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

[illestt]

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.

Anything I can do to prevent this?

[Kabananga]

Anything I can do to prevent this?

hnnggg at '68 Camaro. Pics and sale price?

Have your mechanic write up (or just sign) a report describing the condition of the car. I'm pretty sure the dude was just looking for a reason to get the car cheaper (especially if he suddenly wants to pay 5.5k less), so not sure if he'll not try to pull one over on you anyway.

Tell him he can either buy the car as is for the price he paid or cancel the deal and forfait the deal (perhaps refund the $500, but keep $50 for the listing).

[V8 Muscle]

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)




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.

Just ship FedEx and make them pay the additional shipping cost. Shipping FedEx is kind of a ripoff but they have good international tracking

[HumptyBrah]

hnnggg at '68 Camaro. Pics and sale price?

Have your mechanic write up (or just sign) a report describing the condition of the car. I'm pretty sure the dude was just looking for a reason to get the car cheaper (especially if he suddenly wants to pay 5.5k less), so not sure if he'll not try to pull one over on you anyway.

Tell him he can either buy the car as is for the price he paid or cancel the deal and forfait the deal (perhaps refund the $500, but keep $50 for the listing).

What this guy said. I've sold cars (retail, not on eBay) long enough to know customers will do anything to pull one over on you. I can't imagine eBay buyers would have any more integrity than that.

[VBogdanovic]

China Post Air.......never again

[V8 Muscle]

if you guys are looking for a good buy and flip, Newegg has KitchenAid 5qt mixers for $230 on black friday. These go for $500+.... same one that I got for free a few posts above I think lol

http://slickdeals.net/f/7406360-kitc...red-for-229-99

[nickh04]

who spends $500 on a mixer dafuq?

[robertk232]

Sending 22 items purchased for about $350 to Amazon tomorrow morning to stock my store. First time I've submitted FBA. Based on what the items should sell at, I should profit about $160. That include amazon fees, shipping, etc. I spent about 2.5 hours on this and could have been fast had I known more about how to submit packages FBA. It took some reading, cancelling, redoing, etc.

My angoooooos is peppered.

Wish I got the items submitted to Amazon early last week. Probably won't get into inventory before black Friday and cyber Monday, but the items should still sell before Christmas.

[SELVER7]

Bought 5c for $50 cracked screen and had some glue on the back

Put new screen on $60 and cleaned the back.

Should sell $220-240

[SELVER7]

Never trusting anyone anymore

Met some bish at timies to buy 5c for $190

Come home to check iemi and to see it on the black list.

Will return it to her as she ignored me until i brought up police lol

[Burtle1]

do any of you mess with drop shipping ?

is it worth it ?

Seems like this buying/selling stuff off craigslist and buying stuff in bulk is kind of hit/miss aye?

I just want to make an extra 100-200 a month to pay my student loan.

I'm trying to figure out the best thing to move, which is what everyone is doing I know lol

[Burtle1]

I did find a local auction that sells drug seized cars. They have an auction once per month.

But then again I imagine there will be tons of people bidding on cars. I might check the auction out next month to get an idea what its like. If I could find some nice decent cars for 400-500 bucks and flip them for 1,500 that'd be awesome. My state lets you buy/sell 12 cars a year before having to get a dealers license

[SELVER7]

do any of you mess with drop shipping ?

is it worth it ?

Seems like this buying/selling stuff off craigslist and buying stuff in bulk is kind of hit/miss aye?

I just want to make an extra 100-200 a month to pay my student loan.

I'm trying to figure out the best thing to move, which is what everyone is doing I know lol

Have u tried with iphones?

[stev0n]

Can you guys give me some advice? I'm afraid i'm getting screwed.
I ordered a few things on aliexpress a couple weeks back. (phone cases, car vent holders for phone)

I bought them in bulk like 50 pieces per lot, several lots of each item, several different items - probably 1,000 individual pieces total.
Here's what scares me. I checked today for updates. one item was $2 ($0.04 per piece in a 50 piece lot), but now it shows that the seller only sells it per individual piece for $1.83!

The same kind of thing has happened on almost half of my order, but it shows that my order has already been marked as shipped from China. So am I going to get the 50 pieces that I paid for or just one piece now? Anyone have experience?

I spent a little over $500 overall, and now I'm freaking out out that I've lost my money or will get screwed and they won't honor my order or give a refund.

[wowz]

Can you guys give me some advice? I'm afraid i'm getting screwed.
I ordered a few things on aliexpress a couple weeks back. (phone cases, car vent holders for phone)

I bought them in bulk like 50 pieces per lot, several lots of each item, several different items - probably 1,000 individual pieces total.
Here's what scares me. I checked today for updates. one item was $2 ($0.04 per piece in a 50 piece lot), but now it shows that the seller only sells it per individual piece for $1.83!

The same kind of thing has happened on almost half of my order, but it shows that my order has already been marked as shipped from China. So am I going to get the 50 pieces that I paid for or just one piece now? Anyone have experience?

I spent a little over $500 overall, and now I'm freaking out out that I've lost my money or will get screwed and they won't honor my order or give a refund.

It happens. They change their listings quite often. Did the seller have ratings? If so you should be alright.

[waisoserious]

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)




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.

sending items overseas is always tricky. customs could open your package. its not uncommon that they dont even open a package the right way.

story time:

I once ordered a Nokia N900 cell phone from the US through an auction i won on ebay. the seller sent it to my address here in Taiwan. when i got the package the box was visibly damaged and was opened from the side rather than the top, completely destroying the box.

