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Are you going to ship First Class International? or Priority only, in addition to GSP?
I tend to agree, his last message indicated he is willing to pay the amount from the first sale, but he wants free shipping.. to Germany. He’s obviously not my buyer.
Have they paid yet ? If the answer is no, then send them an invoice with the correct amount on it.. If they have already paid, you can refund the overage directly through Paypal.
If you are going to end the listing, you probably want to edit it first to eliminate any reference to “Cutco”. This way it won’t show up as a completed listing and haunt you in the future.
I had the same situation with one shipment. When I called Ebay, they said I had to speak to a certain department and the hold time was pretty long. I said “never mind.” and hung up. A few days later it was mysteriously fixed…
When you contact the buyer, you can give them the option of purchasing the item with a discount or tell them “you’d be happy to cancel the sale with a 100% refund”. If they want to cancel the sale, you can then cancel the sale at the buyer’s request and avoid the defect.
Another option would be to send the buyer the item anyway with a full refund. It will cost a couple of bucks, but will get you a bunch of Goodwill.
Good Luck.
You have three months to use it, so I wouldn’t be in a big rush to make a decision. You may find, that you’ll be running out of something before the end of the year.
Otherwise Mezz has a great idea regarding the tape.
Obviously if you gut or empty your 401K, you need to pay taxes and penalties depending on your age.
You may be able to take a loan against your 401K. The interest you pay back, goes directly into your account. The loan is for anything you want. I have a friend who has taken out 401K loans to invest in properties. You are generally limited to 50% of the value of your 401K account. You can make a call to your Human Resources department for details, but 401K loans are fairly common.
There are also ways to use an IRA to invest in real estate. I don’t know that flipping houses, would qualify, but it is a possibility.
I won’t go into the obvious risks of leveraging your retirement accounts for these types of ventures. I think we are all adults and understand them.
Good Luck.
In general I think the shipping discounts are pretty good. The two exceptions may be FEDEX Smartpost and USPS Media mail, but the rates for these, are so cheap that I can’t complain.
What size of a discount do you think is reasonable?
I appreciate that. I’m finding out that old German books seem to be in as much demand as old US books. It’s about scarcity and condition. Even first editions aren’t necessarily valuable.
I’ve got some early Thomas Mann books. I’ve got four signed books by Oscar Maria Graf. The rest are fairly generic and I just run searches to find out which ones are going to be donated or listed. I’ve also got a couple of books signed by Zoosman. At least I believe they are signed. Those are intriguing.
Part of the same lot are books in English. The signed ones and first editions get my attention first. After that it’s a matter of filtering out the rest. Some I’ll donate and others sell in groups or lots.
Thanks..
It’s all about time.. how much time do you want to invest in those items.
When I research German Books.. in German, I go on my Chrome browser and then to Ebay.DE. I can click my mouse and I have the option of translating the entire Ebay page to English. It is very slow to research each item.
Where are your buyers ? In the USA or elsewhere. If they’re in they’re in the US, then just research on Ebay from the US.
By the time you are done, you will be somewhat of an expert on This CD’s and DVD’s,
Good Luck and a caveat to everyone else.. be careful what you wish for. I’m still working on my lot of antique books I bought months ago.
If someone asks me for a discount, I’m generally willing to give them something. If they low ball me, I don’t take it personally, I just respond with an offer I think is fair and let it go. I think it helps me in the search as well.
I don’t get into reasons or explanations, I just send the offer with a note “Thanks for your interest.”
I’m surprised at the number of people who end up buying from me this way.
I sold a $50 mug last week to a new buyer. He almost immediately asked me to ship to a different address, then sent me a message with his phone number and wanted me to text him, confirming I received the new address.
I thought about it and eventually asked him to cancel and repurchase with the updated address on Paypal. Sometimes this causes the sale to disappear. It turned out, this guy was just new and originally entered his address incorrectly. He repurchased the mug and seemed happy.
I’m willing to risk losing a sale for piece of mind.
