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

[Reosymes]

You're absolutely right. Thanks!

 

[Letric]

Got sucked into a youtube rabbit hole of mega sellers on ebay making hundreds of thousands of dollars an year from mall brand clothes, selling them at like $12.99 OBO. Respect.

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I've seen that guys vids and yeah, those type of high-volume sellers do a lot of business. At that point each individual item becomes less important, and it's more about price tiers and volume. He'll even undersell some items just cause he doesn't research everything and throws a standard "tier price" on it.

That guy has employees and stuff, but the way he's able to list/sell so much is mainly through: Streamlining listing processes, Buying in Bulk / pennies per item and finally there's the "Cumulative Effect" that happens once you reach higher amounts of active listings.

Something that I've taken away from videos/sellers like that is the amount of time they spend per item - It's like tens of seconds or 1-2 minutes at most. Minimal prepping, only a few photos per listing, minimal description, ruler measurements in photos and highly streamlined photo editing/posting system...

I'm just too much of a perfectionist when it comes to things and could never list items that quickly. But yeah good for those types of sellers.

 

[Reosymes]

've seen that guys vids and yeah, those type of high-volume sellers do a lot of business.

Looks like he got banned for life on ebay. Apparently he sold 1M+ worth of high end sneakers during their zero sneaker selling fee promotional period and couldn't produce proof of where he got them from.

 

[Letric]

Looks like he got banned for life on ebay. Apparently he sold 1M+ worth of high end sneakers during their zero sneaker selling fee promotional period and couldn't produce proof of where he got them from.

Whoa that's crazy. Haven't looked into it all yet, but that doesn't sound good for his business.

 

[thefastlife]

What’s the most current best way to mail a suit (via USPS)?

 

[haloitsme]

What’s the most current best way to mail a suit (via USPS)?

FedEx or DHL Express.

 

[haloitsme]

Hi guys,
I have run into a new issue;
The buyer complains that I charged too much for shipping, but the amount was always stated.
He now opened an eBay dispute.
What should I do? Just move on and give him 20$ back or just tell him to ship the item back.

Thx

 

[Fueco]

Hi guys,
I have run into a new issue;
The buyer complains that I charged too much for shipping, but the amount was always stated.
He now opened an eBay dispute.
What should I do? Just move on and give him 20$ back or just tell him to ship the item back.

Thx

What’s the stated reason for the dispute? Is this a return request?

 

[haloitsme]

What’s the stated reason for the dispute? Is this a return request?

No return request; he just wrote:
... eBay should investigate whether the seller wants to enrich himself or not (a german thing I guess because the buyer is from Germany)... something like this.

He can still send the item back; I don't care ^^.

I am just wondering if I should dispute it or not because he is in Germany, and eBay wont allow me a partial refund just full

 

[Fueco]

No return request; he just wrote:
... eBay should investigate whether the seller wants to enrich himself or not (a german thing I guess because the buyer is from Germany)... something like this.

He can still send the item back; I don't care ^^.

I am just wondering if I should dispute it or not because he is in Germany, and eBay wont allow me a partial refund just full

After a sale, the buyer has no standing to complain about shipping prices, unless you changed the shipping price after the sale.

For such complaints, I just point out to the buyer that I charge calculated shipping, and he should complain to USPS about prices going up.

 

[noob in 89]

I want to enrich myself!

 

[noob in 89]

No investigating required.

 

[txwoodworker]

I wonder if they're seeing the EU taxes added on and thinking you just jacked the price after the sale?

 

[tgaith77]

Yeah, sometimes international buyers aren't fully realizing they're buying something...internationally. Actual calculated shipping charges don't really show up until they check out. That said, tell him to take it up with ebay.

 

[zenosparadox]

I've messaged the buyer about this, but there's no option to refuse the return request because the reason specified is obviously incorrect. Thoughts?

And the many pictures given in the listing are also "pretty clearly navy"