EBAY GENERAL THREAD

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EBAY GENERAL THREAD Anonymous Fri Sep 25 16:53:11 2015 No.905660 [Reply] [Original]

eBay General Thread

Where do you guys get free shipping material? I need a large box at least 2.5 foot tall and some bubble wrap/packing peanuts but I don't want to pay for them. An ideas?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 25 17:12:09 2015 No.905683 Will I get fucked over as a new seller with literally zero feedback if I start to sell right now? Im already going to purchase a ton of cheap $1 chinese shit to improve my feedback within the next week.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 25 19:50:13 2015 No.905900 >>905683 Nope. I started a new account a while back, like my 5th account or so, and had no troubles. I bought a cheap widget to get first feedback.

>>	koilnzel !!ha0v2xV/XxD Fri Sep 25 19:59:20 2015 No.905908 >selling jailbroken ps3 >guy bids 220 >auction ends >I'm so sorry, I am poor. help me pls >Proceed to report and relist >Same thing happen over and over with other bidders >ps3 is still for sale :(

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 25 20:17:46 2015 No.905932 >>905908 Do require immediate payment. Fuck those poor faggots who ruin auctions.

>>	koilnzel !!ha0v2xV/XxD Fri Sep 25 20:30:24 2015 No.905942 >>905932 I didn't think that was possible on auction style listings

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 25 20:43:34 2015 No.905955 File: 437 KB, 1600x900, 1440469064913.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just sold a copy of Pokemon Yellow for the Gameboy color for net profit $20. Buyer paid within 1 hour of auction ending. What widgets do you anons plan to sell?

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 25 21:16:09 2015 No.905968 >>905942 It's not. What is it selling for? List it BIN with instant payment required to keep away some scammers.

>>	koilnzel !!ha0v2xV/XxD Fri Sep 25 21:44:01 2015 No.905997 >>905968 Around $180 -250

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 25 21:46:31 2015 No.906000 >>905955 a reddish orange taskbar would tie your desktop together nicely. the brown is too dull.

>>	Anonymous Fri Sep 25 21:54:27 2015 No.906008 Anyone here have any experience with shadow accounts? I got banned on my main account because of scammers which brought down my seller requirements. So far, I've made sure to start a new account on another IP in another city

Anonymous Sat Sep 26 07:51:54 2015 No.906364

I paid for standard shipping and I got my package early with priority shipping even though she sent the package on time. It was a $190 order and she spent an extra $40 for priority. It's weird because it's a discontinued item from Japan that was worth around 150-170 dollars. Did she get a deal on shipping or did she send me an item at a loss?

Why would she upgrade my shipping for an item sent on time?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 13:08:10 2015 No.906478 >>906364 had free priority to use

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 13:28:30 2015 No.906496 >>905660 So is thrift-shop hunting for rare finds worth it? Or should I simply find upcoming/established trends/fads and sell that kind of stuff?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 13:51:40 2015 No.906517 >>906496 If you have the time and storage space to speculate, go for it. In my case I ended up with boxes of shit I struggled to get rid of. Personally I'd corner a niche you're familiar with, but ymmv.

Anonymous Sat Sep 26 15:35:28 2015 No.906617

>>906496
>rare
These are exactly that, rare. You go look for items that you can make money on, usually double up.You'll find more items worth around $20 than the $100. Knowing a certain market is good to start. Mine is video games, started from there and now I sell a wider variety of things.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 16:00:31 2015 No.906634 FFS, if you're too cheap to buy packing materials might as well say you're Chinese. I had to fight with the fucking boss to pay $15 for 60 gallons of peanuts.

Anonymous Sat Sep 26 16:27:38 2015 No.906653

>>905908
What the fuck? I thought this kind of thing was not allowed in Ebay, as in, the bidder was obligated to pay. I also can wrap my head around the idea that people willingly outbid others only to try to beg their way out of it. Are they per chance some sort of Russian con artist?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 17:33:59 2015 No.906705 >>906634 SIXTY GALLONS for only $15? Where do you get this?

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 17:49:40 2015 No.906717 >>906705 eBay. We picked it up so we saved a few dollars.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 17:55:50 2015 No.906719 I hate ebay's search system >Other seller is above in my search listings >They're not TRS, I am. >They have no returns, I have 30 day >Their total sold is in the single digits, mine is in triple digits Fuck you ebay. Give me my number 1 spot back.

>>	Anonymous Sat Sep 26 18:07:59 2015 No.906725 >>906653 Nothing really happens if you don't pay. If you are a regular shopper I think their algo gives you more freedom to fuck with sellers as long as you bring in more long term profit for them.

>>	koilnzel !!ha0v2xV/XxD Sat Sep 26 18:10:25 2015 No.906729 >>906653 Ebay really leans toward the buyers these days. So it's pretty easy to get fucked over if you're a seller

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 27 10:43:31 2015 No.907217 File: 132 KB, 1280x720, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >bought item for $75 on craigslist >listed it on ebay for $350 Is this gonna work?

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 27 18:08:34 2015 No.907710 File: 56 KB, 1101x407, unnamed.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>906719 >mfw running into a regular seller, who is claiming to be a 'Top Rated Power Seller' by using a custom image. Pic related FUCK I'm mad. >>907217 Yes.

Anonymous Sun Sep 27 20:35:28 2015 No.907893

>>907710
Report his ass.

I reported some guy last night, doubt the tards at ebay will do anything about it though.

>Has two accounts
>Has exact same items listed on both accounts
>Address in two different cities, 2 miles apart
>He hotlinks to the pictures on the other listing in the description

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 27 20:46:50 2015 No.907897 >>907710 I had to to look at that for a while lol, using powerseller as avatar. So evil

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 27 23:52:13 2015 No.908115 File: 14 KB, 220x220, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>907710 >"Top rated seller" >69

>>	Anonymous Sun Sep 27 23:56:18 2015 No.908122 >>907217 Depends. Are other similar items going for ~$350 or are the the one autist setting unreasonable prices on his shit?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 28 00:54:54 2015 No.908162 File: 5 KB, 150x150, $_7[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>907893 >>907897 >>908115 I reported them to eBay via their Twitter email. eBay CS responded within minutes, and said it was a serious violation. mfw they changed it to this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 28 01:12:09 2015 No.908177 >>908122 Well they are going for $500 - $580 brand new. So with free shipping maybe it's a good deal?

Anonymous Mon Sep 28 09:16:27 2015 No.908352

What do you think of my sob story letter that I wrote to get buyers to leave feedback? I write their name on it for a personal touch.

>Dear [buyer's name]

>Thank you very much for your purchase. I'm still pretty new to selling on eBay and I have taken every precaution to ensure that your item has been delivered to you as quickly and safely as possible. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will do my best to promptly rectify these issues.

>This being said, and if it's not too much trouble for yourself, would you mind leaving positive feedback if you're happy with the item? It can be difficult for new, low-volume sellers to build a reputation on eBay, particularly when only a small percentage of buyers leave feedback. Some sellers may find this disheartening and decide against further selling, which reduces competition and potentially leads to higher prices for buyers such as yourself. Again, I'm only asking that you leave positive feedback if it's not overly inconvenient for you to do so, but I will greatly appreciate it if you do.

>Once again, if you have any questions, please contact me, and I hope that we'll have the opportunity to do business once more in the future.

>Kind regards,

>[my name]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 28 11:04:43 2015 No.908413 >>908352 Pretty good, but "Again, I'm only asking that you leave positive feedback if it's not overly inconvenient for you to do so, but I will greatly appreciate it if you do." is over doing it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 28 18:23:31 2015 No.908879 >>908352 Cheesy AF. Just sell sell sell, begging for feedback is dum.

Anonymous Mon Sep 28 20:45:17 2015 No.909042
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>mfw getting hit with two return requests at the same time today.
>mfw one legit damaged item.
>mfw one buyer didn't use item correctly and damaged it.
>mfw receiving a damaged item, starting a case, and the seller calls eBay and has it closed within 20 minutes because it was for parts.
>mfw same seller ignored all of my messages, but started and won the fucking case within 20 goddamn minutes.

I'M FUCKING MAD

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 28 21:12:08 2015 No.909073 >>909042 >Call eBay. >Case closed for item damaged by buyer. >Refunded in full for item I purchased as eBay CS was dum and didn't look into my case since item was damaged. fug ;DD

Anonymous Mon Sep 28 23:42:30 2015 No.909256

I find free shit off Craigslist, clean it up, then list it on Craigslist. Living in a major metropolitan area helps a lot. I average about $800-1000 a month in what costs me maybe a tank of gas a month to gather up. Great pocket money. For shipping materials, there's always someone giving away boxes and shit.

Best one: Old couple giving away their collection of early 1900s Nat Geos. Had every single issue from 1900 to 1918. Sold for just over $1800.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 28 23:45:55 2015 No.909260 I just tried using eBay today and learned I have been banned for life from selling after calling out a multi-thousand dollar scamming business two years ago.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 01:13:14 2015 No.909368 >>909260 Wait what? More info?

Anonymous Tue Sep 29 01:41:29 2015 No.909390

>>909368
Searching el piru rc probably still brings it up. Some dude was gaming buyer protection to screw over new and small time rc car hobbyists on eBay while supplementing his hobby store inventory. His brick and mortar store has since closed and he's changed names a few times on eBay since; I haven't bothered keep up with him.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 03:55:31 2015 No.909455 >>909390 I think I remember your posts from a few months ago. Why in the fuck are you banned from selling though?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 04:06:35 2015 No.909459 >>909455 No idea. Called customer support and they said it was put in by someone superior to their rank that the suspension is permanent and cannot be appealed, and that any other accounts it's discovered I made will also be suspended.

Anonymous Tue Sep 29 12:02:58 2015 No.909747

>>909459
>Start LLC
>Start selling on ebay
>Not legally the same person

Otherwise just call one of the higher up execs and see if they will overturn it. Customer service can't do shit.

>Selling white label item today
>Guy requests refund
>"ITEM IS COUNTERFEIT YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR TRYING TO PASS THIS OFF AS X. REAL X IS MADE WITH REAL METAL NOT PLASTIC LIKE THIS POS!!!"
>mfw I own the brand name
>mfw it is metal
>mfw you're trying to scam me thinking I'm some reseller

People are fucking stupid. That's like calling Apple and accusing them that an iPhone is fake when it was sent directly from their shipping dept.

