Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions



capnwes said:

Ok then.....Big Time Internetter. Or how 'bout "Internet Big-timer in training."

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Give me the motherfucking gun, trey.

^internet bigtimerz n the hood?

SpooPoker said:

Give me the motherfucking gun, trey.

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Decided to get organized and more focused on selling all of the stuff that I have hoarded in inventory

Old thrift room.



Multiple closets full of stuff to move.




Plus the cedar wardrobe o'stuff.




Ghetto lighting setup out in hallway.




After a long Sunday of work:

New thrift room.





The closets are still full, although the cedar wardrobe is now primarily my tweed and cashmere collection, rather than tweed to sell. Now I've gotta get some better lights.

^^ Looks good Dan, I am moving soon and getting a large room dedicated to my hobby yours looks like a good start.

This you could wear the Beaver with, stone cold pimping



ChetB said:

Thanks for the tips on lighting. Here's what I ended up ordering, $180 shipped:

lighting kit with three stands, two umbrellas, CFL bulbs
http://www.amazon.com/CowboyStudio-Photography-Portrait-Continuous-Umbrellas/dp/B003WLY24O

30" light tent with lights and mini tripod
http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Platinum-Backgrounds-Product-Photography/dp/B000OZRFR2

60" tripod
http://www.amazon.com/Vista-Explorer-60-Inch-Lightweight-Tripod/dp/B000V7AF8E

Will test out the lighting kit and if everything works well order a new mannequin soon.

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What do the umbrellas do?

k4lnamja said:

What do the umbrellas do?

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They soften the light so it isn't as harsh, spreading it over more area.

Shoeluv said:

This you could wear the Beaver with, stone cold pimping

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That looks identical to my thrift room.

Just got top rated seller and power seller status!
Does anyone know at what point they stop the limits? I was just upgraded to 35,000 a month which I hope to be pushing soon, but when do they just stop it all?

Unfortunately the dry cleaner was not able to get the piss out of the interior of the bijan suit pants. Both the cotton lining and the silk lining is stained, so perhaps taking them to a tailor and having the lining redone is a feasible option. I don't know. Do they even do that? If so, I'd probably be looking at $100 in tailoring, but it might be well worth it. It's hard to say, but I would imagine that selling the suit as is would decrease its value by at least 50%. Being that it's pure cashmere, gray with a ticket pocket, I'm hoping to hit one out of the park with it, especially since I sold a cashmere bijan blazer for $600. I'm hoping to get $750+ for this suit, even if I have to let it sit for a few months.

I seem to recall that gmccl has a primer on stain removal and that nakatu noted that he had removed the lining on some pants that were stained. I may be wrong on the posters names as it was months ago but somewhere since August if you're searching.



jebarne said:

I seem to recall that gmccl has a primer on stain removal and that nakatu noted that he had removed the lining on some pants that were stained. I may be wrong on the posters names as it was months ago but somewhere since August if you're searching.

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I had consulted gmccl a while back. I don't have the patience to clean them myself, and don't want to invest the time, basically (with no guarantee that it would pay off in the end). I could just remove the silk lining, and just have the tailor replace the cotton part of the lining, which would cut down on my costs.

Why not undo lining no replace?

Have any of you had neutral feedback removed?

An ebay buyer bought a mainline BB Egyptian Cotton shirt, opened a case claiming it is not new. I responded that it is new and explained where I bought it and that I have sold 37 of these on ebay with no complaints.

He closed the case a few days later but left neutral feedback I didn't know this was an outlet shirt. I don't know if he dinged me on DSR. It did not change my ratings but I have hundreds of ratings so he might have given me a 2 or a 3 without moving it them a .1 increment.

I would base my argument on the fact that it is not an "outlet shirt". It is a mainline shirt which can be bought on the BB website for $185, not a 346 outlet shirt.

Needless to say, rweidmaier is now on my block list. Any opinions on whether my case is strong enough for removal? My feedback rating is 99.8% and of course a neutral does not effect that, but we all know that a neutral is a negative otherwise.