eBay general: Sales are kill edition.

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Anonymous Fri Nov 4 15:45:01 2016 No.1601568 [Reply] [Original]

eBay general:

Sales are kill edition.

Anonymous Fri Nov 4 16:22:44 2016 No.1601623

So someone whose account is based in Germany purchased an item from me and has the address listed as being in the US. I checked the address and the company is some vague "logistics" company that has two bad reviews describing it as a fraudulent business that people use to forward purchases made with stolen cards. Has anyone seen this kind of thing before?

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 16:27:44 2016 No.1601630 >>1601623 i dont get it

Anonymous Fri Nov 4 16:36:43 2016 No.1601643

>>1601630
A German ebayer made a purchase and the shipping address is to someone with an Asian name at a warehouse in California. The reviews for the place seem to indicate that it's a front for people to forward packages purchased with stolen credit card info.

Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:17:03 2016 No.1601685

>>1601623
>Has anyone seen this kind of thing before?
seen something similar where a Russian based buyer was asking to ship to a US proxy

The general rule is that if it doesn't smell right, don't go with it

For future reference, you can block those with low or no recent feedback iirc

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:24:20 2016 No.1601695 What resale markets are you focusing on, /biz/?

Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:25:08 2016 No.1601697

>>1601685
>For future reference, you can block those with low or no recent feedback iirc

that's a little odd too because he has dozens of positive feedback transactions in the past month. the items he bought from me were some obscure music CDs rather than some super expensive shit I'd expect someone to scam. probably going to play it safe and back out, though. don't really wanna fuck around with some credit card fraud issue over $200.

Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:27:08 2016 No.1601698

>>1601697
yeah, I haven't had trouble backing out before in worse cases where I forgot to set buyer restrictions and some asshole in Cyprus was trying to scam me out of an item where he paid more than triple the item's value in international shipping costs

tldr go with your gut

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:35:26 2016 No.1601706 What resale markets are you focusing on, /biz/? Proptip of day: Try to find product types that have a high resale value in your physical market that you can get off ebay for cheap (or vice versa)

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:39:09 2016 No.1601709 >sell 2 different items >neither of them pay for it >its been more than 8 days Fuck this gay earth

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:42:33 2016 No.1601712 >>1601709 can you even leave a neg feedback in that case or does Shitbay not allow the buyer to have an ounce of responsibility

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 17:48:09 2016 No.1601718 Do any of you live off your eBay incomes? I don't need a fortune to live.. I'm trying to make $2500 a month to cover every expense I have.

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 18:03:08 2016 No.1601729 >>1601643 So refuse to sell to them and report then to eBay

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 18:18:35 2016 No.1601739 >>1601712 buyers get away with murder on eBay and Amazon

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 18:20:09 2016 No.1601740 File: 213 KB, 600x350, multiple-women-laughing-with-salad.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1601712 >can you even leave a neg feedback in that case

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 18:22:09 2016 No.1601743 >>1601739 trust me, I know Once you sell anything it's basically "hope that the buyer doesn't scam me otherwise I'm fucked" >>1601740 Ebay is not even trying to hide their cancer business model anymore

>>	Anonymous Fri Nov 4 18:23:11 2016 No.1601746 >>1601718 that would be really difficult imo unless you had a constant supplier of indemand goods that somehow makes enough to let you have a good share of the profit

Anonymous Fri Nov 4 19:53:40 2016 No.1601822

>>1601623
Reshipping the item voids their protection.

You could ship them anything and win in eBay AND PayPal (with talking to 37 reps, since they don't know their own damn policy, and have chosen to hide the policy)

>>1601709
Open unpaid item case after 48 hours of no payment, get it closed, block buyer.
>>1601718
Lucky to do half of that, it is absolutely possible though.

>>1601739
Words of truth.

Anonymous Fri Nov 4 20:01:49 2016 No.1601834
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>mfw using Google Voice through Gmail instead of cell phone for calling eBay/PayPal.
>mfw better call quality.

Such a time saver, why the fuck didn't I do this before today?

Anonymous Sat Nov 5 00:00:15 2016 No.1602087
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How the fuck do I avoid chargeback buyers? I just lost almost $100 in shipping fees because some nigger reported his payment to PayPal as unauthorized. Should I just refuse buyers with too few feedback?