If they would have just said they didn't need it or changed their minds, I would have let them keep it because it's not worth my time to restock something I have thousands of.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 14:25:20 2015 No.909854 >>909747 Yeah buyer protection is fuck easy to abuse. I'm surprised there hasn't been a site that's stolen all of ebay's seller population

Anonymous Tue Sep 29 14:29:28 2015 No.909861 [DELETED]

>>906364

All of my listings say FREE STANDARD SHIPPING just because I don't want you faggots complaining if I'm a little late to the Post Office.

I always use Priority. And I adjust the sale price for the markup associated with that.

>>906496

Not that great these days. Used to be. Thrift stores think they're fucking eBay now, printing out sales pages and taping them to items.

>Habitat thrift store
>A used and beat to shit Logitech speaker system
>Missing two of the speakers
>They taped on a listing for a NIB speaker and circled the big ole "$199" or whatever it was
>They had this one priced $80.

People piss me off so much with that. Well it sells for X on eBay. Yea bitch, a new one, which you don't have, and then you pay fees.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 15:29:38 2015 No.909912 >>909854 heard of Amazon?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 16:30:17 2015 No.909998 Maybe this is a stupid question but here goes anyway. I purchased an item from ebay which I'd like to sell on ebay but it doesn't arrive until the 2nd October. Can I list the item now?

Anonymous Tue Sep 29 16:43:35 2015 No.910020 [DELETED]

>>909998

Sure, but if it buys, keep in mind that you can't ship it out until the 2nd or 3rd so some buyer might pitch a hissy fit.

When I order inventory (I have a product I wholesale buy and resell on eBay), I will list them a day or two before they arrive, because I know they'll be here by the time my handling time of two days is up if someone buys that day.

Ya feel me?

Anonymous Tue Sep 29 16:57:44 2015 No.910039

How can I avoid paying Paypal whenever I get scammed in a chargeback scam? I'm a legit seller but I get too many chargeback scams whenever I sell video game related items like digital games and I want to avoid that completely.

Would creating shadow Paypal accounts (no Credit card or bank info leaked to it) and moving the money from these shadow Paypal accounts to my regular one be enough to get the jews out of my tail whenever some asshole wishes to file a chargeback claim after getting my item?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 17:45:18 2015 No.910081 >>910039 If you try to circumnavigate it, they'll just ban your account. Use a website that allows you to see digital goods.

Anonymous Tue Sep 29 20:20:01 2015 No.910230

>>910081
>they'll just ban your account.

I am willingly to lose a couple. I can make new ebay accounts in different cities, they wont notice.

I sound like Im a scammer but Im literally trying to avoid ever getting scammed by assholes ever again whenever they try to pull a credit card chargeback and Jewpal sides with them. I've lost a couple hundred already because of these scammers and its pissing me off.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 29 20:42:36 2015 No.910265 I'm having a problem with eBay. There are times when I bid on an item and it tells me I've been outbid, but it doesn't charge the other guy for the bid that I made. Is there something I'm missing?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 30 00:16:36 2015 No.910510 >>910265 How do you know it doesn't charge the other guy? You can have ebay auto bid for you up to a certain amount so maybe the other guys auto bid amount was just higher?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 30 03:51:26 2015 No.910643 >>910039 Send the serials via envelope with tracking? Isn't this the usual workaround for selling digital items?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 30 10:30:22 2015 No.910826 >>910643 If you're making enough off it that you can afford to pay $2.04 for shipping with tracking.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 30 12:55:58 2015 No.910976 >>906496 Yes its worth it just know your vintage stuff. You can make money off alot of different things thrifting. Ive made several several thousand. You usually find the $20-30 profit all the time but once in a while you find a several 100 dollar item

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 30 13:05:13 2015 No.910990 >>905955 Sold an ECU to a buyer in Europe. I was really nervous because I have never exported before but the lady at the USPS office was very helpful. I have insurance on it but could I still be fucked if something happens?

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 30 13:10:58 2015 No.910993 >>909912 I heard it was even worse.

Anonymous Wed Sep 30 18:05:14 2015 No.911256
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>Buy lots of items to resell.
>Have had a lot of items coming in damaged recently.
>Have had to use eBay Money Back Guarantee.
>eBay now sends me this email, and claims I cannot open any more claims when I call in.

What in the fuck? Sellers keep throwing shit in boxes with no packaging, and then avoid all contact, what else am I supposed to do?

Anonymous Thu Oct 1 01:18:52 2015 No.911666

>>911256
>email eBay, they respond within minutes, and say my Buyer Protection is NOT suspended yet, but I should be more careful.
>Receive item not as described today.
>Seller says hurr durr we even checked before sending it out!1!

I'm about to explode.

Anonymous Thu Oct 1 15:57:21 2015 No.912096

Just started out on ebay and it's been pretty successful so far. I purchased two copies of the fallout anthology and sold them for double the price a week later. No sure what else to buy to sell now though. Any tips on finding things to buy cheap to sell high?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 1 19:10:24 2015 No.912238 >>910643 I have legitimately lost PP cases despite having shipped the item with online tracking and never having the item returned. Im getting real fucking tired of this shit

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 1 20:57:30 2015 No.912295 >>911256 I think it depends on how much you spend in a year. If you're a whale that does a lot of shopping on Ebay then they're more likely to let you open cases without hassle. If you make maybe 2 purchases a year then they don't care as much.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 1 21:25:40 2015 No.912313 >>910510 I can tell because the bidding price doesn't go up, so I have no idea whether or not my bid is even going through. Then when I try to keep bidding, I forget what I bid.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 16:52:43 2015 No.913043 File: 98 KB, 562x960, 1443720366893.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Does anybody write things, place stickers, draw pictures or anything on the packages they send out? Just something for the buyer to remember you by?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 17:03:40 2015 No.913051 File: 1.99 MB, 4128x2322, 20150929_130815.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>913043 Three days ago

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 17:27:53 2015 No.913073 >>913043 >>913051 Isnt it illegal to send out packages with profanity written on it?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 17:33:27 2015 No.913075 File: 28 KB, 499x523, USPS.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>913073 USPS doesn't mind, it's when you ship your bfs dragon dildo to his hotel wrapped in saran wrap that you might get in a little trouble.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 17:37:45 2015 No.913078 On other note, how do I increase the feedback on my new eBay account quickly? Will the Chinese sellers do? And what item can I buy under a $1 from them?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 18:07:40 2015 No.913118 what's the cheapest digital scale I can buy that goes up to 10lb?

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 18:15:29 2015 No.913135

I work for an online business that started on eBay but then decided to move away when we kept getting fucked over by buyers and eBay always siding with them. My boss opened up his own site and now makes a fortune, and is thinking of going international. Fuck you eBay.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 2 18:16:05 2015 No.913137 >>913118 If you are selling 10 pounds of weed, you should buy a decent scale.

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 18:48:30 2015 No.913205

>>908352
"Begs for feedback" would be on your feedback forever.
>>909912
Doesn't Amazon take even more than ebay? Plus I hate how you can't really show the quality of what you're selling.
>>913078
Chinese I've bought from almost always do feedback before the item gets shipped. >>913135
Think a website is viable for someone selling random stuff?

Anonymous Fri Oct 2 23:27:55 2015 No.913495

>>913205
>Doesn't Amazon take even more than ebay? Plus I hate how you can't really show the quality of what you're selling.

Amazon is a real thief. $0.99 (flat) + 15% + $0.50 (10% of an already too small shipping voucher).

$20 item = 23% commission
$10 item = 30% commission
$5 item = 45% commission

Wipes out entire ranges of products, like US-market action figures and used books. Buying from a distributor, you're lucky to have a 25% margin. Amazon gobblers damn near every cent, then you get to pay for shipping supplies and eat _another_ $5 because the only customers they feed you are on the other side of the country. Fuck Amazon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 3 03:00:14 2015 No.913641 >>913118 I have this, works excellently. Has a "10 year warranty" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002U4OEDS

Anonymous Sat Oct 3 03:23:48 2015 No.913649

>Sell item.
>Don't test it because it would take extra time, and money.
>Worth $280 new, but missing minor part so let's just say $240-250, as this is a very new item, no other listings on eBay.
>List for $125 OBO for parts & not working.
>Sell for $100.
>Buyer leaves feedback saying PERFECT, FULLY WORKING.

Daily reminder to expend extra effort to test items /biz/. I could've easily made an extra $100.

Anonymous Sat Oct 3 04:00:22 2015 No.913658

>>913495
Dayyyum. Here I was thinking Ebay was bad with 10% auction and 3% paypal when I sold something a few months back. Basically you need to be inside of a chinese factory drop shipping direct to customers to make any kind of real money on Amazon at that level.

Anonymous Sat Oct 3 08:18:53 2015 No.913756

>>913658
Yeah, eBay's still tough, but Amazon is absolutely fucking small sellers to death sortof like Walmart does to the manufacturers.

And then it gets worse.

You, paying this commission, subsidize Amazon's own sales which fuels a race to the bottom on pricing. Let me explain, because I fucking hate Amazon and want you to get this.

You're both selling DVD players. They cost you $75 and retail at $100. Your break even is around $88.

If Amazon was by itself, it'd have to charge $75 at minimum. But, because they get $13+ from every single unit sold by another seller, they can list the DVD player at $62.

So now Amazon looks like a super awesome deal happy fun time savings for u. There's massive downward pressure on your price. You won't sell much at a real price even though it's still a good deal. If you cave and sell at a loss, all it does is reduce amazon's loss. You know, the assholes gulping a huge chunk of your sales already and waging a price war against you?

And then it doesn't matter. One, because nobody says "I got a great deal from X on Amazon" but "I got X cheap on Amazon." Two, because Amazon's lost millions every year it's operated and investors don't give a God damn so they didn't have to run you into the ground. Three, after you wise up or crash and burn, there's tons of new suckers to take your place.

Anonymous Sat Oct 3 13:41:46 2015 No.913921
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So recently, what eBay reps have been doing is they now transfer you over to another rep, mid-way through the call when they don't want to help you out.

