That's true for me as well, I suppose there isn't any real science to it. For me, I leave feedback in bulk but you're going to get "thanks" or something I copy/pasted. If it's someone with a low amount I'll write a personalized message. But honestly who even looks at feedback, I just check the score and it's under 95% then I'll investigate a bit.
How many of you guys who don't run a professional eBay store wait for the claim term to lapse before you dip into money for significant things you've sold?
How many of you guys who don't run a professional eBay store wait for the claim term to lapse before you dip into money for significant things you've sold?
I'm not even sure why you're worried about this. I always use the money right as soon as I receive it.
I sold a $2k CPU once then immediately spent about half the money. When it arrived DOA and I had to refund the money it messed my finances all up. Now I hold off on spending anything I cant cover for a few weeks.
I sold a $2k CPU once then immediately spent about half the money. When it arrived DOA and I had to refund the money it messed my finances all up. Now I hold off on spending anything I cant cover for a few weeks.
You guys don't link your credit card or bank account to your Paypal?
Obviously you wouldn't spend the money if you didn't even have enough to your name to cover a refund, but you should always be able to just transfer funds to cover a refund.
Just a heads up, I bought some of these bubble mailers and I got 2/3 sent back to me from yesterday where the stamps just apparently fell right off of it. I'll be going back to kraft.
How many of you guys who don't run a professional eBay store wait for the claim term to lapse before you dip into money for significant things you've sold?
Just a heads up, I bought some of these bubble mailers and I got 2/3 sent back to me from yesterday where the stamps just apparently fell right off of it. I'll be going back to kraft.
I only buy in mega bulk and I use kraft for small things. Ebay store supplies coupon pays for my poly bubble mailers that are the large ones the size of a strat guide. I ship alot of stuff in those and fold over for stuff that doesnt fit as nicely in a kraft mailer either being too big or is awkward fit.
I didn't know where else to post this or if I should start a new thread but I am wondering how many eBay sellers are opting in to the Hassle Free Returns on there. This question is more along the lines for people that sell quite a bit/regularly on there (100k+ a year in sales). I have sold on there and elsewhere for close to 10 years, and this last new requirement has given me some pause. There are a lot of lousy buyers, granted there are a lot of good ones too but in order to get the 10% FVF (Final value Fee) you need to be a Top Rated seller on there. I have sold some items cheaper then anyone else on there regularly, obviously not everything but some items. I am now thinking about raising prices 10% across the board which is very unfortunate but I feel like my hands are tied here. I just want other sellers opinions or ideas because I have had several other people message me about this relevant issue and still have a few weeks to make a decision.
I didn't know where else to post this or if I should start a new thread but I am wondering how many eBay sellers are opting in to the Hassle Free Returns on there. This question is more along the lines for people that sell quite a bit/regularly on there (100k+ a year in sales). I have sold on there and elsewhere for close to 10 years, and this last new requirement has given me some pause. There are a lot of lousy buyers, granted there are a lot of good ones too but in order to get the 10% FVF (Final value Fee) you need to be a Top Rated seller on there. I have sold some items cheaper then anyone else on there regularly, obviously not everything but some items. I am now thinking about raising prices 10% across the board which is very unfortunate but I feel like my hands are tied here. I just want other sellers opinions or ideas because I have had several other people message me about this relevant issue and still have a few weeks to make a decision.
? Hassle free. no way. No automatic returns for me. You have zero control and communication with those. Ebay is so dumb for that crap. They want everything both ways. They want to control your store even thought they are supposed to be just a venue. They also want none of the burden of cost. They lose nothing. You lose everything.
Free returns ...yeah im going to try it till it I see that it goes over the top rated discount. Once I have more returns than the final value fee discounts then I will turn it off and go back to being a not top rated discount seller.
Anyone else pictures disappear from eBay listings after the ad renews on Good till Cancelled. It updates after the 30 day time period and now I either have 1 picture or just a lousy stock photo. I have over 1000 listings and this has been going on since around 6/22 so now about 500 ads have been affected. I called and spoke to an eBay rep and there is no time table for this to be fixed. This would take countless hours if I had to re-take the pictures and upload them all since I take pictures of every side and normally have 9-12 pics on each specific ad...didn't ever use stock photos before.
Update to the newest eBay issues. Just got off the phone with an eBay rep after waiting on hold for about 25 minutes but they are going to give me a free month for my store subscription since they totally screwed everything up. My store only runs $60 bucks a month but on other forums I have visited people have been refunded the full anchor store price $299.95 per month so if you have one of them I highly recommend making this phone call and complaining. If you don't ever ask you will never know. They refunded mine and said they may even do better if this problem continues with FVF and such.
So two things. First, all of the sudden, my saved searches on the app will not tell me if there are new items for those searches, so now I have to do the search and check manually. Second, items are now popping up that the app will not allow me to purchase. I click the item, and select "buying options" and it says "You can't purchase this item from our app. Add to your Watch List and purchase on out website." What the hell is this? Anyone else have this issue? I uninstalled and reinstalled the app and had the same issue persist. I don't know why they make it so hard to take my money. I'll probably have to contact them about it soon because I will for sure miss out on things I want to buy if I can't get the app to work properly.
