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

[drlivingston]

Thank you! If it wasn't for people posting these reminders, I'd forget to do this.

Yep... Time to order some rolls of eBay tape and sell them.

 

[Fueco]

I think I'm going to stop using the branded tape. I think it makes for easy spotting of potential high value items on porches by thieves. The tissue paper is nice though. Maybe I'll be selling tape too.

 

[drlivingston]

I think I'm going to stop using the branded tape. I think it makes for easy spotting of potential high value items on porches by thieves. The tissue paper is nice though. Maybe I'll be selling tape too.

I quit using the branded boxes and tape for that very reason. Plus, the tape is an easy sell.

 

[California Dreamer]

You may recall I had some issues a while back with people not factoring in international shipping costs when buying. Today I received this message from one of them.

I've just received the item recently. Also the jacket size is 48us, not 48uk as you have given the details in eBay so it is too big for me. By the fact that if I have to send you back the jacket, the shipping price would be very expensive because I have too pay the price and the tax once again. So now I don't know what to do next.
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The item was delivered on May 3rd, and I received this message on June 13th. Needless to say I have politely refused to accept any returns after so much time, since detailed measurements were provided and the jacket described as bespoke with no size label; UK48 was my estimate only, based on a chest measurement of 50.5", and that was clearly stated.

I don't think this lady is any kind of shark, but she really does not understand how eBay buying works, and is more trouble to deal with than she's worth. Her eBay id is mookmuk_y, if you wish to avoid her.

 

[Reosymes]

48US is the same as 48UK, no?

 

[Denton]

eBay ID: nvwssv
eBay Store: ThriftyNotThreadbare
Forum nickname: Denton

Have easily 1k items not posted on eBay, slowly but surely listing everything. Starting with all of the shoes.

 

[bpk1]

Cross post from the thrift thread... everyone should block the following user

myclosetnyc

Lost his return request on the bay, and proceeded to open a PayPal case. Can provide email address by PM if wanted.

 

[drlivingston]

48US is the same as 48UK, no?

In all fairness, they may have thought that it was 48 cm which is equivalent to a 38 us. Still no excuse to ignore given measurements.

 

[California Dreamer]

In all fairness, they may have thought that it was 48 cm which is equivalent to a 38 us. Still no excuse to ignore given measurements.

I agree. That's why I don't think she's a scammer per se, just that she knows very little about how to go about buying clothes online. Still, I am not going to refund a $500 sale for so little reason and after so much time. If fit was a problem, she'd have known from the day it arrived.

 

[Tyrone MacStiophain]

I think I'm going to stop using the branded tape. I think it makes for easy spotting of potential high value items on porches by thieves. The tissue paper is nice though. Maybe I'll be selling tape too.

I was thinking that too, but I don't know if "eBay" on a box would indicate a higher value than any other merch being shipped in the mail. I suspect any potential mail thief would be more likely to steal boxes marked "amazon.com". But that's assuming mail thieves are good planners ...

 

[My Main Man]

I was thinking that too, but I don't know if "eBay" on a box would indicate a higher value than any other merch being shipped in the mail. I suspect any potential mail thief would be more likely to steal boxes marked "amazon.com". But that's assuming mail thieves are good planners ...

This has always been my thinking too. An unattended box sitting outside a house is always going to be appealing to a mail thief no matter what the box says.

 

[ace13x]

Is there a contest for worse listing? I found this one humorous and offensive (especially if you read the whole thing).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-Borrell...374978?hash=item3d3d3c6bc2:g:THgAAOSwZ1BXeQvP

 

[MJMcRibb]

Is there a contest for worse listing? I found this one humorous and offensive (especially if you read the whole thing).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NWT-Borrell...374978?hash=item3d3d3c6bc2:g:THgAAOSwZ1BXeQvP

That's a SF member, too.

 

[ace13x]

That's a SF member, too.

Oh... snap

 

[dreamspace]

What's up with Ebay sellers pawning off odd jackets and trousers as suits? Recently I bought a Caruso "suit", which turned out to be a Caruso jacket and Scuderi trousers. They weren't even in the same color! The jacket also had extensive dry-cleaning sheen, not described, of course.

I'll lose almost $100 (return shipping and import fees included) because some dolt doesn't know what he's selling.

If you're doing business like this, you can be 100% sure to receive negative feedback in the future. It's infuriating. What makes things worse, is that this seller seems to specialize in menswear.