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Ha! I just bought a styling cape so I have added to one of those statistics. I am coloring my hair at home and not doing a very neat job of it. Amazon had it on backorder.
Here is the Facebook page of Jordan Sweetnam, a general manager at eBay. He has a post from yesterday that gives a graphic of the managed payments fee structures and lists FAQs. I’d link directly to the post, but I’m not sure how to do that.
I believe that the information they need are things like your bank information where your money will be deposited and your SSN or company EIN depending on how you do your taxes. If you don’t give that information to them, they probably can’t disburse money to you.
My guess, at least. I haven’t registered yet, so I don’t know for sure.
Here’s the key sentence, Jay:
“your account will be activated for managed payments starting late July”and:
“You are required to register for managed payments by July 15, 2020.”Nothing there about having a choice.
Thanks Amatino! I was lucky that I happened to be listing jewelry on commission this month!
Here’s my May challenge should you like to play along. This one’s not about listing, but rather about getting rid of inventory that you just don’t want anymore.
What I like to do is put those items up for a weekly auction at a reduced price (maybe half), and, after the auction ends, I put it back up for another week. I do this for several weeks until it sells or I donate it. In other words, I spent all the time photographing it, so I’m willing to let it go one way or the other, but I want to make room for better inventory.
I wanted to do this in April because my town has a freecycling event where I will take those items once they were given a chance. Now there are no places open for me to donate, so I have grown to about 40 auctions going on every week.
Here’s the plan. Pick 10 items that you really don’t want around. Put them on auction this weekend. Earlier on Saturday is better because you might not be at your computer when they end, so you re-list them a bit later and later as the weeks go by.
At the end of the month, count how many sold. I usually sell zero, one, or two a week. If someone bids, but doesn’t pay, count it anyway.
After that, you can donate, continue with the auctions, or put it back in stock. Up to you!
My interpretation of the email was that they were moving me over to managed payments in July. They wanted me to give them information so that the transition was smooth. But, I didn’t see that I had a choice.
That’s what I think they are saying. I could be wrong.
This is the list I normally use to find restrictions to other countries:
https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immctry.htmHowever, I didn’t see anything about used clothing to Mexico in the restrictions.
ChristineR – Going back a few years, I tried putting together a few What Sold videos. Yours is definitely tons better than what I did. That is why I just do links.
A few years ago, I purchased a large lot of alcohol related signs. Some of them were electrical, and few were non-working or had outdated wiring. Finally, about a year ago, I installed new wiring in three of them. Since I did all this work, I put them up pretty high. This Miller High Life one sold on sale with make offer on top of it, getting it down to $40. I paid maybe $4 for it, and the new wiring was another $5 or so plus the additional work.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183829858777This bedspread was part of an auction lot that no one wanted. I paid about $1 and it sat in the guest room for months until I finally photographed it and a few other linens. It sold overnight for $34.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184261533782Another vintage Zenith radio from my purchase last year sold on offer for $32. I paid less than $3.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184092122157Right before the quarantine started, I bid in an online tool auction. During pickup, the auctioneer (who works many of the live auctions I go to) told me about one of the items, which is a copper lightning rod. I paid $2 and it sold for $35. Unfortunately, it seems to be stuck in USPS hell because tracking has not been updated since April 23 when I shipped it out. I will be opening a missing item case if nothing happens by Saturday afternoon, and I might be out the money if they never find it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184209847769I listed 6 more gold items for a total of 16.
I’m supposed to do a May challenge today, but I think I should give folks a chance to get their April challenge totals in. I’ll post later tonight.
@Kentucky Picker
I guess I meant that you can chose to partially refund if you feel the customer was abusing the INAD process, and eBay will back you up. If you don’t offer free returns, then you have to refund the full amount. I’m in the latter category, although, I should rethink it.
I will say, though, that eBay did remove some defects for me several months ago. I had lost Top Rated seller because I couldn’t find a two things that sold (my stupid mistakes, they were there) and then I had a grumpy buyer with an INAD return, but I did all the right things.
My impression was that they were being more lenient these days. Of course, this was well before COVID (might have been at the end of last year or beginning of this one), and I was speaking directly to a customer rep.
What, I didn’t win the week? Oh, that Libby, beat me by a few.
Yes, I have the May challenge. I’m glad Amatino had the April, because I still have a few gold things to list in the next day or two.
ah, two cafes? Is there a second cafe you aren’t telling us about, or will you be roasting for your friends over in Harrisonburg?
Yes, that COD thing sucks. Is there nothing in the tracking that says it’s COD? Why would it say that the package was delivered when it wasn’t?
Yes, I wouldn’t fight the INADs. The only way you can is if you offer free returns. I don’t, so I’m in the same situation.
The COD package is strange, though. That seems weird. Did the buyer open a case before they sent it? If they had opened a case, and you refused the return, perhaps they used COD to force the issue. If you opened the case, why would they have refunded the buyer?
If the cost of the jeans are less than the $28, then it was a good idea to refuse the package. I wonder what happens now. Will the PO return the package to the buyer? I would think not.
Maybe you can get additional information on how to handle such a situation from the Facebook group “eBay for Business”?
