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I like finding stuff like this. If I had to guess, this is “K-V(gutta)” of Gutta Hustla Records. He claims to have handed out/sold 70000 records in the streets, probably on CD-Rs just like this. https://guttahustlarecordskvgutta.bandcamp.com
I believe you’re right that it’s from the late 90s or early 2000s since his discography goes back that far.
His IG is here: https://www.instagram.com/kvgutta/
If you’re really curious I would DM him this picture and ask if it’s his/where you found it.
In a similar vein, I’ll occasionally list stuff that I don’t know anything about and ask for help in the title/description. I had some weird magnetic disk that heated up when plugged in and a make/model search returned little. I tossed a high price on it, put “(make/model) anyone know what this is?” in the title/description and had an answer from someone in a few weeks. Turned out it was designed to heat up engines on farm equipment. Very cool guy. Ultimately sold it to him at a good price.
Thanks for the great replies everyone. Instead of replying to everyone I’ll just do a big post:
The sale was via Best Offer, so they hadn’t paid for postage yet. They wanted a “corrected invoice” (shipping taken off,) which I refused. I asked about the label and its origins, and they simply said “just use it.” I followed up with a question about the incorrect “shipped from” address and they immediately paid in full for shipping via FedEx SmartPost.
I checked the order and saw the buyer had written instructions on how the item was to be shipped, and said I had to message them to confirm I understood (lol). I did, thinking I’d already went this far, why not one more thing? They then messaged me about 45 minutes later with “Please ship this today, thanks.” Sheesh. I told them no – it would ship tomorrow.
I went back and looked at the label they’d sent me. The return address was made to look like it was coming from a warehouse, but it was just a residential address with fluff added. There’s also a clear splice in the label near the top that looks very intentional – it obscures part of the text on the top right and makes it hard to read.
Since I’m not using their label anymore I’m not that worried. This behavior (having specifics for shipping, wanting it shipped sooner than normal) aligns with a drop shipper, which is pretty common with what I sell. Some are easier to work with than others, but if a return gets opened things can get messy. The sale was just under $100 all told.
I’ve heard about the FedEx account thing. My initial thought was that it was a similar concept but with USPS.
In hindsight I should have called eBay before they paid and asked for their advice, but it’s too late for that I think.
Oh yeah, definitely aware of all that stuff. How would someone even get my email from an eBay transaction anyway? PayPal? Haven’t had it happen yet.
My main concern is how I could even ship something like this when the address on the label is incorrect. It says “shipped from <zip code>”, where the zip code is in a completely different state. How does that work? It seems like they’re trying to get cheaper shipping by claiming it’s been shipped from a state closer to the destination.
My local GWs are now loaded with people around my age – under 30, college-aged or graduated – shopping for clothes. I’ve also noticed signage in the stores advertising GW-ran Instagram accounts encouraging use of hashtags, stuff like “thrift store fashion” or whatever. It’s been like this for about a year, though. I don’t sell clothes, but did need to buy some recently and was put off by the price/quality ratio. I’d rather buy new, and I never buy new.
Sometimes GW will start feeling themselves and decide to crank up the prices of electronics. After a few weeks the overflowing pile of old printers gets too much to handle and they lower prices across the board to make room for new stuff.
Can you give an example? Of course the iPad/Android apps don’t cover 100% of what you can do on the desktop, but I think OP is asking about using the built-in browser (Chrome/Safari) to list.
In the last seller update they were hinting at something “big” that would help sellers deal with fraudulent returns and buyer issues. I sincerely hope this isn’t what they had in mind – “send the item to us and we’ll handle it!”
I believe the amount he has listed varies wildly, although I could be wrong – the last I checked he was at 800, but this was a year+ ago.
I think Pete might have slightly better access to eBay than the rest of us. He let on in a recent video that eBay contacted him directly before a listing of his was to be taken down for a rule violation. That’s big, but no surprise given that eBay seems to keep a careful eye on YouTube channels that talk about selling on their platform.
Orders -> Paid and Shipped -> Dropdown: “Paid and Shipped” -> Shipped – awaiting your feedback.
Yeah. The call limit varies based on API (Trading vs. Shopping, etc.) Something like Flipper Tools should just be using the Trading API, which caps out at 1.5mil/24 hours if they’ve went through the “Compatible Application Check,” otherwise it’s just 5k.
eBay exposes the best offer history of items via
GetBestOffersin their Trading API. I did some testing and was able to see all the offers sent on a specific item. The sold price was found just by looking for which offer has a status of “Accepted.”I don’t know why Flipper Tools is so hit and miss, but it’s possible the API is omitting certain offers from calls performed by clients not involved in either the buying/selling of an item. However, eBay’s API docs explicitly state that all offers are public knowledge after a listing ends.
Thanks Sonia. Great SOP and will add it to the repertoire. I assume that after the missing mail case is opened you just toss them a refund? By the time that usually rolls around my buyer has just started getting ever more PO’d and just wants the money back. Can’t say I blame them.
I’ll just do this next time and hope eBay has my back. I get a bit nervous about not responding to messages since my only negative feedback was “earned” by taking the silent route, but there were more factors at play in that case.
