/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.1103428]

eBay general:
Top Rated Seller party edition.
Who got their Top Rated status back today?

[Anonymous No.1103460]

>>1103428

>back

Like I would ever let it go away, why did you lose yours?

>inb4 shipping time

[Anonymous No.1103464]

>Call CS about $50 case claim
>Explain how buyer is attempting to scam
>10min later explaining over and over
>"Don't worry I'll close this one out in your favour"
>20min after call
>New Message "Case closed: buyers favour"

lol sometimes I wonder if they put us on mute and play Solitaire

had to call till I had an American CS on the line to revert the case.

[Anonymous No.1103466]

>>1103460
What do you guys sell? Got any of those cheap ass chinaman laptops?

[Anonymous No.1103475]

>>1103466

>Selling laptops with 50+ parts sold by some random Alibaba seller

Not a good idea, end up with 4GB ram that's only really 1.5GB + pirated windows.
Can't return since you already sold a few laptops, can't charge back your CC because you found out 2 months later.

This goes for those shitty $60 tablets, etc.

Just sell clothes from thrift stores...

[Anonymous No.1103493]

Damnit, it's happened again.
>put up an auction for a very popular, collectible vintage watch
>the listing has produced 522 views, 18 watchers, and 12 bidders
>ending price went at $655, just a bit over the market price
>buyer isn't paying, an unpaid item case starts 48 hours after listing end
>no payment
>send him a message, politely reminding him to pay and offering to give him some time to make a payment
>he asks me to lower the price to $200 for a done deal
>this goes against eBay policy
>report the buyer

I'm going to send a second chance offer to the next bidder. But the thing that gets me is that, with all those watchers and bidders, it's that *one* bidder who wants to fuck with me. Fuck that guy.

Fuck you, gkcupid1! Fuck you and your bullshit! REEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.1103501]

>>1103493


This is why I never use bid

Though I still have my 'buyer pays after buying' button ticked on my BIN listings. Therefore UPI can take care of nonpaying buyers, and I still get the extra point on the listing for "sold".

[Anonymous No.1103581]

>tfw you search for something you want to buy
>use advanced search to search sold listings
>see the handful of similar or same items as the one you want to buy that sold for way less just a few days/weeks before you searched for it

i dont know why i do this to myself. its happening with a pair of running shoes im trying to buy. all the ebay auctions for them (new) are like $110-125 (retail for $150) and I see the one pair that sold a few weeks ago for less than $70 (seller posted BIN for $70 but a best offer was accepted) brand new all because it was the wrong size. some asshole got them for like almost $60 under market value

[Anonymous No.1103582]

>>1103493
Man having been burned as bad as last time I would have just stayed the fuuuck away from ebay for selling vintage watches.

But do you mind telling me which watch? $655 isn't much

[Anonymous No.1103583]

how the FUCK do I get to sell more than 10 items?

Considering buying an account right now but a decent Canadian eBay stealth account is like $300 for 100 items per month. Fucking ridiculous seriously fuck eBay.

[Anonymous No.1103585]

>>1103582
>$655 isn't much

oh /biz/. i know you're all multimillionaires while still 19 year old college students but come on

[Anonymous No.1103602]

>>1103585
I mean it's not much for a vintage watch ya pleb. The watch I wear actually cost $600 for what it's worth and is widely considered one of the cheaper decent entries into mechanical watches.

Also
>19
>college student
>multimillionaire

Pick none. I make just above average by my country's standards.

[Anonymous No.1104132]

I've made a decent amount on ecigs if you name them as atomisers. Also software is easy to shift.

Anyone use anything other than ebay?

[Anonymous No.1104242]

>>1104132
amazon.

been thinking getting into ecigs. since i sell electronics. but i dont smoke. not tabaco atleast. the customers questions cant be that retarded right

[>>1104132 No.1104271]

Do you move the juice/cartridges as well? Or just the devices? I'm curious from a regulatory perspective.

[Anonymous No.1104273]

>>1104271

How do you fuck up this bad

[Anonymous No.1104332]

>>1104326

[Anonymous No.1104333]

>>1104273
Your folks were asked the same question. But honestly who gives a fuck besides you and your cuckoldry? First time posting on this new app. Chill.

[Anonymous No.1104348]

>>1103582
It was a Seiko quartz chronograph, a movie accurate collectible seen in a Bond film, in near-mint condition.

I think eBay is actually great for selling vintage watches. I do quite well myself for running a nice little side project. This is a hobby of mine, and it makes nice supplemental income. In fact, this income goes straight into two things: the acquisition of new inventory and paying my rent. My hobby is sustained and it keeps me in a nice apartment.

But for threads like these, I'll just bitch and complain about the occasional bad customer.

>$655 isn't much
>"It really isn't a lot of money, you know. I'm a 19 year old multi-millionaire that's still in college and $655 is just chump change. At that price you're just picking up chump change. Invest in cryptocurrencies."

[Anonymous No.1104483]

>Buyer purchases item for $5.
>Is software that requires internet connection and registration before use.
>They are literally too fucking stupid to do this.
>Starts a return request and sends additional 2 messages on the weekend demanding a refund because it "doesn't work"
>Computer is offline in picture they sent.
>Leaves negative feedback.
>Won't look at detailed instructions I have sent them from software company.
>Has been an eBayer since 1999.

FOR FUCKS SAKES WHAT THE FUCK?!

[Anonymous No.1104545]

>>1104271
I was thinking about it but i don't smoke either so i dunno if i'm buying shit or not, also i can't find a cheap distributor so not fucked.

Amazon won't let you sell ecigs in any form, I only get away with it on ebay because i can sell them as atomisers not ecigs.

I might set up a facebook page and sell them on that

[Anonymous No.1104582]

>Buyer threatens to leave neg feedback.
>Tell them no, pls do not do! is against eBay policy!!1!
>They do anyway.
>Have it removed by eBay 5 minutes later.

THE ABSOLUTE MAD MAN

[Anonymous No.1104602]

>>1103602
There is no price for a 'vintage watch'. They can range anywhere from $10 - $1,000,000...

[Anonymous No.1104752]

What the fuck is with people today? Is it the full moon or something?


>Buyer purchases item for full price, doesn't give offer.
>Pays
>Later sends message saying "Could I please cancel?"
>Already packaged up, and cannot cancel.
>They respond hours later saying "Oh I just didn't want/need it"

wtf even?

[Anonymous No.1104769]

>>1104483
They know how to game the system. They just want free stuff because they know you won't ask for it back if you process a refund.

Just chalk it up to learning experience and move on.

[Anonymous No.1104820]

i made my first $15 on eBay in two weeks

[Anonymous No.1104847]

>>1104752
happened to me too.

>Guy payed
>I sent item the same day
>Sends message at 1:00am requesting refund because he ordered by accident -__-

I said he could have a refund if he returns it.

[Anonymous No.1104967]

Im buying and reselling vintage magic cards, so far so good but I'm worried im going to get a buyer who is an ultra stickler for 100% MINT when i clearly say its not mint...

[Anonymous No.1105170]

>>1104820
Congrats!


Keep selling, keep listing, you can build an empire in no time. Don't forget that shipping and fees reduce your profit.

>mfw selling $280 yesterday

[Anonymous No.1105176]

>>1104967

where do you source your cards from?