Something that has really been annoying me is this - I try to look at an ended listing and I get the message "This item is no longer available, but here are some similar items." No, I want to see the item I clicked on.
Something that has really been annoying me is this - I try to look at an ended listing and I get the message "This item is no longer available, but here are some similar items." No, I want to see the item I clicked on.
The word "item" actually says "listing" and the word "listing" is clickable. Click on that and you'll seed the completed item.
Something that has really been annoying me is this - I try to look at an ended listing and I get the message "This item is no longer available, but here are some similar items." No, I want to see the item I clicked on.
The word "item" actually says "listing" and the word "listing" is clickable. Click on that and you'll seed the completed item.
Just have say, this is a very annoying change they made. I absolutely hate it.
Anyone have any shipping saving tips for the west coast? I offer free shipping on everything, but then I get buyers from California and it turns what is usually $8 Priority into $16 to send for example. This gets even worse when I accept a Best Offer and get hit with that increase right after.
You've got to love the explanations that sellers give after you get backdoored. I had an offer on eBay get accepted, but as soon as the seller sent me a message saying that she was having shipping problems and that it would cost 172 USD to ship a poster, I knew I was getting backdoored. After calling her out on it, she insists that she's honest, telling me "after discussing with ebay the best solution was to find a buyer who would pay for shipping on their own which was the solution so that it would not impede on my profit". She either thinks I'm an idiot or is just trying to avoid raising suspicion from eBay.
Anyone have any shipping saving tips for the west coast? I offer free shipping on everything, but then I get buyers from California and it turns what is usually $8 Priority into $16 to send for example. This gets even worse when I accept a Best Offer and get hit with that increase right after.
Depends on the item. If it fits in a flat rate envelope you can ship items for $6.75 priority mail. As far as best offers you see where the people are from so you can always figure that in your counter offer to them. The other option of course depending on the item would be media mail.
sold a voltron toy. Buyer fucking broke it and is saying I didnt describe it right. The picture they sent was not like that. It could possibly have happened during shipping. But I doubt it. It was wrapped like an impenetrable football of bubble. First return in awhile. I was on a nice run. Pisses me off everytime.
They are going to say it arrived like that. I dont believe that for one effing second. They either had a broken one already and bought mine or they bent the part too far and broke it , and now claiming it doesnt work. Tried to say there were many parts missing. Um no their werent. Yea it didnt have parts. Thats why I provided 5 freaking pictures to show what was there you dumb piece of shit buyer. Didnt say complete. Didnt say near complete. Damnit these fucks. Losing shipping money in general sucks. But the fucking broke it. Damnit to hell
I'd call ebay and explain it, show the images and explain how it was packaged. Then since they have to give images to show it was broken, go over them as closely as possible, try and find anything that is off, not from missing parts or broken bits, but the body of the voltron. Maybe yours had a scuff in the paint, a chip on an edge, a scrape mark on something, maybe some of the chrome paint went down to the milky under side. If you can side by side the stuff and prove they're lying pieces of shit trying to steal from you they'll lose. I've had people try this on others I know and myself once too, every time when a side by side could be done the seller won it and the buyer got suspended and or limited account access for buying for a period because they attempted to both steal and commit fraud.
Demand as many pictures as you can, compare them to what you have, find anything that stands out. Then if they're saying they didn't get some added parts, point that out as an aside too showing it's a lie. If you have been with them for enough years, don't have negatives on the account in the last year plus, or any past history of trying to screw people as a buyer or seller they'll likely side with you or at least to make you happy, they are known to take the loss and not take the money from your account either. I've had this happen too as I've been with them since the 1990s.
Has anyone ever done an enormous deal through Paypal? I am selling something for a shitload of money, 5 figures, and someone wants to pay but they only want to use Paypal. They even offered to pay by Friends and Family, or whatever it's called where you don't pay as much fees. Just seems too good to be true and I could get scammed in someway.
If they send you the funds via a gift. Get them out of your paypal account then send the goods. Id read up on tax reporting for amoumts that large. Banks also here have rules about sums of money that large in a transaction . Or series of transactions.
once they send funds that way they have no recourse. I would not send anything till the funds clear into your account though
I wouldn't trust the paypal thing unless you know that guy has a stellar rep. It would not be hard for them to pay you 10K and then call paypal and say you were scammed and pull it back and keep your stuff due to buyer protection. They're in a way like ebay, more about not helping the shipper of the goods and more about the payor of funds. Maybe I'm paranoid but I've seen enough bad deals in and out of games where paypal is used alone or through ebay to sponge a victim.
If they send you the funds via a gift. Get them out of your paypal account then send the goods. Id read up on tax reporting for amoumts that large. Banks also here have rules about sums of money that large in a transaction . Or series of transactions.
once they send funds that way they have no recourse. I would not send anything till the funds clear into your account though
If they send you the funds via a gift. Get them out of your paypal account then send the goods. Id read up on tax reporting for amoumts that large. Banks also here have rules about sums of money that large in a transaction . Or series of transactions.
once they send funds that way they have no recourse. I would not send anything till the funds clear into your account though
Yes they do- credit card chargeback.
