like they did back when Don Da Hoe came in.

Does anyone know how drop boxes works? Can I just came anytime and drop my package there? Is it only for small ones?

>>956044

I'm guessing you're talking about these blue boxes

It works for anything you would usually drop off at the post office. Just have the appropriate postage on the packages you'll be sending.

You can also have your packages picked up from your house (by your regular postman) for free.

You just have to set it up on the USPS site or whatever shipping program you use. Just know for pickups you have to be shipping a Priority mail or international. But they'll take everything thing else you have, usps just won't let you checkout a pickup date without having a valid tracking of one of those two types of parcels.

>>956051
>You can also have your packages picked up from your house (by your regular postman) for free.
Wow how you convince this old man to do it? Please teach me about this!

>>956061

I already explained it...

>>956064
His car so small I'm sure he will refuse to take anything big.

>>956068

How big are we talking

>>955386
I routinely have packages between 70-100lb.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0153I0418/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2O9YC1AUWLW71&coliid=I29TOJUI9XHOCL

I have that one, 440lb cap. There was another seller doing free shipping when I bought mine, now I can't find him.

Anything that I have that's 30-40lb+ goes in a Home Depot heavy duty box. I would never trust these flat rate post office boxes with more than 20-30lb.

>>956071
Like if it's a PC tower it won't fit in that blue box for sure. Not to say mr postman probably won't be able to even lift it and even if he managed to do it it would take half the space of his gay car.

>>956084

Then make sure when you're setting up a pickup on USPS.com that you put the correct weight.

They have bigger trucks you know...

It's just based on the current day and what type of load your Post office is dealing with.

The regular postman usually picks up mail under 50pcs, anything else and they might just send the business trucks to pickup for you. I hear some towns have shitty post men that sometimes don't feel like picking up because they know they'll have to carry a big box. Nothing you can do to make them since this is a free service.

who /preparingforblackfriday/ yet?

Trying to figure out what I should go ahead and buy and put on my credit cards to flip.

Anyone know what the hell this means? Did the mailman decide to write down my house doesn't exist? Because it does exist.

>>956234

Means the sender either forgot to put a house number or your post man is dumb as shit.

Check the address your provided both on eBay and Paypal, some sellers choose from either of those addresses and you might have messed up when putting one of them in.

>>955704

Please read these words:

If it is not in the factory box and sealed, it is not fucking new. I hate people like you.

Practically new might as well be used with cum stains on it.

>>956278
Well some scumbag buyers I sell to tell me "hurr durr product was opened" And I just opened it to check and make sure it functioned so we won't have to go through a big nigger return but apparently they can't grasp that, so fuck em I wont check to see if it works.

Anyone one have trouble shipping to Miami?

Every other time, it's a buyer opening a case of "item not received" even when tracking number shows delivered. This time the idiot spic left us a threatening message that he wants his money back, or for us to file for an insurance claim through USPS.

I don't even know what to do. My associate who mans the e-mails just doesn't bother calling customer service, so we always ALWAYS end up losing the case, and we have to issue a full-refund.

I'm getting fed up desu. Is there any way to prevent this? Call eBay customer service before they do? Set up a region block on eBay?

>>956303

>My associate who mans the e-mails just doesn't bother calling customer service

I'm guessing he's your 50/50 guy that you run the biz with, otherwise I don't see why he's still employed by you. There's no such thing as region block on eBay, eBay wants sales and don't want buyers worrying about their state not being able to buy specific items for something that does not concern them.

You see how they still won't let us block bidders with no feedback
Or how they allow (2) non paying bidders to block instead of one.


>I'm getting fed up desu
lol, imagine some new guy finding this board/thread and completely be thrown off by everything you just said

>>956303

No but once or twice a month I have Australians begging me to ship them gun parts, and that's not happening due to export regulations.

>>956234
>>956275
A little update on this situation.

I called the post office, the address was correct. It was a substitute post man that day. He was in fact, dumb as shit, and somehow couldn't find my address, even though they go in order 00, 02, 04, 06, and I'm 06. The package is currently marked as return to sender. The post office gave me a case number and said they would get back to me within 72 hours. I sent the seller a nice message letting him know what was happening and asking if he had any ideas of what to do. It's clearly not his fault, so I'm really not sure how this situation is handled. Just waiting to hear back now.

