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

[newuser18]

Thank you, seriously annoying though as I put lot of pride in my sales. The asshat didn't make any effort to rectify his problems. Sent a message to eBay asking them to remove it because it contained an inappropriate word (****).Fingers crossed it gets removed.

oh I thought you meant a misc neg like negative reputation. Sorry to hear. Your best bet is asking eBay to remove it as you did. Good luck

I just use my food scale.

I don't recommend the stamps.com one at all. If any air blows on it or you make any sudden movements it affects the weight. Pretty much have to be in a labs clean room to keep it accurate. Unless anyone has some suggestions on getting it to work right.

what food scale do you have? Thanks for the info.

[ImHuge07]

Can some brahs take a minute to check out my listings please:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/2013thatguy2...&_trksid=p3686


Are the prices too high? Pictures suck? Both?

[KahunaBF]

Can some brahs take a minute to check out my listings please:



Are the prices too high? Pictures suck? Both?

The ladies will love it!

cheeky kent

I agree your photos aren't that great, try taking them in a more well lit area.

Also your descriptions need more detail, take some measurements of the shirt, make it easy for buyers to buy the shirt. Then maybe mention some places the shirt can be worn, ie. great for dinner parties / cocktail nights. Convince people to buy your stuff.

From the brief look I had, your prices seem competitive. Most people put no effort into their descriptions, by adding a bit more you can increase your sales.

Good luck

[Hallu]

Can you guys help me price some items?

I recently found two necklaces. The first one is gold with marking. 10kMex. Measures about 25.5 inches. weighs about 10 grams. I know there are different prices depending on the design.




The silver chain has the .925 Italy. Weighs about 50 grams. measures about 26 inches.


What do you guys think they are worth? obviously not scrap value.

Would just list them as an auction if I were you and be happy if you get anything over scrap value. That or sell to a friend, just make sure to get an accurate weight for the items.

[skyebr]

Can some brahs take a minute to check out my listings please:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/2013thatguy2...&_trksid=p3686


Are the prices too high? Pictures suck? Both?

If you sell any bb rl or tb anymore it needs to be in lots. Specially rl.

[KahunaBF]

Well got my negative feedback comment removed but the neg remains, furious.

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Do you guys get free samples from sites like Aliexpress? or do you have to pay? confused.

[Trickmyster18]

OK misc brahs I have got to ask, I have been selling a few high dollar items (mainly electronics) on ebay here and there, and while I make great money doing it I am getting absolutely ****ed by *******s not paying. Currently I am sitting at about 20% of all my auctions going unpaid, my jimmies get so rustled when this happens its not even funny. Any suggestions to fix this? I have every single buyer restriction that ebay offers set but since ebay refuses to let you limit new accounts from bidding its impossible to erradicate these asshats.

"Dear trickmyster700,

Hello , i try to pay but the total wass 220 and i only hav 200 so what we can do , i never saw that u put ship : 200 i though it wass free , i only hav 200"

this is a message I just received on my last auction....I pretty much told him to get ****ed

[datniche]

OK misc brahs I have got to ask, I have been selling a few high dollar items (mainly electronics) on ebay here and there, and while I make great money doing it I am getting absolutely ****ed by *******s not paying. Currently I am sitting at about 20% of all my auctions going unpaid, my jimmies get so rustled when this happens its not even funny. Any suggestions to fix this? I have every single buyer restriction that ebay offers set but since ebay refuses to let you limit new accounts from bidding its impossible to erradicate these asshats.

"Dear trickmyster700,

Hello , i try to pay but the total wass 220 and i only hav 200 so what we can do , i never saw that u put ship : 200 i though it wass free , i only hav 200"

this is a message I just received on my last auction....I pretty much told him to get ****ed

Start using Buy It Now w/ immediate payment required. It'll be a good change.

[BobbyGz]

Still banned from ebay guys, fml.

[KahunaBF]

Still banned from ebay guys, fml.

What did you do?

get a stealth account?

[wowz]

Well got my negative feedback comment removed but the neg remains, furious.

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Do you guys get free samples from sites like Aliexpress? or do you have to pay? confused.

You have to pay and it will be more expensive for that one than it will be for each of the multiples.

[RalphNader420]

Why is Amazon not > eBay???

[wowz]

Why is Amazon not > eBay???

Because a customer can basically return any product for any reason at any time on Amazon. Some people here have had to give refunds without even receiving the product back. With all that said, MOST of my income comes from Amazon. It just so happens that one of the products that I sell does very well on Amazon but piss poor on ebay. It is easier to sell thrift store/garage sale finds on eBay too.

[RalphNader420]

Because a customer can basically return any product for any reason at any time on Amazon. Some people here have had to give refunds without even receiving the product back. With all that said, MOST of my income comes from Amazon. It just so happens that one of the products that I sell does very well on Amazon but piss poor on ebay. It is easier to sell thrift store/garage sale finds on eBay too.

