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I bought a big bag of Nintendo 64 games at a dirty, dark, junky thrift store somewhere in Oklahoma. About half the games have torn or missing labels, so you can’t read the titles. I put them all up in an untested, “mystery game” lot for $30. A guy started messaging me about 6 times a day with stupid offers for just one of the games. I stuck to my guns that I was selling as a lot. After 3 days of badgering me, he finally bought the lot. You can probably guess the rest – now he’s returning as INAD, saying “Games are dirty and labels are all torn up.” All of these issues were clearly described in the listing. Grrrrr.
Guess that one mystery game wasn’t the one he was looking for?
Of course, I’ll report and block him as soon as I get the package back.
A rep told me the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I called to have a negative removed after I processed a return, applying my restocking fee and buyer retaliated in their feedback.
Rep #1 said they could not remove feedback and not to worry, because “No one believes feedback anyway.” Huh?
Rep #2 removed feedback immediately, then shared “There are some big changes coming with feedback. I can’t say more right now, but our sellers will be very pleased.” Very mysterious – but promising!
The Fossil headquarters is here in the Dallas area, and they dump their product samples in the local Goodwills. You will find a gorgeous leather item that looks like new, then turn it over to find razor blade slashes along the bottom edge. Why donate that stuff if you are going to destroy it? Why not just toss in an incinerator?
I started adding First Class International to many of my smaller item listings, and it’s gone pretty well so far. I definitely saw a slight uptick in international sales, but that could also just be due to the holidays.
One bad experience to Canada, though – a replacement remote for a JVC CD Player took six weeks to arrive. Buyer messaged me almost daily asking about it with increasingly angry sentiments in ALL CAPS. I called USPS and Canada Post. USPS very helpful. CP, not so much. I refunded the buyer even though he kept saying he just wanted his item, not the money. I don’t keep a shelf full of these, so that was really all I could do. Just heard from him this morning that he finally received it. He called it a “Christmas Miracle.” Indeed.
Mike, I’ve adopted the minimalist method of listing myself and love it. My sales haven’t seemed to suffer at all. For shoes, I always have at least 7 photos showing shoes at all angles and up close of all tags or markings + any flaws. I fill out all of the information in Item Specifics, so my description is usually just the title unless the shoes have some special features I need to point out, like extra shoelaces, removable inserts, weatherproof, waterproof, steel toes – then I might bullet these out. You can also add special features to the Item Specifics, but that’s not so easy on the eBay App (I list on my iPad), so I just describe it. I only include the equivalent Euro or U.K. Size if it is already on the shoe. The reason I don’t do for all is because it can vary from maker to maker. For instance, I wear a US Size 7.5 in ladies, which should be a Euro size 38.5. But in Birkenstocks, I take a 37, which is listed as ladies Size 6. As far as flaws go, I almost always say there are minor scratches and scuffs on leather shoes and wear to soles/heels just to cover my butt – even if shoes look new. Also mention if there’s wrinkling at toes. On Sandals, I usually also describe the footbed – is there an evident Toe/Foot imprint? Hope that helps a little! Shoes are great to sell.
I love Apple products and do all of my listings & photos on an iPad Air. In my professional life, everything is Windows based, so when I decided not to return to the corporate world, I researched Windows laptops. Ended up with the new Dell XPS 13. It’s very slim, lightweight and has all the bells and whistles for about $800. Still do everything eBay on the iPad, though.
Yep! I do most of my eBay business on my iPad, and this is such a welcome change. Used it twice this week. Now if they can just get people to pay within 48 hours all will be right with the world.
Watching Dumpster Diving videos is a guilty pleasure of mine, too. “Mom the eBayer” is fun to watch on YouTube. She sources exclusively from the trash in Chicago and also donates a lot of usable items to others in need. Her positive attitude is infectious.
Once when looking for a clean shipping box behind a beauty supply store, I happened upon four designer sport coats just draped over the boxes in the dumpster. Two Calvin Klein, one Ralph Lauren and one Robert Graham. All were size 52 long, perfectly clean and in mint condition. I made about $400 from that trash pick.
Why were they there? Maybe someone from the beauty supply broke up with her boyfriend and threw out his clothes?
Joshua, those look very similar to some Ariat boots I’ve sold recently. Search for Ariat Kiltie Boot. Search the Ariat website or a big western store like Sheplers or Cavenders. The embroidery makes me lean toward Women’s, but because the width is D instead of M, I’m guessing these are actually Men’s boots.
I agree. Since I’m sort of new to reselling, my career field is still the most profitable way for me to earn money. But now I have to seek out the work instead of walking down the hall to accept it.
EBay is definite more fun, and I’m in complete control of my days. I sell all kinds of stuff – lots of clothes, shoes, household goods and books I can’t sell on Amazon. My favorite things to sell are vintage cookware, flatware, linens, fabric and pottery. Those are the things that interest me, so I gravitate to them. I shy away from toys, big electronics, video games because my knowledge of them is limited.
