The OFFICIAL eBay Buy & Flip thread - Part II - No Hustle Without Rustle - Make $$$

[V8 Muscle]

Do chinese sellers often ask you to pay the paypal fee? Wtf is this shiet? I thought it's illegal.

yeah they charge the paypal fee if you order small amounts of items. when you are putting in 10k POs and have some swing then maybe they'd lift that or split it with you

[robertk232]

Any of you brahs on dat dere private labeling time? I'm determined to private label a product and test selling in 2015. I have a full time job, but I am taking about 12 days off over Christmas. I figure I can get most of the details worked out and then sit back and wait for samples. Test them in 2015.

I have a product I think should work with good margins, but I'm a bit unsure about the product category. Any of you in on dis?

[Vyber]

Do chinese sellers often ask you to pay the paypal fee? Wtf is this shiet? I thought it's illegal.

Pretty normal. Eats into their margins.
I tend to stay away from Paypal payments after a certain amount anyway because that 3% plus Paypals poverty currency converter makes a big difference

uh all you have to do is become the middleman. Then you have to deal with fewer customers and don't have to pay rip-off ebay fees and such. You'd make more than 10% since your supplier's cost isn't your ebay selling price less fees

sorry mate I prefer to spend my time on 300% retail margins over some poverty middleman margins. Tried it before. wholesaling takes up far more time and communication, and has so many flakers that don't follow through.

How is 10% ebay fee a rip off when its been marketed and put in front of 10's of millions of people? never understood people that complain about that.
How much would it cost you to market it from a stand alone ecommerce store.

[TrillBrah]

looking to make a purchase from a seller in china from alibaba in the next week has anyone ever had trouble with customs in china holding their packages or anything like that? I wanna get this started ASAP

[Joska]

yeah they charge the paypal fee if you order small amounts of items. when you are putting in 10k POs and have some swing then maybe they'd lift that or split it with you

Pretty normal. Eats into their margins.
I tend to stay away from Paypal payments after a certain amount anyway because that 3% plus Paypals poverty currency converter makes a big difference

Yeah, well it eats into my margin as well. I just kthxbye'd her, then she said she'll "pay it for me". Fukcing please. The other option was WU. I don't think so.

[halotalo]

anyone elses' sales down the past 2 months?

[WarrNation]

IN on dis! Time to flip that 1 talent into 10 talents.

[randymiscer]

If u brahs wanna make a quick flip search it local game stop for the game cubic ninja for the 3ds..$4.99 and flip on egay for 30$+

[HumptyBrah]

tfw eBay triples your selling limit, hnnggg

[HumptyBrah]

If u brahs wanna make a quick flip search it local game stop for the game cubic ninja for the 3ds..$4.99 and flip on egay for 30$+

Good looking out but just checked and it says no stores within 100 miles of me have inventory. fuuuuu

I was going to ask why it's selling on eBay for >600% of its retail value but that explains it lol

[halotalo]

Good looking out but just checked and it says no stores within 100 miles of me have inventory. fuuuuu

I was going to ask why it's selling on eBay for >600% of its retail value but that explains it lol

i read that theres some code to hack the 3ds or something

[illestt]

How do I go about this?

Sold a 68' Camaro for a good amount no reserve auction, fresh restoration etc. Guy came over and found some oil underneath from being overfilled (no leaks). Told him I would take care of it etc. Confirmed by mechanic no leaks whatsoever etc. On the Ad I listed all and very few cons it had. But I got a text message from the seller that since It was not as described that he will give me xx amount of money for the car. ($5.5k less than what it was won for)
I feel fcked because if he files on ebay for not as described they will side with him and I am out $50 posting fee (have sold several cars so have to pay an insertion fee) and received a 500 deposit which I put none refundable tag on it. But my main concern is receiving a negative feedback from him trying to get the car cheaper than what he won it for.

What do!

[HumptyBrah]

How do I go about this?

Sold a 68' Camaro for a good amount no reserve auction, fresh restoration etc. Guy came over and found some oil underneath from being overfilled (no leaks). Told him I would take care of it etc. Confirmed by mechanic no leaks whatsoever etc. On the Ad I listed all and very few cons it had. But I got a text message from the seller that since It was not as described that he will give me xx amount of money for the car. ($5.5k less than what it was won for)
I feel fcked because if he files on ebay for not as described they will side with him and I am out $50 posting fee (have sold several cars so have to pay an insertion fee) and received a 500 deposit which I put none refundable tag on it. But my main concern is receiving a negative feedback from him trying to get the car cheaper than what he won it for.

What do!

If the oil was really just a little spillover and not a leak then he's in the wrong imo. He committed to buy the car for the winning bid. Sounds like he's just trying to pull one over on you.

[halotalo]

How do I go about this?

