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I’m not sure if this will help, but here is a link to a discussion about retail ground from August:
11/09/2019 at 2:24 pm in reply to: Is there a way to swap out an incorrectly shipped item on eBay without a return? #70386I don’t believe that there is an option to do an exchange. It would have to be a handshake deal.
Once, when a buyer received an item damaged in shipping, I was given an option to ship out a new one, but the buyer wanted a refund. That was a listing where I had more than one. That’s the only time I’ve seen an exchange sort of option.
How much money are we talking about? If the price wasn’t that high and the shipping cost is reasonable, I would just ship out the correct one and let him keep the wrong one.
If this is a more expensive item, then I would give him a huge discount on re-buying the correct one and ask him to return the old one. If he ends up not returning the old one, you’ve done your best to make good on your mistake.
Just my take.
11/08/2019 at 12:34 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Mikey Mouse camping set, Bundt pan, Marantz stereo equipment, Iroquois dinner plates, Goose neck desk lamp #70358My auction purchase of whiskey pitchers & bottles started to sell this week. I paid about $0.25 for each item. This empty mini bottle of Findlaters whiskey sold for $15.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/184011469521This Crawfords one sold in a make offer for $11.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183982844736I couldn’t find any Springbank whiskey pitchers anywhere, so I listed it for $40:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183984240268I sold a number of pans from an auction purchase of copper stuff. I paid about $2 each. Two of them (which were sold to the same person) have a return open against them, so I won’t show them. But this one sold for $27.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/184014144810From an online auction, I paid about $1 for these very heavy stoneware plates from Target. Sold for $33.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/183956468773If someone messages you through eBay and asks you to ship to a different address, then it is OK to make the change. This assumes that the new address is in the same general area (same state at least) as the old one. The only reason not to ship to a different address is if they change it from one zone to another because it may change the cost of shipping.
Never respond to a request through email; it MUST go through eBay.
In this case you can’t change the address because you already shipped it out. In the past, I have called the receiving post office and asked them to divert a package. In that particular case, the buyer had to go to the post office and pick it up.
In your case, the package has already been delivered, so you might not be able to do anything. At least call the post office and ask them if anything can be done.
If you are unable to fix the issue, you should tell the buyer that you did what you could. Perhaps the shipping company in Oregon can help her out.
If the buyer tries to get a refund and all the exchange about the address is in messages, eBay will back you up. You did everything right.
No, sorry, I don’t recall anything about sales tax.
11/07/2019 at 10:30 pm in reply to: What shipping-related issues should eBay improve or fix? Share below! #70317This might be considered as a nit-picky thing, but I really relied on the packing list from the old shipping page.
I would print out the packing list. It had the buyer information, what they bought, and I think what they paid for the item. I signed each one “Thanks, Sharyn”, cut them up into strips, used each strip to match the right item with the right label/buyer, and then put the strip in the box as a small packing list.
The new label list has the shipping cost on the label, which, most likely, is not the same price as what the buyer paid. I have to cut the strips so that the price is cut off, which sometimes cuts the title off. It really doesn’t look very professional, and I have nowhere to sign.
I print my labels in bulk, so the packing list was really important to keep me organized, and then served a double purpose.
Yes, I have a Dymo for that. So, I guess a laser printer would be our third if I got it.
11/06/2019 at 3:02 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 435: List and Forget, Still Works For Us #70197Don’t even start on Chico sizes. Holy Cow!
About a month ago, I saw this printer on sale for either $60 or $70:
https://www.staples.com/Brother-HL-L2320D-Monochrome-Laser-Printer/product_1074269I didn’t buy it because I didn’t really need it yet. Our inkjet is fine, and I don’t really have a space to put a second printer. I like the idea of not having to do the maintenance and paying less for the ink, so I’m still thinking about it. Is there any reason not to get this model, which is the cheapest they have?
Even for personal stuff, I rarely print in color, but I’d still keep the inkjet for that purpose.
Old electronics can sell very well and faster than the regular, vintage-y stuff that is most of my store. Considering that you work full-time, you will need that large storage area where you take out a bit at a time to part out and list, perhaps for a year or so depending on how long it takes you. I guess you will need to consider that cost and inconvenience.
My town has a recycling center where we can take analog monitors/TVs and computers. However, it is for residents and not businesses. If you have a similar situation in your town, you would need to take a few things every couple of weeks and hope they don’t start recognizing you. Places like Best Buy and Home Depot take some eWaste, and the area usually isn’t monitored.
And, to answer your last question, yes, you are crazy. But, you are just as crazy as the rest of us!
@MarkS – I don’t check AuctionZip all that often now that I have two regular auctions that I go to. However, I did go to an onsite one recently, and I got some excellent items for quite cheap. I have to start looking at those more often.
One thing I have noticed is that this time of the year, less than two months until the holidays, the bidding goes higher and the deals are not quite as good. I would say the same for the first three or so months of the new year. I assume people are spending their Christmas money, resupplying from forth quarter, or going to auctions because there aren’t many garage sales during that time.
The regular auctions that I go to aren’t weekly. They are mostly monthly. I don’t know if that is a regional sort of thing.
I look for auctions that are large, have lots of stuff, and maybe more than one auctioneer at a time. It kind of sounds like a circus, such as “3-ring auction”.
It’s easy to skip the ones that aren’t what you are looking for – real estate, office or business/commercial equipment, storage units, and high-end auctions. The high-end ones will sell each item individually, so it will list specific items in the description and show one or two items per photo. The photos will look at least somewhat professional.
The ones you want will group stuff together and, except for a few special things, not specifically mention particular items. The following is an auction that I would normally go to this Thursday, but I have a conflict. You can see that the AuctionZip listing specifically mentions box lots, broad general categories, and how big it is:
https://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/3304201.html?kwd=&zip=08816&category=0The other auction I really like to go to is not having its regular sale this month, so the link below is to last month. It isn’t as large as the one above, but it has similarities. For this one, I think, the defining factor is that it has more than one auctioneer at a time, several categories of items, and the location of a pole barn. I mean, you can’t have anything too fancy in a barn!
https://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/3351721.html?kwd=&zip=08816&category=011/05/2019 at 12:47 pm in reply to: There may be a major glitch when you resist unsold items … #70096I’ve seen that issue when I’ve created and submitted a new listing. I use “sell similar” with a current listing and create a draft. After I change and submit the new listing, sometimes the draft is still there. So far, I think I’ve noticed them each time and deleted them from drafts. I just considered it another eBay glitch and didn’t think much about it.
Jay – Once the sales tax started to be collected by eBay, PayPal and GoDaddy stopped importing that information. I don’t think that there will be any issue.
11/05/2019 at 8:03 am in reply to: The Value Of Saying "How Much Would You Take For ALL Of It?" #70069Sonia – I think you are getting confused between this Steve and Steve Shultz, who does the What Sold Videos 🙂
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