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03/16/2017 at 9:12 pm in reply to: Here's one for the Books. Cust. Blows up and is note even a Buyer! #14705
Ha, the “You Ok, bro” guy hit me up, too! That guy! Gotta love his optimism.
03/15/2017 at 2:15 pm in reply to: Here's one for the Books. Cust. Blows up and is note even a Buyer! #14555Linda, the guy is actually a seller on ebay! He uses flat rate shipping of $4 for everything, so basically he loses money on shipping with every sale. Totally weird!
I need to amend my advice: I don’t think you can cancel the transaction after you refund. I think you’d have to call ebay to get your FVF back.
This is good to know! There is one at a gas station the next town over. Most of my stuff goes out on time, but every once in awhile, I’m cutting it real close to closing time. If the contract places can scan packages, it will be one less worry.
How are the doggies doing? Did they eventually go? I started to type out some suggestions, (I was a vet tech for a long time), but saw this was 2 days ago. They’ve probably pottied by now. 🙂
I think niches can work if you have in depth knowledge of the niche and a steady supply of the source item. Spinachetr, (the post card guy), does well with his niche.
If you don’t have a consistent way of getting the inventory, It seems more risky.
Also, your acquaintance seems jealous that you are selling on ebay. Maybe he liked being known as the ebay-guy, and sees you as competition. When he says “What makes you think you can compete?”, I would respond with “What makes you think I can’t?”.
Don’t let his crabbiness erode your confidence!
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This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by
Liz.
Issue the refund, minus the shipping and any restocking fees you charge.
If they buyer starts a chargeback, all they have to do is show their credit card company a post office receipt and tracking number showing they returned the item and you have received it. The CC company won’t care if the tracking number isn’t uploaded in ebay or Paypal; a paper receipt works just as well for chargebacks. I had to start a chargeback over a sofa I bought, when the delivery company refused to bring up my stairs. All I had to do was upload scans of my receipts.
Send the buyer a message via ebay messaging something like, “I have received the item, and the note stating you no longer need the item, and refunded you, per the terms of the sales agreement”. Then cancel the transaction, using the reason “Buyer requested to cancel”, so you get your FVF back.
03/15/2017 at 12:42 am in reply to: Here's one for the Books. Cust. Blows up and is note even a Buyer! #14509A customer sent me an angry message a few months ago, over shipping charges. The item in question was a large ashtray, weighing 1.5 lbs. Shipping for 1-2 lbs is around $9 via priority mail, (it couldn’t fit in a PFR). The guy flipped out, calling me a crook, that I give ebay a bad name, etc. and insisting that he could send a 2 ft square, 10 lb box across the country via priority for less than what I was charging, and demanding I lower my shipping *immediately*, or he would report me to ebay. Lol, ok. I give ebay a bad name! I didn’t know I wielded so much power! 😀 Fear my wrath! lol
I didn’t respond, and blocked him. Thanks to him, I now have a policy of ignoring and blocking any buyer that starts a dialogue with me to complain about “unreasonable shipping costs”, (I’ve had a few since then).
Ha ha, yeah, when I was waiting for this page to load, I thought “I should have phrased that better; he really wasn’t pushy”, and then I saw your response. That’s what happens when I try to post questions while multi-tasking. 🙂
For some reason, I felt weird about saying I bought it at a thrift store. Then I felt weird for *not* saying I bought it at a thrift store! Caught in between “I don’t want to tell him the truth, but I don’t want to lie, either”.
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I would be fine with Bubbles and the Rush music, but I could do without the rest of them! 🙂
Here’s a blog that might interest you. The title should appeal to Jay!
The husband and I have talked about looking for a trailer park and other rental opportunities, too. We’re probably 2 years away from being able to get serious about it, but it’s definitely a plan for the future.
I’ve always wanted to own a coin-op laundry, too! There’s one in town that is really run down, and I wish they’d put it up for sale. I bet it would do better business if they cleaned it up.
I’m really excited to go to the next one! Digging around in someone else’s old stuff is totally up my alley! Unfortunately, there aren’t many sales listed for my area for next weekend. It’s spring break here, so I don’t know if that has an impact on the timing of sales.
Forgot to list my COGS for last week! $85.75
Total Items in Store: 390
Items Sold: 19
Total Sales: $697.58
Highest Price Sold: $70 (Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University Kit)I found a stack of 8, shrink-wrapped Dave Ramsey FPU kits at a church thrift. I sold 6 of them this week, for $70 a piece. I’m going to be sad when they are all gone!
I attended my first estate sale last Sunday, and another this Sunday. They were polar opposites: the one last week was in a very nice neighborhood, with many high quality items. Most of what I bought are items that will have to wait for the right person to come along, so no quick flips like the FPU kits. The prices were very reasonable, (Le Creuset stockpot for $60, that I can resell for $170? Sure! Ferragamo shoes for $4? Absolutely!)
The sale from today was in a very rural area, with 99% low quality, worn out items. Even at 50% off today, the house was still very full, because the quality was low, and the estate sale company priced everything very high! Rusted out chest freezer for $100? Dirty old blanket with holes in it for $60? Er, no thanks. I bought 2 vintage Betty Crocker cookbooks, and that was it. The place made me feel sad for the lady that used to live there. 🙁
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