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Originally Posted by copycat

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You need some good advertising like on radio stations, mail flyers, free gift giveaway will attract alot of people. If you fail, redesign your website. Make auction site broken up in locations like craigslist.



Good Luck
Copycat

I followed all of that, except the last sentence. What do you mean broken up?

I think im about done with ebay because recently a guy bought my iphone 4s that had a cracked screen for 347 bucks right then i shouldve known he had something up his sleeve. He was from Israel i usually dont ship out of the country but he asked me if i would ship it so i did, about 3 or 4 weeks maybe even a month or so later i get a message saying "where is my phone?" Im thinking, huh? I shipped this phone with a tracking number but i didn't know that usps dont track items to israel so now it isn't showing that it was delivered and he's saying that he never received it and im not about to give him his refund because my phone is gone and i will never get my money back and he probably has it hidden somewhere, anyway of course paypal and ebay is trying to make me refund his money. I've already changed my bank account numbers and visa card so they cant access my account. Its a shame because i have a 100% fb score with 1 silly neautral that doesn't even make sense. So i think this is it for me, craigslist here i come.

Originally Posted by copycat

like states and cities. People then can auction stuff and buyer can pickup locally if needed. Might want to hide ad totals for the sections for awhile until you get some traffic. I know I don't feel comfortable selling on a website that doesn't have too many others selling.


Copycat

I appreciate the idea and thought. I will think about the cities and states option. As far as the list counters, I never even paid attention to all of that. I disabled that feature. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Ptscrapper

I think im about done with ebay because recently a guy bought my iphone 4s that had a cracked screen for 347 bucks right then i shouldve known he had something up his sleeve. He was from Israel i usually dont ship out of the country but he asked me if i would ship it so i did, about 3 or 4 weeks maybe even a month or so later i get a message saying "where is my phone?" Im thinking, huh? I shipped this phone with a tracking number but i didn't know that usps dont track items to israel so now it isn't showing that it was delivered and he's saying that he never received it and im not about to give him his refund because my phone is gone and i will never get my money back and he probably has it hidden somewhere, anyway of course paypal and ebay is trying to make me refund his money. I've already changed my bank account numbers and visa card so they cant access my account. Its a shame because i have a 100% fb score with 1 silly neautral that doesn't even make sense. So i think this is it for me, craigslist here i come.

Yeah, he is trying to rip you off, sounds like to me. That is why, I am never going to ship over seas.

I too was once a powerseller.

I call them evilbay for a reason.

I keep coming up with things I would probably do best selling on there, but
I just can't make myself go back.

Originally Posted by Ptscrapper

I think im about done with ebay because recently a guy bought my iphone 4s that had a cracked screen for 347 bucks right then i shouldve known he had something up his sleeve. He was from Israel i usually dont ship out of the country but he asked me if i would ship it so i did, about 3 or 4 weeks maybe even a month or so later i get a message saying "where is my phone?" Im thinking, huh? I shipped this phone with a tracking number but i didn't know that usps dont track items to israel so now it isn't showing that it was delivered and he's saying that he never received it and im not about to give him his refund because my phone is gone and i will never get my money back and he probably has it hidden somewhere, anyway of course paypal and ebay is trying to make me refund his money. I've already changed my bank account numbers and visa card so they cant access my account. Its a shame because i have a 100% fb score with 1 silly neautral that doesn't even make sense. So i think this is it for me, craigslist here i come.

If you've taken those steps to make sure evilbay can't get the money out of you they will NARU you and delete your account. (Not A Registered User.)

And never sell outside the US, all your protection goes away. Outside the US buyers pay by some form of payment that eBay can't attach, then the worst that can happen is bad feedback.

You're screwed, one way or another. Sorry dude.

For those of you who actively ebay, how long do you generally put the ads up for?

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

For those of you who actively ebay, how long do you generally put the ads up for?

If it's something I have a steady supply of, I do the 30 day but on 1 up items then it's the 7 day auction with a buy-it-now option..

Common items with high demand=24 hr

Common items with steady demand=3 day

Not so common but good sellers= 5 or 7 day depending if I make Sunday's post

Multiple like item or something that consistently sells at same price=30 day Buy it Now (auto pilot)

Over 90% of things I sell are shipped free with 1 day processing. Not really free...it's figured into the price but perception is reality. I was not trying for Top Rated/Power Seller status, it just happened. Last invoice got about a 20% discount because of it so that works for me. Found a Match Safe recently at a estate sale for .75 cents that sold for over $100...that was fun to watch folks fight over for 3 days.

Just had my first successful ebay sale. I sold an old T-Mobile Blackberry that I used for less than a month. It sold for almost $20 more than what I tried selling it on craigslist for.

Total amount including shipping is $69.99

That's good George. As a rule of thumb though, most figure a total of 15% for Ebay and Paypal fees, so it sold for about $10 more then what you had it on Craigslist for. Also keep in mind if you have more then 200 transactions or 10K in sales you will get a 1099 at the end of the year.

You think that's something wait until eBay starts pimping you by making you refund buyers just because they say they want a refund even though you shipped the product with tracking number and they threaten to suspend your ebay account if you dont do what they say! Terrible business model. I mean who does that?

Originally Posted by Ptscrapper

You think that's something wait until eBay starts pimping you by making you refund buyers just because they say they want a refund even though you shipped the product with tracking number and they threaten to suspend your ebay account if you dont do what they say! Terrible business model. I mean who does that?

That is when my lawyers will love to play with their lawyers. I wont be intimated by anyone. If anything goes wrong outside of me shipping the merchandise, they can take it up with the shipper (ups, usps, etc).

If it is something that is my fault, then I will deal with it, but if anything like you are saying happens, I wont think twice to simply stop using the.

Originally Posted by KZBell

That's good George. As a rule of thumb though, most figure a total of 15% for Ebay and Paypal fees, so it sold for about $10 more then what you had it on Craigslist for. Also keep in mind if you have more then 200 transactions or 10K in sales you will get a 1099 at the end of the year.

Thanks for the info.