[Anonymous No.1105182]

>>1105176
I've averaged ending prices over a few months of research, if a card is at 10s left under the average value then I buy it and resell as a BIN for slightly above average ending price.

[Anonymous No.1105239]

Is it just me or has February been slow?

I understand December was big because of the holiday, and January was people getting rid of their giftcards. But February, you would think people would want to buy for their loved ones...

[Anonymous No.1105521]

>>1105239
slow as fuck

[Anonymous No.1105659]

>>1105239
>>1105521
February has been incredibly slow.

>>1103428
>>1103428
I'm about to be a Top Seller soon!

[Anonymous No.1105775]

No more eBay sellers?

[Anonymous No.1105970]

What do you guya mean feedback wont matter..i know theyre changing so returns wont but feedback?

[Anonymous No.1105984]

>>1105775
home sick today, nto going to the office, im laying out my old yugioh cards and pricing them at the moment. not an ebay seller by any regards though

[Anonymous No.1105993]

>>1105970

Feedbacks have always been a way to evaluate a seller, it's simple solution that judges the seller based on the buyers opinion of how the transaction went.

Of course, when eBay rolled out the new Seller Dashboard in 2014 everything change.

You were now not only criticized for feedbacks, but

>Cases
>Tracking uploaded
>Shipping time (not even your fault)
>% of transactions

Shipping time is even not controlled by you, once USPS/FedEx/UPS/etc has your package you shouldn't be held accountable, right? Wrong, eBay will say "you chose that carrier to ship your item, so you are at fault" then give you a defect on your account.

So anyways, they're slowly getting rid of a lot of these evaluations because they're coming to their sense to see that a lot of sellers are leaving because they don't want to be judged for things out of their control.

You will still be able to leave negative feedbacks, but it won't be evaluated in the seller dashboard. It just won't be evaluated by eBay, not saying they won't still ban you for have a lot of negative feedbacks, lol.

[Anonymous No.1106056]

>>1105993
I got a negative feedback because it took 11 days for the package to arrive in fucking Pueto Rico. Person said it took to long to get there.

Now they are trying to return it because it doesn't match what they have even though my radio clearly is different from what they had. They should have noticed that shit when they bought it

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.1106065]

What the fuck is this shit?

Seller 1 -Female
>I sell iPads

Seller 2 -Male
>I sell iPhones
___________________
Seller 1 -Female
>I sold 50 iPads last month ($15,000)

Seller 2 -Male
>I sold 50 iPhones ($30,000)

First off, who the hell told you to sell iPads?

I can't even wrap my mind around whoever was dumb enough to write this article. This is business, not employment. Who even knows you're a female?

[Anonymous No.1106080]

>>1106056

There's only one solution to your problem

[Anonymous No.1106095]

>>1105984
watcha got? i think most old yugs aint worth all that much but i could be wrong

hope you didn't try to buy into DOCS and BOSH :^)

[Anonymous No.1106124]

>>1106095
i sold a dark magician/buster blader combo for $23 a lil while back. nothing much, just a few odd cards.

[Anonymous No.1106129]

>>1103428

> ITT: BELOW STANDARD

Only 250 more sales till I'm back to Above Standard!

[Anonymous No.1106133]

>>1106124
isn't selling TCGs a shitshow when it comes to condition, and edition?

[Anonymous No.1106137]

>>1103585

Lurking on /biz/, I've seen people who've worked at Goldman and I've seen people run dem IRCs.

4Chan has a very diverse group of people. Just cause' you're a stay-at-home NEET, doesn't mean we all are.

Cunt.

[Anonymous No.1106144]

>>1105239

Agreed with this.

Tax refund season leaves people checking off their lists.

[Anonymous No.1106145]

>>1106065

> tried explaining this to female
> chops it up to be females fall in love with items

I just can't even.

[Anonymous No.1106151]

>>1106144

Exactly, only time I have seen a difference in gender "inequality" is when THE SELLER refuses to sell/ship to you because they googled your name and saw you're a guy. Or worse, a black guy! (which would then be stereotypical racism).

Oh but wymn not putting in enough work, thinking everyone will buy because TiTs McGee is selling it should be featured on Fortune...

[Anonymous No.1106155]

>>1106151

Wrong post reply >>1106145

This amount of stupid has 404'd my brain

[Anonymous No.1106187]

>>1106080
>Report negative review as incorrect since it made it in allotted time
>No response from Ebay

What can I do when someone posts a bullshit negative review?

>>1106144
March should pick up again, which is why I'm prepping

[Anonymous No.1106239]

Got a good one today.

>$150.00 Wheel

>Put OBO on all items for shits and giggles

>Get an offer

>I no have money. plz sell for $25 free shipping

>Checkout sellers profile

>Lives in Bulgaria

All of my wat. I priced the shipping internationally. Would have run me $250 to ship this wheel there.

[Anonymous No.1106262]

>>1106239
Did you help that downtrodden third world Bulgarian out, Anon?

[Anonymous No.1106287]

>>1106262
The wheel is for a Mercedes Benz lol. I don't think they're too downtrodden.

[Anonymous No.1106354]

What's the moet overpriced bullshit item you've sold, /biz/? McDonalds toys?

[Anonymous No.1106664]

Rev up those H & R Blocks because I sure am a huge faggot!


Holy god /biz/ get somebody to help you out with filing taxes year, I don't even into how much information it required. Not even done yet, and spent 1.5 hours.

[Anonymous No.1106680]

>>1106664

Been done that, make sure to add up all those mailers, site domains, fees, etc.

If you're using a room in your house for storage, you can write that off too.

>http://mashable.com/2014/03/18/small-business-tax-return

Incoming feedback extortion

[Anonymous No.1107609]

just got a mail that was lost from almost a year ago returned to me.

spooky

[Anonymous No.1107747]

>Buyer gives offer, I accept.
>They never pay, and don't respond to any messages.
>Case closes, block buyer.
>Buyer waits a few days, buys and pays using a different account.

How against eBay policy is this?

[Anonymous No.1108062]

So I've been selling all of my shit on eBay and I'm enjoying the money. The problem I've run into, though, is I'm running out of things to sell. How do I find more stuff to sell that I don't already own?

[Anonymous No.1108071]

>>1108062

[Anonymous No.1108114]

>>1108062
Depends on what you sell. Flea markets, second-hand shops, etc are great for random shit. Anything else, if you want to sell in any real volume, requires a source (like Alibaba.)

[Anonymous No.1108118]

>>1108114
Don't chinese sell on ebay as well? How do you pull that off? I'd invest in some inventory if I could make some money.

[Anonymous No.1108121]

>>1108118
I'm a eBay buyer and /biz/ lurker, not sure exactly how direct-from-source chink sellers deal. I'm guessing you'd have to do something that they won't. Also, as a buyer, I won't pick up something being shipped from China, even if it beats the same chink made product being sold from the US (specifically, last item I picked up was a nice pinstriped silk tie with matching pocket square and cufflinks. Chink seller with ship-from of Shanghai sold it for $1.99 with $8.00 DHL international post. American seller from Ohio had the exact same set for $14.99 with free shipping. Paid the extra because fuck waiting 6 weeks to get my package and not being sure if it'll ever arrive.)

[Anonymous No.1108124]

>>1108121
So you offered advice while having absolutely no experience...

[Anonymous No.1108130]

>>1108124

[Anonymous No.1108170]

>>1108124
Ooh, so much butthurt.