Any tips from people here? I'll keep you updated on my situation so hopefully we can at least learn from it.

>>945412
how did it turn out senpai

>>956585

Well by eBay's rules, lol the seller can fuck you over if he wanted since the package was "Refused" (technically) and by eBay's rules, if you refuse a package, you don't get a refund.

The seller already paid the shipping, he should have to pay it again.

Let's hope your seller understands and ships it out again for you.

>Generally, the buyer is responsible for accepting the item when it arrives. If the buyer refuses delivery, their claim is not eligible for the eBay Money Back Guarantee.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/money-back-guarantee.html

>>956611

He shouldn't have to pay it again*

>>956051
Just a reminder. It is illegal to put international packages and packages over 13 ounces that aren't identified into a drop box.

Identified packages are ones that can be tied to you. Meaning if you print a label online it is fine. If you put stamps on it, USPS will assume it's anthrax or a bomb and return it to you.

You can schedule a pickup online. Mail carriers are required to take all paid items but some will refuse unless you schedule a pickup. Just ask your postal worker when they deliver your mail if it's fine.

>>956068
The USPS has very clear guidelines on packages. Every postal worker is required to be able to carry up to 70 pounds.

>>956080
Again, standard rates cap out at 70 pounds for all couriers. They have options for overweight freight. Most people don't deal with it.

>>956303
I know someone who set on their tax table to put taxes on a certain state to an absurdly high level. Opens you to people bitching though.

Every time I have a package go through Kearny NJ. It's fucking held up an extra day or more.

>>956611
Technically not refused. So if he were to call into ebay he'd easily get a refund.

If the seller wants to be a dick about it, just let them know he can call USPS for a refund on the first shipping because it was their error.

>>956611
>>956708
I did call USPS and they did said they will reship it for free. Hoping this works out.

>>956722

Then you have nothing to worry about

Just make sure when leaving a feedback, you leave the seller a 5 star rating since he's having to do extra work that's not in his fault.

>>956727
I definitely will. Pretty shitty situation though. One mail man's mistake makes a package be sent halfway across the country 2 extra times, and makes extra work for everyone involved, and nobody get's anything out of it. It's 48 individually packaged light bulbs too. So I would imagine it's a pretty large box.

>>945070
Why is USPS Ground not an option when I go to print my shipping labels? I used to ship everything Standard USPS Ground (1-6 days) when shipping my sold items. Now the only option I qualify for is Priority Mail which is way more expensive. I don't want to keep shipping Priority Mail but I have no choice, unless I decide to up the cost of shipping.

>>956993
If I only knew... I was wondering the same thing a few days ago.

>>956997
Hopefully eBay hasn't discontinued Standard Ground. After all, Priority Mail is an expedited service. But I'm losing money here. And I haven't been able to get any answers.

NEW SHIT I GOT FOR FREE UPDATE

Just scored on NINE 2u Tripplite server UPSs with no batteries which seem to be going for $200-300 a piece on ebay. My luck is finally starting to pay off

>>956993
I used to do the same. Now everything that isn't explicitly flat rate or media mail goes Fedex no questions asked. UPS has been giving me many problems lately with hidden charges and lost packages so I'm given up on them.

On a side note...

Has anyone used eBid? Selling fees are only 3% and there's no limit on free listings. The only thing is that you have to pay upfront subscription costs but they have a $50 option for a lifetime subscription.

>>957041
>UPS has been giving me many problems
Do you mean USPS?
The rate I got from FedEx Ground is $3 cheaper than eBay's expedited Priority Mail. I think I'd be better off with Priority Mail. If I print a label through FedEx can I drop that off at any post office? Or does it have to be a FedEx location?

>>957088
It has to be a fedex location.. Or you could scheduled a fedex pickup from your home

>>957088
No no I meant UPS, the United Parcel Service

Post Office never gave me problems but they're too expensive for what I normally ship, beyond what I can fit in a flat rate box.

