ibootsale anyone??

quaid

MinniMe wrote: »

can you remove something from your pitch - so if say i had something on ebay and it sold i could take it off my pitch?

You can also remove unsold items via 'Add/Edit Items' within 'MyPitch'

seashore321

How do you pay for items, and what seems to be the preferred method of payment for buyers?

Drea

I might give this site a go, since I can't use ebay anymore after tomorrow. But is paypal still the way they want everyone to pay?

irchy_mum

With regards to editing size of picture

Mandles wrote: »

Thanks. I finally just discovered and easier way .
Right click edit on picture to be edited.
It comes up then under paint
Go to attributes
Click stretch/skew
reduce both from 100% to 50% (width and length)
and it downloads perfectly.

Many thanks though.

Thanks for that, would never have worked that one out!!
Just listed(quite easily) several items & let everyone know about the site & they are all registering as we type.....so much easier than Ebay-oops, am I allowed to say that?!?!:rolleyes:

ElfinAngels

irchy_mum wrote: »

so much easier than Ebay-oops, am I allowed to say that?!?!:rolleyes:

I agree its very easy to list on.

My tip since there's no spellchecker is to draft your listing text in word etc. and copy&paste if you sometimes have problems with fingers not doing what brain is telling them!

ElfinAngels

seashore321 wrote: »

How do you pay for items, and what seems to be the preferred method of payment for buyers?

When you put on your listing the choices given are paypal, cheque, postal order, cash on collection and bank.

Over the last month since I’ve been using it everyone who’s bought from me has paid via paypal, but that’s okay with me as there are no listing fees or any final value fees whatsoever taken by ibootsale at the moment, so there is just the paypal fees.

Mandles

I know it is easy but do you have to list bu paypal as payment option to actually sell anything as this seems to be a problem for some.

quaid

As a buyer, I think sellers accepting paypal is pretty much essential. Its quick and simple a couple of clicks and job done. Compared to digging out a cheque book (havent used one for years) and popping to the post office and then wait a week for it to clear etc etc

ElfinAngels

Mandles wrote: »

I know it is easy but do you have to list bu paypal as payment option to actually sell anything as this seems to be a problem for some.

No you don’t have to put paypal as a payment option. You can also opt for cheque, postal order, bank transfer or cash on delivery; it’s up to you which ones you want to offer.

But as quaid pointed out previously, paypal is necessary if you want to attract buyers who already have and are used to using paypal.

As ibootsale listings are free and there are no final value fees to pay either, I cannot see a problem with offering paypal as a payment option and just having to pay their fees only.

ElfinAngels

Came across my first potential scammer on ibootsale.

Posting this as a warning to other users of the site in case you’re having dealings with them, my advice is don’t go there, just ignore them and put them in your email blocked list.

(added: Just reread this in case theres any confusion - I'm talking about doing dealings with the scammers not the ibootsale site. I think its a great site and am selling a fair few items.)

I reported the following to ibootsale who were very quick to respond saying that they had removed them a few days ago due to suspicious activities reported by others.

Look out for names Nastri Blazer, Nastri Wincy, Nastri in email addresses from yahoo.com and live.com etc.

I received this yesterday Sat 7 June 2008 in reply to a message I sent them on Wed morning regarding combined postage, and payment by paypal.

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Waiting for your mail....
Good day
What a good response to the mail and thanks for the price and since we are in the state i don't think there should be stress about about the pick up i will take good care of that .And am paying you with a
payment check and the pick up will be arrange from here as soon as
we do seal the transaction the shippers information that will come for
pick-up will be given to you. I have a pick-up company that will arrange for the pickup .The necessary pick up will be done as soon as possible , There is no need to worry about the pick-up. i will implore my secretary to issue
the payment check within some working days you shall get it.
Make sure you get back to me with the following detail immediately you do
receive this message so i can instruct my secretary to send you the payment
check immediately .
1)Your full name to be written on the check
2)Your address where the check will be send to
3)your contact phone number
Hope to read from you asap.
Regards
Nastri
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