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Thanks for the Reply Steven. Started to do some research earlier today. You are right, not a much out there on these old JVC units. It may be just easier to try to sell a few of the components and move along. We still have hundreds of items remaining from the antique mall booths we closed down and should concentrate on those. So, appreciate the feedback and will think about it. That whole unit has been sitting in our spare bedroom for 10 years, maybe break it up into small units so I can just ship the pcs. But, I will still think some and talk with wife about the whole unit, but she said earlier about having someone come over to and into our home to demo it.
Hhhmmm.. will look up as many component prices and see what the total is.
Thanks again… mike
Man this is errie: This is the exact process we use, even the small paper tag that we hand write and attache to each item. We log in each new purchase and create the SKU nmber and fill in on a basic grid view the title, price paid, date paid, scale weight and my est. box size and save as a draft. Then after photo., we open the draft by matching the sku number to the item and complete the listing and save to bulk upload. Then when finished with about a doz. or so we bulk-batch upload.
One thing we discovered that we think will save us some time as you mentioned you are looking for. One is we use a 35mm DSLR camera and know how to use it due to all the photography courses I had in Art School. So I use the manual setting and can use one finger and change the apperature, shutter speed and sensitivity of the shot in a split second. We don’t shoot on a pre-programmed setting or an automatic setting like most cell phone cameras are. We shoot each product just as a wedding photographer shoots, adjusting each shot as we see it through the lens. So photos are shot at the photo table in such a way we don’t have to edit anything. The next step in speeding us up is going to be a Wireless ScanDisk card so as we shoot what we think is an acceptable photo right on the product table those photos are sent wirelessly to the folder we create to hold each months shot. That is going to be a real time saver right there because there is no downloading of photos and they are ready to attach to the draft we created weeks earlier when we first bought the item and brought it home. But our process is almost word for word as yours.
Then the sku number we used on the tags [BTW our tags are pre-printed as is the unique SKU number. We have a secret code utilized in our skus that contains the item number, date purchased, price we paid and where it is located in the storage bins we finally will store it in] is the number that is used to track our item all the way through our process right on out into the garage storage bins.
But reading your post really caught my eye.
Mike at MDC Galleries in Atlanta
Thanks for the reply. I still have the original manuals here on my desk from a year ago when I posted to you last year. It is not in the quality range of a MacIntosh or Marantz so depending on your advice it may not even be worth the time but here is the manual specs.
Everything is Compu Linked and all components work via a remote control which I still have. I also have the original tower glass front stand with adjustable shelving and magnetic door latch. Everything is all JVC in black, which being JVC brand may kill it right there. But for giggles,
the Amp is AX-R441BK, auto-return turntable AL-A110BK with clear dust cover, 6 disc cartridge compact disc automatic chnager [have 2 cartdriges for quick change out] XL-M400BK, Double Stereo Cassette Deck TD-W111, Computer Controlled Digital Synthesir Tuner FX-333BK,Component rack RK-333WD [glass front], Speaker System SP=333, [whew!!].
And I have all 7 original manuals for all of the components. I even think I may have the original invoice somewhere back in my files or I can ask my wife maybe she will remember. She gave it to me as my 40th birthday present in 1988. Yep I am that old :-).The speakers are monsters at about 13″ x 15″ x 36″ high and when placed on each side of the components rack the total overall is 50″ wide x 13″ deep x 36″ high.!! I am just guessing the weight at this stage at 50 to 60 lbs. +/-
So, interested in what you think. I am guessing due to size and weight, skip the cabinet and try to sell each piece separately then try to sell the speakers as a pair. Boxing and shipping is no problem for me. Ran an 18 million dollar company with 287 employees and we had 6 loading docks and can skid, pallitize, stretch wrap and handle a fork lift as good as any of my employees could 🙂 Of course no such facilities or equipment now, but not afraid to strap down to a pallet and ship common carrier with a bill of lading. I just don’t think this brand / model untit would command enough to make all of that worthwhile. So break down into smaller units is my guess unless you think there is some value in having it all as a matched set especially since they all can be hard wired together and linked and operated with a remote control.
