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Here are a few recent sales. Got these chairs at the auction for $18, sold for $150. The buyer is driving 9 hours to pick them up:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112194407732Got these Merrells for $1 at a church rummage sale, sold for 25:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112533709010The Jansport backpack was only a dollar, sold for 36:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112159657353This brass counterweight came off of our kitchen faucet when we replaced it, sold for 15:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112429538084Picked up this random book at a rummage sale for .50, sold for $50:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112095139793Got this alpaca scarf at a thrift for 50 cents, sold for $25:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112327646790Some random parts from my old Prius, which is long gone:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112529663352Calphalon pot lid, bought for 50 cents, sold for $15:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112529663352We sold a vintage astronomy book on the day of the eclipse. No surprise there. Here in TN we had about 98% of totality.
Probably Japanese, see this helpful info:
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Chinese,-Japanese,-and-Korean-Writing-Apart@Inglewood, I’ve never seen shipping promotions. Where do you see those?
Jay – you’re right. There’s an exact match of this listed on ebay for $50. We found it in the art section of Goodwill.
Never saw that movie, but it sounds like I should. Maybe there should be a forum for Philosophy on here 😀 The Philosophy of Scavenging. My philosophy regarding ebay is that you have to be prepared to fight for what is right. Not that you’ll always get it, but you cannot shrink from the skirmish.
Just got off the phone with ebay *again* and I think we might have a resolution in my favor. I asked the guy why the case was closed in the buyer’s favor and he said it was because they classed me as a business based on how many items I’ve sold (502, not many). That seems odd, but then he said he’d reverse the decision when he saw that we’d filed a complaint at http://www.ic3.gov
It probably helped that he’s seen all of the messages I’ve sent to the buyer listing all of the (many) places we’ve reported him and filed complaints on him. It must have been obvious that I meant business. So we’ll see if the money actually appears in paypal.
Thanks to everyone for the moral support!
@Jay, ok sorry. We called his local police but they said since the theft occurred here (technically) then we had to report it here. Tried that but our police said to just file a complaint on http://www.ic3.gov (internet crimes).
@Gompers – looked at his place on google earth and it’s just a house. Googling his name provides his profession, but no business name. Thanks for the ideas.This sounds like great fun, and the travel is a write-off on your taxes.
Here’s an update. Ebay sided with the buyer, of course. I called paypal and they don’t offer any kind of seller protection that I can see. Filed a mail fraud case with US Postal Inspection and they sent me a claim number. Filed a “loss” claim with shipsaver but I don’t think they will come through with anything since they are only insuring the item during shipment/delivery. We are calling the local police in Little Compton, RI and seeing if we can at least file a report on this guy.
