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Personally I’d run away from this, for several reasons:
1. A lot of stuff means a lot of work to sell it all and a lot of space occupied. That’s fine if the potential profit justifies the work and space, but it doesn’t look like that to me.
2. Opportunity cost. $6500 can buy many more items that have higher profit margins than this lot.
3. I try to never buy something from someone that knows more than me. This guy seems like he knows that he’s doing.
Follow their normal dispute process and if they rule against you file a PayPal case against them. Worked for me multiple times.
Nice Cortes painting. If you’d like to sell it after some more research/authentication, let me know as I may be interested.
I would strongly suspect that the GSP repacked the radio. They are still following that practice occasionally, especially with radios because they are not supposed to allow tubes to go through. A few months back I shipped 3 phonograph reproducers together that the buyer paid almost $400 for. I packed them very carefully in a medium flat rate box. The buyer received a different box with all three just thrown in, no packing at all. Of course they were destroyed and the buyer was very angry. Took some fighting for a few days but GSP finally paid for it.
I’ve used all caps in my titles (not descriptions) for the past 10 years or so. I’ve never done the experiment to see if it makes a difference, but I doubt that it would. I mostly do it for the sake of simplicity
On this same topic, I just came across this interesting link that describes the trending rates across all categories. It’s pretty outdated (mid-January) but still has some insights.
I’ve seen this many times, including with a few of my own listings. eBay is pretty good at finding them as soon as they are listed and deleting them quickly.
I did $2,162.70 on 36 items last week versus $110 on 2 items so far this week. Last week multiple items sold every day versus this week the two items sold on the same day and the other days were blanks. Goes with the territory I guess!
I find it very useful for research in the field using the mobile app. Often when you find something at a flea market, you have to make a quick decision or someone else will buy it. If it’s a tough to find item, you wouldn’t find any comparisons on eBay.
In my experience, the annual subscription pays for itself very quickly. The value comes from making purchases that I wouldn’t have otherwise and avoiding mistakes as a result of overpaying.
To clarify, my buyer is in Washington. It’s possible that eBay is only doing this for a few states, but I can’t tell at this point.
I make it a point to talk to other resellers. I can’t tell you the number of times that I’ve bought things from them. Sometimes they get a big score and can’t handle everything they get do to time or storage constraints. Sometimes they have something I specialize in but they don’t know how to sel or have the right customer. Sometimes they want to quit and liquidate their inventory. Sometimes vice versa! It’s always helpful to network.
The link didn’t work for me either at first, but it worked after refreshing the page a few times. It seems like a very glitchy system.
I sent out over 100 offers to buyers today. Let’s see what happens!
I know of at least a few wholesale shops that have full time employees that spend their days searching eBay and buying every example of particular items below a specific price that are listed. In my experience, it is particularly common with old cameras and video games. They buy using normal searches or through automated alerts.