Await your thoughts buddy … as the famous line goes in the movie, “let’s see what the Great and Powerful Steven, huh Oz” has to say. LOL. 🙂
mike at MDC Galleries in Atlanta
Steven.. Got couple of questions for you. We are finally getting around to taking a closer look at a large stereo system I got for my birthday back in the late seventies. It was the one I asked you about sometime last year, but we just left it for the time being. But we are thinking about listing it as local pick-up as a complete unit. Amp, receiver, equalizer, radio, dual cassette deck [record and play] turntable and both large speakers. Only thing we can find wrong at first glance is that maybe the needle is shot. Haven’t checked the drive belt yet, but will. But we did notice when we pulled the soft covers off the front of the large speakers that one of the large speakers [each cabinet has 4 speakers each] had a dimple / dent in the silver center dome of the large bass-woofer. Is there any way to get that dent out of that center area? We discovered that our daughter poked her finger in through the front when she was under 10 years old she said. She is 38 yrs old now. I asked her the other day and she admitted to doing it way back then.
If we can’t get it pulled out then does it kill the value of the speaker and guess we list it as damage and show a close up?
Second question: I have noticed over the last sevral videos of yours at your new house that when I see your back yard, I see a steep downward slope of the concrete area from the garage to the back patio. Also I see a curtain drain running along the edge of the patio. Aren’t you afraid that if you get a real “Gully Womper” [southern slang LOL] down pour that the run off will be too much for that [probably4″ drain] underground, rush up and over it and flood into your house through those sliding doors?
We have had some real downpours here in North Atlanta and the runoff through our back yard can create a small mini lake 4 to 6 inches deep until he rain slows and allows the run off to catch up.It is funny that my cats sit on my desk when I am listing and they watch my cursor move around a lot. When they see you dogs, they will raise up on their hind feet and put there paws on the screen and try to “pet” the dogs. Funny.
mike at MDC Galleries in Atlanta
Just got a message from her saying she wanted to use it for baking but afraid the crack will make that impossible. so, based on what you guys have said, I guess the best thing is to just let her keep it and issue her a full refund for the plate and original shipping through PayPal. No use having her go to the Resolution Center, open a claim, enter a reason, and then have both a ding on us and also have to pay for return shipping. Correct??
Thanks,
MikeThanks for the reply guys .. appreciate it. we’ll see what she says.
mike at mdc galleries in atlantaThat’s what we thought. What percentage do you and Ryanne use. 25%, 50% ??? on the refund? We have only had 3 returns, 4 broken-damaged items and zero negative feed backs in our 15 years of selling online.
Yes to eCommerce statement. When we go on vacation and change our handling time to extra days we always send an email to remind the buyers that it will be two weeks [or whatever] before we are back and will ship. It is shortly after this that we get several requests to cancel due to assorted reasons and we do just as eCommerce says. Go to the Resolution Center and choose to Cancel an order and put the reason as Customer Requests. BUT MAKE SURE you create a reminder that at the 5 day mark you go back to the Resolution Center and close it out. That way you avoid any defect / ding on your account. Ryanne uses this method also. Jay has said that they get several requests to cancel orders sometimes when they are away on their long travel trips.
And for “Unpaid Item Cases” we have signed up for the “Unpaid Item Assistant” and have it set for 4 days. The UIA opens a case for us after 4 days, sends the buyer an email to pay up or else and then closes the case automatically. We personally send the buyer a pay up polite email after 2nd day and again on the 3rd day. After that the Automatic Unpaid Item Assistant takes over.
But with the personal buyer requests you have to do this manually. Really very easy.
Mike at MDC Galleries in Atlanta
I agree. Color is not a valid reason. And just for your information… Women and men see color differently. [I have posted a longer post here before about how the brain and eyes see and translate color you can research if interested]. But suffice it to see that the color gene is recessive in women and only about .4% will be color deficient and then only in the yellow / blue spectrum. Men have the dominant gene and about 8% to 10% will be dieficeint and then in the red/green range. So with just this info alone you have a good argument as to why someone saying that the color is slightly off shade or not as they see it on their monitor is reason enough for them to side with you.
Then lastly when was the last time the customer had their monitor offcially color calibrated by a color technician using the proper instruments. And who is to say that the customer or thier kids have not played with the color adjutments under the lip edge of the monitor.
so I think you are well in the clear as far as fearing any negative feedback or problems about color being an issue. 🙂
mike at MDC Galleries in Atlanta
I agree with HabNab. I have never seen any paint by number that varies from having the customer diverge outside of a straight outline of the color areas being applied. Not to say the users can’t try to blend a little but usually not.
On a side note, in order to get the design that one follows onto the panel it usually has to be screen printed onto large flat pieces of canvass that are held down on a perforated vacuum table and held into place by vacuum as the workers draws the squeegee across the canvas and prints the image. Then these canvass panels are cut up, stretch wrapped around the stiff board and glued. The same way the blank ones are made you see in the art supply or Hobby stores.