I was a seller, back in the Pokemon and Beanie Baby heyday of eBay, up to about 2005. Feedback at 2600 when I quit. Shit got too complicated for me with multiple deployments back to back to Afghanistan. I sold "vintage" clothes and militaria (read, random ass uniform accouterments I picked up on base,) and my best sources of stock were Goodwill and the US1 flea market in Columbia SC for non-military clothes.

I probably should have been more clear that *now* I'm a buyer only.

[Anonymous No.1108440]

Some no feedback with an odd name bought my S6 for full price. Address checks out but I feel as though this is probably a scam.

[Anonymous No.1108615]

>>1103493
>buyer isn't paying, an unpaid item case starts 48 hours after listing end
I'm pretty sure that you have to wait 4 days for that (at least in the European country where I live). Then ebay gives the buyer another 4 days to pay.

[Anonymous No.1108622]

>>1106129
how the fuck can you go below standard? Are you a professional scammer?

[Anonymous No.1109195]

>>1106145
> chops it up
it's "chalk it up" you child

[Anonymous No.1109216]

>>1108622
if you cancel order out of stock you go below standard. im not the guy from the post , but i used to cancel buyers who i thought were scamming me as out of stock now im stuck below standard fml

also

>>buyer wins bid
>> doesnt pay
>>this user is no longer registered on ebay
>>yfw your account with over 2k feedback no longer exists

i dont understand people, this guy just threw away his account for nothing

dont 2k feedback accounts go for 500$ minimum?

is it doable to make living of selling ebay accs ?

[Anonymous No.1109919]

>>1104242
Don't do it. It's really not worth the hassle.

[Anonymous No.1109929]

>>1104242
>>1109919


>b-but, I bh-bhout it off a seller with 100% feedback & 5 transaction history on aliblahblah. Y-you c-cant s-S-sue m-me :(

http://news.yahoo.com/video/raw-e-cig-explodes-ky-220440172.html

[Anonymous No.1109965]

>>1108440
I hope you got insurance m80

[Anonymous No.1110003]

>Buy 10,000 iPhone Cables
>Ready to make sweet dosh selling bulk on E-Bay
>Apple releases update to stop aftermarket cables from working

FUCCCCCCCKKK

[Anonymous No.1110029]

>>1110003

>Seller is a LIER!

Lol, fuck dealing with the morons on eBay.

[Anonymous No.1110082]

>>1108170
Would you be willing to sell your account to me?

[Anonymous No.1110090]

>>1108615
Nah, eBay's UPI system initiates a case after 48 hours of nonpayment. I'd assume it is all the same for everybody? After the case begins, another 5 days are given until I can claim final value credit and close the case.

[Anonymous No.1110092]

>>1110003
rekt

[Anonymous No.1110096]

Is it really profitable to buy bulk and sell on eBay? Is there really a long-term market for this?

[Anonymous No.1110098]

>>1110003
Damn op, sorry about your luck bro.

[Anonymous No.1110119]

>>1110003
Is this endgame for you? I don't see how you can make a comeback unless you're a major anchor store or something.
This is what truly frightens me desu.

[Anonymous No.1110128]

Okay...
Let's see where this goes.
Only 20 bucks down the drain if its a flop.

[Anonymous No.1110133]

>>1110128
Are you going to try to flip it?

[Anonymous No.1110138]

>>1110003
What is your remaining inventory?
What was your investment?

The best you could do is write a bold disclaimer, in all caps and underlined, declaring potential compatibility issues with the update.

From now on your sales will be very, very slow.

[Anonymous No.1110160]

eBay just boosted my selling limit to 20 randomly after a month of selling. So happy right now thank you based eBay

I only have one review which i got 2 days ago, i've sold like 5 things and i've bought 2 things.

[Anonymous No.1110184]

>>1110133
Going to give it to a brother of mine.
I would have bought another but the other two sold out in less than thirty seconds.

[Anonymous No.1110215]

>>1110160
Mfw have $5000 monthly limit. Ebay out of fucking nowhere gives me $11,000 limit. Ty true friend ebay. Its such a love hate relationship

[Anonymous No.1110220]

rev those UPCs

eBay wants to be Amazon by the 29th.

If you're not in the boat, your listings will be shut down.

[Anonymous No.1110224]

Did i just pay $21 for no reason? I just sold my first item on eBay... shit is confusing why cant they just take the fees off automatically when someone sends payment. grrrhhhh

[Anonymous No.1110236]

>>1110224


If they took it immediately, everyone would complain.

You should have been there when we were able to price an iPhone at .99, and the shipping would be $498. (no 10% fees on shipping)

Then eBay put a fee on both shipping and the item price, which is somewhat illegal since you "shouldn't" take USPS postage.

[Anonymous No.1110253]

>>1110236
i cant see how people flip on ebay. the fees take any chance of profit.

fuck eBay

[Anonymous No.1110391]

>>1110220
Fuck what does this change? Please explain!

[Anonymous No.1110401]

>>1110082
im not him but how much do accounts go for?

>>1110220
>>1110391
yeah i dont have the upc of alot of items wtf do i do???

>>1110224
>>1110236
because thats how they ripp you off , the amount of times ebay tried their fee tricks on me .....

>>1110003
bruh... could be the update but could also be a shitty seller. chinese cables and charges have a short life expectancy

[Anonymous No.1110426]

>>1110090
http://pages.ebay.it/help/sell/unpaid-items.html
>Puoi aprire una controversia per oggetto non pagato nello Spazio soluzioni dopo 4 ed entro 32 giorni dalla data di vendita
Which translates to:
>You can open an unpaid item dispute in the solutions space after 4 and within 32 days from date of sale

And yes I know you hate italians, and pretty much every people from half of the countries in this world. Don't bully.
your nation-wide blocklist doesn't seem to be working well if you keep getting scammed.

[Anonymous No.1110434]

>>1108622

> professional scammer

More like I canceled 6 sales.

[Anonymous No.1110436]

>>1109195

Sorry gen x, I'll do better next time.

Maybe if you supported me and my choices.

[Anonymous No.1110443]

>>1110401
Idk I'd probs be willing to pay $500 for that account

[Anonymous No.1110454]

>>1110443
cool, i might look into selling acc after getting them on high feedback

[Anonymous No.1110460]

>>selling iPad
>10 mins left
> 142$ bid
>get an email from a woman

- I was wondering if you would possibly take 50 for your iPad mini. I am a single mother and my son is autistic and non verbal. He needs an iPad to communicate on."

Didn't even respond. Jewish buyers and asking when there's 10 mins left god damn I hate eBay

[Anonymous No.1110465]

>>1110426
Non credevo ci fossero altri ita a lurkare qui su /bizebay/, gl senpai

[Anonymous No.1110468]

>>1110465
spagetttttiiiiiiiiiiiii mozzarella thats all the italian i know

[Anonymous No.1110469]

>>1110460
youre cruel , why didint you help the poor lady. you should have given it for free.

[Anonymous No.1110474]

>>1110460
Lol similar situation, lady bids on item wins, doesnt pay for it for a few days. Ask her if shes gonna pay waiting to ship it, mfw she claims her husband has cancer so she cant pay for it. Wtf did he develop it in 2 days? Call her a dirty liar, mfw she responds with "Stop bulling me" Yes misspelled bullying. Fuck that whore I hope her husband really did have cancer why are women so god damn stupid.