After 30+min of transfers

>Hello my name is Miguel
...
>Oh, I've used this product before
...
>Don't worry I'll take care of these negatives/cases

Guy closes out all the cases for me while we have a chat on how stupid my buyers are not knowing how to use a simple product. lol he even acts out how the buyers must talk like "hurr durr, do I poot it in hrre?".

He was about to give me his number so I could call whenever, then he said he couldn't because I might get in trouble.

>Mfw I thought raising the price would get rid of all the bad buyers

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 3 17:40:55 2015 No.914098 >>909256 DFW area?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 3 17:47:11 2015 No.914103 File: 6 KB, 275x183, Eisenhower.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>914098 Stay out of my territory.

Anonymous Sun Oct 4 03:42:00 2015 No.914462

Just sold a phone for $470 that I got for $400. (First time using eBay in years)
Forgot there's no first time fee waiver or anything, so I made $3 (Only had a $70 markup, shipping was $20, and the eBay fee was $47)

I'm thinking of cancelling the order and just returning the phone to the manufacturer for a full refund; it's not worth the possibility of getting scammed by the buyer for $470 when I'm only making a $3 profit.

Anonymous Sun Oct 4 04:25:22 2015 No.914485

>>913921

This isn't uncommon. A lot of the times I've called in they've bounced me back and forth between Ebay and Paypal.

I had a problem where I didn't know they only let accounts spend $5k in gift cards every 6 months. I was calling in because I was unaware of that rule and once I found out about it I wanted to work around it (I figured they were interested in more money from me, right?). I ended up spending about a hour getting transferred between Ebay and Paypal "specialists" who had no idea what their policies were.

If you get Indian reps do whatever you do to get transferred to a US call center, they at least can comprehend what you're asking for and can at least point you in the right direction.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 4 05:23:17 2015 No.914502 >>914462 Why is shipping $20? But yeah fees are a thing. You've gotta account for that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 4 10:39:37 2015 No.914618 >>906653 Yes, a bid is contractual, but it's simplicity itself to claim a bid was made "in error". So in practice a buyer can decline to pay and there's fuck all the seller can do about it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 4 10:42:38 2015 No.914620 >>908352 Overkill. Just something like "thanks for your purchase, positive feedback is always reciprocated" will do.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 00:14:55 2015 No.915273 My item traffic is abysmally low. How do I being it up with keywords? Do I just cram them all into the description? Can someone show me good examples of keyword usage?

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 00:41:19 2015 No.915299

>>913756
Not to mention a new thing is getting supplier or manufacturers information from sellers, disguised as a security and counterfeit countermeasure on sellers but there is a clause I believe that lets them use that information to contact the supplier of the item themselves and also begin selling said item.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 01:56:45 2015 No.915366 >interested in selling shit on ebay >read thread >scammers galore >ebay sides with buyers Sounds like a nightmare tbh.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 02:15:14 2015 No.915376

>>915273

If people don't want to buy stuff, they aren't going to buy it.

>>915366
It's mostly good.

I've recently had more trouble with sellers than buyers, and I mostly sell. eBay has threatened to end my Buyer Protection, as I've been scammed by so many sellers.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 02:43:00 2015 No.915393

>>914462
Yeah canceling is your best bet. You probably already did it but I like to use the excuse that the item got harmed in storage someway.

Generally though, I wouldn't sell on ebay unless you can double what you paid or your just getting rid of something.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 05:32:59 2015 No.915500 >>915366 I've sold alot and really i've only had about 1-2 scammers out of maybe every 100 buyers. I try not to ever sell anything super high value because the risk is way too high.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 11:08:40 2015 No.915632 >>914462 Shipping should not be $20. Throw that shit in a priority flat rate padded envelope. $5.75. Now you have $17 profit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 13:36:01 2015 No.915746 >>915632 Wait do you guys really settle for such little profit? I sell for a minimum return of 200% profit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 14:25:34 2015 No.915787 >>915746 Who the fuck do you think is dropping 1 grand on a phone on ebay?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 14:41:22 2015 No.915801 >>915746 Me, no. I don't sell phones. I'll take lower profit on high volume items though.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 19:27:54 2015 No.916120 File: 31 KB, 565x187, FUUUUUUCK YOU.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] FUCKING PAYPAL

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 19:28:01 2015 No.916121

>sell old HTC Amaze that I picked up for free
>some spic in Texas with 47 middle names wins the auction at $46
>doesn't pay for nearly four days, just two hours before I was able to open an unpaid case again him
>ends up paying late Friday night, plan to drop off his package Saturday morning as my local post office is right across the street and is open from 9-12PM Saturdays
>Saturday morning wake up to three ebay messages asking why the phone hasn't arrived yet, literally hours after he paid me
>roll back over and decide this spic can wait a couple extra days for his purchase as Saturday doesn't count towards the "1 business day" handling time

Always make sure you set buyer restrictions, no matter what you are selling.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 19:33:51 2015 No.916126
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Almost starting to enjoy returning these stolen phones

But really, how do they think they can get away with it?

Not brave enough to meet someone face to face on Craigslist?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 19:48:03 2015 No.916139 >>916120 Try waiting 2 and a half weeks after making a sale to getting paid. Fucking Amazon

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 19:53:39 2015 No.916145 >>916121 Wow, what a fucking retard, make sure to report them. I'd be pissed. >>916126 Lolwhat, backstory?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 19:55:16 2015 No.916148 >>916139 Yeah, that is a pain in the ass. PayPal does it too when you're a new seller but at least it goes away after a couple of months.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 20:10:36 2015 No.916163
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>>916145

Same ol

>Thief steals iPhone
>Attempts to sell it online
>I buy it thinking it's not stolen (as described)
>Try activating
>Pic related

I don't even know why they still follow through even though they can clearly see we have feedback from other sellers since we buy a lot of phones online. Some people are really fucking retarded.

>Pic related
Happened last week with iPhone 5s, I wrote >>913051

and now the tracking says "refused", lol.

Refusing returns means you lose both the $$$ and the return, so now I can return it to the rightful owner when I get it back.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 20:38:25 2015 No.916181 >>916163 >he does it for free

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 21:27:00 2015 No.916223

Can this double as a recent finds thread? Just picked up these gold mines for free:

-Yamaha EMX312SC Mixer
-2 15" Peavey 115TLM Floor Monitors
-Electra Frequency Analyzer

$1000 in shit for free. Fuck me, that automatic page refresher was literally the BEST add on I have ever installed on Chrome.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:07:08 2015 No.916279 >>916163 Shit man. What does eBay do in these situations? Do you send directly back to original owner, or to seller/scammer?

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:13:13 2015 No.916284
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>>916279

Oh this isn't eBay this time, it's another selling application.

eBay depends, back in the iPhone 5c days, I was able to keep both the phone and the money.

All I did was show eBay that the IMEI was locked.

lol don't end up like this guy >>911256 now

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:14:26 2015 No.916286 File: 31 KB, 250x251, 1421480064021.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Oh wait, lol that's you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:15:28 2015 No.916289 >>916284 >>916286 Yep, still on thin ice I suppose, but I still have buyer protection.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:20:16 2015 No.916297
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>>916289

Yea my first eBay acc was closed for too many returns.

I was the only kid in my class with a debit card, so people would order things through my acc.

People kept ordering these shitty Chinese tablets and complained it didn't work like the Photoshopped picture showed. Couldn't refuse their return since they'd say I'm the one scamming them (...).

Good thing I made multiple accs for no reason

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:26:14 2015 No.916305

>>916297
Did you charge them anything?

Our high school required us to purchase IBM/Lenovo X61 Tablets/laptops that had some fucked up version of XP that the school created. One asian kid figured out how to get Halo to work on it and for the multiplayer to work over the school's network. Charged $20 a head to install to other laptops.

Kid made a killing seeing as there was nearly 2000 students in the school and everyone wanted to play Halo. Also flew under the radar until just after he graduated, by they the school couldn't do shit against him.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:42:40 2015 No.916321
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>>916305

Lmaooo, I was the Halo guy at my school as well.

Brought it on my flash drive and put it on all the computers in IT class.
Teacher was old as hell so she didn't even care.

Nah, I didn't charge anything. Probably once or twice $10 max but I did it just to do it.

lol I thought I was the only one with the Halo, even my Biz teachers knew so they made us use Macs.

I really should check back one day and see if it's still being passed around.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:50:35 2015 No.916332

>>916321
Our school fucking hated it. From what I knew, they tried tracking down the one kid for all four years. We had multiple school assemblies just for the Halo problem.

But everyone hated those laptops. The batteries routinely bricked twice a year and cost $120 to replace. The school didn't even allow student to purchase straight from Lenovo. We had to buy through the school on a payment plan which, at the end of the term meant a $1500 laptop ran us about $3200.

Anonymous Mon Oct 5 22:53:52 2015 No.916335
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>>916332

That's dumb as hell

At least you're school didn't spend it's grant money buying the newest iMacs just to have all the hoodlums touch the screen saying "Ooo is it toochscreen??!" every time they walked into the library.

Why would we need Macs when they don't even know how to use a PC...

lol I swear these school systems...

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 20:11:14 2015 No.917355 File: 125 KB, 1351x395, orly.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Have shitty experience with seller. >They pay me off once to revise feedback. >Today they claim they will give me $20 to send eBay message. Pic related.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 6 23:50:58 2015 No.917568 What is the best way to get products to sell? I was thinking Alibaba, but I don't want to get scammed.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 00:09:27 2015 No.917594 >>912238 Start making everybody sign for the shit they buy and factor shipping confirmation into the price obviously

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 02:47:52 2015 No.917703 >>917355 >accept the $20 >give another bad review >accept the $20 >repeat >????? >infinite money

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 03:27:51 2015 No.917718 File: 20 KB, 306x410, MR.rage.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Buy item. >Listing states EXPEDITED SHIPPING. >Seller ships via Parcel Select/UPS Ground. FUCKING WHY

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 04:00:29 2015 No.917732 >Buyer buys item. >Ships/sells it to another buyer. >Claims it doesn't work. >Won't respond to my messages. >Today they start a defective claim. Is this even allowed?

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 09:01:14 2015 No.917849 [DELETED]

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>>917732
>Is this even allowed?