Mainland china (ive been everywhere all over asia and travel there regularly) is about 100x more shady than taiwan. if I were you i id avoid sending anything TO china. buying from china is safer than it is sending to china. its not unimaginable that the item could get severely damaged during the ground transport process.

personally ive never had an experience where anything was stolen during delivery (sending stuff to china) but once i was at shanghai pu dong airport waiting for our luggage with my father and the ground staff stole the luggage cover off of his rimowa luggage. just an example of **** that could go wrong

if i were you id just take a lesser bid or.....discuss with the china bidder that he has to pay for insurance or you wont sell to him uninsured

[HumptyBrah]

So I started by unloading some of the crap I don't need anymore. PS3 games, books, etc. My first sale was a week ago and I've grossed about $100 so far. Not bad, not bad. Haven't bought anything specifically to flip yet, nervous to do that.

[wowz]

So I started by unloading some of the crap I don't need anymore. PS3 games, books, etc. My first sale was a week ago and I've grossed about $100 so far. Not bad, not bad. Haven't bought anything specifically to flip yet, nervous to do that.

scared money don't make money.


srsly though. any type of business requires time or money to risk in the beginning. Take that $100 you just made and reinvest.

[Beastman09]

Have 60pcs LG Optimus F7 Boost. Clean ESN/Cracked Screen

PM me an offer if interested

[mike.hunt]

I did find a local auction that sells drug seized cars. They have an auction once per month.

But then again I imagine there will be tons of people bidding on cars. I might check the auction out next month to get an idea what its like. If I could find some nice decent cars for 400-500 bucks and flip them for 1,500 that'd be awesome. My state lets you buy/sell 12 cars a year before having to get a dealers license

I know a guy thats been doing this for 2 years and makes good money. Drives around in BMW and doesn't even have a job.

[Kabananga]

sending items overseas is always tricky. customs could open your package. its not uncommon that they dont even open a package the right way.

story time:

I once ordered a Nokia N900 cell phone from the US through an auction i won on ebay. the seller sent it to my address here in Taiwan. when i got the package the box was visibly damaged and was opened from the side rather than the top, completely destroying the box.

Mainland china (ive been everywhere all over asia and travel there regularly) is about 100x more shady than taiwan. if I were you i id avoid sending anything TO china. buying from china is safer than it is sending to china. its not unimaginable that the item could get severely damaged during the ground transport process.

personally ive never had an experience where anything was stolen during delivery (sending stuff to china) but once i was at shanghai pu dong airport waiting for our luggage with my father and the ground staff stole the luggage cover off of his rimowa luggage. just an example of **** that could go wrong

if i were you id just take a lesser bid or.....discuss with the china bidder that he has to pay for insurance or you wont sell to him uninsured

Thanks for the info brah. I cancelled the listing a few days ago, and guess what... another wild chinaman wins one of my other watches. This was luckily only a €120 piece.

[bh4tmannn]

Sup brahs, just got licensed to sell something by a brand, who would I use to sell? Amazon or Ebay.

Not familiar with selling online and would love help!

*Fathers best friend owns store and lets me pitch in for orders

[J2BDifferent]

I believe Ebay is more for Discounted items like Open Box or used stuff.

I wouldn't even sell brand new items on Ebay.

[qportx]

GUYS,

I had my account restricted for a dumb reason but its back in normal,
however after they fixed my account the product is listen on 25th page?!
it was number 5 on first page before restriction?!
I called customer service and they didnt helped at all. Any ideas?

[halotalo]

GUYS,

I had my account restricted for a dumb reason but its back in normal,
however after they fixed my account the product is listen on 25th page?!
it was number 5 on first page before restriction?!
I called customer service and they didnt helped at all. Any ideas?

either get more sales on that one or close it and make a new listing for it

[qportx]

either get more sales on that one or close it and make a new listing for it

i deleted all listings and created them again, is that what you mean?

[halotalo]

i deleted all listings and created them again, is that what you mean?

yea see how that goes for now. if not, adjust your price/description/pictures where you think you can improve

[qportx]

yea see how that goes for now. if not, adjust your price/description/pictures where you think you can improve

Thats the problem we had everything optimized and for that reason weve been on the first page even though we lack feedback and are not TRS now. fukkk mayne

[stev0n]

Can you guys give me some advice? I'm afraid i'm getting screwed.
I ordered a few things on aliexpress a couple weeks back. (phone cases, car vent holders for phone)

I bought them in bulk like 50 pieces per lot, several lots of each item, several different items - probably 1,000 individual pieces total.
Here's what scares me. I checked today for updates. one item was $2 ($0.04 per piece in a 50 piece lot), but now it shows that the seller only sells it per individual piece for $1.83!

The same kind of thing has happened on almost half of my order, but it shows that my order has already been marked as shipped from China. So am I going to get the 50 pieces that I paid for or just one piece now? Anyone have experience?

I spent a little over $500 overall, and now I'm freaking out out that I've lost my money or will get screwed and they won't honor my order or give a refund.

It happens. They change their listings quite often. Did the seller have ratings? If so you should be alright.

So I got my first order or of 5 today. the one i specifically mentioned above. They only sent me one single item instead of the 50. I filed an "order dispute" on aliexpress, but what will happen now?

Will I have to mail my one phone case back, wait a month then get my refund? which is probably less than it would cost me to ship it back.

[The_Albatross]

I believe Ebay is more for Discounted items like Open Box or used stuff.

I wouldn't even sell brand new items on Ebay.

Are you retarded?