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As more time goes by, I find the Ryanne & Jay method, “list high with best-offer,” works best.
In December, my “list and hold store” will be two years old. There are items I listed in 2018 that still sell for full price. If you have space and can wait – everything eventually sells. If I get a low ball offer on something dating back to 2018, I am more inclined to accept than I am for an item I just listed last week.
If an item is easy to ship, I counter with the listing price, less the estimated cost of shipping. For those who like to feel like they “got a deal,” the estimated shipping discount is usually just enough to make the sale. Those who want to feel like they got “something for almost nothing” will never be satisfied.
If the item is something you want to get rid of and it’s been clogging your inventory for years, by all means, accept. If not, counter. If you lose the sale, you at least have gained an important piece of data about the item. If you have a unique widget listed for $99.00 and 5 people offer $20.00, it is probably overpriced.
Agree thanks for the great response. I went with this:
Multi-Colored Glass and Wire Decorative Garden Butterfly
https://www.ebay.com/itm/164439189009
Oops sorry I meant to mention it’s about 4″ long. The gap for the legs is 1″ – so it’s too small to fit over most shelves. It would make a super awkward bookmark. I think I am leaning toward napkin holder.
@Jay what a fantastic distinction between contract work and contract slavery. I never thought of it that way before.
eBay sales alone have not put me in the position to stop working, but my previous years of frugality, aggressive savings (paired wise investments) have allowed me to pass on many toxic job opportunities. I am so fortunate to have been able to turn down work this year. Rather than put both my mind (and body) at risk, I have safely socially isolated and focus on the work on I love most – scavenging!
FU money is the greatest gift a person can give to themselves. Keep working toward it, it’s worth it.
Thats it!!! Thanks @travelinggeorge1776 !
It’s been my experience that once a buyer agrees to purchase an item through GSP, the seller cannot send an invoice. If you click on “send invoice”, you get a page that tells you GSP is handling it.
Otherwise what you are saying makes a lot of sense.
I’m not on managed payments yet, but I think that 1.65% fee for GSP is similar to paypal (they just don’t highlight it). When ever I sell something through GSP, the paypal fee is always higher. This probably has something to do with currency conversion rates. Changing currencies (i.e. Euros to USD) has a cost associated with it.
Agree – if he had been in the USA – I would have taken more of a gamble but not dealing with transcontinental VEROs
I would cancel the item and relist it in another category. Change the title too. Then just send the new link to the buyer directly (be sure to turn off any promotional listing setting during the relist).
Who know what is setting off the algorithm?
@sharyn Looks pretty cool- send me more info to the email.. Thanks
