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As far as actually delivered I believe my longest delivery time was 25 days for first class mail – shipped on 11/30 and delivered on 12/24. Going from Colorado to Pennsylvania. Seconds after I refunded that item on 12/22 I got a text from USPS showing that it had moved within the system. I had refunded because it was a Christmas item, not because I had an item not received case. So of course it was delivered before Christmas – LOL!
I’ve got several still undelivered items that will beat that though (if they are ever delivered!).
Thanks VL for the text updates idea on getting packages moving. It seems to have worked on at least two of my stalled items. I already refunded one, but I’m happy that the buyer will still get the item.
I 100% agree with you on not standing in line at the PO to get packages scanned. I’ve never ever done that, even before Covid. I sell mostly low dollar items so my sales income wouldn’t be worth it if I had to add time spent waiting in line to get scans. If I added that time to my work day I’d make way more per hour working a minimum wage job than selling on eBay.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Just 12 new listings for me last week. Zero met the December Challenge.
Utahbill, I’m so sorry to hear that you caught the virus. I hope you are fully recovered and feeling well now.
Vintage Lacy, that is terrible that your packages went unscanned for a week. I would hope that eBay would look at your history and the fact that all those “late” packages were shipped on the same days and understand that it is a USPS issue and not your fault. It’s very unfair that you should lose your TRS status for a USPS issue. I know that the advice is to wait in line at the PO and get your packages scanned at drop off, but I’ve never been willing to do that. And I certainly wouldn’t do it now during a contagious pandemic.
I also have packages out there that were either never scanned or scanned many days late. Some of those have obviously been delivered since I have positive feedback on them. Luckily (?) I’m not a big enough seller that there are enough of these issues to effect my status (yet). I am thinking about refunding all the items that are still in limbo even though all my buyers (so far) have been really nice about the USPS issues. I just don’t feel right about my customers waiting over 3 to 4 weeks now for delivery. Some of the items are Christmas items which I don’t expect will arrive by Christmas.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas (despite the USPS issues).
37 new listings for me. 2 qualified for the December challenge.
Wishing everyone a productive and profitable week!
My ideas: Work on eBay while walking on a treadmill. Use an exercise ball as your office chair. Use a stand up desk.
I use a stand up desk and just schedule in exercise every day. I bought some hand weights when I decided it was too risky to go to the gym. I’ve found that doing my routines at home saves me a lot of time compared to going to the gym. It doesn’t require a lot of expensive equipment, one of the routines I do is just walking as fast as I can up and down the stairs in my house for 20 minutes.
I’ll play along.
Average click through rate: 0.6%
Average sales conversion rate: 2.2%
To be honest I have little understanding of what this means but I assume the higher the numbers the better.
Just 8 for me on the Chop Chop pop up. Not as many as I was hoping for, but more than I would have accomplished without the pop up – thanks Amatino!
Ooh, Amatino – a pop up challenge I can participate in!
Watch out people, I plan to really work this one.
35 new listings for me. None qualified for the December Challenge.
Wishing everyone a great week ahead!
Thank you to junque redux for thinking up our December Challenge! The challenge starts today and runs though midnight on December 31st.
As stated above: “You’ve heard of Christmas in July, how about Independence Day in December? Anything patriotic (I think everyone in this particular thread is US-based, but if not, interpret that to your own national specification), red/white/blue, etc.
Let’s get listing!
11 new listings for me. One qualified for the November Challenge.
The December Challenge starts tomorrow. Does anyone have any ideas for the last month of the monthly 2020 challenges?
Wishing everyone a good week.
10 new listings for me. 4 met the November Challenge (or at least I *think* I can justify them as meeting the November Challenge).
Julie B – congrats! I hope your first full time eBay week went well.
VL – I get the Lucy in the chocolate factory reference. Sounds like you are packing and shipping as fast as you can! Your sales numbers sound fantastic but all the packing and shipping work -not so much! I do remember from last year that 4th quarter is really busy for you. It’s good to hear that you are still having good holiday sales in these turbulent times.
Wishing everyone a good week and a Happy Thanksgiving!
29 new listings for me. 3 met the November Challenge.
Amatino: You’ve really stepped up your listing, I’m impressed! Soon you’ll be giving Libby a run for her money 🙂
Wishing everyone a productive and profitable week!
Vintage Lacy, I’ve been thinking of you. You are greatly missed here.
26 new listings for me. 2 met the November Challenge.
Wishing everyone a good week with productive listing and great sales!
I will second Sharyn on ghalys.com. I purchased bubble wrap from them on Sharyn’s recommendation and I was very happy with my experience.
I ordered from ghalys in the early days of the pandemic right when a shipping slow down started on the east coast. My order got stuck in transit and ghalys immediately responded to my issue and sent me a replacement order via priority mail. Their customer service is stellar. After I received both orders they let me keep the duplicate at no charge. I highly recommend them; their pricing is also very competitive.
Thank you to Sharyn for recommending them!
