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eBay general:


>Drop off shipments at USPS.
>Long line, don't want to wait.
>Put 3 items with scan form on counter, as I see another package with scan form sitting there.
>mfw they didn't scan it.

FUCK

>> No.1697926

>>1697912
No money in ebay any more. You'd make better money working a mcdonalds drivethrough with ebay and paypal fees

>> No.1697944

>>1697926
>No money in eBay anymore
Where did this meme come from? I make over $2,000 in profit a week on eBay. The combined fees between eBay and Paypal are only 13%.

>> No.1697951

>>1697944
Selling what

>> No.1697983

>>1697951
Mostly perfume and cosmetics

>> No.1698016

>>1697944
The meme comes from lazy idiots who have never even tried eBay but just parrot what they heard some other retard say

>> No.1698162

>>1697983
counterfeits? do you stole them?
if you arbitrage from retailers or online it is pretty difficult to sustain your business sooner or later they are going to ban you, you are going to run out of inventory and then you are going to waste more time arbitraging something else with shitty returns.

if you buy from the manufacturer/distributor in bulk there is no way they let you get away with sales in ebay you are taking money from them and thats something they dont like. expect cease and desist letters, lot of legal shit, ebay closing your account, etc.

if you are the manufacturer, well congratulations for your business. good luck.

the meme is that if you are the middle man you will not be profitable in the long term because manufacturers/distributors dont need you for online sales. if you arbitrage products is more the time and effort you put in the mid/long term than flipping burgers because is not an stable source of income.

>> No.1698165
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1698165

>>1697983

Mostly perfume and cosmetics

>> No.1698195

>>1698162
it is difficult to make money reselling via arbitrage when you need to consider the 13% fees in your cost basis. You work hard for literal pennies. Unless your cost basis is on par with distributor levels you will not have significant growth if you're making money at all.

It is no longer easy to start an ebay business. Dont let other people meme you otherwise.

>> No.1698270

>tfw finding crazy stupid arbitrage method to obtain new inventory.
>tfw chahin dough

>> No.1698624

>>1698195
Also doesn't help that eBay customers these days are poor as unsalted dirt.