Make sure to mention it in the claim against him.

He's basically one of those /flippers/ from Reddit that purchases all the Frozen dolls at Wal-Mart during Christmas and sells them online for x2 the price, then returns the ones that don't sell back to Wal-Mart.

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 09:04:31 2015 No.917851
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>>917732
>Is this even allowed?

Make sure to mention it in the claim against him.

He's basically one of those /flippers/ from Reddit that purchases all the Frozen dolls at Wal-Mart during Christmas and sells them online for x2 the price, then returns the ones that don't sell back to Wal-Mart.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 14:25:53 2015 No.918094 I sold an item just now for $80 buy it now. They didn't make an offer, the account was made the same day as sale and the account name is chcha5060-pmbfrpqby, his name is Chance Dollar. Sound totally legit, right?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 14:28:20 2015 No.918096 >>918094 >chcha5060-pmbfrpqby Means it's a guest account, that is just a temporary name for the buyer's IP eBay dishes out for guest users. If the Paypal says "Verified", you should be fine.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 14:29:46 2015 No.918099 >>918094 >chcha5060-pmbfrpqby Means it's a guest account, that is just a temporary name for the buyer's IP eBay dishes out for guest users. If the Paypal says "Verified", you should be fine.

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 14:32:35 2015 No.918102

>>917355
HA! If someone sent me that message I'd be on the phone to ebay so quick. Shit like that pisses me off.

If you just do shit the correct way, and don't act like a fucking sleeze, you don't have to do this shit.

Report them, get their account banned.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 14:36:49 2015 No.918106 >>918099 Interesting, had no clue about guest accounts. Anyway his PayPal account is not verified.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 17:12:37 2015 No.918237 >>917851 >Buyer starts return request. >Call in to eBay to appeal. >lolsorry we cannot help you unless you accept return. Fucking what? >>918102 I reported them, called in, and forwarded the email to eBay CS.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 18:10:34 2015 No.918286 >>918106 Well if it's not an international buyer, I still wouldn't worry. >>918237 lol, did you have a return policy on that item though?

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 18:33:47 2015 No.918307

>>918237
>>918286

No, I don't offer returns on items.

>Call in for a third fucking time.
>Actually reach a human being.
>Listens to what I have to say.
>Closes case in my favor.

Daily reminder to keep calling in, until you reach someone who isn't a goddamn robot.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 18:44:52 2015 No.918315 File: 46 KB, 1197x313, wat.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>918307 >CS Rep closes case in my favor, and case shows item was part of a recall. >Item was part of a recall. What even?

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 19:05:58 2015 No.918334
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>>918315

lol wtf, in all my years I've never seen a reason like that.

Oh, also the buyer can still leave you a negative. It won't affect your rating but they still have the ability to. So get ready to call in again to have that removed.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 19:20:42 2015 No.918349 >>918307 you seem to be doing a lot more sales than I every do. but what's your reason for no returns? Having a return policy has saved me a couple times. Person claims my game got to him broken, has to send it back to get refund. He just stops.

Anonymous Wed Oct 7 19:28:37 2015 No.918355
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Exactly, I myself don't even have a return on only one item (since I sell a lot of it/can't sell it used).

But when a buyer tries to return it and says they're at fault though, I accept (if they haven't used it).

>Pic related
Guy still hasn't sent it back, about to call in to have it closed out.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 7 19:30:15 2015 No.918360 >>918334 >'Any feedback left will be removed' >>918349 Because it costs me money, I need to sell items and be done with it, I cannot be Amazon when it comes to returns. >>918355 eheueaheauea

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 00:36:15 2015 No.918646 File: 19 KB, 793x79, Capture.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Don't forget to use those extra free listings, /biz/ !

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 02:55:05 2015 No.918694 Any news on this guy's story?? >>916378

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 03:17:35 2015 No.918706 >>918694 Seems pretty obvious to me; there were multiple people selling the same items, and he was the lowest rated one.

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 03:21:23 2015 No.918709
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>>918694

Holy shit I heard the recording, he needs to calm down before actually trying to do anything.

Also he should've had an escape plan, lol like for instance.

Paypal can't suspend me

>Take out loan
>Pay 30% of sales a day
>Paypal freezes acc
>Don't pay the rest
>They didn't do credit checks beforehand because it's a Merchant Loan

Also If the send me to collections, I claim I can't pay since I can't make money since the acc is frozen :^)

If you're reading this Paypal, chill fam, smh......plz don't

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 12:42:52 2015 No.918969
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I'm planning to sell a bunch of stuff on a local ebay-like site. There's one quite valuable item that I'm sure would sell for more if I put it up on ebay instead (a rare video game).
I don't live in a first world country and I'm a NEET with no source of income, so after reading stories ITT about sellers getting fucked I'm starting to think it's not a good idea, since not getting paid would be a huge blow to me.
Still, would I be safe if I used signed, tracked, priority airmail?

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 12:57:16 2015 No.918975
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>>918969

>Bu-but it didn't come with a battery

...when we made sure it did

>Bu-but you have more, can't you just send me another one?

...we have batteries for each of them, we can't give you one.

>Pic related

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 13:20:11 2015 No.918990 File: 37 KB, 500x585, triggered EU.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>918975 So even if I had proof that the buyer has received the package, they can just say that they got an empty box or something and ebay will believe them?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 13:27:41 2015 No.918996 File: 5 KB, 205x140, shitfaced.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>918990 What's worse is you still get penalized for it even if they still refund the buyer, imagine that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 13:33:37 2015 No.918999 File: 244 KB, 1080x1920, Screenshot.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Ps. I changed my mind about Mercari, it's just an eBay on steroids.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 13:34:59 2015 No.919000 File: 100 KB, 839x437, trigger.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>918996 This kind of stuff really puts me off. I have a lot of stuff to sell, but whenever I think about all of the possible hassle I get triggered.

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 13:38:40 2015 No.919003
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>>918999

>50+ Listings of fake memory cards
>50+ listings of locked iPhones

I tried selling an iCloud locked phone I bought off of Craigslist (Fix screen and turns out it's locked)

>Buyer sees description saying locked
>Buyer sees comments saying locked
>She Buys
2Days later
>Releases funds when she receives (transaction complete)
>2Hours later reports me
>5min later she's trying to sell the shit for $356

All I did was buy iPhones/MacBooks from that app (Over 3k spent), then I try selling 1 thing and shit hits the fan.

Ps. Only 1.5/3rd of my transactions were legit, the rest were stolen/broken devices that I had to return.

>>919000
Just don't sell anything over $50 and you should be..."fine"

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 13:46:52 2015 No.919006 >>918996 Wait so I can just buy shit and lie and I het the product and money? Fuck yeah. How many times can you do this? Do they get suspicious after a few times?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 14:10:14 2015 No.919035 File: 1.00 MB, 522x783, r9k.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>919006 Just make sure to have a fake name and send the package to your friends address, or your neighbors might just end up with a gift from you.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 14:11:55 2015 No.919038 File: 863 KB, 2480x2208, IMG_0262.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>918999 Some people are too dumb to tell the difference between "unlocked" and an unlocked phone.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 14:27:02 2015 No.919052 >>919035 Why? Also is there a limit to how much money this works with? Like if something is $300 and I say it never arrived will they investigate more than say something that is $50?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 14:54:18 2015 No.919075 >>908352 No feedback is better than "seller begs for positive feedback"

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 15:29:52 2015 No.919102 File: 429 KB, 1804x1829, wew lad.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>919052 Try doing it to a $1,000 item. Go big or go home amiright?

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 17:55:19 2015 No.919216

What is the deal with folks wanting to form a partnership with a Seller to help them sell their wares on Ebay? Like link related:

http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/wan/5219595864.html

To have someone who can handle the nuances of Ebay, pack, and ship the materials, I can understand as a serious job. But know this guy I linked to has been at it for a couple of years and it sounds like he just needs someone in good standing who can post items online and deal with customers. I think I get the gist of it, but I'm wondering what I'm missing. The Seller's cut is not mentioned but that's negotiable, that doesn't bother me. What bothers me is the nature of the items he wants to sell; he better not be smuggling organs or drugs in those things. Any thoughts?

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 17:56:00 2015 No.919218

>>918709
>Also If the send me to collections, I claim I can't pay since I can't make money since the acc is frozen :^)

That's not how it works though, bro.

Collections doesn't care if you can pay. If the amount is small enough they'll just write it off. If it's big enough, they attempt to get you to pay, if you are unable or won't, they take legal action against you.

You could always file for bankruptcy but that's a big hassle.

Plus even if they were you follow your logic, eBay can still suspend your account.

Anonymous Thu Oct 8 18:05:52 2015 No.919234

>>919216

Varies.
I've seen actual legit businesses doing it before. They just want someone who knows what they're doing to handle it, they won't hire an employee for it.

Some are people trying to move counterfeits and stolen goods. They are likely banned and want to offload the risk onto you.

Some are scammers who want you to do the work and pay you little or nothing.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 23:33:21 2015 No.919610 >>906000 agreed

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 23:36:36 2015 No.919614 >>919234 This, sometimes they don't even live in the same state. >>916378 guy will be posting his ad soon enough :^)

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 23:38:53 2015 No.919620 >>919234 This, sometimes they don't even live in the same state. >>916378 guy will be posting his ad soon enough :^)

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 8 23:48:05 2015 No.919628 >>919234 This, sometimes they don't even live in the same state. >>916378 guy will be posting his ad soon enough :^)

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 14:28:48 2015 No.920216 File: 67 KB, 635x777, 90218ab5739d7bff04687031cdffc0109fb30023b668ce1c3f1f005e008c1de1_1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] some humor

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 17:53:55 2015 No.920404 >>920216 I've been doing just that and things sell faster.

Anonymous Fri Oct 9 18:41:32 2015 No.920435 [DELETED]

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>On the phone with Google ad team
>Connected to male (yes)
>Turns out he has to connect me to finalize ad
>Connected to female...
>Can't keep a focused while discussing site
>She's pausing every 5 sec looking at website...

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 20:57:53 2015 No.920577 Anyone tried Mercari? I live near a big university so I was thinking of buying cheap shit on Craigslist and selling it on Mercari but I heard that there are a lot of scammers there. How should I ward off the scammer faggots?

