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11/26/2017 at 9:15 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pan Am bags, hats, refrigerator dishes, lamp, egg scale, Polaroid, Angel chimes #27057
steve, So sorry about your loss, my thoughts are with you.
There’s no question people are buying…but we’re not selling ebay Daily Deals, some of which are flying off the shelves. I strongly agree with Jay—-this time of year, a lot depends on what you sell. Last year, we had stocked up (retail arbitrage) on Aerogardens….which sat for months until closer to Christmas, and then became a great steady seller…I’m sure many people were buying them as gifts. This year, we don’t have any RA type stuff, and our sales are more hit or miss. We’re just going to keep on listing, and if I luck into a good retail arbitrage item somewhere, great. If not, we just keep listing LOL I’m also trying running some sales, and dipping my toe into Social Media waters. But for the most part, it’s just the rinse and repeat of trash elf life…..
Learn something new everyday…..that’s one thing I love about doing this!
Two things I noticed in the GD FAQs that I think have changed:
For Shipping Time GD, the rules originally required that the seller print with ebay labels. the FAQ now says: “Note: eBay is temporarily waiving the eBay labels requirement for the handling time option of Guaranteed Delivery.”Also, GD requires Immediate payment on listings. The FAQs now state: “eBay will automatically set immediate payment on listings under $100 that otherwise meet all Guaranteed Delivery requirements, so you don’t have to.”
11/09/2017 at 7:08 pm in reply to: Being Locked Into Cross Promotions When Creating a Sale w/ No Choice for Opt Out #25349And again, I’m still not seeing the problem. You say: “. Using Cross Promotional gives eBay much more control over the elements involved in having a sale and takes away choices” Which elements? To me, there are three main elements to a Sales Event/MM: duration, which items to put on sale, and amount of discount. Whether the sale itself is cross promoted or not, I still make those choices, not ebay.
That’s Holy Trinity Church, where he was baptized and is buried. I read the artist’s name as Charles J. Dadson. Personally, I like the frame. Is it an oil painting? What are the framed dimensions?
Gompers, I agree. I wish I could find a steady supply of that sort of stuff. As to the rich buying here because they don’t want to be seen in a thrift store? Probably true for some, but I suspect time is also a big factor….they don’t have time to run around to thrift stores and dig through racks trying to find the hidden gems. That’s also why some online sellers focus on “curating” stuff they sell to the upper tier at crazy high prices…
One thing J and R taught me: Remember you are not your buyer. I have to remind myself when I buy (just because I don’t like something, doesn’t mean there’s no buyer for it) and when I price (just because I wouldn’t pay more than five bucks for something, doesn’t mean there isn’t someone who’d happily pay fifty)
I do think a good many ebay buyers are quite well off, and, yes, we are (for many things) the equivalent of an online thrift store. I also think there are a lot of “aspirational” buyers on eBay…rising business execs, for example, who save money by buying their wardrobe (and other stuff) here as they climb up the ladder. And of course, set designers, costumers and interior decorators love ebay, too.
I suspect the bidders are just having fun and have no intention of paying. The video went viral and people are screwing around. Not sure the videomaker will worry too much about it….he was probably hoping to get new business for his own video business rather than sell the car. I don’t know what it costs to make a video like that, but I’d guess a fair bit.
But I’ve often thought ebay sellers don’t make enough use of video. I’ve used it for things like singing Santas, to show they work, but it would be fun to do more elaborate stuff.
10/26/2017 at 8:45 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 331: List and Forget, The Buy And Hold Strategy Of Ebay #24469Working for me now—about 8:45 AM ET.
10/24/2017 at 11:56 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 331: List and Forget, The Buy And Hold Strategy Of Ebay #24375I think someone up above mentioned Tim Chapman—he’s giving his Top Ten Tips for ebay Selling on eBay Radio today, for anyone who might be interested (If you miss the show, you can always listen to it in the Archives.)
10/23/2017 at 10:57 pm in reply to: Being Locked Into Cross Promotions When Creating a Sale w/ No Choice for Opt Out #24358I guess I’m pretty obtuse, I’m not really seeing a problem here.
10/23/2017 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Being Locked Into Cross Promotions When Creating a Sale w/ No Choice for Opt Out #24349Wanna give us a hint? About the problem?
That is also what I had been told on the Boards by an ebay rep.
Ryanne—LOL! My thoughts exactly. The headline overstates the author’s case by a huge magnitude. No doubt it’s true that ebay is no longer the hot new thing everyone’s talking about, but it remains a huge site with an active buyer and seller base. They added another 2 million buyers this quarter. That ain’t peanuts.
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