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You would think something new and sealed like this would still work. Possibly something he did wrong prevented it from working. Or, he was just fishing for a refund.
I’m glad eBay stood behind you in this case. It seemed pretty cut and dry to me.
Another way to title something like this is to use the word “untested”. The buyer can see from the photos that the item is new in package, and you can put that in the condition description.
I recall that I once sold a new in package prepaid cell phone. I can’t remember how I listed it. I guess I would have taken the return if it didn’t work.
I hope so, too. If he is complaining about not being able to return a no-return item, then that should help as well.
If he threatened a bad review, that to me is feedback extortion.
But, if this is an $18 item, I wouldn’t fight it too hard.
eBay policy does not allow feedback extortion. If he sent you a message threatening a bad review, you should be able to get any negative removed because of that comment. I don’t recommend mentioning that to him, but don’t let him intimidate you.
I’m not sure what you should say. Maybe come up with an alternative solution. Maybe a partial refund, or a refund of the purchase price (but not shipping) if he returns the item. I don’t know, how much money are we talking about?
Thanks for the video, Steve! I still haven’t tested and listed the typewriter I have.
I don’t know that I should show this sale because the buyer has already started a return, but the situation is kind of interesting. This is a brass stool that has dents, scratches, and other defects that are fully described. The buyer wants to return it because the legs are welded on and don’t screwed off. I don’t mention anything about how the legs are attached in the listing, but the buyer says that they are “supposed to screw off”. She wanted to repair the stool by pushing out the dents. According to the Facebook group “eBay for Business”, I will have to fully reimburse her if she returns the item. I’m pissed. Sold for $25 with a counteroffer. I only paid about $1.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183949395199I thought I would get good money for this vintage printer tray, so I paid about $24 for two of them. One sold a while ago. This one is larger and more expensive to ship. I finally took a counter offer of $32.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183761361740This is a Judaica tile plaque for showing the direction of prayer inside a home. It should be installed on the wall facing the direction of Jerusalem. It sold for $73 to someone in Jerusalem, Israel. I wonder what wall they are supposed to put it on?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/184069185835These wood salt & pepper shakers were a surprise to me that they were worth decent money, but I have had them for about a year. Someone messaged me that they would pay $30, so I extended the offer. I paid less than $1.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183486425342I found this set of cards for a Japanese anime series in a case with other pins, patches, and so forth. I used a function on Google Translate where you can draw the letters with your finger and the program tries to match it with a letter in the selected alphabet. I was finally able to translate one of the anime character names, and that helped me figure out which series it was from. I paid pennies, sold for $39.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183628179916Yes, this happens when the mail carrier doesn’t scan the item at delivery. The best thing to do is not do anything. If the buyer doesn’t say anything, then the item was delivered, and you have done your part.
If the buyer ever gets back to you with a non-delivery issue, then you will need to go to the USPS website, go to their help page, and find a way to contact them (email, phone call, etc). They will submit a missing package claim. If they can’t find the package, then you will have to submit an insurance claim and refund the buyer.
When I had only a few hundred items in my store, I would check tracking and follow each package. Nowadays, I have to remind myself to scroll down every once in a while and see the “delivered” status for each item. I understand the desire to check when you only have a few sales every week, but don’t do anything unless someone notifies you.
If a bad buyer received the package and then found out about the missing scan through your message, they might file a nondelivery case just because they might be able to get away with it. It’s never happened to me, but you never know.
Ten hours for an eBay course seems rather long. I’ve heard that someone had an eBay course at my local library, but it was maybe two hours.
You can also look at Meetup.com. You would need to find a place to host your meetings. You can use a meetup for a course or for an exchange of ideas. One meetup I looked at was held at a restaurant, and the organizer brought in different speakers each month.
I am speaking from just stuff I’ve looked at in the past. I’ve never run a course or started a meetup.
Yes, you can ship in the flat rate box to Kentucky. No problem. GSP will then figure out what type of box to ship it in for the rest of the journey.