Anonymous Fri Oct 9 21:06:09 2015 No.920589
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>>920577

So you just...ignore my posts >>918999

On a side note, I just received a phone today that had someone's acc still on it and $215 sitting in it. Even her CC was still on the acc so all I had to do was put any address and buy whatever I wanted.

I'm not a dick so I emailed her about it and reset the phone.

Sold it for $80 two hours ago on CL, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 21:41:31 2015 No.920637 >>920589 I just posted on this thread anon. But if the profit margins are higher, I dont care. I'll find a way to sell shit on Mercari

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 21:43:02 2015 No.920640 >>920589 So would you recommend buying on Mercari and selling on CL?

Anonymous Fri Oct 9 21:54:43 2015 No.920654
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>>920640

>NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND

I was suspended from my main acc for selling a locked phone, while most other phones on that app are locked.

They took the money and let the buyer keep the phone, even after she released her funds to me without asking questions.

read the reviews
http://mercari-reviews.measuredup.com/2915563

If you have $30+ in your acc, expect to be suspended and have your money withheld for some random reason.

I tried using the $220 in my acc the same minute because I knew something would happen

>Pic related
this is what they sent the seller that was about to ship my MacBook

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 9 22:17:08 2015 No.920670 >>920640 and yes, that's all I do now.

Anonymous Fri Oct 9 22:23:42 2015 No.920678

>>920670
What are some decent items I could buy off Mercari to sell on CL? You dont have to give me specifics just general. I would like to buy phones to sell but I'm reading too many Mercari scam stories right now where the sellers gives the buyer a fucked up phone (bad ESN for example)

Anonymous Fri Oct 9 22:27:19 2015 No.920683
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>>920678

Exactly, I've returned at least 8 since I've been using the app for a month.

Even the 5 I received today had a damaged LCD, but I let it slide because it was unlocked.

You're dealing with high schoolers on this app, people too lazy to sell on eBay.

All I bought/buy is MacBooks/iPhones/Electronics basically, whatever I know will sell or what I personally want.

Anonymous Fri Oct 9 23:20:58 2015 No.920739

>>920683
It seems that it'll be safer to buy branded clothes and video games on Mercari. It's pretty hard to sell a defective 3ds or ps4 and I can buy off vintage crap to sell on etsy. I'll try to post some screenshots of items that I buy/sell successfully. But Im gonna avoid phones for now.

Anonymous Sat Oct 10 12:39:13 2015 No.921138

eBay's search algorithm is still pissing me off.

>New guy posts same product as mine
>No returns
>Not top rated
>Fewer items sold
>Much lower feedback rating
>Lower feedback store

Yet somehow this faggot has been above me in best match for a couple weeks now.

I've driven his price down to the point that he can't be making any profit on the item. I actually suspect he will lose money once the fees hit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 10 15:36:22 2015 No.921286 File: 266 KB, 1242x2208, IMG_0330.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is why I don't like Craigslist

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 10 20:13:42 2015 No.921540 >>921286 Why do you even bother with these idiots?

Anonymous Sat Oct 10 20:28:11 2015 No.921550
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>>921540

Really don't know, turns out he was Indian.

Wanted to give a $50 tablet + $40 for a $200 phone.

Why I don't like dealing with locals, "I'll be there at 6PM" my ass.

But these Mercari deals...

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 11 01:51:54 2015 No.921835 File: 13 KB, 667x553, Sweden YES.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'd laugh my ass off while feeling sorry if I saw this on my buyer's tracking.

Anonymous Sun Oct 11 04:59:43 2015 No.921923

>>905660
>free shipping materials
I dumpster dive in industrial parks, They're usualy dry and don't gross organic shit that ruins cardboard. look for those corrugated concrete buildings with truck docks on the back of them. A lot of the time if you go their at around the end of the day you can ask the businesses if they have any excess materials, most of the time they're glad to get it off their hands. I got friendly with a company that makes prototype architectural models out of foam, they give me all the excess stuff I can handle, the only packing materials I've paid for in the past 5 years is tape.

Anonymous Sun Oct 11 05:47:08 2015 No.921939

>>909042
>be 7-8 months ago
> bought an iPhone 5 on ebay for 212$
>Found out wifi won't work
>It was listed as "used" working condition
>Immediately opened a case, call them and everything
> Called PayPal also
> won the case in a couple of hours and they told me.to wait for my refund
> seller begins to ask me to get him.back his phone
> b-b-ut nigga this is fraud , you didn't mention it has the wifi broken
> so this fights through inbox messages remains for a couples of days
> then I get refunded, not one not two but 3 times ! 212$ x3
> dont even know why mate
> fixed the phone for 10$ unlocked it and sold it for 350$ overseas plus 3×212$=636+340=976$
> love this ebay's buyers protection policy

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 11 07:55:13 2015 No.921978 Just sold my first item ever and made a profit. If was kinda fun and easy to do. Make sure to buy board games from thrift shops around this time. The sell like crazy in mid to late December. Some good money in it I've heard.

Anonymous Sun Oct 11 08:01:10 2015 No.921981

>>921138
If you put single items on a "relist after 30 days automatically" setting it will be put lower on the list. For single items best to turn that setting off and use it only for Bundles or JobLots. I only have a rating of 25 and mine was top of the list cos i followed that rule.

Anonymous Sun Oct 11 08:48:55 2015 No.922001

Any advice on selling art on eBay? What kind of selling strategies should I choose?
It's very good quality, and I only pay the artists when the art is sold, so there's no risk involved. I've sold art before by the way, just not on eBay.

The art we're talking about mostly consists of paintings.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 11 09:27:09 2015 No.922010 >>920404 Which is utterly retarded. If an item costs $10-$20 to ship depending on what part of the country, you add $20 to the price, completely fucking local shoppers out of $10 they wouldn'tve had to pay.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 11 10:06:52 2015 No.922021 >>922001 Throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 12 02:56:57 2015 No.922847 >>905955 Artist and painting? Looks real neat.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 12 05:58:48 2015 No.922893 >>905660 Liquor stores have a fuckton of boxes all the time for free

Anonymous Mon Oct 12 18:22:18 2015 No.923566

>week ago pick up about a dozen buckets filled with quartz geodes for free
>fucking 1000lb of rocks in my car
>driving home thinking this was a waste of my time
>pack up a couple of boxes of unopened geodes, about 20lb a box, medium flat rate
>all sold for ~$50 after bidding war
>mfw I can pack up about two more dozen boxes of these fucking rocks

Fucking rocks

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 12 18:23:19 2015 No.923567 >>923566 Meant EACH sold for around $50

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 12 21:05:16 2015 No.923771 >>923566 MINERALS!

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 12 21:35:47 2015 No.923826 >>922021 Pretty much this. eBay is really fucked up right now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 12 23:39:02 2015 No.923983 >>919216 also thats the worst part of the job. its easy to find stuff. its a little harder to ship. but its all the part in the middle that takes all the time. I wouldn't do it at all. I might buy their stuff outright but thats it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 15:59:01 2015 No.924759 >>923566 Rock and mineral hounds love to throw money at their hobby. Where did you find someone giving away buckets of geodes for free? My girlfriend would go fucking crazy.

Anonymous Tue Oct 13 16:07:59 2015 No.924770

Ebay is how I started my buisness career when i was 13 and will always be my first love.

My advice is to become an expert on a perticular area of intrest become active in its collector community and it can be rewarding.

I make 8k monthly on ebay consistently with militaria Civil war- present. Know your market up and down and we're to go to consistently find inventory.

Try running ads on CL looking for your area of expertise or getting out of bed early for once and going to estate sales to get the good stuff.

I've been on ebay for 9 years . 9,678 feedback.

Anonymous Tue Oct 13 16:13:52 2015 No.924779

>>924759
Craigslist free section. I actually nearly had one early spring that was way more, guy was claiming he had something like 2500lb in unopened geodes and from the pictures a good chunk of them were massive, I'd say 30-50lb a rock.

But someone got there before I did and I lost out. I see free geodes every now and then on craigslist but its rare.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 20:00:06 2015 No.925075 >eBay confuses seller I bought from with me. >Sends me email asking for proof of refund. >Oh sorrylol, we sent it to the wrong email address. wat.exe

Anonymous Tue Oct 13 20:52:35 2015 No.925107

Just started a ebay store a few months ago. Honestly between ebay fees, shipping cost, packing expense, you need to save where you can. If you work in an office you might wanna ask (or dont) if you can take some supplies. I went to my local mall around closing time and got tons of boxes from retailers.

Also, learn all you can about shipping. utilize flat rate boxes, regional boxes. USPS is usually the best for light packages and fedex packages over 10lbs.

If you want more info id be glad to help

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 22:42:06 2015 No.925178 >>925107 I feel like we should make a general how-to to start in ecommerce. Great packaging tape for cheap: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P7P9M2

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 13 23:13:15 2015 No.925196 >>925178 a $2.99 pdf file? it would be a great deal considering how much time and money I wasted trying to figure everything out. Imagine if you spent $3 when you started and all the money you could have saved trying to figure out shipping lol

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 03:03:15 2015 No.925393 File: 14 KB, 303x276, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>925196 Nice try mr. pdf sales man

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 11:23:54 2015 No.925647 >>924779 >I see free geodes every now and then on craigslist but its rare. I was more wondering who has these geodes. A mining operation? A farmer? Some random hoarder who died?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 14 16:23:26 2015 No.925955 >>925647 Everytime I've seen them its been a collector trying to offload them onto another "collector" because they are getting out of the hobby. The trick is to lie and say you're interested in rocks

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 15 13:39:16 2015 No.926797 File: 272 KB, 1242x2208, IMG_0361.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>920654 ... still not selling anything on here now I need to get rid of my second acc...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 15 14:00:15 2015 No.926812 https://store.usps.com/store/browse/subcategory.jsp?categoryId=shipping-boxes Free boxes home delivered.

