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I thought about it, and then just decided to drop it off at a donation center earlier today. Maybe if I had your encouragement first? I just wanted it out of the way. Maybe next time.
If you check out the main discussion for the latest podcast, there is a discussion about using Shippo and FitShipper for labels. I don’t think that the prices are any better for first class shipping, but it is for Priority shipping.
Scavenger Life Episode 344: Decluttering and Auction Cravings
I totally agree! Pacific Bold Dark Roast coffee K-cups, 120 pods at a time. We tried Peets once, but you can’t quite get the higher quality in a K-cup. Kirkland is just as good!!
Amatino – Like you, I don’t want to add to my death piles, so I need to list anything I buy within a reasonable time.
The stuff I bought last week is a lot of about 280 new women’s pants in two colors and a number of sizes. I started creating a listing, and then found that I need to go through Selling Manager Pro to do variations. Right now, I feel like tackling my DPs rather than figuring it out. I will get to it in the next week or so.
My death piles are all stuff left over from last year. I didn’t do too many auctions in December, so what I have left are things I had put off, hadn’t had time to tackle, have to test, or have to get over a mind block issue.
Today, I went through a pile of computer equipment that had been given to me and was taking up some significant space. Much of it was cheap Dell stuff from early 2000’s. I’ve decided to donate the majority of it, and I’ll be making a trip to the Goodwill tomorrow. Unfortunately, that doesn’t count towards the challenge, but I’ve gained some maneuvering space!
I can testify to the issue with the shipping calculator. I wanted to ship a 17x17x7″ box at 3 pounds from NJ to CA. The shipping calculator said $10.33 for Smartpost, but the label was over $30. I ended up sending it USPS Parcel.
My issue is a bit different since I was using the shipping calculator. I agreed to a combined shipping & item cost based on what I found. But, when I went to actually create a label, I got a different number.
Rhianna, who originally started this post, had an issue with the FedEx (probably ground) cost being more than what the buyer paid for shipping. I think that this has happened to me in the past. Since I pass on my FedEx discounts to the buyer, any change will cause me to cover the overage because I have no buffer. I’ve thought about not passing on the discount, but I wanted one method of shipment to be cost effective for the buyer who is really concerned about cost.
I had an issue with FedEx Smartpost. I mentioned it under another post:
I negotiated a cost for an item that included shipping. Using the shipping calculator, I found a $10.33 cost to ship a 17x17x7″, 3 pound item from NJ to CA using FedEx Smartpost. When I actually went to pay for the label, the price was over $30. Thankfully, I was able to ship it with Parcel for a bit over $15, but that takes $5 out of my pocket. I’m not so pissed off to call Ebay and waste time on the phone, but it’s an annoyance.
I guess you saw the post on a forum somewhere? I’m glad then that other people have reported it. It was a big sale, so $5 wasn’t a huge difference in the grand scheme of things. At least not enough to call.
Actually, I’m interested in the subject as well. I’ve used regular polish to remove tarnish, but it doesn’t seem to work all that well on copper. It’s a brass polish, but the instructions say that it works on copper. It helped shine things up a bit, but not like what it does for brass and silver plate.
Good thing that they are making progress!
Now I have an issue with something completely different. I negotiated a cost for an item that included shipping. Using the shipping calculator, I found a $10.33 cost to ship a 17x17x7″, 3 pound item from NJ to CA using FedEx Smartpost. When I actually went to pay for the label, the price was over $30. Thankfully, I was able to ship it with Parcel for a bit over $15, but that takes $5 out of my pocket. I’m not so pissed off to call Ebay and waste time on the phone, but it’s an annoyance.
Amatino – I received an email with your DP stats, but I don’t see it here. I think it disappeared.
I listed 28 items this week, and all were from DPs. I thought that I would list less, but I had a box of ephemera that was already photographed and easy to list.
I also listed some electronics and other larger stuff. Yay! Very happy about that! I do have a concern with an old radio, and I am planning to hit Steve Shultz with a question after he posts his What Sold video.
The only bump in the road are three online auctions ending Thursday! We’ll see what happens …
I would sell as a set. Most people pair up living room chairs on one side of a coffee table or opposite sides of a side table. It’s those wingback chairs that might stand on their own.
If someone makes an offer for just one chair, then you can consider it.
There was notice that the rates were changing. There wasn’t any notice that the software was going to bug out!! That we had to figure out on our own.
If Ebay had the commercial FC rates before Saturday night and all they had to do was change those rates, then how did the software screw up on the 14 to 16 oz items? They must have had some software “updates” that they tried to squeeze in as if it was no big deal.
Yes, calculated shipping. I don’t think there is any problem with paying for the postage, only the buyer is having issues.
