selling your stuff on Amazon...part three...

voodoozoe

larmy16 wrote:

Bit of bad luck for me. I had a book for sale which was the only one in this country. Customer emailed me to ask if I would send it special delivery as it was urgent and she would pay difference.

It cost £4.50 to send, so I told her the difference between 1st class and SD was approx £3.51 (this was in a little note) and she could just send me stamps to cover the amount.

This morning I get an email saying that as she had already paid £2.75 for postage, she worked out she only owed 46 pence. I said it was ok - not to bother sending the 46p stamp!!!! I mean how do you even begin to explain to someone how Amazon take their cut etc??

I guess you live and learn! Shame though as I am now £3.50 down on what I could have made. I still made a profit of £8.39 on a 50p book, but it does seem ironic and I would not do the same again.

Sorry to hear about this larmy...some people just take the biscuit. I am having a proper take no prisoners attitude to selling at the moment!!!

Still waiting for that woman to get in touch about the extra postage she owes me after giving me the wrong address. I have the book and its GOIN NOWHERE until I get paid!!!!!!!

My OH has been having a lot of problems with Ebay lately...people simply being a PAIN and wanting to pay by methods he does not accept and other petty annoyances. I am glad I no longer have the time to do it TBH

Things have steadily picked up over past couple of weeks so happy anyway!!!

110frankie

I put my first five books on last week - heard nothing, no sales...
so last night I went for a look, and three of them had been closed :-(

I could see no reason for it so I relisted them.

Next problem is that they were all lowest price and have all been undercut - by bookshops. Mine are all new but unread so I wonder if they're getting together to teach a new upstart a lesson?

It won't work - the books cost me nothing at all so I can go as low as I feel like.

Kaminari_2

I bought a big batch of text books and most i could list at £15-£20, enough to counter balance the extra postage due to the weight. But one of title, a really heavy one, had a few listed as 1p. The postage would at least be £4.50-£5. I put it in the charity shop pile.

Christina_F

I have just gone to list a CD and when I have looked there are only 2 of the same listed on Amazon - one for £50 and one for £90.

Is there a website I can go and check out how much this CD is worth (I am a bit surprised it was this much but apparently ithas been out of print since 1989)

Any help appreciated

seabiscuit_2

I use these two sites to gain a round value (vinyl tap tend to go higher than average)

http://www.recordcollector.co.uk/

http://www.vinyltap.co.uk/

If you want some advice, you can pm me with the title and Ill see what I can find for you - but yes some 1989 CD's can be highly valued

tmo3

I got this email:



We're sorry to inform you that payment from the buyer for the
following item(s) have been delayed:

Quantity Item

1 * ITEM NAME*


We expect to receive payment shortly, and will contact you as soon as
that happens. Please continue to reserve this item for the buyer, but
DO NOT DISPATCH it until you receive confirmation from Amazon.co.uk
that your payment is secured.


If 72 hours pass from the time of purchase and you have not been notified
of payment, please consider the transaction void and relist your listing.
To relist via your Seller Account, follow the link below, click on
"closed" items under "Your Inventory", then click "Relist this item:"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/selleraccount

Because Amazon.co.uk Marketplace fees are assessed only when payment is
secured, no closing costs have been charged for this sale.


Here are the details of your sale:

Order number: *******

Item name: ***
Listing ID: ****
Quantity: 1
Purchase price: £4.80
*******


Our apologies for any inconvenience caused by this delay. Thank you for
selling with Amazon.co.uk Marketplace.


Amazon.co.uk Marketplace
Sell Your Stuff
http://www.amazon.co.uk/marketplace

and then one minute later got the normal sold, dispatch now email
i looked in my payment account and the money was there but i'm still not sure if i should send the item so thought i'd ask all you experienced amazoners lol



thanks

numberthree

Hi tm03,

It sounds as though there was an initial problem with the buyers payment - perhaps they typed in their card details incorrectly.

Any way it sounds as though the sale has now gone through OK - if it shows up in your completed orders and the money is in your account balance then everything has sorted its-self out and the order is genuine and OK for you to post out!

I have just had my first 'pending' order to actually turn into a sale today (after nearly 2 years of trading!) - normally mine just fizzle out and I have to end up relisting!!!!

Best of luck

tmo3

thank you!

will post it tommorow then lol

seabiscuit_2

hey this post left the first page again - cant let that happen

and why do you get a sale 5 mins after you left for the post office - and i checked just before i left

oh well - another trip tomorrow i guess

grimelda

Well, it's been another week and still no more sales.

I am suffering from no-Amazon-sales-related-depression.

*sigh*

*whinge*