Anonymous Thu Oct 15 15:47:13 2015 No.926926

>work at goodwill
>find(steal) brand new still sealed gta 5 for xbone
>sell on ebay for $50 same day

the account that bought it was some weird china man with a fake address. before i even realized i sent it while the money was still pending. i called ebay and they released the funds because they saw the package said delivered. twas a good day

Anonymous Thu Oct 15 16:48:58 2015 No.926977
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>At the post office
>guy in front is trying to ship iPhone 6 to get the rest of a "Western Union Code"
>Employee starts asking him if the address is to Nigeria
>Both employees start bashing Nigeria
>One of them looks up and see it's me
The same guy that comes in some days because THE FUCKING POSTMAN IS AFRAID OF OUR TINY ASS HOUSE DOG.
>The employee that knows me starts changing topic
>"Well you should watch out for Ghana as well, I mean...this happens EVERYWHERE"
>Other employee still bashing Africa
>I step into the convo asking the guy with the iPhone 6 what's really going on
>He signs into gmail on my 6+
>Shows me the emails
>"Western@union [space] .com
>Click to see the actual senders email
>"SomethingSomething@gmail.com"
>Tell the guy how the scammer named himself "Western@union .com" to make it look legit.

TlDr: Scammer trying to scam a scammer and I stop it

Turned out the guy was trying to sell a phone he just stole

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 15 16:51:23 2015 No.926981 >>926977 >shipping to Africa

Anonymous Thu Oct 15 21:52:50 2015 No.927283
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>Buyer receives item
>Says he received in different packaging
>Says he's missing 1 of 2
>Says the one he received was broken as well
>Wants replacement
>Sends essay responses instead of summary of what he wants to say
>Keeps asking me to mail another
>Ignore
>He tries to buy 10 more
>Wants to only pay for 8 price
>Ignore
>Sends offer for 8price
>I accept anyways to shut him up
>He doesn't pay
>Wants me to cancel because he wants less
>Sends me pic related when I refuse
>Doesn't open case
>Leaves negative...

If he really had a problem he would've opened a case, clearly extortion.

Neg removed

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 14:47:16 2015 No.927956

So I bought an item for $22 + $11 S&H from Bulgaria. A couple of months later it broke irreparably under normal use. I opened a NAD case with paypal. They ruled I have to return it in order to get a refund. I called up customer service and asked 'what is the point of returning an item that can't be repaired?' The woman kept insisting it has to be done because of their policy and that the guy might be able to use the parts for something. After a bit of back and forth and me pointing out how foolish it would be for me to send it back to him because it would cost more than the refund I'd get, she said they'd pay half of the shipping. After insisting further she said they'd pay the full amount of the shipping fee. I was quoted $46 on USPS to send it by priority mail.
tl;dr paypal paid me $46 to return a broken item worth $22 that the guy will just chuck into the garbage the moment he receives it.
The fuck is wrong with these people? They could have just given me a refund and closed the case and saved some money.

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 18:16:19 2015 No.928236

>Buy item.
>Seller charging $35 for standard shipping.
>I could've shipped the item for like $15 at the max.
>They claim to ship Fedex 2 day.
>It's actually home delivery. (slow)
>They then claim to ship Priority Mail 2 day.
>Have two tracking numbers, both in transit for the same item.
>Ask them wtf are you doing.exe
>They say IT WAS SHIPPED PRIORITY MAIL.

Fucking retarded sellers will be my death.

But seriously, did they send me two boxes full of bricks?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 18:30:00 2015 No.928246 File: 237 KB, 1500x1500, 0040644632219_B.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>928236 >mfw seller actually provided me with THREE tracking numbers. >mfw they are all in transit. >mfw I don't even know what the fuck is happening.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 19:03:11 2015 No.928269 >>928236 fedex home delivery uses the postal service to bring from hub to your home....

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 19:40:55 2015 No.928293 How come no one gives feedback anymore by habit? My last 10 transactions I have had to message people asking for feedback.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 19:42:12 2015 No.928294 >>927283 what was the product?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 19:45:19 2015 No.928298 I have a prodcut that I sell for around $150-$200 with the cost of shipping around $13-$25 depending on where one lives. I sell about 4-5 monthly and the ebay fees are crazy.

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 19:58:51 2015 No.928308

>>927956
Threaten to leave negative feedback if they don't pay for return shipping. There.

>>927283
Block buyers which seem threatening in email. Standard policy. If they have a negative experience, they wouldn't buy from your store again.

>>922001
Figure out how you're going to ship out your art before anything. Has to be quality stuff tbh.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 20:09:50 2015 No.928317 >>928308 I had the item for 2 months already and left the guy positive feedback after I received it, so I couldn't use that as leverage. I figured I'd have better chances of winning a case with paypal than with ebay and I'm pretty sure I was right.

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 20:10:45 2015 No.928321

Tip: Don't buy anything you would depend your life on off eBay.

Coworker used to work at a gigantic motorcycle accessory eBay store. Sold helmets for $75-100. Original cost from China? $15 or less. No protection whatsoever. Heads basically exploded like watermelons during accidents.

The owners was a wealthy as fuck Taiwanese person who gave no fucks. His legal team did his best to put victims into bankruptcy or whatever to prevent a class-action lawsuit.

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 20:33:09 2015 No.928334

>>928321

This

Was looking for some cologne

every major fragrance seller has a negative saying "fake" "counterfeit". It's like all these companies can't survive without scamming.

>>928308
Blocking only blocks their buying, since they already made a purchase they can still email.

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 20:43:08 2015 No.928342

Just had another great find bros.

>free craiglist ad for bags and bags of clean beer bottle caps
>ends up being like 300lb in caps
>fallout.exe
>weigh and count them out
>create 1000 cap boxes, have like 8 of them
>each sold over the past week for $120, buy it now free shipping

Fucking free shit on craigslist

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 21:47:17 2015 No.928424
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I made like $60 once importing some LED garden lights from aliexpress and then reselling them on eBay. It was literally the easiest $60 I ever made. So, yes there is still money to be made on ebay but I think you take some risks when you employ a strategy like mine.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 21:52:15 2015 No.928428 File: 127 KB, 633x639, africa.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>926977 >Africa I don't even know where to begin with that

Anonymous Fri Oct 16 23:10:25 2015 No.928498

>>928269
I think what you're thinking of is Fedex Smartpost which has delivery by USPS.

Regardless the seller said it would be sent 2 day, and now it's like 7 day. A lot slower obviously. I don't care what service delivers it, as long as it is shipped by the fast service.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 23:46:04 2015 No.928519 >>928498 Fedex Home Delivery is 3-5 days Fedex Smartpost is 4-7 days with two tracking numbers (to that guy who worried earlier)

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 16 23:47:06 2015 No.928520 >>928519 **Business days

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 00:46:55 2015 No.928560 >>927283 >9million followers on twitter kek

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 03:08:20 2015 No.928627 >>928519 Yes I know this. >Seller ships FedEx snailslow, claiming it will be 2 day. >Then voids, and ships Priority Mail (2 day). 2 tracking numbers, separate services.

Anonymous Sat Oct 17 13:45:19 2015 No.928969

>buyer buys phone from me
>opens defective item case without even contacting me
>claims the keyboard is not working
>ask him three different times to factory reset the phone
>just keeps asking for forth refund
>sends me a video as proof
>retard has talk back on
>tell him how to turn it off
>next message is as tracking number with the phone phone on phone on the phone on the way back

This is obviously a case of buyer's remorse, I'm okay with him returning it but is there a way I can get eBay to refund me my fvf?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 17 14:04:55 2015 No.928984 File: 35 KB, 460x642, 1429492828505.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>928969 If he is returning the phone without you or eBay's consent, you get to keep the phone and the money.

Anonymous Sat Oct 17 16:41:25 2015 No.929105

I just had my first idiot in a while..

>sell DSL modem
>bring it to their house/show everything works
>give passwords for the modem, show where to backup/restore settings

One day later..

>get a text saying he is having trouble setting up the modem
I give some general support and tell them to contact their ISP

>>	koilnzel !!ha0v2xV/XxD Sun Oct 18 15:32:49 2015 No.929979 >selling broken crossbow >guy bids $176 and pays >guy receives item >claims it is not as described >it is exactly as I described it >guy threatens me with cc chargeback >now wants to return it I am not gonna give him a refund

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 19:01:55 2015 No.930143

Just got an invoice from UPS.

>few months ago sell 4 (two set) half used drag tires I picked up for free
>tires are $350 new a piece, all four sell for $350
>okay ship UPS, flat $100 charge
>put a couple lengths of rope around two sets of two, shrink wrap the fuck out of them
>tires aren't going nowhere
>drop off at local UPS store, all is well, I've shipped plenty of tires through UPS before without problem
>just now get "adjusted invoice" from UPS, apparently I didn't pay enough weight and there was a $9 charge per package for not being in cardboard
>nigger on support line can just stutter and mumble
>supervisor does the same thing but adds in a couple of "muhs" in there
>hang up and have no intention of paying this bullshit adjustment

What is going to happen next? I loved UPS years ago and they were my go-to, but lately its horrible. Lost packages, invisible charges months later.

Anonymous Sun Oct 18 19:12:41 2015 No.930148
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>>930143

Don't worry, they can't do anything.
It's not like you're importing goods from China or whatever, cause then they'd freeze the shipment till you payed off everything.

Happened to me when someone in TX scheduled a pick up and I was charged for it when I don't even live in TX. Had to sort that out.

Anyays
>Update ps4
>Try to play COD
>"You need PS+ to do play online"

What the actual fuck...

Glad I just upgraded my PC

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 18 19:15:02 2015 No.930149 >>905660 I get all my big boxes and bubble from a local furniture store, they've got loads.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 01:33:43 2015 No.930458 >>929979 If you sold it on eBay you are most likely going to have to return the item at your expense and refund him the full amount, or refund him the full amount and let him keep the item for free. This is how eBay's return system works.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 06:22:45 2015 No.930583 >>929979 Are you the Barnett Crossbow seller from New York?

