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The brand didn’t really matter much. As soon as I saw this item from 20 feet away I knew it was like hitting the lottery. It is some awesome vintage 90’s fashion style.
I did a quick trip to the local Gucci Goodwill during lunch. Told myself I was only looking for higher dollar items. I’ve mentioned this before, but “quick trips” to a goodwill are always when I find my best item. So right off the bat I see this item hanging as a set right at the front of the store. They didn’t even specialty price it!! Got it for $6 for the set. They totally miss this item and then put a $20 tag on a generic Talbot’s sweater. This is the perfect example of why I stress that we should get smarter at thrift stores instead of feeling helpless when prices rise.
I’m listing for at least $150, but I was thinking about going for broke and maybe doing $200-250 with best offer. Can’t get more if you don’t ask for more!
I feel the same way about paypal. Once paypal account starts to get up to a certain point I’ll make a withdrawal to my bank. Between $2-3k is my tipping point on paypal balance. I try to make $1k my minimum paypal balance.
I just don’t feel like paypal would have my back if a hacker came along and wiped me out.
I’ve seen multiple people on here describe the same exact scenario over the last year and a half. This system is BS. Ebay should close the NAD claim and create a standard return. THEY should be doing all this work, not you. Ryanne spoke in the podcast about the new returns system ebay is testing in which this will hopefully be resolved.
As with any customer service situation, if what the rep is telling does not add up then ask for a supervisor.
The one thing we can take solace in is that problem buyers are fairly rare in the grand scheme of things.
Interesting note: Last night this buyer had some crow for dinner, and messaged me an apology. I unblocked him and let him buy the item for the agreed price. Turns out he really needed my item as he is buying up all of these jackets he can to give as gifts to his employees. It is a vintage Firestone Firehawk bomber jacket.
Yesterday was a dream ebay day! I sold 12 items for $460! Oh how I wish every day was like that…
With any iphone, you just have to have very good lighting and it will take excellent pictures. Any camera will struggle with poor lighting. Better cameras are capable of having higher ISO levels to compensate for poor lighting, but higher ISO is always a tradeoff. High ISO always equals grainy pictures.
I have heard the new iphone 7 is supposed to be much better at lower light level photography.
As an aside, I recommend anyone who takes photos as part of their living (ebay sellers) should learn the basics of photography. Once you can take a DSLR camera into full manual mode and rely on the light meter to take properly exposed and focused photos, you will have the general knowledge to know when your light is good enough.
I always chuckle a bit when I get an “I love your item!!!” lowball offer. If that were actually true, why would said person be lowballing? Shouldn’t you be hitting the BIN button? I’m not annoyed per se, but it definitely puts me into robot seller mode.
Food for thought, consider messaging the buyer again. Start off by saying you are sorry that they appear to be upset that the options you offered were not acceptable. Then ask if there was something else you did, or if the feedback they left was just because you did not give them more money back.
If you can goad them into responding any form of yes to that question, you should easily be able to get the feedback removed.
After that, it is at your discretion if you want to gloat to the buyer that they gave you what you needed to remove the feedback. Lol!
I’ll start with the first one.
A couple days ago I was going back and forth with a buyer on a vintage jacket. We went back and forth a few times and the buyer countered with an offer which I was getting ready to accept, but a new message alert popped up before I could hit the button. The following was their message:Hi
I will but your used jacket with holes in it and know the shipping will be far less than your shipping price in a flat rate package.
Please consider my final offer after this email.
ThanksWell I couldn’t help myself and responded in as robotic business tone as I could muster:
Hello,
This jacket does not fit in a flat rate. I was going to accept your offer until I read your message. There is no reason to be rude. Have a great day.And then I promptly declined his offer. Why do buyers do this? I was so thankful he did, as he identified himself as a problem buyer that I want nothing to do with. Doesn’t change the fact that original insulting message really ticked me off.
It is most definitely 5 business days. If you go into your returns center and click on the details for the return, there will be a line at the top stating something like “We have asked the buyer to mail the item no later than (insert date here).” That date is 5 business days after you accepted the return.
I currently have a pending return on a $200 item. Buyer said it didn’t work, and I didn’t test the function that they say isn’t working because I didn’t have an accessory required to test it. I believe them and want them to get their money back, but they didn’t respond to my message and they haven’t mailed it.
Today is their last day and I’m conflicted if I should reach out yet again or just let it expire and close the case tomorrow. I just know their ability to communicate will magically be repaired within minutes of the case being closed.What would you guys do in this case? I think I’m going to send them a reminder so my conscience will be cleared.
EDIT: Message sent and I feel a lot better. I would have felt like such a scumbag if I closed the case without messaging one last time. My greed to hold onto that $200 almost got the best of me!
Don’t get discouraged at thrift stores and their pricing. Use it to motivate you to BEAT them! When the goodwill near my house started jacking up prices, I started sourcing other types of items. When those items start going up, I find something else to source. Rinse & repeat. Eventually they’ll have turnover in the back where they price and they’ll start missing things.
Bottom line, I walk into the “Gucci” Goodwill and while others whine and complain about prices I walk out with a cart full of great inventory. I could have gotten discouraged and quit, but I just worked to improve my own skills.