[Anonymous No.1110588]

>>1110460
The single mom autistic son is really common.

[Anonymous No.1110639]

>>1110426
Nah, paisano. eBay has this automated UPI assistant which kicks in 48 hours after nonpayment.

Pasta! Pizza! Ferrari! Mussolini! Stracciatella! Cash deficit! Am I Italian yet?

[Anonymous No.1110696]

>>1110639
Almost there, you forgot "stepchild adoption" tho ;)
(most itas can't even pronounce it correctly)

[Anonymous No.1111179]

>>1110588
Yeah I was going to tell her off and say go suck 2 dicks that will be enough money to buy it.

But just ignore people's Jewish tricks

[Anonymous No.1111180]

>>1107609
I just got a chinese package I ordered in October.
I wonder why

[Anonymous No.1111185]

>Sell $220 item
>Ebay fees 10%
>Fragile, packing supplies/box cost me $15

End making only $185

wake my shit up senpai

[Anonymous No.1111410]

>>1110220
I am still really confused by this, please halp

[Anonymous No.1111431]

I'm just getting into using eBay, any starter tips on where to find to stuff to buy low and sell high on eBay?

[Anonymous No.1111485]

>>1111410


Basically, eBay is making it so you can't just go around posting items anymore. They want you to have the items ID. You know, because mostly every product made has it's own unique ID (UPC), sort of like the bar-code you see on a book.

Now you have the option of choosing "I don't have it" if you're selling an item that doesn't have UPC (Universal Product Code), something you made, an off brand iPhone cases, etc. Because not everything has a UPC.

But you WILL have to edit ALL your listings to either put a UPC or select the opt-out option. If not, your listing will be shut down when the time runs out.

[Anonymous No.1111489]

>>1111185

paypal takes 2.9% + 30c of that too
and I mean before eBay takes the 10%

>>1111431

>>53171827
/csg/

[Anonymous No.1111499]

>>1103583
do people actually sell accounts?
>mfw when my selling limit is 32 million and I only list 4k worth of stuff because I'm getting rid of all my inventory

desu I just wish ebay had lower fees and I could block all poor people/spics/curryniggers from buying

[Anonymous No.1111500]

>>1110253
By getting very good deals you can.

Example:

I bought a server for $870 total.

Sold:
GPU: after fees got $260
PCoIP card: after fees got $170
Server itself: after fees got $600


Profit: $160. Not a lot but I had 5 and they all sold, some for more since it was best offer.

[Anonymous No.1111625]

>>1110082
I would have no idea how to do that.

[Anonymous No.1111631]

What do you fags sell

[Anonymous No.1111661]

>>1111631

Dragon dildos.

[Anonymous No.1111925]

anybody have a shipping tutorial? like how to figure out the pricing per item weight, adding it to the final sale price maybe, how to protect from scammers, etc.
I have heard paypal allows charge backs and scammers can get the cash back and keep the product as well. how do you guys protect yourself against that?

[Anonymous No.1111943]

>>1111925
I've had over 10k in chargebacks over the past 3/4 years.

IF you follow paypal/ebay guidelines to the T
>shipping with tracking and a signature over $750
>shipping only to the paypal address

you will be fine. for a case where it was a stolen credit card, I would just upload the shipping info, the paypal rep would see I followed their guidelines and it was delivered, bam I'd have the money credited back under seller protection

[Anonymous No.1111982]

>>1111661
actually, the sex toys on ebay are pretty vanilla...

might be a lucrative market.

[Anonymous No.1111983]

>>1111625
Easy just give me access to account remove all your personal stuff including email I take over account :) I pay you through paypal xD Post a throwaway if youre interested.

[Anonymous No.1111991]

>try to sell my PS3
>day after listing, someone buy-it-nows for $125
>but doesn't pay
>send invoice
>nothing
>send a message
>don't hear back
>2 days later, still haven't heard anything, buyer still hasn't paid
>buyer joined ebay on the 15th and has 0 feedback
>try to cancel the order
>requires confirmation from the buyer
what the FUCK

[Anonymous No.1112006]

>>1111991

Maybe their autistic child hit the buy button by mistake, like the other 50,000 that same day.

[Anonymous No.1112015]

>>1112006
Is there anything I can do about it, other than waiting the 10 days for it to autocancel?

[Anonymous No.1112020]

>>1112015

It takes only 5 days to cancel

open an item not paid case

[Anonymous No.1112021]

>>1112015
your mistake was to cancel , you should have let ebay mark as buyer not paid and it would fuck his acc

[Anonymous No.1112023]

>>1112020
I'm new to ebay and retarded so I opened a cancellation request instead, and it appears I can't open a non payment case after trying to cancel it.

>>1112021
>it would fuck his acc
an account created 10 days ago with 0 reputation

[Anonymous No.1112094]

>Buyer purchases item.
>Is decent sized business.
>Can't find item.
>Cancel, select bad address, send them message saying bad address.
>"WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER TWO THOUSAND PACKAGES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU EVEN ON ABOUT YOU LITTLE BITCH.

mfw every time

[Anonymous No.1112188]

>>1112023
i did the same when i was knew , i didint want to wait two days to mark unpaid then another couple of days till i can close case and get fee back thought canceling would be faster, live and learn

>>1112094
dam bro you did smart , when i couldnt find item and did out of stock got me in fucking below standard and nuked my account. did he actually say bitch? if he did you got ebay on ur side, try to play your answer right so he can accept

[Anonymous No.1112204]

>>1111485
I don't think there is anything stopping you from getting your own UPC vendor number (the first 6 digits of the barcode) and assigning your own codes.

Sounds like a smart strategy actually if you don't want to compete with a thousand other people selling the same generic-ish item.

[Anonymous No.1112381]

>>1112204
>>1112188
>>1112094
Hey guys, what's this message about? I'm new to the whole ebay thing. Had an account buy just recently started using it to sell since November.

>tfw I just figured out how to report bad buyers and get fee credit back without hurting my status.

>tfw I just got my only negative review removed and I'm back to 100% positive ratings after eBay closed a case in my favor.

WINNING

[Anonymous No.1112384]

>>1112381
>>1112204
>>1112188
>>1112094
>>1112023
>>1112381
Forgot Image....

[Anonymous No.1112417]

>>1112384

It means you could lose your Top rated status if you sell bellow 100 items between a year.

So if you keep selling, you shouldn't have to worry.

Though your return rate is pretty high, you

[Anonymous No.1112432]

>>1103493
>report the buyer
I wish they'd fucking actually do something. I'm not a shitbag so I've never done anything like that but I bet the most they get is a wagging finger with "don't do that, mkay?" Closest to actual punishment is this list
http://badbuyerlist.org/

[Anonymous No.1112444]

What can I do to get people to spend money now instead of watching for months. My prices are cheap and everything I sell will go for a premium a year from now. But I'd like to get sales going now instead of waiting for poorfags to get desperate. What do?

[Anonymous No.1112448]

>>1112444

You can't force people to buy
The more "cheaper" it is, the less they might even want it because they'll think you're up to something.

Change the look of your store

[Anonymous No.1112461]

>>1104820
I sold a part that had been sitting for months. It was a cassette player. They paid $50.

[Anonymous No.1112617]

>>1112417
Part of the business. All of the return reasons are "changed my mind". lol

I just disputed one return and got the thing closed in my favour. Which is nice.