>>	koilnzel !!ha0v2xV/XxD Mon Oct 19 20:59:41 2015 No.931248 >>930458 I ended up giving him a $30 partial refund >>930583 Nope, I was selling a Horton Crossbow.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 19 21:23:34 2015 No.931262 >>928969 just got the phone back and holy crap it's ridiculously hard to turn talk back off the normal way i can understand why this guy just wanted to return it

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:31:10 2015 No.931387
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>Buy ALL of item @ price 1.
>Get item.
>Relist ALL of item at price 2, which is $70 markup each.
>Become cheapest seller in world/USA of specific item.
INVEST
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V
E
S
T

maximumprofit.exe

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:33:19 2015 No.931394 >>931387 >Applying Warcraft Auction House economics to Ebay Sounds like a plan.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 00:42:07 2015 No.931405 >>931394 Have done it multiple times. Works very well. Item is in HIGH demand.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 15:45:19 2015 No.931884 >>919052 >>919102 >>919035 is there a formula for scamming ebay

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 16:43:17 2015 No.931947

>>931884
If you need a guide, you might have bigger issues to worry about.

>>931387
Only works if the item can't easily be replenished. If you try this with something that the seller is buying in bulk from China, you just netted him a good profit and he'll be restocked in ~5 days.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 20:19:25 2015 No.932146 File: 24 KB, 389x357, 1311893846460.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] eBay phone system is REKT atm.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 20:41:04 2015 No.932163

>>905660
I had a friend who worked for Medtronic as a regional hospital tech for their back implant products.

Every three weeks he'd give me a shitload of single use Medtronic boxes of all sizes. He was glad to get rid of them, too. Never had to worry about a shipping box with a Medtronic contact.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 21:11:57 2015 No.932196 >Buyer buys item. >Changes confirmed address in PayPal to ship to neighbor. >Neighbor of buyer gets item, claims it doesn't work. >Buyer never actually sees item, starts return request. What a load of shit, and eBay won't fucking help either.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 21:21:02 2015 No.932199

>>913495
>Amazon is a real thief. $0.99 (flat) + 15% + $0.50 (10% of an already too small shipping voucher).

That is only if you have an individual account. If you do more than $40 a month in sales, just get a Pro account and you only have to worry about the 15% commission. Its pretty comparable to eBay.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 20 23:06:53 2015 No.932339 >>905660 eBay permabanned my address for registration for being a threat to their community.

Anonymous Tue Oct 20 23:16:49 2015 No.932353

>>932146

They had an update two-three days ago to their entire call center, changed their program.

In doing so, you can either be on hold for 2min or end up being skipped through new callers for hours thinking you're still in line.

>>932339
lol what did you do?

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 00:45:33 2015 No.932418

>>932353
It was back when I was 16. I discovered (with the help of my hobby community) that a guy was using his brick and mortar hobby store as a front to scam hundreds of new eBay sellers in my hobby. He'd buy the stuff on one eBay account, sell it on the eBay account linked with his hobby store to dilute his sale history with legitimate items, and then file a claim with Buyer Protection on the first account to get refunded his purchase price (essentially eliminating the cost of obtaining the items he'd already sold to someone else.)
I went to eBay about it, provided documentation of my own sale, his messages to me, and evidence of the items he'd file for refunds for having the same identifying marks as items he was selling on the other account after eBay refunded him.

eBay told me 16 is underage b& and I was fine with that as long as they banned that guy, too. But I spoke with their fraud department online and they said they can't use outside evidence in an investigation.

I waited like a month and saw his accounts still weren't banned, so I spammed the fuck out of the boards with the information eBay rejected and they eventually permabanned me.

Dude was getting like $1000+ in refunds a week and making all profit. He's since changed store fronts more than once and closed down his buying account (probably has another). I still have his full name and address lol

Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:11:49 2015 No.932432
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>>932418

lol damn, yea I stopped reporting people myself.

eBay really has their own thing going on on the back end. Don't want to be that guy they have to let go because I'm spilling the beans.
I mean really... http://www.ebay.com/itm/231561969425

Anyways, Fivver getting BTFO by Amazon:

>Amazon sues Fivver agents who leave reviews for sellers for payment
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/18/amazon-sues-fiverr-based-fake-reviewers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u3CvFHA9dc

God damn based Amazong always being on top of things

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:20:06 2015 No.932434 >>932432 Hey, I bought one of those. It was aight. Lasted about 3 months and puffed out. It was alright while it lasted.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 01:25:05 2015 No.932440 File: 49 KB, 200x200, kk.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>932434 Ask /g/ about it, they'll tell you why it "Puffed out".

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 02:27:40 2015 No.932470 >it now costs money to sell something on ebay God damnot, first they raised the percentage they get and not they take money for listing something. This is the end for ebay.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 21 18:45:29 2015 No.933101 File: 102 KB, 951x625, mmm.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] You know you're doing good when companies start adding you to their to-spam list.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 13:25:13 2015 No.933764 any decent books worth reading, something describing niches and selling generally?

Anonymous Thu Oct 22 14:44:30 2015 No.933818
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>Buyer buys legit A+ condition item.
>Literally one of the only ones in the world for sale.
>Starts return request saying it doesn't work in a certain way and is defective.
>Item must be installed by qualified technician, or it could be damaged.

HOW FUCKED AM I?

Anonymous Thu Oct 22 15:20:03 2015 No.933846
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>>933818

Should've kept that Cheeto

He'll probably be parting it out, taking what he wants and returning what he doesn't.

It is "one of the only ones in the world" so who's going to second guess that's what it shouldn't look like? yup

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 15:22:39 2015 No.933849 File: 118 KB, 730x911, Cap.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] "Give us, us free"

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 15:25:18 2015 No.933853 File: 69 KB, 540x350, if.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>933764 Good book, helped me get started tbh

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 15:30:45 2015 No.933856 >>933846 Wat. >Buyer says hurr durr I bought it for my item B. >Item is for item A. WELP

Anonymous Thu Oct 22 20:26:33 2015 No.934114
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>With Christmas around the corner, people are going to start having things of more value delivered

http://www.news4jax.com/news/package-thief-caught-on-home-surveillance/35846856

Welp, time to add "adult signature required" as an option to my shipping preferences.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 22 20:40:49 2015 No.934128 I'm sure this has been asked before but what's to stop someone from purchasing their own items on ebay with a gift card in order to convert it to cash?

Anonymous Thu Oct 22 21:01:14 2015 No.934147
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>>934128

If you're talking about someone just trying to remove the funds from an eBay gift card, then yes they can by using a relatives account or so. But they'd lose 10% +2.9% of whatever was on that gift card.

If anything else, pic related.

Anonymous Thu Oct 22 21:47:29 2015 No.934198

>>933856
>Buyer now says they will leave the appropriate feedback, if I do not immediately give them a FULL REFUND WITHOUT ITEM RETURN.

>Call eBay and say this.
>Oh sorry, that only applies to feedback they leave, we're not going to help with the case.

I'm done.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 05:39:00 2015 No.934505 File: 1.92 MB, 250x188, 1424369912934.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>933853 am now rich. thank for save my hole families live.

Anonymous Fri Oct 23 05:41:14 2015 No.934508

btw, fuck ebay. sold some of my shit, weighed fucking 56kg so it was a nightmare and i made almost nothing after shipping. stated an estimated delivery time of 6-8 days. 2 days later the seller was angrily mailing me demanding i explain why i wasn't there yet. told him this, so he left neutral feedback. it took 3 days to arrive.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 14:33:21 2015 No.934876 >>934114 >eBay still holding onto my funds >I almost lose a sale because USPS keeps delivering shit when the customer is out

Anonymous Fri Oct 23 14:57:27 2015 No.934903
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>>934876

You should have the payment hold removed after a three months. Unless your acc is "Below Standard".

lol you shouldn't be at fault if USPS fucks up...

>>934508
Should've had that feedback removed, buyer didn't read policy...

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 15:17:21 2015 No.934925 >>929979 Ask him to take multiple pictures of it to prove to you it is not as described, if it is not as described try sending the photos to ebay to show your innocence, if they refuse then they are an improper judge

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 23 22:44:17 2015 No.935350 File: 94 KB, 948x567, lol.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I guess so

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 01:19:37 2015 No.935487 Goddamn is /biz/ dead? This ebay general has been up for a fucking month.

Anonymous Sat Oct 24 02:59:59 2015 No.935550

>Pay $7 for Priority Mail.
>Seller ships MEDIA MAIL.
>Item does not qualify for Media Mail.
>Seller obviously trying to ship as cheaply as possible.

How illegal is this? Can I report them to the Postal Inspection Service?

I doubt they'll reimburse me for the shipping..

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 12:03:47 2015 No.935813 >>935550 can't really do much than report him

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 12:39:17 2015 No.935832 >>935487 It's a slow board.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 15:05:09 2015 No.935950 File: 64 KB, 938x694, mhmm.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I knew something was wrong

Anonymous Sat Oct 24 23:09:51 2015 No.936330

>Roughly 200~ 5* ratings
>100% positive
>Stop selling for a while
>Sell X
>Person claims they never received it
>Check tracking
>Delivered 17 days ago
"BWUH. WELL I'LL BE. THERE IT WAS IN THE MAILBOX THANKS :^)"
>Sell Y
>Person says they never received it
>Check tracking
>Delivered 9 days ago
>Tell them to check their mailbox and feel free to open a case with eBay.

Why are people such a shit lately? This is the second time it's ever happened to me and it was two back to back transactions.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 24 23:39:41 2015 No.936345 >>935832 We used to go through at least 3 ebay generals every week or two. This is the longest ebay general in a while

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 25 00:06:27 2015 No.936359 >>936330 >"Oh it was in my OTHER mailbox haha" How does this happen

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 12:58:19 2015 No.937678 File: 290 KB, 1242x2208, IMG_0571.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Noice

Anonymous Mon Oct 26 17:55:52 2015 No.937955
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>>937678
Nice!
Why is eBay's phone system so broken now?

>Your expected wait time is less than two minutes!
>Your expected wait time is less than one minute!
>Your expected wait time is less than one minute!
>Check call time.
>12 minutes.

pic related my fucking face

Anonymous Mon Oct 26 18:34:06 2015 No.937994
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>>937955

Lmao, I gave up few hours ago when it said mine was less than 2min but the phone said 44min since call.

I think they laid off a lot of people after the new phone system from last week, because I keep ending up with American reps. Sorta starting to miss my Indian habibis.

