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This literally happens to me on a fairly regular basis. Sometimes I get that spidey tingle even if I’ve been to my favorite thrift store the day before. And it often happens when I’m in the store, about to get in the check out line…I get the feeling I’ve missed something and I do another turn around the store, only to find something that was put out after I was heading to the register. One time it was a genuine Yves St. Laurent evening jacket ($12.00), that I sold for over $200. They had hung it on the end of the rack, instead of jammed in with the rest of the jackets. So I know it wasn’t there when I went thru the first time.
I recently started going to the local dump with my husband to take our recycling. There is a “swap shed” where people can leave stuff that they think is too good to throw away. The place is generally a mess, which is how I like it. The second time I opt to accompany my hubby, is because my spidey sense is tingling and telling me to go. I wade thru the junk on the floor and stand on tiptoe to reach a couple of interesting looking plates on a high shelf. On top of the plates is a crumpled up scarf. The lighting is dim, so I briefly glance at the scarf, determine that there are no holes in it and it has an interesting pattern, so I stuff it in my coat pocket.
I spend some time researching the plates which were an okay find, then eventually remember the scarf in my pocket.I pull it out and take a good look and after some in depth research, discover that it’s an authentic Hermes silk twill scarf, a limited edition print….in very good , clean condition…..and worth about $400!! So that swap shed is now my favorite place to “shop”.
Hey all,
I reached out to eBay for Business about this issue and received a prompt reply…..this is it:
<span class=”tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41″>Hi there – the Time Away feature currently allows a maximum timeframe of 30 days (<span role=”gridcell”>https://ebay.to/30hzkkm</span>), though you can schedule more time once that 30 days expires. </span>
<span class=”tojvnm2t a6sixzi8 abs2jz4q a8s20v7p t1p8iaqh k5wvi7nf q3lfd5jv pk4s997a bipmatt0 cebpdrjk qowsmv63 owwhemhu dp1hu0rb dhp61c6y iyyx5f41″>Allowing for longer time options in the future is a great point to consider, and I’ll forward that information to our product design teams though I don’t have any guarantee if/when that type of change would be implemented. ~Mel</span>
At least there’s an option to extend the time you can pause sales. I still don’t understand how this is an improvement over the old vacation mode, which you could set for months at a time if necessary.
When they say ” allowing for longer time options in the future is a great point to consider” is hilarious, considering that’s what they had with the old method.
I’ve set a reminder on my phone calendar to make sure I turn on time away for another 30 days after the first 30 days expires.
Enamel on copper forms. Popular craft in the 70’s. These look like a craft project. But nice and colorful. “Vintage Handcrafted Colorful Enamel on Copper Small Trinket Jewelry Dishes Trays”. Or something to that effect.
Try Lowicz Folk Art….folk art from central Poland. Lots of images online. That’s what it looks like to me.
Oooops, just read the post before mine. Guess I didn’t hear about it because I wasn’t selected to “test” it…and I usually get picked for those new roll outs. But that still doesn’t explain why my listings were automatically put in the system for it.
So the new check box for international shipping is something called eBay “send”?? I have never heard of this…was there an announcement that I missed? And what is it exactly? I am also in contact with the Facebook group called Ebay for Business and asked why my listings were suddenly all checked off for international shipping when some of them were listed with NO international shipping available…and instead I got a tutorial on how to bulk edit my listings so that I can uncheck the mysterious box. But no answers about how it got checked off in the first place, or what happened to the whole section on the listing page for international shipping where you could select no worldwide shipping.
Been doing quite a bit of listing these last few weeks and have been noticing that every time I start a new listing (I’m using sell similar for all new listings and just change the specifics), there is a box checked off which says “Sell internationally with the Global Shipping Program. Just send it to the US shipping center when your item sells.” I’m not enrolled in the GSP, so I’ve been unchecking the box.
Last year, I decided to NOT ship certain items internationally, such as a very large, heavy Madonna shrine that weighed 15 pounds. And pretty much anything that weighed over 4 lbs (the limit for international 1st class) and was fragile and breakable.
Today, I got curious and started looking at some of my items that I know were specifically exluded from international shipping. Now they are all showing the box checked off that qualifies them for Global Shipping. I did a search to see which of my items were showing as eligible for GSP and there were 114 out of 850, but I’m guessing if I did an item by item search, it would be much more than that.
What happened to the options to eliminate international shipping on items??
Is this some transition for the upcoming managed payments system? Has there been any notification from eBay about this??
My first camera I used for eBay was a Sony Mavica that took a 3.5″ floppy disk as film. They only held about 40 photos…and that went in my computer, also an early Mac…listing on AOL dial up. About every third listing, AOL would disconnect me and I would lose whatever listing I was working on…amazing I stuck with it. Everything was auction…not so many rules..ahhh, those were the days!
If you’re looking for a title, I would go with something like this: Mid-Century Conical Smoked Glass Weighted Foot Cocktail Glass. Cocktails in the 50’s and 60’s were served in much smaller glasses than they are today. This one has a nice, streamlined shape.
I believe this is a mold for steamed pudding. In the UK, pudding isn’t like the Jell-o custard type of thing we’re used to here. It can be sweet or savory and are sometimes flavored with suet or beef fat. They are usually dense in texture, more like our fruit cakes and are then steamed in a container like this.
I’ve had multiple issues this week alone with buyers who received an offer, wanted to make a counter offer and couldn’t because there was still a “live” offer out there, either to them or someone else. I’ve started using the “end and relist” method to circumvent waiting for offers to expire. I do make sure that the “allow counteroffers” box is checked, so not sure if those earlier offers had that checked off or not. Hopefully having the allow counteroffers checked will help.
I also notice that the “trending rate” on items I listed weeks ago change frequently…I always use “sell similar” to list new items to save the hassle of filling out everything again. I always notice that the trending rate is often (much) lower or higher than the similar item I had listed earlier. So I guess if you don’t go thru your listings and constantly revise the rate, you get stuck with paying, for example, 10 % PL when the item has dropped to 4 % in the meantime. Who has time for that??
Hi Temudgen,
Yes, the first set you linked to was what I was looking at…I agree with you about using sales from years ago to figure out a good sales price. But this was helpful. I also think that the mounting method and the presence of those Denton labels helps make them more valuable…I didn’t find them particularly interesting….it would be great if they were large, beautiful butterflies! I’m going to put them up at a higher price than I think they might sell for and use the make an offer option…see what happens. Thanks for the good info!
