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Don’t forget about Media Mail for shipping books.. You’re not supposed to use it for magazines, but it’s great for books.
For Priority Mail and First Class, we generally get discounts. We pay less to ship the package than the buyer pays us. When you consider that we have to pay for shipping supplies and Ebay charges fees on shipping, I have no problem keeping the difference.
Good Luck
I just shipped one First Class yesterday. The buyer paid for 13 oz. I wanted to add more packing material, so I checked the price for 14 oz., and my cost was the same. Weird..
As others have advised, you should find someone qualified to look over your situation, before you make any moves. Depending on the amount of your sales, you may not be required to declare them.
Paypal has a record of your sales to date (including shipping). Ebay and I’m sure Amazon do as well.
Not paying you quarterly taxes on time is no big deal. Oh, there may be penalties, but they are relatively small. I wouldn’t be in a great rush to send them in, until you figure things out.
T-Satt has a great suggestion of speaking to someone in the accounting department at school.
Good Luck with it.
That is truly a sad statistic..
I would think that a government job is more stable than most. How much effort does it take to have an emergency fund with a least 30 days household expenses in it? A 3 to 6 month fund ( or more) is something everyone should have.
It appears Dave Ramsey will have a supply of steady customers for some time to come.
The government workers are still getting paid for working, it’s just going to be delayed, until this issue is resolved. If history is an indicator, the furloughed workers will probably get paid too.
They just missed their first pay check last Friday. Evidently this is causing a burden. Is every government worker living paycheck to paycheck?
This too shall pass.
Even before the summer, my new listings had dropped off quite a bit. It could be 9 months since I’ve listed, I don’t know for sure.
I had been ending my listings and doing sell similar every 30 days, prior to the decision to sell the house. This seemed to be helping.
Once I started moving my inventory, I went to 15 days handling time. I’m thinking this occurred in September 2018. Even though I set 15 days handling, most items shipped in less than 5.
The 15 day handling time was a big factor. I was actually happy that the sales dropped off, as shipping from a storage unit was a bit of project.
I was also not doing any promotions or sales of any kind and was not very prompt in responding to offers sent by message.
When I start things up again, I’m curious to see how long it takes for the sales to respond. I probably will go to 3 business days handling time. In addition, over time, I’m going to end and sell similar all my listings to get them somewhat fresh.
My sales, in general have never been great. I’ve come to the reality that Ebay, may not be the income generator for me, that is has been for many. If I can get it to the point that it covers my monthly expenses, without too much effort, I’ll be happy. It will give me the time and flexibility to find out what I really want to do in my new semi retired life.
Life is truly an adventure. I’m happy for the time I lived at the beach, but I’m glad to be off the hamster wheel of urban living. Also the traffic and congestion has increased greatly since I bought the house near the beach. It was time for me to move and I’m was grateful to find a buyer when I did and to find my new home so quickly.
Thanks for all the comments.
I’ve sold all mine through regular Ebay listings.
Everything has been fine and they leave positive feedback quickly.
I’ve sold several cameras to them.
In order to keep shipping costs down (California to Wisconsin) I place it in a (7 X 5 X 4) modified box and then squeeze the box into a USPS Flat rate padded envelope.
I’ve sent at least 5 or 6 cameras to them with no breakage.
$50.. very nice.
Old books are a great place to find old photographs, receipts and other ephemera. I once found an old pressed Rose that had to be at least 50 years old.. You just never know.
This guy found an original copy of the Declaration of Independence in an old frame.. so you never know, unless you check.
I have a metal yard stick cut down to 20 inches hanging on the side of my shipping table. I also have a pencil and a paring knife within reach at all times. I use the metal yard stick and the knife for resizing and scoring boxes. The key is to have all necessary items within arms reach.
I really miss my shipping station. I recently moved and haven’t had the chance to set up my new shipping station yet.
My garage is an open canvas, but I’ve got to get all the tools and work benches cleared out, before I can start building shelves. It will be fun to start from scratch and build it out.
I have a separate account for buying, so it isn’t obvious what I’m doing. I usually just buy straight out without any deception or clever stories.
I bought a vintage Matchbox on Ebay and listed it on my selling account for 3 times the price. The guy who sold it to me sent me a low ball offer with a message. He had found my selling account and wasn’t happy.
It sold within a couple of months for full price to a buyer in Canada.
If the seller had done a little research, he would have found my sold listings. In fact I sold the car so many times, that my title was showing up on the new listings.
Lately, it seems that I’m getting messages with offers on items that have best offer in the listing. It’s a bit annoying, that they just don’t hit the best offer button. I don’t know if they are just fishing or what.
You just never know who is on the other end of the internet.
