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So I offered her 10 dollars towards the pan or the option to send it back for a refund. She chose the 10 bucks. Its okay I still made a nice profit on the pan which was 103.00 shipped. I wasn’t willing to take the chance of calling her bluff.
Thanks again everyone!
Thanks Ryanne. Do you call their bluff even on items that are 10 dollars or more to ship? This buyer knows it’s an expense to ship and so I think she knows that she can manipulate a discount out of me. Honestly, it’s a matter of principle for me at this point to not give in because I just can’t stomach this kind of blatant manipulation. I’m prepared to eat the shipping just to make it harder for her.
Thank you Sharyn. I have trouble with those large but long items as well. Just the other day I was struggling to find a box to ship a long skillet in and I realized that this is one of the reasons why I want to just stick to sourcing items that are easier to find boxes for.
Thanks again!
Thank you all for your helpful suggestions. I’m gonna try alcohol since I don’t have any of those magic erasers. If that don’t work then I’ll black it out with marker.
Thank you all so much!
That’s what I was thinking. Last time I went to one prices were at retail value and I ended up making bad purchase desicions and regretted it later.
Sorry for not being clear.
Privately listed estate sales are usually run by the owner.
Those of you who dumpster dive…I admire you. I’m nervous to do this for fear of being seen and or maybe get in trouble. Is there a law against doing this? Is it okay for instance to drive behind malls looking for discarded merchandise? Can you get in trouble for it? And what’s the best time to go? I want to gather info before I attempt this.
I have noticed a direct correlation to the activity I spend on Ebay and how much I sell. And by activity, I mean any activity at all, even just checking messages and making adjustments to listings. My theory is that Ebay will reward you for the time you spend on the site, by making your listings more visible to buyers.
To back up my theory, I went a few months being very slack with my time on Ebay, and during that time it was as if my store went dormant. I got zero sales even though I had about 150 listings. But as soon as I began getting active again, suddenly old dead inventory started moving and I was back in business.
I do believe that Ebay gets involved with their sellers, and their stores. I think they want to reward their sellers for their time. So somehow they manipulate things in favor of those who are putting time in. This is my theory anyway. So now that I want to get serious about selling I have a rule to make sure I spend time on Ebay everyday and this is working for me.
Thanks Jay, great blog post and plan. Will be ramping things up…
Thank you so much!
I was about to call it Mrs. Clause having dinner.
Freds, that’s awesome! I guess some people don’t mind that much, as long as the price is right.
Sonia, that’s a great term, scavenger goggles. That’s what happens! For now on I’m gonna employ a new rule…none of my stuff leaves the store until they all get inspected twice.
Thanks Jay and Nancy!
Interesting tip on the crafting option. I’m gonna check that out.
You guys are so awesome. Thank you Thrifted Sister for your efforts. So far the only thing I found on this thing is that the C stands for Copyright. It was something that was established after the 1950’s so jewelry designers could copyright their stuff and be recognized as artists. This is the stuff you learn selling… too bad this designer didn’t take the time to mark it with their actual name.
