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

[Snoogz]

3 Hours later, my new office hanging racks are complete...This is a total of 4 different walls.

I will Spoiler the Before & Afters.






These next 3 pictures are inside a mini walk in closet.







Bare Walls, ready for prep



Removed the old style, patched up the holes, and got ready to install all the new ****.





New racks going up

The two long ones above are 8 feet double stacked.






These next few are inside the mini walk in closet.
5 Feet hanging across, double stacked for 10 feet.
Then the shelves you see on the left are top to bottom...7 shelves total, 1.5 feet wide, 11 inches apart from each other.





Shelves x7, inside the cloet






After everything is said and done, this gives me about 26 feet to hang, and just shy of 28 linear feet of racking.
Not a bad upgrade I'd say...
Total cost: 450$ in materials from Lowes, and 3 hours labor...works for me!

 

[SpecialK2k12]

so i THINK i have my tie photography down (this is using a camera phone so be easy on me. oh and its the ugliest talbott ever)

Reminds me of a Georgia O'Keefe painting, for some reason, that I just can't put my finger on...

 

[Koala-T]

Reminds me of a Georgia O'Keefe painting, for some reason, that I just can't put my finger on...

Not without permission, anyway.

 

[mr monty]



Buyer wants me to ship shoes to France using Priority Mail. Buyer will pay cost. Never mailed anything international. Will there be fees other than flat rate priority mailing cost?

Thanks,

anyone???

 

[ridethecliche]

anyone???

Buyer might have to pay customs. Ask him if he'll insure it too.

 

[fastfiat81]

Gleaming this thread for the past hour and to recap the excluded list of countries to not ship to are:

Italy
Brazil
Russia
Ukraine
Greece

Any others that I missed?

Thanks!

 

[grid]

I just ordered a scale and some other shipping supplies. Can't wait to put them to use.

 

[capnwes]

Gleaming this thread for the past hour and to recap the excluded list of countries to not ship to are:

Italy
Brazil
Russia
Ukraine
Greece

Any others that I missed?

Thanks!

Not sure on Greece, but the other 4 are my only blocked countries.

 

[hbkshin]

Not sure on Greece, but the other 4 are my only blocked countries.

I've sent three things to Russia so far. They've all left me positive feedback, high DSRs, and a complaint in russian. My latest one was a positive feedback, 5 stars in everything, and "have no received item yet" in russian. I'm not sure exactly sure what's going on.

 

[HansderHund]



I've sent three things to Russia so far. They've all left me positive feedback, high DSRs, and a complaint in russian. My latest one was a positive feedback, 5 stars in everything, and "have no received item yet" in russian. I'm not sure exactly sure what's going on.

Maybe in Russia, lots of stars = bad and 0 stars = good. Kidding, I have no idea. I have had issues getting things through their customs. I'd love to open it back up to Russia and am always looking into ways to do it. I'm considering allowing it with private couriers and warning about import charges that they'll face. However, it just sounds like a setup for problems.

 

[Reigningchamp]

Finally used Succulent in the title of one of my listings. Thanks Wes!

 

[JezeC]

I recently agreed on price to buy an item from a SF user. He suggested, rather than going through Ebay, we should just go straight with Paypal so he can save some money on the Ebay fees. There will be an additional upcharge if we were to go through ebay. Since this is my first time using Paypal exclusively , is there any actual protection from this type of transaction? User has about 30 posts since creating an account in 2010.

He offered to write me an invoice, but I'm not sure how that works either. Please advise. Thanks.

 

[hbkshin]

I recently agreed on price to buy an item from a SF user. He suggested, rather than going through Ebay, we should just go straight with Paypal so he can save some money on the Ebay fees. There will be an additional upcharge if we were to go through ebay. Since this is my first time using Paypal exclusively , is there any actual protection from this type of transaction? User has about 30 posts since creating an account in 2010.

He offered to write me an invoice, but I'm not sure how that works either. Please advise. Thanks.

The invoice does nothing. It depends on how you send the money through PayPal. Don't send it as a Gift, or whatever the friend option is. Even then you won't have much protection. You'll mostly be running on faith.

 

[JezeC]

The invoice does nothing. It depends on how you send the money through PayPal. Don't send it as a Gift, or whatever the friend option is. Even then you won't have much protection. You'll mostly be running on faith.

Would it be more prudent to request the Ebay route for a BUY NOW option? Does that offer better protection?

I do have faith from the people in this forum...

 

[hbkshin]

Would it be more prudent to request the Ebay route for a BUY NOW option? Does that offer better protection?

I do have faith from the people in this forum...

It's up to you, really. I've sold to a few people through the forums and it's never really run through my mind they might screw me. eBay will offer much more protection, though.