>>1112432
>>1112432
I agree. At least I got my money back and the negative review removed. Thanks for the link though.

>>1112444
I enable the view counter so people know there's interest.

[Anonymous No.1112652]

>dude is pissed over a part we sold him turning out bad
>acts like a total asshole and I deny him the return for acting like a fucking prick, also he was almost two weeks past the end of the warranty period
I would have probably helped if he wasn't a complete assmunch. This was at my dad's brick and mortar btw.

[Anonymous No.1112667]

>>1112652
I get it all the time. I sell car parts too. I had one guy improperly install a Xenon light and it got wet and burned out. Guy didn't understand that it's worthless without the ballast/bulb. Told him I could refund only $90 of the $450 (about how much the halogen one runs). He got pissed but couldn't do anything about it.

[Anonymous No.1112672]

>>1112667
I thought I was going to need to call in a tow truck because the guy was saying that he was going to park his truck there until the problem was fixed. Fortunately, he left after I told him his warranty period was over.

[Anonymous No.1112674]

>>1112672
Ah this was through ebay. Xenon lights/luxury vehicle wheels sell so damn fast...

I just sold a Maserati headlight NO BALLAST or BULB for $650.

[Anonymous No.1112677]

>>1112674
Yeah, like I said, brick and mortar. Just thought that you guys would relate.
Damn, man. Good job.

[Anonymous No.1112681]

>>1112677
We have a brick and mortar shop but I sell all my headlights/door mirrors/wheels/small parts online. They move much more quickly. You can get minimum $115 per wheel on 2003+ luxury car wheels

[Anonymous No.1112777]

>>1112674
dam where did you get that? online or locally ?

[Anonymous No.1112817]

>>1112448
>Change the look of your store
I used to have a really unique design but I think Cassini penalizes you for having anything beyond the most basic HTML. My metrics improved pretty drastically when I started just mirroring the title but have slowly slid downward. Likewise, I used to do decently at face-to-face sales but the last 3 events have been embarrassing.

Just baffles me why I get so many watchers that don't pan out. I have stuff listed that's had 100 over all the relists and 0 conversions.

[Anonymous No.1112823]

>>1112817
They're called window shoppers. I bet that stuff appeals to young people or kids, right?

[Anonymous No.1112877]

>>1112777
I have my own parts shop. We only sell OEM parts. I buy whole cars and then source them for parts. It was a 2012 Maserati GranTurismo.

>>1112823
>>1112817
I've found that having a basic setup sells more parts. Quick, easy to read, and simple. Had good success so far.

[Anonymous No.1112932]

>work for online business
>started on ebay but grew off eBay into their own site
>still has ebay site to sell shit stock
>only one person runs the ebay store now
>that one person is on the run from the cops for unrelated shit and abandoned their employment
>i get told to do ebay in the interim
>no idea wtf I'm doing

Fuck. I can do listings and make other people do them, and I can do PayPal cases, but no idea how to run the customer service and how eBay cases work.

[Anonymous No.1112963]

>>1112932

You hiring?

[Anonymous No.1113190]

>>1103464
>arguing about a case being an ebay seller
might as well talk to a wall

[Anonymous No.1113197]

>>1105239
Feb is always slow
Must have to do with US tax season

[Anonymous No.1113198]

>>1113190
>not talking to walls

I had a good chat with a masonry wall made out of hollow concrete this morning. A little bit on the shy side, even for a wall, but I like to think I see the best in everybody. I have no friends.

[Anonymous No.1113199]

>>1113198
I've always wanted to speak to a mud brick wall but I have never met one in person.

[Anonymous No.1113204]

>>1112444
make sure you're not listing a quantity of more than 1 if it applies to your product. Good description and pictures

imo, only do auction as opposed to buy it now. buy it now tends to repel people

[Anonymous No.1113205]

>>1111991
start an unpaid item case etc

[Anonymous No.1113207]

>>1111925
>how do you guys protect yourself against that
you don't
Ebay is basically a gamble on the seller's end
I wouldn't sell anything valuable on it

[Anonymous No.1113211]

do you guys accept credit card payments, or only paypal? why?

[Anonymous No.1113234]

>>1113211

>eBay allowing you to accept any other type of payment that couldn't be double dipped

[Anonymous No.1113243]

>>1110003
yeah, account is dead

no one in their right mind would buy from you with that reviews

[Anonymous No.1113247]

>>1113207
>>1113205
>>1113204
>>1113199
Consolidate posts maybe?

[Anonymous No.1113249]

>>1113247
eh, I would but it feels like single replies help with readability

[Anonymous No.1113572]

>rubs hands
Is this just you guys buying things low and selling them or are you just selling stuff you've collected over the years? Completely new to /biz/

Seriously though, I have been trying to find things for my mother to do to make herself happy. I'll save the sob story and say that the eBay caught my eye for things. My father is a hoarder and my mother hates having so much stuff. Is there anything I should know before pushing her into possibly selling stuff on eBay? Also I was seriously asking about the first question too, is there a profit to be made if you buy low and sell high on eBay?

[Anonymous No.1113577]

>>1113572

Yes, there's profit to be made flipping.

No, your mother shouldn't sell on eBay, she'll be dead by the end of the year with all the stress she has to deal with.

Maybe if you help her things might work, take good pictures and describe your items well and you should be fine. Don't cut corners thinking "oh the buyer won't care about this". lol

[Anonymous No.1113588]

>>1113577
Both my mother and I are extremely paranoid about anything that can bite us in the butt, I'm pretty sure I got it from her side of the family. She wouldn't leave out a single detail so I don't think I'd have to worry about it. Unfortunately I am 2,000 miles away for the time being, if it is that stressful then I wouldn't want to put her through it. I think I'll still float the idea and if she is interested I will inform her it is supposedly very stressful. She handles stress well, but has an almost completely broken down body. She is trying to think about retirement, unfortunately for her she got really screwed by my fathers horrendous skills with money. Thank you much for the information

[Anonymous No.1113598]

>>1113588

No problem

If she's trying to get rid of dads old junk, then by all means she can spam the site and write in big BOLD letters in the description "It's yours to keep if you don't like it".

Therefore she will be dealing with either 50% scammers wanting old shit for free, or 50% honest people that knows she's honest as well. Sooooo, she would still make some money either way & not have to deal with calling eBay for negative feedbacks or return requests, etc.

Shipping isn't an issue, the postman can take her mail everyday.

All she has to do is order USPS boxes from the USPS site (free), where she can get as many as she wants. Then print the labels with eBay & simply request a pickup for the week. Or just hand the parcels to the postman.

[Anonymous No.1113599]

If my IP changes one more fucking time...

[Anonymous No.1113607]

>>1113598
My brother can handle the boxes, thank you so much! You may have just made an old ladies life very happy.

[Anonymous No.1113617]

>>1109929
99% chance that guy was using a modded vape
They literally sell that kind of stuff labeled mods
He was probably also using a chink shit battery and some kind of fucked up setup, it's easier to do than you think
Don't cheap out with mods

[Anonymous No.1113938]

>outbound package stuck in customs
>for 30 freaking days
>buyer starts claim for item not received
>funds temporarily seized
fuck my shit up, sempai

[Anonymous No.1113948]

>>1113938
>sempai

[Anonymous No.1113949]

>>1113938
I'm sorry for your loss

[Anonymous No.1113956]

>>1113938
have you contacted them and told them that it was stuck in customs?

