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I posted about this problem before. I called Ebay and the foreign rep told me they are super fine with the buyer being undercharged. I haven’t had time to go back and review all of my multi-quantity listings but need to because found count off on one. There is so much going on with Ebay – temporary issues – that begs review. I only got Smartpost off half of the listings after the rates shot up. Haven’t fixed the missing photos yet. I’d rather just focus on creating new merch. Love selling on Ebay but… sigh.
T-Satt, I like how you summarized this at the bottom. Love to learn from those selling higher quantity. Heavy and very small I would think USPS flat rate boxes. Assuming a buyer is not very near to a seller, can you boil down the size box and weight that makes Smartpost a winner vs USPS. It doesn’t take much weight to make USPS expensive in non-flat rate, even with parcel post. I took Smartpost off as my first option and never added it back, so will need to think this through and adjust listings (again!). Thanks!
Zero for me. We just returned from vacation. I just bought two items to resell while away. The house is a disaster due to the remodel and my daughter has a pretty short day camp, so listing will be a challenge. But, we’ll see… We don’t have home air conditioning in my town because the weather is very mild almost year round. Only a handful of weeks in July and October that it gets really hot and this is one of them. Doesn’t help with the motivation. Stay cool friends.
Hello from Bend, Oregon. We are on vacation scavenger style staying free at my cousin’s house. It was a soft week on EBay before I left.
R&J congrats on your purchase! It must be exciting to help shape the future of your little town. It would be cool if the lower half became a coffee shop / beer & wine destination you could cross market to your guests. Having no familiararity with it, it makes me wonder if this is a riskier endevor than your previous projects. Perhaps you might stick more closely to a budget this time if true. This says the person spending mucho to redo a kitchen as we speak. 🙂
I’m the noodge who keeps suggesting you to go to urban garage and estate sales. I think some may be busts, crowded or expensive. But I still believe it would pay off in more premium inventory that sells faster. Shopping in Bend and some other places makes me realize how good I have it at home. Too much new made in China crap here. At home, lots of baby boomers and elderly, lots of rich people who donate nicer brands, and busy younger people without time to scavenge. I can’t wait to clear the piles and go to estate sales as my reward!
I liked it when Will / Terminal 99 compared pipeline selling to the coin drop game @ minute 9 of his interview.
I agree with Steve. The fun “game” element is learning to find value where others don’t see it. That’s the hook.
Love the graphics on that vintage box of tissues. It should be pretty fun to brag about selling a box of tissues for $40 too! Nice.
Sometimes I feel like Ebay is a slot machine because you never know what’s going to sell when. I attribute this to so many potential buyers being on the platform. It also feels like a slot machine in that sales often seem to go in spurts. It used to be that I would post 5-10 listings and within a couple of hours a couple of other previously listed items would go and sell. This pattern is less noticeable though lately. On the other hand, I have started listing holiday and seasonal items 2-3 months ahead of the event instead of just randomly throwing things up at any time. It worked out better for me last year with that process.
Not too busy but a couple of fun sales.
Sold this 1950s Vintage Cartoon Art Book to prop house in Brooklyn. Maybe paid $1.
Sold these embroidered quilt blocks. Paid up a bit @ $12 but they sold very quickly after listing. The old ladies at the indy thift love this kind of stuff.
You can’t beat dogs playing poker I paid a buck because the old ladies at the indy thrift hate this kind of stuff. Prices were kind of all over the place for these prints, so I’m happy with $65.
Finally, 1950s paper hankies are the kind of thing I probably shouldn’t bother to pick up, but can’t resist. Glad they sold.
This week I had a wave of death-pile-wouldn’t-ever-buy-again cartoon coffee mugs move out. Very pleased and it’s a nice reward for being stubborn about listing the early stuff I bought when I was new to Youtube. Have a great weekend.
Feel free to count Etsy listings for sure. Mercari is so quick and dirty and I’ve still had not sales, so I’m not counting. It only took me an hour and 15 minutes to post 30 listings, where I’m much slower on Ebay. So just an experiment.
Happy news that I am selling off some death pile coffee mugs I listed a couple of weeks ago! Yeah! Maybe I’ll list some more after we get back from vacation. I’m out of the contest next week and going on full vacation mode.
Hi Tina,
Like you I’m also missing a few listings as well as having this problem. I’ve ended my multi-quantity listings for now unless I am sure it is showing correctly. I haven’t had time to call ebay, but I’ve been advised by someone in a facebook group that there is a setting for this – resetting quantity to original at renewal. So, possibly the setting got changed. I noticed last time I listed that my preferences were gone. I mistakenly created a 7 day listing, free shipping box checked, etc. after I made something live. Good luck.:0 just got hit with this. I KNOW this GTC listing was correct pretty recently because I was down to my last one and I sold well over the amount I have left. All of the colors had quantity again. Didn’t sell similar and it wasn’t a counting error.
Sat down 4 times to list – yeah! Listed some on Mercari that I’m not counting. Listed 24 on Ebay, 9 from piles.
I know about the bibles but just can’t get into them. I usually pick up the ones my kids owned or liked. Here’s a couple of mine (incomplete 70s, 80s series) and some others I have sold in the past. You could google young adult series or go to Amazon, etc. and check out what’s popular. Or reverse it and wait until you find a whole set together and scan it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/332689322016
https://www.ebay.com/itm/232809509320
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pendragon-Young-Adult-Fantasy-Book-Series-Lot-of-10-Complete-HC-PB-Awesome/273281218649?hash=item3fa0d47859:g:-mIAAOSwxllbHYoy
https://www.ebay.com/itm/10-Book-Set-Alex-Rider-Series-1-10-Complete-Young-Adult-Spy-Anthony-Horowitz/202361380128?hash=item2f1dad9d20:g:h78AAOSwQQlbFseE
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Crank-Complete-Collection-Set-1-10-Young-Adult-Fiction-Series-by-Ellen-Hopkins/181935803423?hash=item2a5c380c1f:g:uh8AAOSwLzdWT2XD
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rainbow-Magic-Fairies-HUGE-LOT-of-72-Chapter-Books-by-Daisy-Meadows-Some-NEW/253505271326?hash=item3b0617761e:g:0QAAAOSwSKtadNHV