Sold a 68' Camaro for a good amount no reserve auction, fresh restoration etc. Guy came over and found some oil underneath from being overfilled (no leaks). Told him I would take care of it etc. Confirmed by mechanic no leaks whatsoever etc. On the Ad I listed all and very few cons it had. But I got a text message from the seller that since It was not as described that he will give me xx amount of money for the car. ($5.5k less than what it was won for)
I feel fcked because if he files on ebay for not as described they will side with him and I am out $50 posting fee (have sold several cars so have to pay an insertion fee) and received a 500 deposit which I put none refundable tag on it. But my main concern is receiving a negative feedback from him trying to get the car cheaper than what he won it for.

What do!

hnng 68 camaro

[V8 Muscle]

ebay is literally the worst sales channel ever. **** traffic and crappy buyers who nickel and dime the hell out of you. My margins are GARBAGE on ebay vs my other channels.

Seems like the only good thing for eBay is for slow moving inventory that you dont care how much it sells for. then you can just auction it off at like 99c starting bid

[halotalo]

ebay is literally the worst sales channel ever. **** traffic and crappy buyers who nickel and dime the hell out of you. My margins are GARBAGE on ebay vs my other channels.

Seems like the only good thing for eBay is for slow moving inventory that you dont care how much it sells for. then you can just auction it off at like 99c starting bid

how do you push initial traffic into your listing?(amazon)

[Insanity247]

farking ebay. Sold a brand new set of wireless bluetooth headphones. Retailed at $79.99 (sealed in the box) Damn auction only reaches 6 bucks
feelsbadman, I honor the highest bidder, ship those fawkers to Puerto Rico. He complains that the batteries are dead. Rofl ! Are you chitting me, you paid 6 bucks for some $80 headphones and you are complaining the batteries are dead. Im done.

[V8 Muscle]

farking ebay. Sold a brand new set of wireless bluetooth headphones. Retailed at $79.99 (sealed in the box) Damn auction only reaches 6 bucks
feelsbadman, I honor the highest bidder, ship those fawkers to Puerto Rico. He complains that the batteries are dead. Rofl ! Are you chitting me, you paid 6 bucks for some $80 headphones and you are complaining the batteries are dead. Im done.

thats exactly the type of chit I'm talking about 3 posts up.....

[V8 Muscle]

how do you push initial traffic into your listing?(amazon)

reviews, good SEO/titles, better photos than the competition, etc.

[Insanity247]

^ hmmmm. I have an amazon store, but sales have been good. Ive been using stock photos though. I need to look into the SEO titles and maybe some pictures.

[Cesarbruh]

So I sold 2 items that required the buyers to pay for shipping, yet I had to pay for shipping via paypal when I printed the label. Doesn't ebay credit you the amount that the buyer paid for shipping? Under my payments received section, it has the total amount the buyers paid for the items but it doesn't include the the shipping they paid for.

[randymiscer]

I never sell brand new items over 50$ on ebay..always amazon.
And I never do international

[V8 Muscle]

wtf is going on here guise.... Am I getting scammed? (read below)

I bought a kitchenaid mixer earlier this month for my mom for xmas via eBay - got a great deal on it (190$ shipped) and its supposed to be brand new. I go into it thinking the sale will get cancelled or something since its a $600 mixer, but its worth a shot rite? Ordered it to come to my parents house. A couple weeks go by and the guy doesn't update the tracking info, doesn't mark it as shipped, etc.

Then eBay put this below the listing that I purchased and removed the photo from the listing


so I am thinking that the guys acct got hacked and am no longer expecting a mixer, just want my refund. I call customer support to get my $ back and they said to message the seller. Seller said this


So a few days later I get a refund from eBay and they say my case was closed. Cool.

Then I call my parents and they say they got a 25lb package from Williams Sonoma that is approximately the size of a mixer.... uhhhhhh? what is goign on. I think I got a free $600 mixer, but who is getting scammed?

[The_Albatross]

So I sold 2 items that required the buyers to pay for shipping, yet I had to pay for shipping via paypal when I printed the label. Doesn't ebay credit you the amount that the buyer paid for shipping? Under my payments received section, it has the total amount the buyers paid for the items but it doesn't include the the shipping they paid for.

Perhaps you selected free shipping when creating your eBay listing? Otherwise you should see a single payment from each buyer. The amount will be the auction or buy it now price plus the shipping cost minus the Paypal fee. When you print the label through eBay or Paypal then the postage is deducted from your Paypal.

[randymiscer]

wtf is going on here guise.... Am I getting scammed? (read below)

I bought a kitchenaid mixer earlier this month for my mom for xmas via eBay - got a great deal on it (190$ shipped) and its supposed to be brand new. I go into it thinking the sale will get cancelled or something since its a $600 mixer, but its worth a shot rite? Ordered it to come to my parents house. A couple weeks go by and the guy doesn't update the tracking info, doesn't mark it as shipped, etc.