Anonymous Sat Nov 5 00:15:08 2016 No.1602103

>>1602087
how the shit did you spend 100 bucks in shipping fees on a single transaction

I've never even been able to hit 1/4 of that unless selling internationally, in which case you should be charging them int. shipping fees in addition to the standard costs and are an idiot for not doing so

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 5 00:23:07 2016 No.1602111 >>1602103 It's a large, seven pound, half a thousand dollar package shipped with UPS across the country. I had to pay shipping a second time when I requested the package be sent back after the buyer retracted his payment.

Anonymous Sat Nov 5 04:30:56 2016 No.1602247 [DELETED]

>>1602103
well theres your problem

why the shit did you use UPS

USPS + shipping insurance + signature confirmation. you would have spent ~$20 each way.

you can try contacting ebay and trying to get a "one time coverage" offer from ebay, probably have to speak to a supervisor in hopes to get anywhere, and with the cost being that high probably only if you do a decent amount of transactions

Anonymous Sat Nov 5 04:32:50 2016 No.1602248

>>1602111
well theres your problem

why the shit did you use UPS

USPS w/ shipping insurance + signature confirmation. you would have spent ~$20 each way.

you can try contacting ebay and trying to get a "one time coverage" offer from ebay, probably have to speak to a supervisor in hopes to get anywhere, and with the cost being that high you probably only have a chance if you do a decent amount of transactions

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 5 04:56:20 2016 No.1602269 >>1602111 >Not beating chargeback, and losing nothing.

Anonymous Sat Nov 5 14:19:08 2016 No.1602654

>>1602248
I'll look into shipping with USPS next time. Normally I wouldn't trust them with my packages. More than half the cost I paid to ship this package with UPS was spent on service fees.

>>1602269
The package was already out for delivery to the buyer by the time I received notification from PayPal about the chargeback. There was no time to fight it. I was practically forced to request UPS intercept the package and send it back to me. It wouldn't been less hassle to let the package be delivered and then ask PayPal to reimburse me since I was eligible for seller protection, but I didn't want to risk losing the claim.

Anonymous Sat Nov 5 14:45:10 2016 No.1602673

Purchased a "new" ps3 psu and what arrived was a refurbished pos that was falling apart and dint work.

Seller denies any of this and when i tell them offers a 30% refund, then 45%, and lastly 60%. About to escalae theissue further and im hoping to get all my cash back without having to return the item (since i offered to return 6 times total).

This is why buyer protection is so important imo

Anonymous Sat Nov 5 16:34:58 2016 No.1602830

Anyone get shady as fuck replies on kijiji/CL ?

I am selling a somewhat expensive item (by kijiji standards) for $300

a good portion of the replies are "is it still available ? I will come pick it up today"

During the emails back and forth with a few people, I tried to get more info from them like a cell # or an address (to show them the item works)
one person claimed they didn't have a cell , another person kept dodging the issue and just wanted to meet up where ever and I kept insisting on going to their place and deliver it/show that it works.

>>	Anonymous Sat Nov 5 16:36:47 2016 No.1602832 >>1602830 Whatever, just meet in thepolice station

Anonymous Sun Nov 6 02:52:44 2016 No.1603306

>>1602654
That's not the right way to do it.

I don't care where the package is. Fight the chargeback, don't start intercept, nobody should've told you to do this.

>Buyer admits to modifying item in eBay message.
>Sends item back without starting case, I never accepted return.
>They start PayPal claim.
>PayPal closes in their favor, but guy says he will appeal, and this is the only way to do it.
>PayPal sends email saying I need to provide POLICE REPORT or SIGNED AFFIDAVIT before they even look into the fucking appeal.

What the fucking fuck fuck??

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 03:04:37 2016 No.1603314 >>1603306 How could I win a claim if the buyer's purchase was unauthorized? They would side with the buyer and I would likely lose both my money and the package.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 03:24:49 2016 No.1603326 >>1603314 No! You have seller protection with PayPal and eBay. Always work with PayPal to win the chargeback, it's one of the things they offer.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 14:40:05 2016 No.1603760 >>1603326 I mean it's worth trying, but this seems to be putting way too much faith in paypal and ebay's willingness to help sellers.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 18:46:55 2016 No.1604067 File: 42 KB, 479x361, cfe1e187cd5703d9d1513ae24937b4839e3a7f1c97972667f576b79a1b2874a6.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1603760 >>1603326 Seller protection?

