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I recalled that someone found a glitch with scheduled listings and posted it to a Facebook group. I found the post from the end of September, but it doesn’t match what you are experiencing. I’ve cut and pasted the post below. I’m sure you are on the phone with eBay now.
Perhaps they are messing around with the code for scheduled listings, and that is why there have been a few glitches reported lately. This seems to be the way eBay works; “Try to fix something by breaking it a few times first.”
I have a lot of listings in “scheduled”. I’ve always been able to bulk edit and pick “start time” as one of the options which if I choose START NOW they change from scheduled to active. All of a sudden that option is no longer offered. I’ve used this many times and it was there like a week ago. I called ebay concierge and he was just as surprised as I was. He put in a report that it coild be a glitch. I can edit the start time if I do them individually but I have almost 1800 listings in scheduled right now. If I use the “reschedule” feature it will cost an extra $.10 per listing or $180. Anyone have this happen or any ideas of another work around?
I listed five items. None are paper.
I really don’t have much paper items, but I do have some prints. I’ll have to focus on those in the next few weeks just so I can be on the board!
Week of Oct 3 – 9
Total Items in Store: 1381 eBay, 36 Etsy
Items Sold: 12 eBay
Cost of Items Sold: $20.18 + $0 Commission
Total Sales: $172.10 eBay; Includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: $21 Indoor soccer shoes
Average price: $14.34
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 5No high value items sold this week, so the sales total is pretty low. I’m trying not to buy anything until I get to cleaning up some room in my basement, so basically going through my death piles.
I watched a video on how to replace the belt on a Walkman II and decided (yet again) that I just don’t have the time to repair electronics like Steve does. I’ve decided to list it as-is.
I researched this question for one of those recipe box cases. What I found is that the recipes are media, but the case took it out of that category. So, like Jay says, the USPS can reject it if you mis-categorize.
If it is just the box that the 8-tracks are sold in, that would be OK. But, if it is a case purchased separately, that isn’t covered.
Welcome Stephanie! I try to sell only outerwear and more pricy clothing on eBay. The rest I send into Swap.com. They aren’t great, and the fees are high, but I don’t have the patience.
I had a bunch of lotus style tea light candle holders that I got for free. Most were from Home Goods, but four were from the brand &Klevering based in Amsterdam. I gave the Home Goods ones away. The &Klevering sold for $37. It sold pretty quickly.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185075346499
Love old books that are very specific. This one is from 1945 about the agricultural history of a county in NJ called Hunterdon. Published by Rutgers University, which is NJ’s land grant college. Those colleges started under President Lincoln in order to produce more educated farmers, scientists, and engineers. Paid less than $1, sold for $23.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185036356838
This porcelain figurine was another freebie from one of my parents’ friends. Nadal is similar to Lladro, but I guess lower quality or just less popular. This one was a bit larger than others sold, so I priced it at $82. I think the Home Goods price tag (which I took off) was $75. Because it was getting lots of views, I didn’t send any offers, and it sold at full price.
Funny, but it looks like one of those can openers for pickle jars and whatnot. You put the lid in the opening, squeeze the handles together so that the round part wraps around the lid, and then twist it off. I’m sure it isn’t one of those because it is too big; however, it could be one of those canning tools. I’ve never tried canning, so I can’t really say for sure.
I listed 7 items this past week.
@Amatino – You have a heart of gold when it comes to animals. Someone started a TNR program in my town earlier this year. While I do see stray cats every once in a while, I don’t think we have a huge problem. I believe some have homes where the family thinks it’s OK to let the cat run around during the day. I have a friend who is responsible for at least one of those cats, but it is at least neutered.We don’t have quite the number of predators here, but I did see a fox cross the road while I was writing this up. Mostly, though, we have deer and wild turkey.
Week of Sept 26 – Oct 2
Total Items in Store: 1388 eBay, 36 Etsy
Items Sold: 9 eBay, 3 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $2.05 + $13 Commission
Total Sales: $254.52 eBay + $70 Etsy; Includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: $82 Nadal Figurine
Average price: $27
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 7eBay sales total was within $1.50 of last week. However, I had three Etsy sales all in one day (included two items to one person), which made it a better week overall.
I added a note on my sales numbers above that they include fees but not shipping. I’m still using Go Daddy (mostly because I don’t have the time to switch to another program), so I can easily calculate the eBay sales. I have “free shipping” for most of my Etsy items, so I have to take those out manually. I royally screwed up Etsy shipping with two items to one person, and I had to cancel two labels and buy one, so that calculation took a bit of figuring out.
I had a sale today to someone in China, and they’ve asked me to send an invoice with shipping. I’m not sure whether the sale got caught up in the current “no shipping” glitch, or if they are trying to get out of the higher cost of GSP. I sent a message saying that they need to contact customer service if they don’t see a shipping cost or request a cancellation. We’ll see where that goes.
The Blaupunkt – What a beautiful radio, Steve! I’ve had vintage/antique radios, test/measuring equipment, tool boxes, etc. made with beautiful wood. Just ordinary useful things that were packaged like art. I suppose you could buy similar items today, but I think you pay much more of a premium price compared to what you would have paid back then.
In May, I finally listed a large quantity of silver plate that had become a death pile. I found two sets of flatware, each full service for 12, that I decided to list as complete sets. The first sold right away. This second set sold for $97.50, paid about $10.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184850678893
I purchased this laptop desk for about $3 in an auction a couple of years ago. I finally lowered the price maybe a year ago, and it finally sold on offer for $28.75. Part of the issue is how big it is, which made the shipping expensive.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185036376592
I’m always talking about friends of my parents who clean up or downsize and just give me stuff. Here are two items that sold quickly after being listed. A two piece pin consisting of a t-shirt and pants for $21, and a pharmacy office figurine for $23.
@Retro – This is crazy. I am so happy you and your wife made it through the illness, but so sorry that you continue to run into issues. If you aren’t working the rest of the year, I assume the eBay store will be closed as well. I wonder if there is a way to re-open it with your daughter’s help later in November so that you don’t fully miss out on the holiday season? Either way, good luck to you and your wife.
Oh, he’s really not that bad (except for the den, which he started several years ago and hasn’t finished yet), but it sounded much more funny that way. To get anything done, we really need to hire someone, but we’ve been careful with spending lately. Like many things pandemic/post-pandemic, construction has gone up in price.
I listed 38 this week. Quite a big number for me! None actually met the challenge.
@Amatino – Great that you have a Minister of Construction! Where do you get one of those? In my house, I only have a GI dilly-dallier. I have to wait years for an incomplete job to happen 🙂