[Anonymous No.1113957]

>>1113599

[Anonymous No.1114001]

Any guides for getting back on eBay?

Got my account flagged back in 2012 from selling 5 legit Netflix codes. One of the buyers tried claiming the code wasn't working and I told him to fuck off (not literally) so he probably reported me. Ebay emailed me wanting my ID and some government docs so I said fuck it since I already got the money and ignored it.

I have over 300 positive heatware and over 200 feedback on amazon account and I've never scammed anybody in my life so I'm kinda mad they're treating me like those fake beats selling guys.

[Anonymous No.1114013]

>>1109195
I once read someone say "It's a doggie dog world"

I think most people on this board are quite retarded.

[Anonymous No.1114015]

>>1114013
>implying it's not a doggie dog world
What's worse is that retards like you are a diamond dozen.

[Anonymous No.1114016]

>>1114013
>>1114015
Allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go.

Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a peach of cake.

[Anonymous No.1114065]

>>1114016
>this entire post
This gave me one hell of a headache. I can only wish bad things for you.

[Anonymous No.1114125]

>>1114001
>Want to use Amazon payments
>they can't confirm my identity
>customer service tells me I can't use it

The only thing I can figure that messed up my chances was having multiple accounts so I could use prime fpr longer, maybe I should try closing those accounts down first?

[Anonymous No.1114126]

>>1114065
old copypasta senpai

[Anonymous No.1114915]

>>1112817
do you need an ebay store to have html?

if not then where do you get the html pages or do you make them yourself?

[Anonymous No.1115032]

>>1114915
You can post HTML even with a regular account. I made the HTML myself. Actually I went a step further and wrote a program to generate HTML from my catalog and templates. Maybe I should sell that instead...

[Anonymous No.1115034]

>>1114915
Actually the store has almost no customizability beyond what you can do in non-store listings.

[Anonymous No.1115210]

I sincerely hope DSS doesn't catch on.

[Anonymous No.1115785]

>>1115210
What a shit are you even into being on of about?
>Sell item.
>Buyer purchases at full price, does not give offer.
>Doesn't pay immediately.

welp gg

[Anonymous No.1115820]

>>1113190
The reason? Because there are too many shitty sellers out there. I had one, PS3 with one controller, $199 BIN item. Shipped with USPS confirmation number, eight digits long. You should already see the issue. I e-mail for two weeks before saying fuck it and opening a case. It took 4 minutes (literally 4 minutes) for the refund to be processed. I posted negative feedback and the asshole had the nerve to ask me to revise since I'd received my refund. Fuck you.

[Anonymous No.1115824]

>>1115820
Shitbay isn't desperate for sellers. It needs to be reputable for buyers as an absolute priority otherwise it would be known as a scam site where your experience would be the norm.

Shitbay is garbage for everything except liquidation of items with such a high profit margin that you can afford losses as a seller or items that have no local market.

[Anonymous No.1115856]

I got scammed by a bunch of ebay sellers about a year ago. Before then I had a very good reputation and was enjoying selling. How can I get back into the game?

[Anonymous No.1115875]

>>1115785
>>1115210
Can both you you explain what you are trying to convey?

[Anonymous No.1115878]

>>1106354
Small piece of wood carved by an Aboriginal for $3000AUD which I originally paid $100 for.

[Anonymous No.1115881]

>>1115875

>Have item listed for $ or best offer.
>Buyer purchases for $, doesn't give offer.
>Doesn't pay immediately.
>Still hasn't paid.

that feel when

[Anonymous No.1115886]

>>1111500
That's pretty poor to be honest m8, you take a lot of risk for $160 profit. If just one of those transactions stuffed up you would be out of pocket, and apparently that's not uncommon in electronics.
I generally don't fork out that much unless I know I can make 100% at bare minimum.

[Anonymous No.1115887]

>>1115881
But what does your story have to do in relation to what he posted?
Are you saying if someone doesn't pay he is fucked? Hell what is he even trying to say?

>>Doesn't pay immediately.
>>Still hasn't paid.
Every fucking week. Most recent was "I didn't know I bought it" What is this shit?

On an unrelated note
How much do you guys have in inventory? I'm getting ready for a good couple months so I'm stacking up.

[Anonymous No.1115913]

I got a bunch of stuff to sell that I have no risk if I lose them. I have never sold anything on ebay though because I am anxious about returns or screwing up shipping somehow. Should I just say fuck it and go for it ? I don't mind if I somehow end up getting an item scammed I just don't want to be in the position of somehow owing someone money i dont have.

[Anonymous No.1115918]

>>1115887
>But what does your story have to do in relation to what he posted?


Absolutely nothing. My 4chanx is FUCKED, and doesn't into space in between different replies and such

[Anonymous No.1115925]

>>1115913
Then don't spend your money right away.
If you're really nervous then just wait 30 days so that the return window times out.

[Anonymous No.1116354]

>competitive price on collectors item
>watchers steadily climb to 27
>ends with no sales
Time to raise prices I guess.

[Anonymous No.1116703]

>>1110474
>person buys item
>ship it to them
>receive item
>message from buyer, problem: they have to buy a peripheral for it and they want to return because they can't afford
>offer to refund the cost of a new peripheral
>no thanks I'm just returning it

fucking bitch nigger

[Anonymous No.1116709]

>>1111185
>lower cost of item
>increase cost of shipping

ebay fees don't come out of the shipping. just don't abuse it

[Anonymous No.1116712]

>>1116703
That's pretty stupid. I hope you didn't pay for return shipping. When you relist the item, be sure to state the need for said peripheral item.

[Anonymous No.1116719]

>>1116712
I'm not listing the need for it. They were just making shit up because they wanted their money back. I was just trying to give them a bit of money back so I didn't have to deal with the headache. It's just fucking frustrating. It's an old computer I got for free, so it's all profit.

[Anonymous No.1116724]

>>1116703
That's stupid as fuck. How common are buyers like this? I've been wanting to get into ebay but it seems like the buyers have so much power and can rip you off if they want.

[Anonymous No.1116736]

>>1116724
Well anyone can basically come up with a reason to return something. Returns are just going to happen. Many people avoid selling electronics because they have a higher rate of returns.

[Anonymous No.1116754]

>>1106133
When it comes to Yugioh condition pretty much has to be near-mint or else nobody will want them.
There are only two editions to a card generally, 1st edition and unlimited.
If you want to make money off of it you pretty much have to buy either booster boxes or cases, depending on which you can buy cheaper, and selling the cards you pull.

[Anonymous No.1116765]

How do you fuck up so many times?

1. Opened the wrong type of case
2. Lying
3. Case was opened almost a week after delivered

[Anonymous No.1116771]

>>1116736
That makes sense. I was thinking about selling 980 ti's because I have a source that I can get them for under 200 if I buy enough but might not use ebay to sell them if electronics are risky.

[Anonymous No.1116791]

>>1110128
>22$
How the fuck?
Is this an obvious scam or are they just retarded?

[Anonymous No.1116849]

>>1116765
hey 99.9% ayyy

[Anonymous No.1116852]

>>1116765
<--- wtf is this?
you americans are playing the ebay game on easy mode aren't ya?
cannot get easier than this...