I used to hate Fedex because of the way that I used to receive packages, all beat up and torn. But then I learned it was because of the way the box was packed; too much empty space. Now I ship more through Fedex than the post office. Customers don't like it but they normally do not want to pay the extra $10 for UPS, or the extra $20-30 for the post office.

>Haven't sold ANYTHING in over 48 hours.
>Have over $10,000 inventory.
>Just switched PayPal accounts in eBay the other day.

Did I fuck something up, or are people just not buying?

This hasn't happened in months.

>>954516
I'd love to come across an office or business just giving shit away. A lady in a Facebook group recently was given permission to take pretty much everything left over at an estate of a well off couple because the children already took the things they wanted. Imagine getting almost all of a persons non sentimental possessions. Electronics, sound systems, high name brand clothing you name it, this was a mcmansion they were clearing out.

If you have a Walmart in your town check for late super savings on Halloween shit. Bought over $300 of stuff for $30, 90% off.

>>957050

I've used/use eBid.

Signed up with the $50 deal straight off the bat I think a year 1/2 from now, sales were shit because eBid didn't start advertising until June of this year.

Literally since eBid has been up, they never advertised on Google, you had to do it yourself.

Sold pretty well, then it stopped, then picked up.
It's a decent site but don't plan on making any sales...

>>957177

>Just switched PayPal accounts
lol

Anyways, it has nothing to do with the switch.
The sale would still go through and the buyer's payment would go to some other seller.

It's just that time of the season for whatever you sell I guess...

>>957215
There was one of those recently near me, up in one of the wealthier suburbs of Chicago. Tenure'd professor died, kid wanted everything not of sentimental value out.

I'm talking antiques, books, decorations, etc. Shit worth tons. We were in contact and I was just about to rent a 14' uhaul and buy a ton of big boxes until he said that he was donating it instead for the tax break.

I was pissed, I lost out on like $15k.

How can the Chinese afford to sell stuff for like 75 cents with free shipping from hong kong?

>>957280

ok..


>>957351
Chinese government subsidizes trade to USA

>>949566
>I work for amazon
I used to work at the giant warehouse in robinsville. it's literally a sweatshop

>>950051
You're a piece of shit scammer.. but survival of the fittest! Tell me more

>>957355

No but really though, I could make up some fake random email that's not even registered on Paypal and a buyer could still checkout.

I can later on add that email to my paypal account to get the funds...

>>957351
Like he said, China is/was looked upon as a 3rd world country, so to increase their "economy" United Nations tried to help businesses grow and reach other countries. I believe this was eBay's idea as well...

China is no longer viewed upon as a 3rd world country so expect changes soon...I hope

>>957351
the products are really low in quality

>>957384

lol that doesn't lower the price of shipping

>>956585
>He was in fact, dumb as shit

>>950051
Bump for interest.

Who chachingan here?

eBay app is bretty guud.

>>957351
0. low quality products (we sell $20 hoses which cost $2 to make, and the boss still wants to sell them even with a 30-50% defect rate. I think I already told my helmet story here as well)
1. exchange rate, and that's by design. the communist party deliberately wants the yuan to be undervalued so that companies are rewarded for being paid in the dollar.
2. chinese are prefer high volume, low profit margins

>>957088
If I remember my shipping options on eBay right you have
USPS Priority Mail, cost is wt/distance
USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate at $5 for envelopes, $11 for Md, $16 for "Lrg"
USPS First Class, ~$3 for under 14oz
USPS Media Mail, ~educational materials/open to random inspections
FedEx Ground, value for larger parcels
FedEx Smartpost, the cheapest option, maybe the slowest
FedEx Overnight (etc), for emergencies etc, pricey

USPS priority mail (1-3day) rates cost depending on the location. Within 100 miles is the base $5+1 something which is awesome, whereas cross country can get expensive ($10-50). Florida is always expensive for whatever reason.

FedEx ground or FedEx smartpost are the alternatives. FedEx ground we usually expect to cost $20-30 for regular sized parcels, and smartpost is the low cost option, which takes fucking forever for delivery.