>Review buyer's acc that made 1k purchase
>See all of this
>I think I'll sleep on this one

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 19:08:30 2015 No.938025 >>937994 I hung up after 1 hour, and 10 minutes. FUCKING LOL, good luck with that one dude.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 19:29:26 2015 No.938043 >>917718 Hey Jim, what does expedited mean again? Jee Tom, I don't know. Better just stick with the ground shipping

Anonymous Mon Oct 26 19:54:29 2015 No.938062

>>934198
>Buyer threatens to leave negative feedback in return detail.
>Leaves negative feedback, saying 'product dont work and difficult to return'
>Have to call eBay to get it removed.

I already called about feedback extortion from this buyer, why didn't eBay block feedback?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 21:18:55 2015 No.938136 I want to start selling old pokemon cards and I have a bunch of card cases for them. It's kind of hard to get the cards out of the cases. Will people ask for refunds if I sell them in the case and they have trouble getting them out of the case?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:47:08 2015 No.938295 >>938136 Not if you specify that it may be hard to remove from case. Even if they start return request you should be covered.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 14:39:07 2015 No.938850 File: 236 KB, 1448x882, Yeaboi.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Nowe wait 48hrs.

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:02:10 2015 No.938879

>somewhat/important rare encyclopedia set sells for $100
>buyer never pays
>after 8 days relist
>sells for $320 and buyer pays immediately

I think I'm getting too close to that $20k point where eBay reports your earnings to the IRS. I may need to stop selling for the rest of the year.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 19:16:58 2015 No.939105 >>938879 >Not selling like crazy. >Not calming things on your taxes. >Not making loads o money.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 23:54:55 2015 No.939392 >>938850 what the fuck do you sell to get this kinda volume - remember when you got your first loan. Im moving bracelets and sunglasses they move for a good week or so then boom stop selling. wtf man

Anonymous Wed Oct 28 00:09:40 2015 No.939418

>>939105
If I can do more than $2k a month I'd be happy to but if I'm on track to do $21k in sales, I'd rather skip the $6k in taxes.

That being said tomorrow I'm picking up:

>a few hundred screen plays from the local Screen Actors Guild office
>some rare/antique photography magazines worth a few hundred bucks
>6 JBL DJ speakers

Its crazy the shit people give away for free

Anonymous Wed Oct 28 00:53:15 2015 No.939487

>>939392

I sell memes and meme accessories

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But honestly I'm gambling the fuck out of most things, when I get this next 9k or 10k in...38hrs, probably going to still re-invest into my memes. Then use the rest for a years worth of rent while using my new credit score to get a conventional small biz loan from my bank.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 14:47:56 2015 No.940097 File: 289 KB, 1033x876, ^9k.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdh0TeGNsTw

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 15:51:53 2015 No.940192 Just got a Nexus 10 that I bought for $150. The tablet is practically new looking. Would I make more money if I just sell it as is or should I update the OS to 6.0 lollipop so that a gullible casual can buy it for $50 more?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 15:55:07 2015 No.940197 >>940192 Shit meant to say 6.0 marshmallow

Anonymous Wed Oct 28 16:09:01 2015 No.940210
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>>940192

Well it looks like it's going for $150-$250 (bid/BIN), also if someone is on eBay, they're "probably" smart enough to know they can update the device themselves if it was or wasn't already updated.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 19:08:42 2015 No.940407 File: 19 KB, 539x159, adsfadsfasd.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] eBay labels are down. FUG ;DDDD

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 22:38:19 2015 No.940601 >>922893 lol you cant be serious right? Those would be worthless at least for USPS purposes. You cant ship any box advertising alcohol.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 03:35:08 2015 No.940848 >>930458 >If you sold it on eBay you are most likely going to have to return the item at your expense and refund him the full amount, or refund him the full amount and let him keep the item for free. This is how eBay's return system works. Sounds harsh

Anonymous Thu Oct 29 04:54:00 2015 No.940893

>Buy item.
>Listing states 1 day handling time.
>Seller doesn't ship for like 4 days.
>Way past estimated delivery date, with zero tracking updates.
>Ask seller wtf.
>They say hurr durr "I shipped it"
>Start case, as zero tracking updates and no item.
>Seller says hurr durr.
>Ask them for refund, and they give full refund, and say they will intercept package (USPS interception doesn't usually work)
>Tracking number finally updates, somehow in my city now, NO other tracking history.
>Will probably be delivered today if it's not intercepted.

Am I about to get a free item? How fucked am I? Can they ask me to return it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 05:15:01 2015 No.940899 >tfw banned from ebay fuck this gay earth

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 05:23:52 2015 No.940906 >>940899 Care to elaborate? What did you do lol?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 05:27:28 2015 No.940910 >>928984 Actually, he can still file a claim after sending it back and as long as the tracking is valid ebay will refund him. The funny thing is when they ship items back and don't provide tracking, then you don't have to do shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 05:29:30 2015 No.940911 >>940910 So what do I have to do in this situation if I receive the item?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 09:51:29 2015 No.941068 >>905955 that game would have been worth much more down the road

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 09:52:29 2015 No.941070 >>907217 post the link

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 09:53:37 2015 No.941073 >>908352 this shit would make me leave you negative feedback

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 29 15:18:17 2015 No.941380 >>940911 >>940910 Not sure why I replied to you. >>940893 >mfw item was delivered today.

Anonymous Thu Oct 29 23:16:04 2015 No.942013
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>>941380
>>940893

my fucking face when this was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Will be contacting my State Attorney General, and will be starting BBB case. eBay has just stomped on my small business. Complete and utter fucking automated robot tier bullshit.

>mfw I have a $500+ INR open, and eBay CLOSED THAT in the seller's favor.
>mfw PayPal is broken, hopefully not related, I can't even log in.

drink up /biz/

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 00:00:40 2015 No.942060 Paypal is dead atm who knows when they will fix it

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 00:23:35 2015 No.942087 >>942060 Works, at least with classic site now.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 01:32:20 2015 No.942140 >>942013 >Will be contacting my State Attorney General, and will be starting BBB case. nothing will happen. >eBay has just stomped on my small business. your fault for not diversifying. ebay doesnt owe you shit.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 03:25:51 2015 No.942186 >>942140 I've actually heard success stories from others in the same situation. Yep, I should've, however buying is the only thing eBay has. I cannot buy and resell by using Amazon as my market.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 04:33:01 2015 No.942208 >>907217 Do this all the time, there's lots of old shit ameritards pay hundreds of dollars for on eBay etc that sell for peanuts on local auction sites. Just have to keep an eye out

Anonymous Fri Oct 30 05:14:14 2015 No.942224
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>>942013

Holy shit man

yea I try to bite whatever I buy nowadays. Whoever does these acc reviews doesn't include the fact that small biz buy a lot and sometimes have problems with sellers too...

This is how it started for my first acc before they finally suspended it. Good thing it was for "Buying" problems so they let me keep my new (other) accounts.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 10:15:08 2015 No.942451 File: 299 KB, 1242x2208, IMG_0628.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] now let's hope I don't get a box of glass.

Anonymous Fri Oct 30 17:12:26 2015 No.942891
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Qt at Rite Aid employee wanted to know why I keep coming in everyweek sending $1,000+ to some guy in China through WU.

>Summarize eBay biz for her
>doesn't understand a thing of what I just said
>wants me to teach her one day
>gibs me #

Well I'll be...

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 17:47:50 2015 No.942923 >>942451 Dude why do you need a 60 inch smart tv?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 30 17:59:22 2015 No.942932 >>942923 Don't have any posters, it should do.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 31 00:21:49 2015 No.943286 File: 460 KB, 1242x2208, IMG_0636.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Humor wins Fatality

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 31 11:57:51 2015 No.943634 File: 311 KB, 1242x2208, IMG_0642.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>942891 lol okay this thread needs to die if no one is even here

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 31 14:33:40 2015 No.943730 got nothing to contribute but i wanna see more of this thread

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 31 17:24:51 2015 No.943873 >Sell item for PARTS & NOT WORKING. >Buyer starts return request saying HURR DURR IT DOESN'T WORK. Oh my fucking god I'm so sick of this shit.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 31 20:40:41 2015 No.944032 >>943873 If you don't have returns on that item, reject that shit. Call center is getting better...

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 00:01:23 2015 No.944163 File: 468 KB, 1242x2208, dankstank.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Buy MacBook >MacBook arrives >Exact opposite of description >Seller wants me to keep >Have a heart >God will bless lol

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 00:30:22 2015 No.944177 >>944163 He's got such a rich looking picture. Pretty nice cars, moderately nice house.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 00:39:05 2015 No.944184 I'm just getting started with ebay, is there anywhere I can read more about recommended shipping stuff? Or do you have any tips?

Anonymous Sun Nov 1 00:39:31 2015 No.944185
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>>944177

and he's a "Kobe fan" so he must have a lot of skill and knwaledge

something must be seriously wrong with this PC if he's wanting to offer me a deal to stop me from returning

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 00:46:37 2015 No.944193 >>944185 He would appear to be the one Jewing you, but you called him goyim. So whose the one getting Jewed here?

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 00:50:52 2015 No.944196 >>944193 Honestly I don't even know what's going on anymore, answering your other question, do you only plan on selling Pokemon cards? http://bizninja.boards.net/thread/54/ebay-dummies

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 00:53:36 2015 No.944200 >>944196 No, I've got a whole bunch of random shit in my house I want to get rid of. Maybe sell some stuff for my family too.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 01:00:59 2015 No.944206 >>944200 Oh, just post it and hope someone finds it...lol Put some keywords about the item on the title so more people will see it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 01:04:44 2015 No.944209 >>944206 Yeah I've just never shipped anything before so that's the big challenge. Your link had a lot of useful information. I'm just looking forward to looking like an idiot while I try to figure out what a tracking number is at the post office

Anonymous Sun Nov 1 01:12:34 2015 No.944215

>>944209

Well if you're shipping with Priority Mail 1-2 day delivery, it will come with tracking for free.

If First Class(13Oz and under) 1-3 day delivery, you will have to pay about .80 for tracking.

Regular post/Packages might come with tracking, I don't remember the last time I didn't use Stamps.com so I forgot how most of it works.

Make sure to make use of the Flat Rate Priority shipping. If it fits in the box/mailer, it ships for under $6.

The tracking will be on the receipt the cashier will give you.

>>	Anonymous Sun Nov 1 01:17:25 2015 No.944216 >>944215 ty

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