Then eBay put this below the listing that I purchased and removed the photo from the listing


so I am thinking that the guys acct got hacked and am no longer expecting a mixer, just want my refund. I call customer support to get my $ back and they said to message the seller. Seller said this


So a few days later I get a refund from eBay and they say my case was closed. Cool.

Then I call my parents and they say they got a 25lb package from Williams Sonoma that is approximately the size of a mixer.... uhhhhhh? what is goign on. I think I got a free $600 mixer, but who is getting scammed?

Its called a drop ship brah .. form of a scam but u wernt really the victim (it's up to u how u wanna go about it)
Here's an example..

Frauder gets list of cc s
Frauder lists ebay/amazon/sears or we resellers site
You buy item pay for it
Frauder buys item u played for with stolen cc then sends item as gift or just changed shipping address to yours (explains a lot if the package isn't in your name)
Frauder transfers money from paypal to another card or sends to another person or account


But I'm just guessing..


Fyi bb.com was hit with this on 10lbs on whey , they were selling on sears and drop shipping them from bb.com

[SELVER7]

wtf is going on here guise.... Am I getting scammed? (read below)

I bought a kitchenaid mixer earlier this month for my mom for xmas via eBay - got a great deal on it (190$ shipped) and its supposed to be brand new. I go into it thinking the sale will get cancelled or something since its a $600 mixer, but its worth a shot rite? Ordered it to come to my parents house. A couple weeks go by and the guy doesn't update the tracking info, doesn't mark it as shipped, etc.

Then eBay put this below the listing that I purchased and removed the photo from the listing


so I am thinking that the guys acct got hacked and am no longer expecting a mixer, just want my refund. I call customer support to get my $ back and they said to message the seller. Seller said this


So a few days later I get a refund from eBay and they say my case was closed. Cool.

Then I call my parents and they say they got a 25lb package from Williams Sonoma that is approximately the size of a mixer.... uhhhhhh? what is goign on. I think I got a free $600 mixer, but who is getting scammed?

#winning in my books

[Cesarbruh]

Perhaps you selected free shipping when creating your eBay listing? Otherwise you should see a single payment from each buyer. The amount will be the auction or buy it now price plus the shipping cost minus the Paypal fee. When you print the label through eBay or Paypal then the postage is deducted from your Paypal.

Nah, I charged $2.32 for shipping so when I tried purchasing the label, I was a bit confused when it directed me to login into paypal. I figured I had to pay for the shipping and I would be credited the amount after I received my payment, but under payments received/total sales, it only has the amount of the items without the shipping amounts included in it that the buyers paid for. wat do? Is this normal?

[FunSize1990]

Bought 3 grand worth of video games from a collector moving overseas. Sold the PS2 section locally and made my initial investment back, but I can't move the Gamecube, PS3 or N64 stuff. Might have to bite the bullet and start listing on eBay. Also managed to flip a piano, had been sitting in the garage of the house i'm renting. Landlord told me it was mine if I got rid of it. Got a guy into appraise it and he offered me a couple of thousand. Restored it is probably worth about 10k, but ain't nobody got time for that. I'll leave that up to him.

[V8 Muscle]

Its called a drop ship brah .. form of a scam but u wernt really the victim (it's up to u how u wanna go about it)
Here's an example..

Frauder gets list of cc s
Frauder lists ebay/amazon/sears or we resellers site
You buy item pay for it
Frauder buys item u played for with stolen cc then sends item as gift or just changed shipping address to yours (explains a lot if the package isn't in your name)
Frauder transfers money from paypal to another card or sends to another person or account


But I'm just guessing..


Fyi bb.com was hit with this on 10lbs on whey , they were selling on sears and drop shipping them from bb.com

yeahhhhh ok that makes sense. I figured they were doing something like that but wasn't really sure how that works. I guess I got lucky lol $600 brand new kitchenaid mixer for free

the package was in my name too -weird

[Kabananga]

Anyone got experience with shipping higher value items to China? Someone from China bid on a €400 watch of mine, but I'm afraid that it might end badly for me (if their mail system is ****/scam chargeback). I always ship tracked and signed, but not sure if the Chinese post system is reliable enough.

Tempted to cancel his bid and change the listing to civilized nations only (Europe, N America, Straya)

Bought 3 grand worth of video games from a collector moving overseas. Sold the PS2 section locally and made my initial investment back, but I can't move the Gamecube, PS3 or N64 stuff. Might have to bite the bullet and start listing on eBay. Also managed to flip a piano, had been sitting in the garage of the house i'm renting. Landlord told me it was mine if I got rid of it. Got a guy into appraise it and he offered me a couple of thousand. Restored it is probably worth about 10k, but ain't nobody got time for that. I'll leave that up to him.

NICE!

For the games, I'd look for dedicated forums or just list the lot on eBay - unless you really want to do everything seperately, but that's a lot of work + takes more time + shipping costs will eat away a lot of the possible profits.