Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions

[div25sec9]

one to add to the blocked list: chantile_1219

26 days after delivery, sunglasses are now defective!

 

[rhyme]

Really quick and easy to use, great for the mannequins that look like they they're about five tequilas deep.

So its not just my mannequin that is tilted. So tired of it. I was thinking of buying a new one but I am guessing its gonna end up the same in a few months.


You might wanna block this dude. Bought a nwt LBM jacket from me and sent me the below message. Next day opened a return which I accepted only to get the jacket back without tags. Told him that wont work and he offered me $20 which I also accepted just to get rid of this headache. While I was relisting the jacket I realized the asshole kept the lapel pin as well.

 

[txwoodworker]

-0 strikes again :/

 

[Steve Smith]

Up to your discretion whether you want to block this guy. Messaged me multiple times before the purchase about sending a picture of the tie knotted so he could see how it looked also. View attachment 1406682

The oddball request and high maintenance buyers are the worst. Needed to see the tie knotted... I would just delete the message and move on.

 

[capnwes]

The oddball request and high maintenance buyers are the worst. Needed to see the tie knotted... I would just delete the message and move on.

Had a guy pay me an extra $5 once to tie the tie for him before I shipped it. lol

 

[Fueco]

Had a guy pay me an extra $5 once to tie the tie for him before I shipped it. lol

Did you follow a YouTube how-to video?

 

[capnwes]

Did you follow a YouTube how-to video?

No, I grew up in private school. I can tie one in my sleep.

 

[Fueco]

No, I grew up in private school. I can tie one in my sleep.

It’s been so long since I’ve had to wear one that I’d need to look it up. I don’t have the particular childhood trauma ofgoing to private school.

 

[txwoodworker]

No, I grew up in private school. I can tie one in my sleep.

Me too, clip on, polyester, 8 years straight.

 

[noob in 89]

Anyone else having bad luck during the apocalypse?

Got my first return request. Dude said he just didn’t like it and that it “seemed to be” lower quality than other football jerseys from the same expensive brand. (No). I don’t take returns. Anyone know the best way to handle this, or a script to write the buyer?

He probably wore it to two weeks of protests.

 

[Patrologia]

Argh, I guess it shouldn't frustrate me that buyers don't really understand ebay. I had a buyer pay for an item and then pay immediately (he was accepting an offer, so didn't actually have to do that). He then asked if I could delay shipment. I so wish that he had mentioned that earlier so that I could have said to accept the sale, and then wait a few days to pay. Anyway...

I don't have to ship until Tuesday because I had changed all my handling times to 2 day back when Corona hit, and I haven't changed it back yet.
Am I correct that as long as I have printed the postage on Tuesday, ebay will not care when I actually give it to the post office, and won't defect me if it sits in my basement until Thursday or Friday?
Buyer doesn't want it until Monday the 29th, and I would expect Priority to get from Milwaukee to Philly between Friday and Monday.
Thanks guys. I'm a little rusty. With no thrifts open until a couple of weeks ago, and skeletal crew at ebay to fix problems, I've been a pretty unmotivated seller for the last three months. Also, I'm typically a really fast shipper--like if he hadn't messaged me it would have been out of my hands within hours. (And as for the thrifts, opening them back up hasn't helped much. I've only bought a couple of things, and nothing for flipping. Bikes, lawnmowers, and snowblowers on FB has been much more useful than ebay here lately.)

 

[capnwes]

Argh, I guess it shouldn't frustrate me that buyers don't really understand ebay. I had a buyer pay for an item and then pay immediately (he was accepting an offer, so didn't actually have to do that). He then asked if I could delay shipment. I so wish that he had mentioned that earlier so that I could have said to accept the sale, and then wait a few days to pay. Anyway...

I don't have to ship until Tuesday because I had changed all my handling times to 2 day back when Corona hit, and I haven't changed it back yet.
Am I correct that as long as I have printed the postage on Tuesday, ebay will not care when I actually give it to the post office, and won't defect me if it sits in my basement until Thursday or Friday?
Buyer doesn't want it until Monday the 29th, and I would expect Priority to get from Milwaukee to Philly between Friday and Monday.
Thanks guys. I'm a little rusty. With no thrifts open until a couple of weeks ago, and skeletal crew at ebay to fix problems, I've been a pretty unmotivated seller for the last three months. Also, I'm typically a really fast shipper--like if he hadn't messaged me it would have been out of my hands within hours. (And as for the thrifts, opening them back up hasn't helped much. I've only bought a couple of things, and nothing for flipping. Bikes, lawnmowers, and snowblowers on FB has been much more useful than ebay here lately.)

You should be fine. There are not supposed to be any late shipment penalties, or service metric penalties through mid July.

Update: Protecting your seller performance until July

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[wumpyfish]

Had a guy pay me an extra $5 once to tie the tie for him before I shipped it. lol

Did you follow a YouTube how-to video?

 

[MrUsedThreads]

Argh, I guess it shouldn't frustrate me that buyers don't really understand ebay. I had a buyer pay for an item and then pay immediately (he was accepting an offer, so didn't actually have to do that). He then asked if I could delay shipment. I so wish that he had mentioned that earlier so that I could have said to accept the sale, and then wait a few days to pay. Anyway...

I don't have to ship until Tuesday because I had changed all my handling times to 2 day back when Corona hit, and I haven't changed it back yet.
Am I correct that as long as I have printed the postage on Tuesday, ebay will not care when I actually give it to the post office, and won't defect me if it sits in my basement until Thursday or Friday?
Buyer doesn't want it until Monday the 29th, and I would expect Priority to get from Milwaukee to Philly between Friday and Monday.
Thanks guys. I'm a little rusty. With no thrifts open until a couple of weeks ago, and skeletal crew at ebay to fix problems, I've been a pretty unmotivated seller for the last three months. Also, I'm typically a really fast shipper--like if he hadn't messaged me it would have been out of my hands within hours. (And as for the thrifts, opening them back up hasn't helped much. I've only bought a couple of things, and nothing for flipping. Bikes, lawnmowers, and snowblowers on FB has been much more useful than ebay here lately.)

Normally eBay uses the first scan when an item is dropped of at the post office to calculate shipping time. So yes, it would be held against you. However, as capnwes stated, shipping penalties aren’t being enforced at the moment due to covid.

 

[Patrologia]

Normally eBay uses the first scan when an item is dropped of at the post office to calculate shipping time. So yes, it would be held against you. However, as capnwes stated, shipping penalties aren’t being enforced at the moment due to covid.

Thanks guys, good to know about the service metrics holiday. That combined with the chat transcript where “Jeff” said he’d note the customer request on the transaction should cover me then. I’m always paranoid because I got dinged once for not uploading tracking information for a local meet up.