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It really depends on the item. I’ve definintely picked up high dollar vintage items in questionable condition.
My favorite vintage distressed item was a pair of vintage Ken Griffey Nike’s that were in TERRIBLE shape. They sold full price for $120 to a buyer in Japan.
Stains, rips, tears, and even general wear and tear can in some cases add to the appeal (and value) of vintage items.
Every single week I have to send at least one message to a buyer explaining why their item hasn’t shipped yet due to the BUSINESS day handling time. They’re always fine with it once I explain.
Oh man, so sorry to hear about this new headache…
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Ebay gets fast and efficient feedback when they screw up things for sellers.
What about buyers? If ebay has screwed up something on the buyers front end that prevents them from buying, they won’t get feedback. The buyer just goes elsewhere. This is what scares me the most.
I currently have a potential buyer in France that wants to buy my item but they can’t. I have no way to help them.I’ve been able to print fed ex labels on my Zebra printer for a while now, so the technically did fix it.
Quick question: Do any of those computers have windows 7 or windows XP licenses? I don’t mean an enterprise license.
Having the app be so severely limited is likely a reason why folks are leaving ebay and embracing other marketplaces like posh.
This is just one of many things that sellers can’t access in the app.
The last time I did this was at a yard sale where there was a ton of like new mens Ralph Lauren clothes. They were wanting $5-7 an item with some being a bit higher.
I looked through some of it, internally debated with myself, checked my wallet for cash availability…
Then I went up to the lady and said “What kind of deal can you cut if I take all the Ralph Lauren stuff. I tried to get $2 an item but settled on $3 an item. I think it was 43 pieces if I remember correctly.The best part, there was this awesome Denim & Supply Cardigan sweater that had a GIANT American flag on the back. I sold it quickly for $150 which more than paid for the whole lot.
I noticed an $8 sale today and a payment including tax showed up in my paypal. I thought that was really weird and made a mental note to follow up. Now I read this thread and check all three sales today. Sure enough, each transaction shows the tax collected and the paypal fee INCLUDES the tax. Then there is a separate line that subracts the “tax collected by ebay”.
Why is this all the sudden going through paypal at all??? Why was there no communication on this????????
I feel like I need more question marks. I’m SO incredibly PISSED at ebay recently.
We have an e-waste bin at work. I was out in the waste shed one day and looked in there and saw a TON of awesome stuff. I asked our plant manager if I could have anything out of there and he said “take whatever you want”.
The first time I got a few mini form desktops and a laptop. The next time I got a TON of power supplies and HP docking stations. Another time I got another laptop.Usually you’ll have to reformat old computers. I reformat them with a linux build called Zorin OS. It looks and feels just like Microsoft windows…or Apple OS if you prefer. Yes, it can do both. Free and amazing.
I was more looking at the number of sold items. The cash variance is based on the ASP, which is independent of how many items I sell.
The trend of items sold is flat.
Womens Jeans are the most ridiculous things on this earth. Women: Ya’ll need to quit lying to yourselves!
I learned the hard way to list the actual tag size in the title. I got a return on a pair of jeans because I put the actual measurements in the title.
Good example – I just listed a pair of women’s Silver brand jeans. Tag says 27R. The actual waist is 31″. I regularly see variance of 3-5″ in women’s jeans. Ironically enough, most mens jeans are right on the money. More often than not, Men’s jeans are actually smaller than the stated tag in the waist.
Items in Store 1310
Items Sold 17
Total Sales $536.50
COGS $56.50
Total Profit $480.00
Average profit $28.24
Average sales price $31.56
New Listings 66This week I worked hard at listing coats and jackets. I want to get ALL of my coats and jackets listed. They can’t sell if they aren’t listed!
I had another crappy weekend of sales. It is such a bummer to have crickets in sales while listing like a madman.I decided to compare the last 5 weeks of sales to the same period last year to see if things are really off, or if I’m just doing the business I normally do at this time of year.
Last year: 89 sales for $2607 on an average inventory of 1087 items
This year: 93 sales for $3009.50 on an average inventory of 1254 itemsSo things aren’t really as bad as they seem. I would hope I’d have more growth than that based on the increase in available inventory, but it is what it is. ebay really seems to be a diminishing returns game. I really need commit to figuring out a cross posting strategy to gain more eyeballs on my products.
I hope that my increased listing activity starts to pay off this week. Have a great week everyone!
They really do need to lock down free priority supplies to people with USPS accounts and some proof of use of the supplies. They should also go behind the counter at the post office.
Fed Ex won’t give you free supplies unless they see you are actually using them.
You won’t find that on ebay. Inexplicably, they don’t provide more than 90 days of data to sellers. Oh the data is there alright, they just don’t give it to you.
If you sign up for godaddy bookkeeping and link your account, you can get several YEARS worth of ebay data. That’s what most people do.
Anyone care to chime in on their sales volume using this simple export rate vs GSP?
I don’t know the number right off my head, but I’d estimate I have 20-30 GSP sales a year.If I could change to this simple export rate and greatly increase my international sales it would seem to be very much worth the effort.
