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This summer I bought a Sony Component stereo system for $20 at a yard sale. I let it sit for some time, then finally thoroughly tested it and listed it for sale. Testing was a pain – the CD player was fincky. I also thoroughly cleaned the tape player components.
For 3 months I looked at this thing in my storage and regretted ever getting it. I sold it at one point but it was a non-paying bidder.
Finally, this past weekend I sold it for $160 + flat $75 for shipping. The buyer actually paid! Yay! I was soooo happy….until I finally allowed my brain to process that this meant I had to ship it. Then I dreaded and regretted it for 48 hours until I manned up to pack it last night at midnight (when I had to wake up at 6am to go to work).It took me a solid hour to pack this thing with a ton of large bubble wrap and foam padding. It required 2 separate 18x18x24 boxes, each weighing 30 lbs.
Then when I was done, I was thoroughly happy with myself…but swore that would be the last one.
Fast forward to this afternoon. I’m in Goodwill and what do I see, but an almost identical component stereo system. I hemmed and hawed, walked around, and then decided to at least pull it all together with some tapes and cd’s and fully test it in the store.
Long story short, it ended up in my truck for $15 and since it is already tested I’ll get it listed this week for $200.
I hate myself sometimes…at least until the payment clears. Lol!
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I love the big stuff. Nobody wants to sell it. Bring it on!! As long as it justifies $10 worth of bubble wrap I’m gonna descend on that stuff hungry vulture style.
I usually overestimate the weight and then make some money on the shipping too, which is a nice post-sale easter egg.
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is there a local mail shop / shipping center in your town? No regret no dread, easy button. I will pay to have big, fragile and expensive things packed then email the label to the packing service, and it ships from there. Amazing and the handling fee covers the cost. I use calculated shipping and a 10-20 handling fee – or flat as you do.-
Those places are a rip-off and they charge extra on the shipping as well.
I sold a very large item a few years ago and I got a quote from the local shipping store on packing and shipping. If I remember correctly, they wanted like $100 for the packaging materials/labor and $100 for the shipping.
I packed it myself and the shipping was only like $55.
I’m very capable of packing the large heavy items…I just dread it. Once I’m into the actual job I have fun.
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I agree on letting a professional pack it. I go to a local FedEx Office store. I usually pay $20 – $30 per item for them to pack it. I’ve just been adding that extra cost into the price of my item.
I signed up for a FedEx account and tied it to my eBay account so I get the same eBay shipping discount in the store as I do shipping from home. My account has my credit card tied to it, so I don’t even have to pay in store. I just have to give them my FedEx account number and the address where to ship it. With the really heavy, difficult to pack, and/or fragile stuff, it’s totally worth it.
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I sold a pair of 4′ porcelain (grandma and grandpa) dolls for $135 local pick up. I am in north FL and the person who bought them was in NY but wanted them shipped to south FL. He called the UPS store close to me and arranged for me to drop them off there, they would pack them and ship them. I agreed to do that as it cost me nothing but maybe a dollar in gas and some strange looks as I carried them into the store. I called the store the next day to ask how much it cost him to have them pack and mail the dolls…. $210! OUCH!!
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