With a family friends gift payment?
paypal would fight that. Its also why i said get the funds out of your paypal just incase.
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tl;dr I wouldn't even worry about it
How many of you guys who don't run a professional eBay store wait for the claim term to lapse before you dip into money for significant things you've sold?
I'm not even sure why you're worried about this. I always use the money right as soon as I receive it.
I sold a $2k CPU once then immediately spent about half the money. When it arrived DOA and I had to refund the money it messed my finances all up. Now I hold off on spending anything I cant cover for a few weeks.
You guys don't link your credit card or bank account to your Paypal?
Obviously you wouldn't spend the money if you didn't even have enough to your name to cover a refund, but you should always be able to just transfer funds to cover a refund.
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How many of you guys who don't run a professional eBay store wait for the claim term to lapse before you dip into money for significant things you've sold?
you dont use the money for 6 months?
Just a heads up, I bought some of these bubble mailers and I got 2/3 sent back to me from yesterday where the stamps just apparently fell right off of it. I'll be going back to kraft.
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I only buy in mega bulk and I use kraft for small things. Ebay store supplies coupon pays for my poly bubble mailers that are the large ones the size of a strat guide. I ship alot of stuff in those and fold over for stuff that doesnt fit as nicely in a kraft mailer either being too big or is awkward fit.
I didn't know where else to post this or if I should start a new thread but I am wondering how many eBay sellers are opting in to the Hassle Free Returns on there. This question is more along the lines for people that sell quite a bit/regularly on there (100k+ a year in sales). I have sold on there and elsewhere for close to 10 years, and this last new requirement has given me some pause. There are a lot of lousy buyers, granted there are a lot of good ones too but in order to get the 10% FVF (Final value Fee) you need to be a Top Rated seller on there. I have sold some items cheaper then anyone else on there regularly, obviously not everything but some items. I am now thinking about raising prices 10% across the board which is very unfortunate but I feel like my hands are tied here. I just want other sellers opinions or ideas because I have had several other people message me about this relevant issue and still have a few weeks to make a decision.
? Hassle free. no way. No automatic returns for me. You have zero control and communication with those. Ebay is so dumb for that crap. They want everything both ways. They want to control your store even thought they are supposed to be just a venue. They also want none of the burden of cost. They lose nothing. You lose everything.
Free returns ...yeah im going to try it till it I see that it goes over the top rated discount. Once I have more returns than the final value fee discounts then I will turn it off and go back to being a not top rated discount seller.
Something that has really been annoying me is this - I try to look at an ended listing and I get the message "This item is no longer available, but here are some similar items." No, I want to see the item I clicked on.
The word "item" actually says "listing" and the word "listing" is clickable. Click on that and you'll seed the completed item.
Something that has really been annoying me is this - I try to look at an ended listing and I get the message "This item is no longer available, but here are some similar items." No, I want to see the item I clicked on.
The word "item" actually says "listing" and the word "listing" is clickable. Click on that and you'll seed the completed item.
Just have say, this is a very annoying change they made. I absolutely hate it.
Anyone have any shipping saving tips for the west coast? I offer free shipping on everything, but then I get buyers from California and it turns what is usually $8 Priority into $16 to send for example. This gets even worse when I accept a Best Offer and get hit with that increase right after.
Depends on the item. If it fits in a flat rate envelope you can ship items for $6.75 priority mail. As far as best offers you see where the people are from so you can always figure that in your counter offer to them. The other option of course depending on the item would be media mail.
They are going to say it arrived like that. I dont believe that for one effing second. They either had a broken one already and bought mine or they bent the part too far and broke it , and now claiming it doesnt work. Tried to say there were many parts missing. Um no their werent. Yea it didnt have parts. Thats why I provided 5 freaking pictures to show what was there you dumb piece of shit buyer. Didnt say complete. Didnt say near complete. Damnit these fucks. Losing shipping money in general sucks. But the fucking broke it. Damnit to hell
Demand as many pictures as you can, compare them to what you have, find anything that stands out. Then if they're saying they didn't get some added parts, point that out as an aside too showing it's a lie. If you have been with them for enough years, don't have negatives on the account in the last year plus, or any past history of trying to screw people as a buyer or seller they'll likely side with you or at least to make you happy, they are known to take the loss and not take the money from your account either. I've had this happen too as I've been with them since the 1990s.
once they send funds that way they have no recourse. I would not send anything till the funds clear into your account though
If they send you the funds via a gift. Get them out of your paypal account then send the goods. Id read up on tax reporting for amoumts that large. Banks also here have rules about sums of money that large in a transaction . Or series of transactions.
once they send funds that way they have no recourse. I would not send anything till the funds clear into your account though
Yes they do- credit card chargeback.
If they send you the funds via a gift. Get them out of your paypal account then send the goods. Id read up on tax reporting for amoumts that large. Banks also here have rules about sums of money that large in a transaction . Or series of transactions.
once they send funds that way they have no recourse. I would not send anything till the funds clear into your account though
Yes they do- credit card chargeback.
With a family friends gift payment?
paypal would fight that. Its also why i said get the funds out of your paypal just incase.