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@hausfrau They can’t been too vintage because the base of the containers are made of plastic. It’s weird. The tops appear very vintage but I can’t imagine the bottoms are older than the 1990s.
Does anyone know Japanese recycling codes? They may even be newer. I wonder if that is a number for number 1 plastic.
I am so proud when I get “p.s. they are so cute!” from Ryanne!
This is one of those emails where you can’t quite tell if it is a scam, or if it is a “serious” offer from a legitimate crazy person.
That is kind of what I figured. I actually like it. It weakens the buyers position if they come back with an INAD claim.
I would write back to the buyer and ask for clarification. Politely ask them if there was an error in your listing. If they clarify and say the read the listing wrong, you can then politely inform them you don’t take returns as stated in your listing.
Th buyer can still file an “Item Not A Described” claim (and then you will be stuck taking the return), but they will have to figure that out for themselves.
A lot of people can’t be bothered making a return if someone doesn’t hold their hand through the process.
@antique Frog – you aren’t kidding! Check those books! Scraps of paper used as bookmarks make for great scavenging. Amongst the trasures I have found in books:
– 1960 M&M wrapper (it sold immediately for 10 bucks I priced way too low)
– an old continental airline ticket
– a 1960s European Postal Money order
– Countless Garfield Book marks
– and my favorite – Cash glorious cashHow many items in your store have people actively watching? You may just have run out of people to make offers to. The system doesn’t allow you to keep sending the same offer to the same person.
I have 1500 items in my store, and approximately 430 people watching various items. There are many times when I cycle through all of the available watchers and loose the options to send to an offer.
Eventually they come back.
Tis a conundrum indeed. I wish Ebay would like you list individual item weights and also list weight of packaging. This would allow for better shipping estimates at check out.
The dinner plates are the heavy items. I’ll probably split those out to a new listing.
@indysales – Just curious what exactly is an unpaid item strike. As seller are we able to see if a buyer are carrying them? How many strikes till a buyer is kicked off the system?
I have a system to weed out flakey Best Offers. It almost always works.
I NEVER accept a best offer. I always counter with a 1 penny discount. For instance. If someone offers me $20.00 for a widget. I counter with a price of 19.99 & the following message:
“I accept as long as you are able to make immediate payment. Please do not accept this counter offer until you can pay. Thanks.”
This weeds out people who didn’t realize they were committing to make a purchase.
It makes them think twice if they really want the item (cuts down on returns).I also point out things in the listing the buyer may have missed:
(i.e. just confirming you read that this is sold AS IS or I see you are in the UK please make sure your are comfortable with the high shipping cost).
If the buyer still wants the item, they usually respect my request. The flakes don’t respond, and the item stays available for sale. I don’t have to deal with getting seller fees refunded.
It’s a win-win.
I searched on Worthpoint and Terrapeak for “japan Simon & Garfunkel Cassette” and didn’t find anything.
It might be an impulse buy for a Simon and Garfunkel fan. I’d list moderately high (if it were me 34.99 USD) and allow for best offer.
Definitely a long-tale item.
You did everything right. And yes it did suck. Similar things have happened to me.
The near misses make the good scores even sweeter. Enjoy the next big find!
Unfortunately, thrift store customers often remove tags, in hopes of getting the item repriced lower. To discourage tag removal, most chain thrift stores (Goodwill, Savers, etc.) have one specific person who is permitted to reprice the inventory.
Like all scavengers, you were engaging in a form of retail arbitrage. You knew you could resell that jacket for more than $20.00. When the coat was initially priced, it was probably lumped together with a bunch of other items, and no one had time to check it’s value. Once it was singled out, the price checker probably looked it up on eBay and realized the jacket was worth more than $20.00.
Is that greedy? If you had purchased the coat for $20.00, would you resell it for a modest mark-up, or would you research the maximum value of the jacket and charge accordingly?
The price checker was (probably) unaware of your interest in the coat. It was just placed in front of her to price, and at that moment, she had the time to do a little more research. She could, of course, be wrong. She may have overpriced the jacket, and it will sit in their inventory, waiting for a buyer who will never come, but that is the store’s prerogative.
I guess I am saying – don’t blame the price checker, blame the person who removed the tag in the first place.
It’s always disapointing when a good deal slips through our fingers, but you can hardly fault the thrift store for trying to wring the maximum amount of profit for their inventory.
