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

[bert9000]

You think that stuff (on grailed) is intentional? I've seen a few fakes, but get the feeling the sellers just came across one and didn't know. I've seen a few listings corrected in the comments section, lol.

They don't care. Grailed takes their cut either way and if there's a problem they just tell you to go to PayPal so they have no skin in the game. Definitely some of the worst support I've seen.

I still don't see how this one stays up on eBay month after month (143 sold?!?!?!)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Loro-Pi...hash=item4d1ae1edaa:m:m2QLwSmw3WFEKmMRUfkkC4w

It might just be Loro Piana fabric with a misleading listing? Although there is that one review about how it isn't waterproof at all so even the fabric might be counterfeit.

 

[Pierson v Post]

wrong thread.

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[Coldsnap]

Jac Crew Ludlow sold so fast, probably shoulda asked for more but happy to see it gone quickly..

 

[Sartoriamo]

Assistance request for readers of Japanese: what's the fabric composition of these Issey Miyake pants? Sorry for the lousy phone pix. I'll post better ones in the thrift thread, once I get 'em done.

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[CWOyaji]

Assistance request for readers of Japanese: what's the fabric composition of these Issey Miyake pants? Sorry for the lousy phone pix. I'll post better ones in the thrift thread, once I get 'em done.

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60% Nylon
40% Cotton

 

[Sartoriamo]

And definitely install f.lux on all your screens if you haven't already. Blue light at night is awful.

A HUGE shout out to @Reosymes for this tip.

I've known about the issue with blue light at night for a very long time, but had no idea someone had done an app. I installed that software right after the original post, and it has proved to be a life changer. You don't realize how intense the regular screen light is until you temporary disable f.lux. Wow. Best utility I ever installed. Certainly the most impactful. Of course, after a certain time in the evening, its no longer possible to do color correction on eBay images, but that's a small price to pay!

 

[Sartoriamo]

60% Nylon
40% Cotton

Thank you, sir.

 

[CWOyaji]

Thank you, sir.

My pleasure. Appreciate your very thorough and thoughtful posts on the advice thread and am happy to return the favor, if only in a very minor way.

 

[StanleyWingtip]

Made my first eBay sale last week! On a Ricci tie. Printed the label then noticed it had a different address than his actual eBay listed address. After voiding that label and creating a new one at the post office, buyer receives, then 5 days later request a return...reason "Just don't like it". Guessing this happens a lot to those who of you who do this for a living? Was kind of taken aback by his reasoning. Almost get the feeling that he was hoping it got lost in the mail, then upon getting it, wore it to a wedding this weekend and was hoping to send back a Van Heusen in exchange. /Rant

 

[Reosymes]

If you don't accept returns, it would be trivially easy to get ebay to close this return in your favor. As clear cut a case as you can have of Buyer's Remorse.

 

[My Main Man]

A HUGE shout out to @Reosymes for this tip.

I've known about the issue with blue light at night for a very long time, but had no idea someone had done an app. I installed that software right after the original post, and it has proved to be a life changer. You don't realize how intense the regular screen light is until you temporary disable f.lux. Wow. Best utility I ever installed. Certainly the most impactful. Of course, after a certain time in the evening, its no longer possible to do color correction on eBay images, but that's a small price to pay!

Shout out x2

This has been a life-saver. I do color corrections in pixelmator so I set f.lux to disable when I'm using that program. I try to do that earlier in the evening and then other eBay stuff later so i can keep f.lux activated.

But again, thanks to @Reosymes

 

[Fueco]

Shout out x2

This has been a life-saver. I do color corrections in pixelmator so I set f.lux to disable when I'm using that program. I try to do that earlier in the evening and then other eBay stuff later so i can keep f.lux activated.

But again, thanks to @Reosymes

FWIW, light changes are only an issue if you do color corrections in different environments. One thing I learned back when I worked in a professional photo lab (early 2000s) is to do all of you critical color corrections in a controlled environment. Calibrate your monitor with hardware (I use a Datacolor Spyder 5 Pro) and do your editing with no direct light falling on your display.

 

[My Main Man]

FWIW, light changes are only an issue if you do color corrections in different environments. One thing I learned back when I worked in a professional photo lab (early 2000s) is to do all of you critical color corrections in a controlled environment. Calibrate your monitor with hardware (I use a Datacolor Spyder 5 Pro) and do your editing with no direct light falling on your display.

I guess I shouldn't have said color corrections. I do a color replace for the background on main gallery images that are darker than I'd like and then try to get it white without looking blown out and unnatural.

 

[Fueco]

I shipped out a package this afternoon that represents a $127 profit on a $5 purchase. I do love this business from time to time. I'd love to have about ten sales like that every day!

 

[Fueco]

Has anyone dug deep into the new Ebay Guaranteed Delivery" thing? Pros versus Cons? Looks slightly con to me at the moment, as it seems to me that Ebay will punish sellers by forcing returns and making them pay for it if USPS ********** pooch on actually scanning packages.


http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/shipping/guaranteed-delivery.html#guaranteed-delivery-option