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I forgot to mention if by some miracle you have the original packaging such as the box and manuals the value goes up another $25 or so.
Original plain vanilla models are worth about $50 (with free ship) with all the cables and at least one controller. Hook it up to make sure it works and if its good try to sell local on offerup or let go, since they are big and heavy to ship. (won’t fit in a flat rate box)
If the unit does not work you can sell the controller(s) for $10-$15 each (free ship) and the power brick / power cord for maybe $10-$15.
Broken non working original xbox units still have value though since some people are looking for parts. If the unit doesn’t work I would dissemble all the plastic (outer shell) which can be tough to do without breaking and sell just the shell. People are always looking for the plastic parts.
I wouldn’t waste my time for $39. In the future do not offer partial refunds. I have only done a partial once and that was because I made a mistake in the original listing. Buyer was fairly understanding.
Yes there are scammers out there, but if this buyer goes thru all of this BS for $39 he has bigger problems.
Now if the item was worth $390 I would have asked them to return it and I would attempt to fix myself.
I received that message a few days ago too. I lowered the price but that didn’t generate a sale. Whats funny is after I lowered the price I later ran a 10% off sale then the item sold. Not a big deal though at least i sold the item.
Whats sad is the rates for 5-6-7-8 oz 1st class has changed. That will probably lead to more mistakes on postage. I loved to just put in 8oz if a package was in that range and not worry about it.
Funny I was just going to mention this too. At my local Goodwill store an employee struck up a conversation with me while I was in the book section. He told me that when they receive book donations in the store they all go to a central location to be scanned, and the un-valuable ones are returned to be sold in the local Goodwill stores. Even with that knowledge they are still pricing some books at 4.99+ which is insane IMO.
This actually explains a lot because I used to be able to find high value books in my local Goodwill. At least now I know not to waste my time with their books any more.
One thing I have learned with Goodwill’s in my area is they are not experts on every thing. I can still find high value board games for example at my local goodwill.
Send the package via priority mail it includes up to $100 insurance automatically. UPS and FedEx have the same dollar limit.
If you are comparing with USPS parcel select most likely priority is cheaper, unless its an large/heavy item.
So many ebay buyers get cancer, it makes me wonder if ebay causes cancer.
I wanted to drop a quick note regarding the “refused – return to sender” When a package is refused the USPS puts it into the lowest/slowest class of mail. To be more specific it’s thrown in with the medial, parcel select, and merchandise returns.
IMO if a buyer wants to return something and it is of high value and/or you just want it back quickly, instruct the buyer to open a return case via ebay and print out a return label.
I imagine buyers do the “refused – return to sender” to avoid paying for shipping, but if I really want the item back, I’m willing to pay for return shipping anyway.
Here’s a funny buyer excuse return story I read a few days ago on the Amazon forum.
Buyer purchases “snow crimps” which you put on the bottom of your shoes/boots to get better traction in snow/ice. Buyer wants to return because they are wrong size. Seller approves return, but buyer can’t leave house to mail return because he has “two broken femurs.”
LOL
I have gotten some funny excuses before too like, don’t have a car, don’t have money, don’t have a printer, but “two broken femurs” takes the cake.
I don’t doubt what happened to the OP, but when I hear cases like this my first question is “How did the buyer figure this out”? This situation seems like a loophole that the buyer found by accident (perhaps they were a seller before), and they tried it out to see if the loophole worked.
If the item was high value I wouldn’t have combined shipping, since the two separate ID’s raises suspicion, but if the item was $50 or under I wouldn’t waste much time on it.
In the past (and currently) there were/are groups/websites that would list ways to get “Free products” via scams or other less than ethical means on websites like ebay & Amazon, so if this is a legit “Scam” we’re going to be seeing more of this.
A quick reply on Rosetta Stone software. You can not list/sell Rosetta Stone software on ebay, they will give you a “vero violation” I tried to sell Rosetta stone in the past, that’s how I know.
Rosetta Stone software can only be installed once on one computer. The software requires activation. IF you resell it to someone else they will not be able to install it. They will be given a phone number to call and will be asked to buy the software again. (at full price)
IF you can verify the software hasn’t been installed before, perhaps try selling it on a another venue. Very old versions of Rosetta Stone DO NOT have activation, I think you can tell by the release number on the box.
Stay away from Rosetta Stone, even if you get one for free.
Items that are returned via GSP or couldn’t ship via GSP (for example if the item was too large) are sold by ebay on the ebay site according to this video.
Relevant info starts at about 7:00 minute mark.
I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think that auction is being run by amazon. They are using very specific wording on the site and in that intro video. These guys probably bought the stuff for pennies on the dollar and are trying to pawn it off onto less than knowledgeable buyers.
The 15% buyers premium is a dead giveaway. I doubt amazon would charge 15%I see there’s a lot of comments on the denim jacket. I haven’t read all of them, but if I was the buyer at $60 that had my purchase cancelled I wouldn’t have had an issue with it. Since Jay and Ryanne were honest about the situation. Honesty carries a lot of weight.
I have seen sellers cancel sales due to “out of stock” “broken item” “lost item” etc only to later relist the same item at a higher price. In that situation as the buyer I would leave negative feedback.
BTW, all the people who contacted you for selling that jacket at too low a price were just upset that they didn’t buy it first. If they had purchased it they wouldn’t have said a peep.
On another note I just bought some wool socks at costco 4 pair for $8. Not sure of the % of wool, but they certainly are warm and comfortable.
There are businesses in the US that only freight forward stuff to foreign countries. I sold a semi rare lego set to someone in China, but it was sent to a forwarder in California first. The forwarder even had a website set up that was all in Mandarin.
I believe there are also companies that will order stuff for non English speaking people on US sites like ebay and later forward the products.