[Anonymous No.1116866]

>>1116852


I'd say do have it easy over here, people who are complaining usually don't put in enough work.

>>1116849
>99.8%
ftfy

& I let that feedback stick, don't want buyers thinking I'm cheeki breeki clean now :^)

have to adjust to all types of people.

[Anonymous No.1117345]

you know you priced your item wrong when someone named modernwholesale ended up purchasing it

[Anonymous No.1117425]

>>1109965
eBay actually canceled the transaction for me since he wasn't actually registered with eBay

[Anonymous No.1117548]

I'm still new to ebay, what do I do here?
Tell them to fuk off?

[Anonymous No.1117551]

>>1117548
Block, report, tell the nsa,fbi,cia.
space between posts inserted here. Fuck you 4chanx!


>mfw I still have $369 of unpaid items.

fucking faggots goddamn

[Anonymous No.1117738]

>>1117548
For the love of God don't allow bank transfer

[Anonymous No.1118335]

>>1115785
>>1115875

Just an Excel of my eBay sales.

I've included the hypothetical taxes and child support I'd have to pay once DSS and IRS come-a-knockin'.

[Anonymous No.1118361]

>>1115210
Looks like a lot of work for $90.

What do you do to make it? Not specifically but what amount of work is involved?

[Anonymous No.1118375]

>>1117345
These are some really obscure feels, but I'm feelin it hard

[Scrapman No.1118390]

>>1118375

Stupid feel.

If someone is buying your shit and wholesaling it, making money, good, they'll make money then BUY MORE

So you SELL MORE

you want people that buy your shit to do well so they BUy MORE

Call him on the phone and ask if he'll take 1000 units at a 25% discount you imbecile

[Anonymous No.1118403]

>>1118361

I have one that sells good and makes up about 80% of the sales.

My computer does the majority of the work on that one, about 75% of the work and the rest is me writing down the buyer's address, putting finish product in manila envelope, driving, standing, and more driving. All-in-all for $47, 75% of the time I'm waiting and 25% of the time I'm actually doing something.

So for 10 sales, I spend 2 hours waiting, writing, standing, and driving. 75% of 2 hours is 90 minutes, reaming 25% is 30 minutes. I had about 30ish sales from that. 30 / 10 = 3 * 30 = 1 hour and 30 mins I spend on 30ish sales.

I'll round it up to 2 hours I spend on 30ish sales for $47. That's about $23.5 an hour. And as of right now I'm shit posting while waiting for my computer to finish up here.

Rest of the sales are made up of similar; where my computer does majority of the work.

One though, which is where I have no production cost is literally 90% of my computer doing the work and me just typing shit into blank boxes.

I do sell on Etsy as well, that's where I actually have to do work unfortunately. But my profit margins are insanely worth it.

[Anonymous No.1118426]

>>1118403

Now I have to go drive & stand.

[Anonymous No.1118441]

>>1118403

Sorry but what the FucK are you going on about here?

[Anonymous No.1118448]

>>1118441

Read who I'm replying to here.

He asked is it worth it. I gave him an in-depth response that says it is worth it when I'm being paid $23.5 an hour, especially when my computer does majority of the work.

[Anonymous No.1118453]

>>1118441
This is what I'm saying man. What the fuck are you talking about? Do you have a processing farm or what?

[Anonymous No.1118459]

>>1118453
>>1118441

Unless you're asking what exactly I'm selling.

Can't tell you that though. I don't like competition.

[Anonymous No.1118466]

>>1118459

You write a lot, like a lot

I understand now

[Anonymous No.1118473]

>>1118459
Fair enough. How much do you make a month and how often do you have work? So far I've scaled up to making about $1000 a month from working about an hour but the shipping times between China and the US and from me to Amazon and the 2 weeks amazon takes to pay me means I can only work that 1 hour. So progress is slow as hell.

[Anonymous No.1118524]

>>1118473

That's good roll reselling from china.

I use to sell from china, but I got fed up with the waiting periods. I'd sell faster than I could supply, left huge gaps in opportunities.

I'm pulling anywhere from 200 - 250.

Hoping eBay raises my limits and I'm looking to put some new product out. I've only been active for 3 months.

[Anonymous No.1119089]

>>1118524
That's why you plan ahead.

[Anonymous No.1119200]

Just got my Top Rated discount today.


$2.68. on $200+

What the fuck happened to my 20%? Do I seriously have to offer returns to qualify?

[Anonymous No.1119387]

>>1118524
what catergory have you been selling in ? ive only had bad luck with china crap

[Anonymous No.1119552]

>Grandparents in their 70s
>Retired
>Grandfather has 8th grade education, dropped out to support his family
>Grandmother is Greek immigrant
>Did card shows when they were young
>Made hella dosh buying/reselling cards
>Fast forward to 2008
>Bored of retirement, discover Ebay
>Spend their entire week going to flea markets and garage sales
>Resell refurbished antiques they buy from old people

I don't know what it is about them, but they have an amazing eye for when things are valuable. They found some dirty and grimy plate for $15 at a garage sale, cleaned it, and found out it's worth $250. This is all they fucking do. They have two rooms just for the things they sell.

I want to follow in their footsteps /biz/.

[Anonymous No.1120326]

I wish there was a chat box on ebay so I could play mind games on the people I'm bidding against.

[Anonymous No.1120393]

>>1103428
In the UK, buying and selling clothes on eBay to get some beer money while at uni. Made about £700 in February by just buying auctioned branded clothing and selling it at a buy-it-now.

From some posts in this thread it seems like American buyers are hellish in comparison to UK. 6 times last month I sent out an item that I thought the buyer would return due to having small stains, frayed cuffs or whatever, but none have even message me, and some even left positive feedback.

But anyway, does anyone have experience of making the move from just getting some good profit to actually making a business out of eBay?

[Anonymous No.1120433]

>>1116791
Obvious scam

[Anonymous No.1120506]

>>1120326
Sounds like you're on to the next selling platform.

[Anonymous No.1120513]

>>1119200
Bump.
>>1119552
Just start selling stuff, then worry about how to get more.

[Anonymous No.1120523]

Ask a customer who just rated negatively on a sellers product anything.

[Anonymous No.1120849]

>>1120523

On average, how many cocks can you fit in your mouth?

[Anonymous No.1121015]

Don't really wanna make a thread just for it, so I'll ask here:

Say I had $0 on my bank and was charged something from paypal. NSF Item Fee turned it into -$45 like a week ago. Now I've been charged -$45 again on the beginning of this month, but I get paid tomorrow.

Is there anything I can do to reverse this? I mean I do pay my debts, I just think it kinda sucks that my payday is always 2-3 days ahead and something like this happens.

[Anonymous No.1121100]

>>1121015

There's nothing you can do to reverse it, even if you try to blame Paypal the bank will tell you to ask them to reimburse you. If you know anyone at the bank, they might let it slide (lol my $35 NSF was removed like at least 8 times =WellsFargo), but from what you said it looks like you've let this sit for a while so it might be too late.

[Anonymous No.1121934]

>>1121015
Every bank in the world will reverse a NSF fee as a courtesy. They may not with multiple. Go in and talk to a manager at your bank. If they refuse just say you'll take your business to another bank.

[Anonymous No.1123144]

How hard is it to set up an ebay store today? What would one do to become a successful ebay store owner?

[Anonymous No.1123219]

>>1123144

It will probably take a couple of years.