Anonymous Sun Nov 6 18:52:01 2016 No.1604075

>>1601623

yes, tons of front companies on ebay trying to scam you. one almost got me but i called the number and it didn't even exist. never sent the item and got negative feedback and told ebay to get rid of it. they never did but that dude's account got deleted off ebay

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 18:56:47 2016 No.1604081 How do you get higher selling limits?

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 21:18:33 2016 No.1604236 >>1604067 I've had every single chargeback closed in my favor, it's part of the policy. Read it. >>1604081 Call eBay.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 21:23:11 2016 No.1604244 >>1604236 what do they ask ? why do you need to call them?

Anonymous Sun Nov 6 21:25:26 2016 No.1604250
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>ship two packages to the same metropolitan area
>first package arrives within 5 days
>second has been "in transit" for almost a month

How long do I wait?

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 21:29:29 2016 No.1604252 >>1604250 its lost

Anonymous Sun Nov 6 22:53:46 2016 No.1604315
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>>1604244

They won't start asking for an EIN till you request 100k+.

Other than that if you're selling more than half of your current limits, they will usually double your privileges.

Or you can sit back and let the system auto-boost your acc.

Anonymous Sun Nov 6 23:09:59 2016 No.1604326
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>>1604244
Ask for higher selling limits. Use da website dood.

>>1604250
Call USPS, get it unstuck. Use website and request tracking to your email. Most likely was delivered, anyway file for insurance for missing package ASAP!

>>1604315
Dam son

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 6 23:50:38 2016 No.1604364 >>1601706 >Proptip of day: Try to find product types that have a high resale value in your physical market that you can get off ebay for cheap (or vice versa) Thanks for defining flipping kind anon

Anonymous Mon Nov 7 02:29:04 2016 No.1604487

Has anybody ever seen a PayPal account takeover like this before? Somebody apparently got into my Dad's PayPal, but didn't lock him out, just used it to pay their eBay shipping fees. About $40 worth of shipping fees across a dozen transactions, over three weeks. The tracking numbers are posting from the same little town he just moved to, to make things even stranger. I can't see the addresses on the public USPS tracker. They go in at his zip code, and transfer to the next local place, and so on, so it's not the trick of deliberately fubaring the collection zip code. He only uses a moto e secured hotspot for an internet connection. It seems like some kind of local con. Come to think of it, the police had to take my mom to the emergency room just a week or two before this started, prior to that, pretty much nobody knew they were even living out there.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 7 03:44:13 2016 No.1604531 >>1604487 Nope, make sure to contact PayPal. Also submit a ic3.gov report.

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 7 07:15:18 2016 No.1604616 Hi guys! I'm from Russia. Which Russian goods will be in demand on ebay? inb4: matryoshka, balalaika, vodka, Kalashnikov.

Anonymous Mon Nov 7 07:23:26 2016 No.1604619
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>be me
>sell csgo item
>they pay
>i send the item
>they accept the trade
>turns out the ebay/paypal account got hacked
>have to return money

can i dispute this with paypal, or did I just loose $50?

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 7 12:34:21 2016 No.1604994 >>1604619 INTANGIBLE ITEMS ARE NOT COVERED! GIT GUD!

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 7 12:38:05 2016 No.1605002 sold item as "broken" buyer gave neg feedback cause item is broken - no chance to change feedback just ebay things..

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 7 17:59:47 2016 No.1605488 File: 434 KB, 666x623, 1459720367439.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >need to drop off a bunch of packages at the post office >spent the afternoon shitposting on 4chan instead

>>	Anonymous Mon Nov 7 18:14:39 2016 No.1605505 File: 1.75 MB, 1242x2208, IMG_4722.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1605488 >dropped off a bunch of packages at post office >one gets stuck >entire machine breaks >everyone's looking at me

Anonymous Mon Nov 7 21:40:09 2016 No.1605794

>>1605002
Call eBay, they'll remove it.

