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From an older post:
Shipping is a major part of selling on Ebay. If you can ship efficiently, you can keep more of the money an item sells for. Also, I believe, if an item is packed well and shipped quickly, customers are much more likely to give positive feedback. These are a few brief rules I go by.
1. Ship on time.
2. Pack it well.
3. Consider alternate carriers based on the item shipped and destination.
4. Print your own shipping labels. The online discounts are too big to ignore.
5. Get an accurate digital scale. Guessing on the weight is risky and not cost effective. The last thing I do, before printing the shipping label is weigh the package.Regarding weight:
Is it 1 pound or less? If yes, then it can go USPS First Class Mail.
After that the postage due increases with each pound.
Using poly mailers, light boxes and light packing materials all help to keep the weight down.
Regarding size:
Is it oversize for USPS?
Length X Width X Height must be 1728 cubic inches or less.
12x12x12=1728 or 16X12X9=1728
It’s that simple.
Books can go Media Mail, consider Fedex Ground for larger items and I love the USPS Flat Rate padded envelopes.
Anyway those are the very basics.
Welcome to the group..
Same old deal here.
Last week I bought an item in Arizona that was routed to California, then to Alabama and then back to me in California. Yep.. same old story.
Since moving to a rural area, I have to say that the local Post Offices very good. Every package get scanned every time and I don’t have to wait in line with them. I just leave them on the counter and it’s like magic, they get scanned. It’s like they actually appreciate my business.
08/21/2019 at 12:57 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 424: 1 Year Later, Our New Rental is Done! #66675Hi Jay and Ryanne,
Regarding the auction you guys went to that you ran out of room in the truck:
U-Haul rents trailers for $15 to $30 a day. There are a bunch of different size open and enclosed trailers to choose from.
There is no mileage charge, as long as you return it to the same place you rented it. They’ll also do one way, but will charge you for the drop off fee.
Putting a hitch and the wiring on your pickup shouldn’t be more than a couple of hundred dollars. Once it’s on there, you’ll be set. No need to buy a big box truck yet.
Congrats on the new rental…
08/20/2019 at 4:18 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 424: 1 Year Later, Our New Rental is Done! #66660That makes sense, especially if you’ve already got the tables etc.
I’m already seeing things, I wish I’d done differently, but again “Done is done” and it will take a lot to convince me to take any of the shelving down and redo it.
You are right about one thing, The space is always evolving. I use screws, when I’m building wooden shelves, because they can be taken apart and moved or rearranged later.
08/20/2019 at 3:32 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 424: 1 Year Later, Our New Rental is Done! #66651Hi Winchester,
Once you’re done with the interior walls of the Ebay/storage building, will you be bringing in existing shelving and fixtures, or building new ones?
My new place has a large garage. I made many trips to my local Home Depot and bought lots of wood to build my shelves and shipping station. It was nice to be able to custom build it for the maximum use of my available space. The downside is that it was a lot of work and took longer than I anticipated. I doubt I saved much money doing it this way.
In the end “Done is done” and I’m very pleased with the results. Of course, you can never have too much storage and i’m already thinking about adding more.
Congratulations on the new place and the big move.
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So Cal Joe.
The word iridescent comes to mind.
I posted this a while back and didn’t get much of a response. It’s a bit of work, but is actually easier than it looks.
Interesting podcast.
As a kid, I obtained a small inheritance in the late 1970’s. My mom put it in CD’s and over the course of 10 years it doubled, which works out to just over 7% a year, which is not bad. That basically paid for my college and a bit of youthful foolish spending.
Yes, mortgage rates were in the teens. Gold and silver had a really nice run up too, before basically crashing. Inflation ran up and was really high in the 1970’s during the Carter administration and into the early 1980’s.
If I remember right, college tuition was $2500 a semester in the late 1980’s.
How times have changed.
08/14/2019 at 11:27 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Clock radio, Microphone, Dual Turntable, Pana-Vue, Zippo wicks, Reel tapes, DVD VCR Combo #66353Hi Doublythumbs,
Nice buy on the bike. I’ve been finding deals on older bikes via “Offerup” lately. Around here, there are several people flipping them on Craigslist and the asking prices are pretty high.
I like to buy old mountain bikes and convert them to indestructible street bikes.
If you think you’ll be riding it, or selling it as a runner, you should take a good look at the brake shoes. They rarely get replaced and on the older bikes tend to dry up and become useless. I generally pay about $8 for 2 sets on Ebay (front and back).
So far every bike I’ve bought, has had junk brake shoes on it. I even bought one for $20 with $70 worth of brand new tires and tubes on it, but the brakes shoes were junk.
Great finds as always.
08/06/2019 at 3:19 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 422: Ready for a Recession at Any Time #65980Yes, I couldn’t agree more on the western Massachusetts thing. I grew up in Boston and went to U-Mass Amherst for my undergrad. It was like another country altogether. Driving that 100 miles or so to get there, was a lot like driving to the moon.
When I grew up, everything we did was local. Nobody ever seemed to go anywhere and if they moved away, it seemed like you never saw them again.
Out on the west coast, it’a no big deal to drive from Los Angeles to the Bay area or Las Vegas for a weekend trip. It’s sure a different world out here.
Life is funny.
A lot of people buys hats for display, so if it’s that unique, I’d list it as Jay says with good pictures and full disclosure of the damage.
You can change your handling time to up to 30 business days.
That should give you about 6 weeks to ship anything that sells.
Your sales will most likely slow down, due to the extended handling time.
Good Luck.
Hi Shawn,
A couple of things you may want to consider, while your store is still relatively small.
1. Set up shipping polices through the business policies section of Ebay.
2. Set up an inventory system, so that somewhere in the listing, it will tell you where the sold item is located.
Both these are much easier to set up while your store is small. If you’ve already done so, then great, otherwise, there are a bunch of posts on both topics.
Welcome to the group.
08/01/2019 at 9:43 pm in reply to: HOW can a 4 lb rural mailbox for $15.79 be FREE shipping? I just don't get it! #65772I think you’re right on the drop shipping.
I read some of the negative feedbacks. They tend to tell the story.
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