Damn makes sense. How long do they have to return it. Im selling memorabilia and autographs so with my customers its either they want it or not. Shouldn't have this issue on amazon?

[wowz]

Damn makes sense. How long do they have to return it. Im selling memorabilia and autographs so with my customers its either they want it or not. Shouldn't have this issue on amazon?

A long time, maybe 30 days. Amazon is really meant to sell things with UPC codes. Autographed items would be best on eBay.

[epixs]

Just sayin for the new brahs that need a cheap but reliable weight scale . I bought this about 2 months ago when I started, been working great ever since:

Was priced at $49, bought on sale for $20 shipped.
http://www.amazon.com/Weighmax-2822-...ref=pd_ys_iyr1

Gl brahs.

Also quick advice to new sellers, do whatever you can to avoid neg feedback early on. That means giving refunds to difficult buyers, you might just have to. From personal experience, most of the difficult buyers now khow to work eBay and how its completly unreasonable with the sellers. All the buyer has to do is state Item not as described and paypal will freeze the funds and your ultimately going to have to comply with eBays buyers protection program of peace.

Try to get TRS as soon as you can, its actually not very hard at all compared to the huge reqs for silver powerseller/gold powerseller.

Once you start to get a good solid base of positive feedback, you then have more leverage with how you approach ******* buyers and scammers.

Lastly saw a lot of posts on here about shipping, basically:

item<13oz -->First class
item<4/5lb-->parcel mail/usps flat rates
item>4/5lb-->UPS/Fedex

Get all the free chit you can from usps website and ups website regarding there shipping supplies. Saves you money. Get a cheap laser printer for shipping labels. Can also get pre sticky labels from ups website for free.

[wowz]

Free scale (+s&h) from stamps.com

[rocknnrolla]

how do you guys unlock phones before selling them?

[RalphNader420]

A long time, maybe 30 days. Amazon is really meant to sell things with UPC codes. Autographed items would be best on eBay.

How much is the typical listing fee? I have accounts on both. Could go that route. Just purchased a domain name too.

[KahunaBF]

Love it when people like this buy from you.

[BradInPhx]

how do you guys unlock phones before selling them?

All you need is a house key. You put it int he charging port and twist left twice and then right three times.

[BradInPhx]

Still banned from ebay guys, fml.

why were you banned, I forgot

[ImHuge07]

Can you buy jerseys from China and sell them on eBay as long as you don't say anywhere that its authentic? EBay says you can't but how would they know?

[briiii]

Can you buy jerseys from China and sell them on eBay as long as you don't say anywhere that its authentic? EBay says you can't but how would they know?

eBay knows all.

[BradInPhx]

Can you buy jerseys from China and sell them on eBay as long as you don't say anywhere that its authentic? EBay says you can't but how would they know?

You really had to ask this question?

[Ourea]

I received a letter from the UPS saying someone filed a claim with them about a broken package they received. (It was received May-08 and they opened a case May-13)
This person never contacted me about it and I've looked through my ebay and paypal history and I can't find anything. I looked through my UPS receipts and couldn't find anything either.

I want to fill out the paper, but don't know who to contact either, as in what I sold and who I sold it too. I also don't want to pretend like nothing happened, but the buyer is at fault in my opinion since he didn't contact me but I'm guessing he was a new buyer.

What do you guys recommend me do in this situation?

[ImHuge07]

Can some brahs take a minute to check out my listings please:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/2013thatguy2...&_trksid=p3686


Are the prices too high? Pictures suck? Both?

Thinking about slashing my prices down just to sell these for the feedback. They have been up for almost a week now and there is barely any views. Do they typically get more views as the auction gets closer to ending or are my pictures that bad?

Also somehow I accidentally bought that little kids shirt. Fuark

[KahunaBF]

Thinking about slashing my prices down just to sell these for the feedback. They have been up for almost a week now and there is barely any views. Do they typically get more views as the auction gets closer to ending or are my pictures that bad?

Also somehow I accidentally bought that little kids shirt. Fuark

You definitely get more views towards the end of the auction as people filter searches through 'ending soonest'. Since you are selling a fairly common item your listings could be on page 6 for example where not many people will click to. Are your first 30 listings free?

[ImHuge07]

You definitely get more views towards the end of the auction as people filter searches through 'ending soonest'. Since you are selling a fairly common item your listings could be on page 6 for example where not many people will click to. Are your first 30 listings free?

I believe the first 60 are free. Until I get 25 feedback and maintain it for 90 days though I'm limited to 10 listings a month in each category.

[robertk232]

Sup ebay brahs. How does the global shipping program work? I signed up for it a while back and have a listing now, set with OBO.

I have a potential offer I may accept, but the guy lives in Taiwan.

Also, I don’t think I checked the global shipping option for the listing. It only says “US” under shipping. If he buys it, can I still use the global shipping program?