Make sure you listed as 'for parts & not working', and not 'used'
>>1605505
>Putting small packages and padded envelopes in the big bin.

USE THE SMALL BIN! Your things will be crushed! The small bin is below the letter drop.
>tfw my sales are kill.
>tfw no sales today.

FUCK

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 8 10:59:19 2016 No.1606465 >>1605794 they could not remove they told me

Anonymous Tue Nov 8 11:31:43 2016 No.1606506

>>1602654
I've never had a problem with USPS. I never understood why they have such a bad rep. I always used them when I did EBay, and was always 100% satisfied.

I never bothered shipping UPS due to the higher cost, but as far as receiving packages from them, I can't complain. FedEx on the other hand are out and out retarded. I try to avoid ordering from anyone who uses them, because FedEx is more than likely going to lose it, or deliver it to the wrong address.

Anonymous Tue Nov 8 13:53:00 2016 No.1606646

Just recently started using eBay to buy blu rays/DVDs/VHS tapes because often they're less costly than Amazon sellers.

Is there any way to combat being sniped by bots with seconds to spare, or is that just one of those things that comes with the territory? I've had this happen to like three blu rays in the past week.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 8 19:30:55 2016 No.1606939 >>1606465 Was it an American, or a FUCKING POOLOO? >>1606506 Same. >>1606646 Sniping isn't against terms. >tfw buyer leaves you neutral saying "thank you" >tfw they have done this to 3 or so more sellers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 8 22:20:40 2016 No.1607045 Been selling as a hobby for years, this has been my most productive year. Should I file taxes if I made roughly $5k on Ebay in a year?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 9 06:24:27 2016 No.1607737 File: 170 KB, 804x483, Untitled.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1605794 >Use the small bin Don't have one here Either you wait in line or drop it off in the one bin.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 9 08:51:46 2016 No.1607867 >>1604616 ushanka, watches, camera lenses, vacuum tubes for amps, military surplus gear like uniforms and tools too.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 9 09:03:31 2016 No.1607876 >>1602673 Yeah, I think it can be excessive but it's because of faggots like the one you're talking about.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 9 09:08:53 2016 No.1607879 http://badbuyerlist.org/ It's an informal list but I think it's a way at least to hold terrible buyers accountable.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 9 18:03:21 2016 No.1608641 >>1607879 This.

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 9 22:12:58 2016 No.1608910 >No sales in 3 days. What the hell?

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 10 06:32:04 2016 No.1609226 >>1601718 >Do any of you live off your eBay incomes? I don't need a fortune to live.. I'm trying to make $2500 a month to cover every expense I have. buy broken phones, repair them sell them

Anonymous Thu Nov 10 06:58:33 2016 No.1609252

>>1606506
long time ebay seller here

I was in austin for +/- a year and in that time only experienced one or two issues with them, both lost items. One was found and returned to me because the label got too heavily damaged to know the ending location, the other vanished into the void. With the amount of volume I deal with thats an acceptable deficit rate.

However now I'm in houston and that is a COMPLETELY different story. the local post office here is a fucking shithole, probably one of the worst run post offices in the nation.

>They lose 1/50 packages (and that's being conservative)
>packages will receive no tracking update at all, then upon delivery suddenly says it traveled from my location to the buyer across the country within the day
>packages will randomly lock up on transit or be shipped to wrong location.

Most recently a packages took nearly 2 months to deliver because "we accidentally shipped it to the wrong zipcode", it was sent to the next town over, and instead of just making a quick travel to hand it to the right zone, it had to go all the way back through the network to their central shipping department...twice.

>around half of the lost packages vanish into the void forever and there is no compensation
>packages get beat up/smashed/broken. They lose our mail or give us the neighbors mail regularly. Ignore pickup requests (when stuff cant fit in mailbox i put it on front porch and schedule pickups)
>workers at the local branch -refuse- to let you speak to postmaster, and the postmaster refuses to call back or meet you. I've tried 5 times now and given excuse after excuse. I've not been able to so much hear his voice yet.
>Dropoff bin has been broken for 4 years now. now the clerk area has a "dropoff section" which is locked shut after 5 and on weekends/holiday

it's a mess.

>>	Anonymous Thu Nov 10 07:07:27 2016 No.1609256 anybody dropship from amazon with prime?

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