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In the bulk shipping page, you can change the weight, switch between parcel/priority, and so on just as you can do with each one individually.
I have noticed the changes to the packing slip in the past few weeks. Normally, when I have more than one item to ship, I’ll use the pick list, and then cut that up for small packing slips. More recently, since sales have slowed down, I will have only one package to ship, so I use the packing slip instead.
I do like the customization that they have added, but I don’t see anyway of adding your own messages. Is there a way to do that?
I really don’t care to make mine particularly fancy, but I can see how some sellers would like to see their store graphics added in addition to the ebay logo.
These look like honey dippers that you would use with a honey pot.
Our insurance is a bit more expensive, but we took a $350k policy each. And, you are right, I never want to see that money (and I hope my husband doesn’t want it either 🙂 )
Your story is a bit confusing. You say first “He gets it, wants to return it, and does.”, but then say “he says that he will not return if”.
If he opened a return, but didn’t send it back, then you have no reason to contact him at this point. If he didn’t open a return, then consider one of IndySales statements. Jay & Ryanne had a whole podcast discussing this strategy.
If he leaves negative feedback, you can use the feedback extortion to get it removed.
Something got screwed up when I did this the first time, so I am submitting it again:
When our children were toddlers, we realized that we needed to have life insurance that was not connected to our jobs. About six years ago, I lost mine (which is why I do eBay), so, if something happens to me, my husband will have additional money so that he doesn’t have to make any irrational financial decisions about the kids or the house.
By the time our insurance policy ends (10-15 years out at this point), the kids should be (better be) out of the house, and we will have downsized. We won’t have any dependents, will be retired or close to it, and will have our savings/pension/social security to fall on. We won’t need insurance at that point.
I hope you bought term life insurance. Any of the insurance that includes savings is bull crap, unless you are someone who can’t save money otherwise (and I know you two don’t fall in that category).
I just wanted to point out that this is the third week you listed “Highest Price Sold: $220 (lot of coffee repair parts)”, not that I’m counting 🙂
Yes, the summer slump is in high gear for me:
Week of July 19 – 25
Total Items in Store: 1256 eBay, 36 Etsy
Items Sold: 12 eBay
Cost of Items Sold: $8.95 + $10 Commission
Total Sales: $168 eBay
Highest Price Sold: $39 signed hand-thrown pottery platter (known artist)
Average price: $14.00
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $37
Number of items listed this week: 20WWaaiittttt …..
Are you already awarding the Monday Madness points? I thought I had all day to post?!!?
After I told you on Sunday that I had too busy on Monday to list anything, I went and did a bunch of photography the one hour before I needed to get ready for bed. Then, in between appointments and meals on Monday, I managed to list 9 items! And four of those were Christmas to add to the July challenge!
I managed 20 listings this week including two Chanukah bringing my total to five. I bought a few Christmas items in online auctions, so I’ll have a few more to get through this week.
@Amatino – Sounds like a fun challenge, but I have like three appointments I have to go to tomorrow! Nothing for the rest of the week, just Monday. I’ll try, but I’ll be happy just to get some photography done.I did several searches using “pre-columbian” as a key word. I think both look that way, but most of what I am finding also look Mayan, which mine do not. I did find a “pre-columbian bird whistle”, but it wasn’t as primitive as the one I have or the one you found, so thanks for that.
I am sure that all these “pre-columbian” statues are not actual antiquities. If they were, they would be worth thousands. To CMA, I would probably call it “pre-columbian style” and put in the description that I assume they are modern renditions.
The human (I assume female) statue is definitely stone. The bird might be pottery or stone. It’s hard for me to say. It is not an actual whistle because the hole does not go all the way through.
The imgur links appear imbedded only when I post one at a time. Here are links with three photos each:
This is hilarious, but straight on. I just listed two pieces of art that have concrete as the background from behind dentist office where my son had his braces removed on Tuesday. And, I hear you on listing, sending offers, uploading photos, etc. while using the bathroom.
In 2018, I purchased a large, heavy kitchen appliance used to grind Indian food for $1. The problem was that it had a plug for India as well. I couldn’t figure out how I was going to sell it. I couldn’t test it without buying two adapters, one for the voltage difference and the other for the plug difference. Finally, I listed the accessories two weeks ago. About a week after listing, someone asked if I could do a local pickup. My part time job is close to where he lived, so I met him on my way in to the office (which I do once a week). In the end, all he wanted was the paddle off the roller assembly. He was OK with the price of $25, so I’ve relisted the rest of the assembly at the same price. Only took me over two years to list the damn thing to make 25x in a relatively short period of time!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184354000420
This Florida Mason book is now back in Florida. It sold on best offer for $20. I paid about $1.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184233456444
These little Snoopy soaps were probably cheap five & dime things that hardly cost anything back in the day, but they are pretty unique today. One of my parents’ downsizing friends was a collector of Snoopy stuff. I got these for free and sold them for best offer of $25.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183900245375
My husband and I went to an auction in the fall that was mostly automobile stuff. No one wanted two milk cartons of mostly magazines and other paper stuff. My husband thought I was crazy to buy it even at $1 and didn’t think anything would sell. I’ve already made profit on it, but this was the first lot of magazines; 22 late 90s American Rodder mags for $25.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184010431390
This vintage mug from Chatham College in Pittsburgh sold in just a few days for $20. I’m not used to mugs selling so quick! I paid about $1 in a recent online auction.
I deduct a percentage for electricity, gas, and water/sewer. I keep my items in a controlled environment, use water to clean things, etc. I use my internet connection to access eBay, so I do a percentage of that as well.
I have an LLC that I pay for every year. If you belong to a professional organization that involves business in any way, you can probably come up with a reason to deduct it.
Are you talking about the make offer function? You press on “Send Offers Eligible” and up comes a list of the items where you can make an offer. If you don’t want to make an offer on an item, it stays in that list until some point – not sure what that is – where eBay feels it has been on the list for too long.
I agree; I would like to get that item off the list. What I have been doing is giving the lowest possible offer of 5% off and unchecking the “allow counteroffers” box. I do that just to get them off the list.
There have been a few inexpensive items where I really didn’t want to give an offer, so I just ignored them. I didn’t like seeing them there, but I didn’t have any other way of removing them.
