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I usually get mine at Walmart, 150 feet for $16.88.
I have a vintage book and needlepoint kit nemesis. I hate that guy! It’s bad enough that he goes after my favorite type of item to sell, but he’s a total crabby pants the entire time he’s at the auction. Most of the regulars will chit chat, but not this guy. He just scowls and grumps his way through the whole sale.
You run into these types of bullies in so many places. I ran into one at a public library kid’s program yesterday, of all places. In the past, I would have felt uncomfortable and tried to placate this person. Now I just nope the heck on out of there.
I just re-read your question, and realized I misunderstood you, ha! I still hope you have a postage scale to weigh items. Flat Rate is usually not the most cost-effective way to ship. If you have a small postage scale, you can ship at the per-pound rate, which is usually way cheaper than a flat rate box.
It depends on where the package is going and how much it weighs. Do you have a scale to weigh items?
01/01/2018 at 6:47 pm in reply to: New loophole for buyers to get free items – using multiple guest ids #29657This would be a very inefficient “scam”. Guest id’s have to pay immediately. So they’d be paying upfront, in hopes that you see they are the same person, hope that you ship the items together rather than individually, and then later they can file a claim as “not received”. Hmmm…
Ebay gives you the option to combine shipping under one tracking number for the same user id. It will say something like “You have transactions eligible for combined shipping”, (I don’t remember the exact verbiage). If the transactions are 2 different ids, it won’t let you combine the shipping (which should be a tip off that something is off).
There are lots of reasons why items going to the same address and same name may be bought with different ids, and not because someone is ripping you off: a reshipper, family members with the same name that live in the same house, people with a business account and a personal account that need to keep transactions separate for accounting reasons, etc.
Also, if you are combining transactions, you can absolutely insure both items under one tracking number, for the full value of both items. They just have to be combined into one shipment through ebay.
I caught a seller using my photos to sell their item. My tattoo was even in their picture.
I wrote the seller, and told him very bluntly “Those are my photos, taken in my backyard, and feature my hand and tattoo, along with my products. You do not have my permission to use my photographs. Take them down immediately”. They took them down, and wrote me back a groveling apology. The only reason I found it was because of ebay’s product suggestion algorithm.
I don’t care if someone “steals” my title. There are only so many ways to describe a pair of size 10 M brown leather boots, for example. But stealing photos is dishonest to your buyers. They expect to see a picture of the item they are buying.
12/25/2017 at 4:41 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 340: We Reconnect with Cyndi from Amazing Taste #29369I peeked at your sold listings, Doublythumbs, and saw that you’ve sold vintage spray paint before. Can you talk a little about that? Are your buyers more interested in the cans or do they want the contents, too? If they want the contents, how do you ensure the paint cans don’t open during shipment? Do you test the paints first, to make sure they will still spray?
I have to admit, I’ve never looked much at the contents of garages at estate sales. Maybe I need to look more closely.
I part out a lot of things. Kirby vacuums and old Sunbeam stand mixers are usually easy to find and part out.
Ok, that’s what I thought. The rep acted like he was doing me a huuuuge favor. What he was saying didnt make any sense.
I suspect someone in this buyer’s house may have done some early Christmas shopping, and that is why he doesnt recognize the charge and called his bank. Way to ruin your surprise, dude!
I’ve received several messages over the last year, from “church groups” asking me to donate items to their sale. The last one was based in the UAE. I also get sad stories from old ladies saying they are on a fixed income and can’t afford to buy my item, so can I please discount it, because they are old and on a fixed income, and did they mention they were old? And on a fixed income? Oh, and the item is for a gift for their grandchildren. And oh, they are old. And on a fixed income. And have grandchildren.
I know I sound mean and crabby, but my answer, (after getting seriously burned by one of these poor old ladies), is “You probably should not be on ebay if your budget is restrictive. Maybe the parents of your grandchildren can help you out financially”.
Maybe some of these “charities” are legit, but it seems like a really weird, inefficient way of getting items for a charity. Usually if you ask around your community, people will donate all sorts of things just to get extra junk out of their house.
So, I don’t think most of these request for “charity” are legit. I think they are dishonest people playing on emotion to try to get something for free or dirt cheap.
Excellent! I wish Coach would do something similar. It would help squash all the fakes that show up on ebay.
Order the free stuff and then resell it on ebay for less than what ebay charges.
I get boxes from the post office. All of their supplies are shipped in plain, brown boxes. It saves them the trouble of breaking them down for the dumpster, and it also means fewer dumpster pickups for them.
There’s a local shoe store I am going to ask about boxes, too. They often have a stack of boxes broken down and sitting outside their back door. I don’t know if they are earmarked for someone, or if it’s a “Help Yourself” thing.
Side note: this shoe store is like an old fashioned shoe store, from when I was a kid, (gah, I hate calling it old fashioned, because I’m not *that* old!). You go in, and there are nice chairs to sit in. They measure your feet, and bring you the shoes, put them on your feet, offer their advice on fit, etc. And then they hand write you a receipt, and put their copy on a metal peg by the 1960s era register! IT’S AMAZING! It was like walking back in time to 35+ years ago. It’s been so long since I’ve been in a “real” shoe store that I had totally forgotten the protocol; like, do I sit first? Do I look at shoes first? Should I greet the clerk and ask for help, or am I supposed to browse? How does this work? I don’t remember!
Totally amazing. I bought a pair of Converse and then ordered another color, (and they put my order card in a little file box next to the register!) They’ll call me when they are in. I am so excited to go back, lol!
I envy your close post office! When I lived in the Chicago suburbs, I could walk to the post office nearest me. I’d put my son in his stroller, put the packages in the basket underneath, and we’d have a nice walk. Now, we’re are 9 miles from town, so no way we can walk that every day! 🙂
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