In this case this is a thick 3-d dimensional piece it looks like. While we did 3-dimensional pieces at my plant it was a much more costly and slower process if done by regular screen printing and still more complex if run through our larger digital presses. Which would raise the cost of a flat panel to a very high piece cost.
So, I think it is a resign or plaster base unit and then either a free hand painted design [or maybe a transfer pattern of some sorts on top] with probably acrylic paints then dried. Don’t think there is much value there.
mike at MDC Galleries in Atlanta
Yes you are correct to a degree. Here is the last bullet point…
* “For listings in which the seller has specified shipping costs for the item, the Best Offer price includes only the listed item. For listings in which the shipping costs aren’t specified, the buyer can choose to include shipping costs in their offer.Also on the “Accept Offer” page it states acceptance of this offer is for the item only and does not include shipping.
I include my shipping costs on all my items or it’s free shipping, so we have no items that would allow for the buyer to try to include shipping. Now that I am thinking about it, how does a seller list something other than paid shipping or free shipping. Which means as stated above the only time they can negotiate shipping is when a charge for shipping is not stated by a seller. Kind of wierd to even say that, but if you do have shipping charges stated in your listing then trying to negotiate it or get it included is not allowed, which is all cases for us.Also by accepting that kind of an offer you have to go and alter the listing. Also Ebay makes money off of shipping charges. But those are other points.
Thanks for the Kudo and glad something I say at times may help others. Guess that is what the whole community is about.
mike at mdc galleries in atlanta
I always drop this line in any offer I get that states to include shipping in their offer.
Thanks for the offer and as a courteous reminder it is against Ebay policy to negotiate shipping terms in an “Offer”. See http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/best-offer.html. So how about 35% off at $49.99. Closer to a win-win. What do you say-A Deal? It’s a nice item.
If the offer doesn’t include free shipping. I just use the Following:
Appreciate interest & offer-Understand wanting a deep discount but 50% off at $25 on this specific item is a tad low-How about 25% off at $37.50-Us down $12.50 you up $12.50-Closer to a win-win-What do you think-A Deal?And just for the record… we end up selling [as a guestimate] about 75% of our items that have offers sent to us. We decline about 80%-90% of the first low ball offers of anything lower than 45% less than our asking price, then we counter offer with the above and that usually results in about 75% or so in completed sales. If they decline our counter and come back with a counter-to the-counter we usually accept that which is usually at about 25%-30% off the original price. So we do convert a lot of the “offers we get” into sales.
The blank box as we see it, is not a “terms” section, it is a “Comments-Notes” section. We use it as an area to create your personal one on one mini auction with a potential buyer. Our dislike is that this area only allows 250 characters. So our only wish is they would make the area a little larger and allow a few more characters like to be used.
Mike at MDC Galleries in Atlanta
It is a big chunk of the monthly income but worth it if we can finish up all those remaining items. We have 776 active listings in our store but have about 400 to 500 more [we think]. If we can get to 1,500 in a few months I think the increases in Sales will make her payment easier. Also once caught up, we may be able to go it alone, but we just were not getting ahead with eliminating those death piles. We can’t make sales if we can’t get our merchandise in front of the customers. Inventory sitting in our garage is like a dept. store getting their orders in but leaving it sitting on the loading dock. Just wasted opportunity.
mike in atl.Well color me informed :-). Thought it was just for our local Home Owners Assoc and surrounding neighborhoods.
Jay, FYI… I used NextDoor.com three weeks ago and advertised for a helper for us to get on through all of the old antique booth death piles. Found a young lady, she lives two blocks down from us, worked years ago as a paralegal, speed types and is doing about 10-15 hrs. a week for us. She just left and in 4 hours she got 19 listings done in WonderLister for us and saved in a “Ready for Review” folder. All I have to do is review what she has done and edit as needed, attach photos and price and schedule for upload within WL.
I think this is going to get us through all those tubs of small items we pulled out of those 6 booths. Hopefully we can get all caught up in 6 – 8 weeks. Then we will see where we go from there.
Thought this may be of interest to you guys.
Mike in Atlanta
Oh, Now I see you are out of WA. Sorry about not looking at that. Guess I am like a lot of my own customers and don’t read the item specifics or description for all of the details before I jump into an email or post. Guess you are probably thousands of miles away.
Sorry about that mike in Atl.
