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Mike you are exactly right. If we bin something heavy like a pile of dishes we are sure to fill the rest of the bin with something light like baseball caps. We even will deliberately put like items AWAY from other like items since it would be too easy to pick & pack the wrong one. This happened to us when we had two camo hoods listed and put them in the same bin. The wrong one got sent and then we had the whole nightmare of getting it back and sending the correct one. Luckily the buyer was super cool about it.
No idea, looks very specialized. Have you done a reverse image search on google?
We got a box of these advertising posters for $3 at an auction and we’ve been selling them for $5 a piece. So far sold about 10 of them:
I don’t think you should put like items in their own bin. Mix it up so long as you aren’t putting an anvil on top of crystal champagne flutes. Reason being if a bunch of like items sold and you don’t have any more to put into the bin then you’ve got a half empty bin taking up valuable space. We just bin every item as it is photographed, I jot down the bin number on my listing sheet, and the bin number goes into the Note field (along with the item cost).
Since we use clear bins it is easy to see which have space available in them. That way we only start a new bin when more room is actually needed.
Also, we just use sequential numbers for the bins. No need for H1B6, A1C2 and all that.
Another time we had to cancel a Born leather sandal order was because the shoes were moldy. They were fine but the footbed was dirty when we got them. I washed them really well and they were looking practically new again. I was kinda proud of myself. But… I put them away before they were completely dry and they molded. Argh! That was a rookie mistake for sure and it cost us our TRS status for a while. But I do agree with Jay that if this seller has figured out a way around the system then he has probably done this far too often.
I would let it go and not try to get them in trouble. Partly because it has happened to us that a couple things sold on Bonanza (Bonanza never notified us), and also sold on ebay a little while later. I had to cancel the ebay transactions. Also, once we broke a vintage casserole dish while packing it, so had to cancel that one too. Just a bit of bad luck can give you enough defects to lose your TRS status especially if you haven’t been selling long.
We’ve called ebay several times on this hoping to get someone to understand. Now they are saying that I should have never accepted the return, even though they told me to and kept sending emails about it. Instead of accepting the return they are saying that I should have just asked for the photos and then done nothing. I would’ve done that if they’d said so, but then I kept getting those semi-threatening emails. *sigh* The guy is an experienced buyer AND seller so he knew what he was doing.
Here are some things we sold this week:
Bought this for a buck at a yard sale:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WOOLRICH-Realtree-Camo-Camouflage-Hood-Hunting-2-Snap-Front-3-Snap-Back-Drawcord-/112175807764?rd=1Ditto these ski pants:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lands-End-Mens-Royal-Blue-Ski-Snowboard-Pants-M-Medium-Gore-Tex-Drawstring-Waist-/112166493229?rd=1Vintage ornaments, also paid $1 for:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-COBY-Christmas-Ornaments-One-Dozen-2-25-Glass-Balls-Original-Box-/112079873027?rd=1This was also $1:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOREL-Real-Tree-Camo-Black-Leather-Rifle-Shotgun-Gun-Sling-Strap-8910-/112219686661?rd=1This was $5 at the auction, no one wanted it. Luckily it comes apart easily and just screws together so shipping was a breeze:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wooden-Mens-Butler-Stand-Turned-Wood-Coat-Rack-Pants-Hanger-Change-Tray-/112184456749?rd=1Something we just had around the house:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-WARING-40oz-GLASS-BLENDER-JAR-WAGON-WHEEL-DRIVE-LID-Beige-/111949526365?rd=1This was about 50 cents. I would’ve never thought to list something like this except for Ryanne’s teaching, Thanks Ryanne!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Brown-Leather-Checkbook-Cover-Glove-Soft-Nice-Patina-/112219633360?rd=1Got these at a rummage sale for $1:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kitchen-Utensil-Holder-Hanger-Racks-Set-of-2-Gray-Metal-Hanging-Storage-/112062041447?rd=1Another thing I would’ve never thought to sell except for Jay & Ryanne. Paid $1 at a rummage sale:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wormy-Chestnut-Picture-Photo-Frame-Rippled-Edge-12-75-x-11-x-1-Fits-an-8-x-10-/112217255331?rd=1Here’s a crazy sale. Did I post this before, can’t remember. Sold for $50 and paid about 25 cents:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-AQUA-VELVA-REDWOOD-After-Shave-Cologne-in-Original-Box-RARE-NOS-/112062848319?rd=1Sales seem to have picked up in these last couple of days, yay!
I never could figure out how to get an accurate inside shoe measurement. It just seems so easy to get wrong, and another thing to make INAD easier for the buyer. And the outside width seems unhelpful since many shoes have outer soles that are wider than the inside of the shoe, e.g. wingtips. I buy shoes on ebay too and I find that a lot of sellers don’t put up enough photos. I especially am looking for shoes with a wide toe box and if you don’t get a photo looking straight down at the top of the shoes it’s very hard to tell how wide the toe box is. Just my 2 cents.
Beware though that if you end your items and relist as sell similar that you would lose the NOTE data.
Seems a bit small for an ice bucket. I’ve never seen one with a liner. It’s the right shape for a pudding basin but those are nearly always ceramic and with a rim. Sorry I can’t help.
How big is this? Does the lid fit tightly? Is there a silicone/rubber ring around the inside of the lid?
Our system is insanely easy. We have large numbered bins (currently 42 of them) and they are arranged numerically in our metal building on homemade plywood shelving. I put the item cost and bin number in the NOTE part of the listing. The NOTE shows up on the “sold awaiting shipment” screen so we know which bin to open.
I made a spreadsheet for listing items that has columns for all the bits of data that we will need including the cost & bin number. So as we photograph and bin the items we are writing down the bin number. I list directly from that sheet and the SD card from my camera.
The sheets are in a 3-ring binder organized by date, and I will start a new binder for each new year. So even if I forgot to add a NOTE to the listing we can look up the date it was listed on ebay, consult the binder for that date in that year, and see what bin(s) we were filling at that time.
As items are sold and removed we infill with newly listed items so that all bins stay full and we don’t start another bin until we really have to. We just built shelving for 40 more bins!
