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[LongGoneGeek]

Hi Jay and Ryanne

Re: calling Anchor Store number.

Anchor Store service reps will answer questions and give help to non-Anchor store members. I’ve downgraded my store from anchor to premium back in November and have had to call a couple times since then and had no problems getting help.

Also, check out Prime Time Treasure Hunter’s video about contacting Ebay to talk to a real person – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMjHvjY5Z4I

Part of the video is about the talking to Anchor Store reps. (around the 18:30 mark)

Thanks for all your efforts, Ryanne and Jay. Your podcast is a Monday highlight!

 

[LongGoneGeek]

re: The person who bought all the 45rpm records: You could sell them on ebay in bulk lots (100-200-500) for crafts. Search ebay for ’45rpm craft’ or ‘decoration’, etc., or something like that, and then narrow the search to ‘sold items’, then high to low. Lot of 500 sold for $85 with free shipping. Nice thing about shipping records is that even though you sold them as craft items, you can ship them ‘media mail’ which is so much cheaper.

[LongGoneGeek]

Hi everyone,

I know I’m a little late to the free shiping discussion, having just finished listening to episode 289: (Our Free Shipping Expirement).

My own personal views on free shipping align with Jay’s and Ryanne’s – free shipping makes sense when you’re dealing with highly competitive commodities…Ipod cases (to use Jay’s favorite example) or clothing for instance. Most everyone else is offering it so it makes sense to offer it also to compete.

When one sells vintage collectibles, antiques, art or myriad other uncommon or ooak items, however, you’re not competing on price for the most part. You’re competing on collectibility, rareness, condition, etc. The people that you’re targeting tend not to be concerned so much about how much the shipping charge will be…as long as they aren’t thought of as excessive, that is.

It’s not that it doesn’t make sense to offer free shipping in these cases, but that it’s not necessary to compete.

In a related vein, a couple days ago I read a short article about price psychology and how it relates to free shipping…talk about serendipity 🙂

Here’s a link to the article: http://gohighbrow.com/the-secrets-of-shipping-and-other-added-fees/

Thanks for all your posts and podcasts. They really help alot

Hank

[LongGoneGeek]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[LongGoneGeek]

Hi you guys,

Was wondering where one finds the dedicated anchor store cs phone number. I have an anchor store and can’t find it anywhere.

I saw you posted the number, but am still wondering where to find it.

Thanks for your help.

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