There's 100 things to know, you will make a mistake and fail if you jump into it too fast.

Just start watching YouTube videos on how to get started.


Start listing a few things, once you are making bank, open a store, it really doesn't make a difference, it just has lower fees, and some buyers might like storefronts..
Currently selling $4000+ a month.

[Anonymous No.1123897]

>>1121934
When I had that problem I contacted PayPal and they told me to do just that, hardest part is talking to people
(I had assumed PayPal would subtract from a prepaid and my bank and got fucked)

[Anonymous No.1123917]

>>1123219
which market are you involved in? what do you generally sell?

[Anonymous No.1123930]

According to the ups webtracking site my package isn't out for delivery yet despite the fact that it only has 1 hour and 30 minutes left to be delivered, did ups screw me over? I've been waiting in the house for this fucking package for nearly six fucking hours.

[Anonymous No.1123935]

>>1123930
and I have a massive shit in my rectum that I'm scared to drop in case I miss the delivery.

[Anonymous No.1123956]

>>1123930

Usually the tracking will change to delayed if there's a n issue, USPS is quick to update unlike USPS. Otherwise it should still be delivered today.

If you leave a note outside with the tracking # + your signature, they will leave the package without having to see you.

[Anonymous No.1123958]

>>1123956

You know what I meant

[Anonymous No.1124011]

>>1123956
54 minutes, it's not going to fucking come, noone delivers packages after 6pm fuck ups.

[Anonymous No.1124021]

>>1124011


I've had mail show up at 9pm f.a.m, just be patient.

If you're north east, it did snow last night so things might be slo


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[Anonymous No.1124041]

I keep forgetting not everyone here is a burger

yeaa... your UPS man might have been murdered again, just file a claim if you don't see it after 9pm

[Anonymous No.1124109]

>>1124041
7 minute left RREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Anonymous No.1124114]

Business Forum Community regarding Investments, Passive Income, The Stock Market, Forex Trading, and more.
thebizness(dot)org

[Anonymous No.1124650]

It's nearly midnight, starting to lose hope and control of my bowels.

[Anonymous No.1124797]

>>1123917
Can people stop asking this question? No one is going to tell you.

[Anonymous No.1125324]

>>1124650

I'm guessing it's morning where you're at now, you should probably call...

[Anonymous No.1125383]

I don't sell on ebay professionally, but this happened to me recently.
>have about 300 total feedbacks over 10 years
>only 80 feedbacks as a seller - not a whole lot of experience doing this
>recently decide to sell a couple dozen odd items I had around my apartment
>one item was worth maybe ~$30
>I started the auction at 1 cent with $5 for shipping, thinking it would find market price
>fucking auction ended at 1 cent with only one bid
>be fully prepared to ship the thing out and take the loss - not even thinking of canceling the auction
>fucking buyer never pays for the item
>open an unpaid item claim against him
>he still never pays
Seriously, what's wrong with this fuckhead? Does he not want nearly free stuff or something?

[Anonymous No.1125538]

>>1125383
Welcome to selling on eBay

[Anonymous No.1125540]

>>1125383
He probably didn't see the shipping fee and didn't think it was worth it when he did.

[Anonymous No.1126177]

>sell thing on ebay
>ship it yesterday after payment cleared
>funds won't be available until the 18th
jesus fucking christ on a cracker

[Anonymous No.1126180]

>>1125538
>>1125540
Doesn't an unpaid item strike hurt your account?

[Anonymous No.1126201]

>>1126180

No, an unpaid strike only dings your account.

So when other sellers (usually none) tick pic related, you won't be able to buy their item.

Then again you can just make another eBay account(3min) or just buy as guest, so it's pretty much fucking useless.

>Pic related
I mean really, do you see this? You can't block buyers with only 1 unpaid strike, it has to be two. Also you only have 1 or 6 months duration to choose from.

What buyer has a -1 feedback score these days? All they have to do is buy a .99 item from a Chinese seller and a feedback will be left for them automatically. It's not like sellers can leave negative feedbacks to help other sellers out...


Why don't we have the option to block buyers at any amount of feedbacks, account issues, etc?
>They may reduce your selling success
That's all you need to read to know what's really going on here.

[Anonymous No.1126217]

>>1115886
That was bare minimum profit for me. I made double that profit sometimes.

Just depends. I know there is risk involved but so far so good.

Ive had my share of charge backs and all that crap since ive been selling small time since 2007.

So far eBay has only fucked me once and banned my original account for selling AR-15 mags.

My id my have changed since its been so long since my last post.

[Anonymous No.1126501]

>>1126177
You won't get paid immediately until you've been selling consistently well for a couple (around 2 to 3) months.

[Anonymous No.1126506]

>>1126501
so basically never for the casual user?

[Anonymous No.1126552]

Anyone here get the 600,000 free listings that are good thru the end of March?

[Anonymous No.1126719]

>>1126506
It's hard to say because the rules change constantly. Back in 2012-2013, long after the golden age, I only had to sell 1-2 per month for about 6 months for that waiting period to go away. So it may just be a matter of waiting it out and not getting bad feedback.

[Anonymous No.1126724]

>>1126719
I can hit the $250 in sales requirement pretty easily, but 25 sales and 3 months since the first successful sale? Come on, Ebay. I've had an account for like 4 years, and have bought a bunch of stuff.

[Anonymous No.1126739]

>600,000

[Anonymous No.1127540]

>>1126552
Nope. eBay thinks I'm going to pay for 51+ listings when they struggle to deliver 5 sales per month.

[Anonymous No.1127609]

Who here buys shit from Aliexpreds/Gearbest/etc and flips it on eBay?

[Anonymous No.1127638]

>sell book to person
>ship next day
>3 weeks later they bitch they haven't gotten it
>scan them the shipping receipt, triple check tracking number
>tell them to go to their post office and ask about it
>say they are "too busy"
>I go to mine, they say they can't do shit
>show me their records, last seen in a city halfway between me and buyer
>buyer wants refund

Am I supposed to lose money when I didn't do anything wrong?

[Anonymous No.1127677]

>>1127638
that's just the cost of doing business when you're an ebay seller

[Anonymous No.1127939]

Just came into possession of 19 1N277 diodes. Checked ebay and they apparently have sold for $1.75 each and are usually listed for $3-6 each. If I decide to sell these, what should I list them for?

[Anonymous No.1128651]

>>1114016

You know, I think you just slammed every rickyism from trailer park boys together in the form of a criticism of the other dude's post.

Make like a tree, and fuck off.

[Anonymous No.1128663]

>>1127939

throw that shit away, wtf

[Anonymous No.1128992]

>>1127939

List as a lot.

[Anonymous No.1130320]

>>1127939
question here:
how people can make money selling stuff under5 bucks in ebay? the cheapest shipping is 2.30...+all the fees and stuff+ all the work packing all that shit.

[Anonymous No.1130338]

>>1130320


One answer: Smartpost

a.k.a connections

[Anonymous No.1130359]

>>1126506
Im casual and ive never had to wait.

Then again I opened my first account in 07 and second in 09 and have perfect feedback.

[Anonymous No.1130425]

>>1130320
1) have the buyer pay for shipping
2) 10% FVF + 2.54% paypal fee? Not much on a sub-5 item.
3)
>oh no my precious 5 minutes putting things in a padded envelope