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oops, I meant GA for Georgia
FedEx is definitely better in price for larger items, although, I’ve never seen that big of a difference. You might want to call FedEx to make sure that the item will be properly insured and that you didn’t make a mistake in the calculation. I’ve found the FedEx customer reps to be very helpful.
I sort of have a similar issue right now. Ebay has a glitch which is preventing me from printing out a FebEx label because of an address issue. The rep I talked to today suggested that I send it parcel if the glitch isn’t worked out soon. The cost will go from $25.50 to $31.50. Part of that is $1.85 in insurance because Parcel only insures to $50, while FedEx is $100. My package is 15 pounds and just a bit larger than yours. It is going from NJ to GE.
12/07/2017 at 10:38 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Playing cards, Diecast banks, Log basket, Cosco stool, Photo album, Crib mobile, TV lamp #28375Jay & Ryanne – I follow your solds, and I’m so excited that you sold the Lynn Haney piece! From FlipperTools, looks like it paid for the auction purchases as you had hoped!
12/07/2017 at 3:36 pm in reply to: Postage price hikes? How do you update shipping rates on listings #28354Jay and Ryanne have mentioned in the past that they have calculated shipping just for this reason. In the beginning, I started with free shipping on some items going first class. I’ve moved most items to calculated shipping this year. The only items I do free shipping on is some newer books. The reason is because of the competition. I will be getting rid of most of those books in the first quarter next year.
If you are selling unique items that don’t have much competition, then free vs. calculated shipping doesn’t make much of a different in getting the sale. If you have a commodity item, and the customer might be searching using the free shipping filter, then there is a reason to include shipping in your price. Most of us here don’t deal with commodity items, so calculated shipping makes sense.
BTW, I took a look at the shipping increases, and they are very small. Most are a $0.05 increase. So, if you want to change over to calculated, you can do that little by little. Your flat rate prices should be close enough.
12/07/2017 at 2:04 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Playing cards, Diecast banks, Log basket, Cosco stool, Photo album, Crib mobile, TV lamp #28340I bid up higher than I usually spend because the box lot had a few pieces of Jadeite, and I knew about those. I was taking a risk on the “blue stuff”. I really had no idea!
Maybe the prices are high because it’s rarer, or maybe it’s just starting to gather attention now that Jadeite has been very collectable for several years. I really don’t know, but I’ve got more of the Delphite listed, many with watchers!
12/07/2017 at 8:35 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Playing cards, Diecast banks, Log basket, Cosco stool, Photo album, Crib mobile, TV lamp #28309Welcome Midge! What a pretty kitty!
Steve – I recently bought & listed a sewing box just like the one you just sold; however, it isn’t quite as nice or in as good of condition. It doesn’t have the yarn hole or the detailing on the top. I priced mine lower, and it will sell eventually.
This is a 1967 Boy Scout Handbook. Normally these go for about $10, but I noticed that this one was signed by Joseph Brunton, the chief scout executive at the time. I don’t know if he was all that important, but he did have a Wikipedia entry. Bought for less than $2, sold for $19:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182910668165I bought a box lot full of vintage Fire King at an auction recently. I paid more than I normally would, but I knew these would sell. I am familiar with the green dinnerware called Jadeite, but I found that the blue stuff, called Delphite, is also desirable and seems a bit more rare. I paid about $2 for this set of 5 dinner plates; sold for $49.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182894117183Whenever I list my son’s old Cub Scout stuff, it sells very quickly. This listing consisted of items from his first grade or Tiger year. Sold for $26.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182918361456From reading all the retail arbitrage folks here on the forum, I know that Anthropologie is a big seller. I paid a bit higher than what I would normally pay for three dog plates at Goodwill recently for $6.40 each. The first to sell was this Whippet plate that I reduced a bit to $19 because of a rough area in the glaze I found after bringing it home.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182899125086Like Steve, I’ve sold a few older items recently. This is a vintage fire starter. It sold once to someone with a bad address, so I had to cancel and relist. Paid about $2, sold for $24.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182579724948I thought about getting cards with my logo, username, ebay store address, and a comment like “Thanks for your business”. Or something like that. In the end, I decided it wouldn’t help much, sort of in line of what Jay is saying. Maybe it would help in getting more buyers to leave feedback.
I don’t see an exact match, but, yes, it could be. I decided to put “Sevres?” in the title, and an explanation:
“The hallmark on this oyster plate is similar to other Sevres marks; however, I was not able to find an exact match. It might be a maker trying to imitate Sevres. Either way, the piece is very nice and of good quality.”
I had to do something like this recently. If you used ebay to print the label, then you can use the email from when you created the label. Print out the tracking information as well, which you can get from the FedEx website. The ebay sale will be your retail receipt. Basically print out anything that is relevant.
I will not ship fragile items with Smartpost due to the insurance issue you mentioned. I do offer it on some items, but I put it as the last option. I figure if someone is searching for the cheapest shipping possible, then they will find it. Otherwise, I stick with the USPS or FedEx Ground. Note that FedEx Ground can be cheaper than Smartpost when the package gets real heavy and/or big.
I’ve never had the problem you had with the item taking a vacation cross country, or at least not that I’ve noticed. But, I don’t ship with it as often.
It is settled then! Thanks for everyone’s help.
Makes sense. Another thing that confused me was the gray hair. I know that she died relatively young.
When my husband and I were still dating, he spent a year and a half in France as part of his job’s exchange program (he works for a French owned company). One of the times I visited, we went to the peasant village she had built for herself to get away from Versailles and pretend to be a commoner.
Thanks! Looking at the Google images of Marie Antoinette and comparing to the plate, I don’t see the resemblance. But, it is a painting and someone interpretation of what she looked like, so I’ll go with it!
That listing is definitely the same plate, but I’ll be selling the three together.
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Thanks, but I had looked at images of other oyster plates and haven’t found anything that looks like the one I have. I also had found your second link. That is the one with Revol porcelain. The words on the back are similar, but the hallmark is different.
Thanks for looking, though!
I only count new listings as well. I look at the number I have currently in my store, I subtract the number in my store from the previous week, I then add back in the number of sold items from the week, and then make adjustments if I ended or relisted something.
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