I have been using GoDaddy bookkeeping per recommendations of Jay and Ryanne on the forum here. It pulls in the financials for eBay, PayPal, and many other sites. I put in my COGS, mileage, and other expenses. Overall, it’s pretty simple.
I understand that Quickbooks is a very versatile program, but is more complicated to learn. Quicken is another program that is a bit more simpler (from what I understand), but more complicated than GoDaddy. All the programs have online accounts. Quickbooks and Quicken have versions if you want them to be only resident on your computer. GoDaddy is based purely online.
Here is the one I bought it. I’ve used it many times for maker’s marks & jewelry.
I can’t imagine getting and shipping that many items in one day; however, I do know that Vintage Lacy sells lots of fabric and needlepoint patterns, not the ceramics and vintage electronics that I have to wrap so carefully.
I was fighting a cold all of last week. You know, one of those colds that make you miserable, but not bedridden. So, you try to do all the normal things that you do, but you do them slowly while your head feels like a ten ton weight. I’m feeling better now, but I listed only 12 items.
I hope this week is better, but my daughter will be home from college and I have many other distractions. We’ll see.
Good luck everyone on the last week before the holidays!
Happy Birthday, Vintage Treasures!
Week of Dec 8 – 14
* Total Items in Store: 1527 eBay, 35 Etsy
* Items Sold: 19 eBay
* Cost of Items Sold: $36.65 + $31 Commission
* Total Sales: $457.59 eBay
* Highest Price Sold: $73 Judaica wall tile plaque Sante Fe art
* Average Price Sold: $24.08
* Returns: 1 + 1 cancel
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
* Number of items listed this week: 12I have a weird return / customer issue in process. I sold a brass stool or plant stand made in Iran (probably 50 years ago). It was obviously dented and scratched, which was fully disclosed. The buyer felt she should be able to screw off the legs and repair the dents, but they are welded on. She opened a false INAD because the “legs are supposed to be screwed on”. Nothing of that sort was in my description. I lost TRS a few weeks ago because of two stupid inventory mistakes I made in October, and I’m concerned that those will affect my ability to not have to refund her shipping. I’m going to message the eBay for Business Facebook page ahead of time to see what my options will be.
In my mind, there are two ways of taking deductions for your home. One is a home office and the other is storage.
The home office deduction is more complicated and requires that the area be used for business purposes only. You can deduction a portion of your mortgage this way in addition to utilities and other bills. There might be implications for when you sell your home. Because I use my office space for both business and personal use, I cannot deduct mortgage.
The storage is maintaining your inventory in a climate controlled area. You can deduct a portion of your utilities based on the size of the area used for storage. You cannot deduct mortgage.
There have been previous discussions on tax deductions on this forum. You can use the Search tool on the righthand side. Jay also interviewed Mark Tew “Not Your Dad’s CPA” in the past to talk about taxes specifically for resellers.
I don’t have a scanner, so I type in the UPC or ISBN into the desktop version, not the app. The picture will disappear if you select anything other than “new”, although I’m not 100% about “like new”. I will often click on the picture, save it to my computer, and then re-paste it after I make the changes.
The process is certainly easier than listing the other things I sell.
The first time I went to Englishtown was in college. Someone I was dating at the time took me there. This was in the 1986 timeframe. The flea market part was pretty big and crowded.
In the 90s, I volunteered for an animal rescue group. The Rt. 18 Flea Market closed down, so they moved to one of the Englishtown buildings. I believe their center is still there. At that time, the flea market part had shrunk somewhat, and the new vendor stuff expanded. In the morning, I would immediately go to the adoption center, so I never saw too much in the morning. Having kids really shrunk my free time, so I stopped volunteering.
By the way, I have two identical challenge coins from when I worked on an army program. I think about 2008-ish. Not sure whether they are worth much, but I’ll sell them when I find them.
