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Yes that helps a bunch. Started going through my first bin – found stuff I had forgotten I even had. Burberry & Versace neckties from the Goodwill Outlet blue bins. Felt like I struck gold! Unlisted of course, bc I buy way more often than I list. Buying = fun. Listing = work.
But it was the universe telling me to GET ORGANIZED. Pretty sure.
Thanks again.Retro Treasures – have you described your inventory system in a previous forum post? Because I think I want your system. I sold 2 nightgowns on Bonanza yesterday to the tune of $135 and CANNOT FIND EITHER ONE. I’m just grateful it wasn’t on eBay because of the whole defect thing, which Bonanza may have also, but I don’t care so much there. I can’t tell you how painful it was to refund the buyer for items that have been for sale for almost 2 years.
I especially love the “one box at a time” concept. Because I would be completely overwhelmed otherwise.
Everything is in plastic bins on shelves – so usually I can find things. But lately there have been a few items that took me an hour to find (couldn’t remember which bin). I’m just so done with my non-system.
TIAGreat idea! With your voice and beautiful dogs, not to mention your taste in mid-century decor, how is it even possible that you are single?
Perhaps we can talk Jay & Ryan’s website dude into a sub-forum of Scavenger Life devoted to scavenger romance. Sort of like the new recipe sub-forum! LOL. Why not.Linda – it did make perfect sense. I went in to check my seller ratings expecting to find a late shipment on the item that I did the switcheroo on and it doesn’t appear as a late shipment. So hopefully I avoided a bullet.
What I did learn from your post – by checking my seller ratings I found out that a more recent label I printed (within the time frame) which I later voided and made a new label the next day because the weight was wrong, ended up being a late shipment per eBay. So, lesson to me was don’t guess at the weight to print on time, thinking you can make changes later. Reprinting with correct postage later makes it a late shipment and a defect. Crap. Crap on a stick.
So indirectly, thanks for the heads up.
Caren
eBay ID: TheSpeckledGoatLLCFunniest line in the whole thread:
“A whole lot of the ‘disappointed dad’ outrage”. LOL X 10,000.
Some sad collateral damage from all of this: My irrational fear of listing a $1000 item for $50 (which causes me to diddle away hours doing ridiculous amounts of research on what usually turns out to be a $20 item) has now been fanned into a flaming fireball of stupidity.
I want to hire your helper. Or a shrink. Or both.
Caren
eBay ID: TheSpeckledGoatLLCT-Satt:
“By doing that, does the buyer of the original item get a second shipping notice from eBay?”I would guess yes, and I never thought of this. I would make a lousy criminal, obviously.
Caren
eBay ID: TheSpeckledGoatLLCWhat I’ve learned about eBay over the last decade is that the “binding contract” aspect of the sale is BS. We’ve all had MULTIPLE buyers that haven’t followed through on a sale. It’s frustrating. But as they say, “cost of doing business” dealing with these deadbeats. And so we all move on and make our millions on eBay.
That said, when a seller backs out, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT’S BEEN ONLY ONCE IN OVER 8 YEARS, I say, we should get a pass as well. Right? That’s my feeling. Nonetheless, I cringed when you told the story.
What would I have done? THE EXACT SAME THING.
Caren
eBay ID: TheSpeckledGoatLLCThis reply is for Mark who wants to ship an item via FedEx but Paypal doesn’t offer that as an option.
Somebody on this forum (sorry, don’t remember your user ID or name) suggested a hack which worked beautifully for me and it goes like this: Choose an old (beyond your return window) sale on eBay, then go in and print a second label, editing the “ship to” address. It will show up as another tracking under the original sale but who cares. Then you can upload the FedEx Smart Post tracking # to Truegether (although I don’t use Truegether so I really have no idea on how that works).I had a very heavy personal item I needed to ship to the manufacturer for repair. It was going to cost $45 via USPS. It was $11 via FedEx Smart Post. It was in no way related to an eBay sale, but I just piggy backed onto a previous sale to get the ability to use Smart Post. Now it shows two tracking/deliveries, which I suppose could be problematic somehow if there’s an issue with the sale. But so far no issues (2 months later), and it’s seems to be just buried in the sales records at this point. I will update if this comes back to bite me in the a$$.
Caren
eBay store: TheSpeckledGoatLLCFrustrated. To.say.the.least. Will try again. Thanks for your reply.
Steve – I did my first vintage turntable listing with video demo – would love your feedback.
Here’s the listing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/332262738336?Lots of work these vintage electronics! What with the repair, clean-up, video & detailed listing. Yikes. Maybe for hundreds of $ but for a $100 item, not so much! Good practice for me though.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!
Caren
