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The only place I see it discussed is:
“Now, APV identifies underpaid packages, notifies the sender, and automatically deducts the amount of underpaid postage to ensure prompt delivery and better customer service for all parties.”
Jay, to your point, it says “notifies the sender”, so we should get a notice.
Northern, my guess would be that since many sellers use many different shipping solutions (eBay, Stamps.com, their own commercial account, etc.), I would suspect that it would be an additional charge based on how the original charge was processed.
It may be a separate item on your eBay billing for the month. I download the .csv for mine now, I’ll have to look….
I think you are basically correct, women are more interested in the look…but men don’t want to see boobs in their shirts either!
I am mostly men, but I get some women’s clothing periodically.
I scavenged one of each. They are shaped differently (bust and waist) to fit the male/female form properly, and my items look a lot better when they are on the proper sex.
To clarify, it is not eBay that wants white or black background, it is Google. Google has specific requirements for pictures to be used in shopping, and white or black background is one of them.
eBay doesn’t care…
Very nice!!!
Week of 7/16-7/22
Total Items in Store: 1,520
Items Sold: 68
Number of Items Listed This Week: 50
Total Sales: $1,991.69
Cost of Items Sold: $310.81
Highest Item Sold: $150 – Disney Princess 12 Pc Lighted Porcelain Village Set
Competition: Highest Priced Sale: Veronica wins the week, Veronica leads for the year 17-11.Week of 7/23-7/29
Total Items in Store: 1,477
Items Sold: 32
Number of Items Listed This Week: 0
Total Sales: $979.39
Cost of Items Sold: $178.06
Highest Item Sold: $50 – Robert Graham Flip Cuff Casual Shirt
Competition: Highest Priced Sale: Troy wins the week, Veronica leads for the year 17-12.July is still here, with wild weekly swings, as shown in the numbers above. What a ride…
SixBit is working like a charm to handle the backend, and I spent a lot of time with John Slocum (the founder) and some others of his team to walk me through some of the other capabilities of the software once I get the networking issue resolved. But the fact that it handled all of the relisting of all our listings while we were gone was HUGE, and the ease of changing the handling time was very nice. Still work to go, but I see a lot of capabilities coming for us.
eBay Open was huge for us. We came away with a lot of good ideas for the business, we have early adopted into Guaranteed Delivery, we networked with a lot of sellers and got good ideas on sourcing, and even met a few eBay celebrities (Casey the Rockstar Flipper and Jason T Smith (Thrifting Board and Thrift Hunters). And we loved meeting a few other Scavenger Life listeners as well. Very Cool, and we will be going back next year.
Alright, back to listing! We have been slacking off the past few weeks! Time to EXECUTE!!!
Listening to the podcast while I catch up on the Admin work (meaning numbers and accounting).
Jay, I love ya man! I am the same way, list items that need to get done and then more importantly, work to get them done! But getting the items on a list frees up your mind. At eBay Open, we came away with a TOOONNNN of changes and updates to the business. But it can be like drinking from a firehose, and you can’t process it all or work on them all. So put it in the list, your mind is clear, and then take small bites…that is how you eat the elephant…one bite at a time.
I started using the process where at the end of each day, I schedule my next day, including taking 1-2 items off of the To-Do list and creating time in the schedule to do them. Don’t overdo it, as the axiom is true – People overestimate what they can do in one day, but underestimate what they can do in a week. But having the next business day planned out is very freeing. I know what will get done, I can relax. And when I wake up, I look at the schedule and execute.
And when you can’t sleep because you are worried about something, I do as you do. Write it down, a couple of steps I can take to mitigate/avoid etc., and then I can relax again, as my mind knows that it is handled.
Lists ROCK!
Doubly, we are very glad to see that you are getting back to a normal life again, and thank you for all the advice on risk avoidance. That is big. We always say that people learn from experience, and the smartest people learn from OTHER peoples experience. You gave me a couple tweaks to make for risk avoidance as well. If your advice saves other people from disaster, then we are finding the good from the bad.
And you will look back on how you did all this and how you rebuilt and you will be proud. When I worked at Ball, we had 139 MPH winds one day, that tore the roof off of two warehouses of cans. We had ZERO inventory that we could sell, and Coke, Pepsi, Coors, and Miller were all needing to keep producing (all these companies work 24/7). We made plans (starting with a list Jay!), executed, had ZERO downtime with our customers, and collected all the money from insurance. It was some of the worst work days I have ever had, but one of the most proud.
07/30/2017 at 11:43 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 320: Spinning Plates, Keeping It All Going #21031I agree. I still have the consulting job a few days a month, and will pick up at the end of the year again. It is nice to exercise that part of my brain again, and I am lucky that the people I work with like having me and let me do my job the right way. I still own my life even when serving them…
We never use the automation, as some people message us with their payment plans. We look at the items awaiting payment daily, then send invoices or unpaid item cases accordingly…
07/28/2017 at 9:47 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 320: Spinning Plates, Keeping It All Going #20966This is beyond that, not a barcode scanner, but any photo can be examined, items are identified, and similar items are shown on eBay. See an outfit a girl is wearing you like, snap a photo and shop similar items immediately on eBay. See a cool lamp or like the way someone decorated? Snap a photo and shop similar items on eBay.
07/28/2017 at 9:36 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 320: Spinning Plates, Keeping It All Going #20963We will see. Mostly it is about looking for different opportunities than I have before. The myriad of purchasing and selling models we have seen here has been amazing. From the HUGE tribe of collectible sellers that Jason T Smith of The Thrifing Board and Thrifting with the Boys fame, to brick and mortars that sell online, and the seemingly endless number of one-off sellers we find and hear their model and think “Wow…I never thought of that!”
Just a good mind expansion exercise on ways to improve.
To quote on of our families favorite movies…”Improvise, Adapt, Overcome”
07/28/2017 at 9:16 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 320: Spinning Plates, Keeping It All Going #20958True, but I like to think about what can kill my own business, then adapt. If I don’t like the business, I can move to a whole new business. Part of the good news of owning your own time…you choose what to do. But outside forces don’t always help, so I like to look for risks and adapt.
07/28/2017 at 9:09 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 320: Spinning Plates, Keeping It All Going #20957Done. They are great people. You guys have developed a fantastic community on Sacavenger Life.
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