Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions - Page 134

If I wasn't so bald already I would be pulling out more hair! 

 

 

Has anyone else had trouble printing international labels through the paypal shipping tool (not the ebay tool)? I had to ship a package to Indonesia last night and purchased the label no problem. When I tried to print it, I first had to download and install a JAVA update. The download was apparently corrupted and the label would not print. Since you are given 24 hours to print the label, I figured I would do it at work this morning. Had to install the JAVA update here too....corrupted...again, label would not print ....again. Finally I got JAVA to update, and when I attempted to reprint the label I was informed that I had printed too many copies of the lapel. I had to void the label and start all over again. Tried to print it through google chrome...no dice. Printed again through IE and it finally worked. UGGGHHHH! 

Frustration with ebay and piss-ant ebay buyers grows. I've now had two in a row positive feedbacks that say "tagged X measures Y." In both instances, I provided accurate measurements AS WELL AS pictures of the actual label. How much should I care about this?

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=gregbigmac&ftab=AllFeedback

You can't win with some buyers. They just don't read or look at the photos. I had a guy last week ask me if the pants are pleated or flat front in this listing. There are 3 indications of the pants style. Title, description, and photo.

Hickey Freeman Suit Wool Loro Piana 120s 42R 36/31 Dark Gray Pleated Cuffed EUC

 

 

Once you get a few more feedbacks in front of them, no one will even notice them. Just in case someone were to see them in the future, I would do a feedback response, reminding buyers to be sure to check the measurements provided in the listing. 

 

It is strange that the HF was tagged Large at that measured size. That would be big enough for me. I wonder how big a XL would be. Sweet coat though! Surprised it didn't go for a lot more.

I thought I would post this for those that are interested in tracking their profits in excel, but don't use excel very often. If any excel junkies notice any errors, please let me know. Also, if anyone notices any errors in what I have eBay and PayPal charging for fees, also let me know.

Please reference the photo below when looking at formulas:

Formula for Final Value Fee for Buy it Now when the item sold + shipping was greater than $50:

=IF(AND(E2="BIN",B2+K2>50),50*0.1+(B2+K2-50)*0.08,0)

- Cell E2 is the cell in which I type either the word Auction or the letters BIN
- Cell B2 is the Sale Price
- Cell K2 is the Shipping Charged to Buyer

Final Value Fee for Buy It Now when the item sold + shipping charged to buyer was less than $50:

=IF(AND(E2="BIN",(B2+K2)<50),(B2+K2)*0.1,0)

PayPal Fees:

=IF(B2>0,(B2+K2)*0.029+0.3,"")

- Cell B2 is Sale Price
- Cell K2 is Shipping Charged to Buyer

Final Value Fee for Auction Style Listing:

=IF(E2="Auction",(B2+K2)*0.09,0)

- Again, in cell E2 I would type either the word Auction or the letters BIN
- Same as above (B2 is sale price and k2 is shipping charged to buyer)

Below is an example of how you could setup a spreadsheet to calculate your profit on any given item. All of the formulas I have listed match this example:



Formula in Profit cell:

=IF(B2>0,(B2+K2)-M2,"")

Formula in Total Costs cell:

=IF(B2>0,C2+F2+G2+H2+I2+J2+L2,C2)

The rest of the numbers are manually typed in, no formulas.

I wouldn't worry about it. It is positive feedback. In a week it will be buried and nobody will read it again.

Inorite? He's bitching because he got an awesome HF hunting jacket for $20!
Anyway, thanks guys.

Wow. A lot to digest here. Personally, I just multiply my final value fee plus shipping times 0.099 (plus any listing fees) for the Ebay fee, and 0.049 for the paypal fee. I'm sure that's a bit too high for auctions, since I get the discounts, and possibly too low for fixed price listings. But it's close enough for government work.

I'm the office excel guru (accountant in my day job) and I'll check out the excel tonight. iPhone screen too small to make sense of stuff.

After glancing back over that I should clarify - I am NOT the guy that left crappy feedback for GMMcL, I just read the posts and it screamed meme to me.

 

Probably just buyers who didnt quite yet accepted their sizing was upgraded after the xmas period.

I suppose I went a little crazy, but I enjoy it.

When that Java shit acts up, that is so frustrating. Ive had that happen a few times.

Very helpful post! Big fan of the background and may consider it. As an idea (I'm no expert), if the frames lacked cross beams, and you used moslin and lit behind the background, your lighting could be drastically improved. As this would work as a light tent.

Sold a pair of running shoes to a buyer in Italy...so what do I need to do with shipping it? do they really check on this kind of stuff? Seems odd that shoes would be on the "banned" list.

Don't.

 

While you may get away with it 9 times out of 10, it is against the law.