Selling on ebay

top_drawer_2

Right well .... now I am having trouble uploading pictures. How on earth can you conpress pictures? I dont have Adobe photoshop.

Thanks

lindseykim13

I haven't read all the posts but a quick observation- i wouldn't bid on your duvet set because you haven't put in what sort of condition it's in. Used doesn't tell me anything and could mean anything in ebay land. I'm more likely to bid on something if a seller has put 'used a handfull of times' or 'used once' etc If a seller hasn't put something similar in the listing i'm thinking it's more than likely 'well used/bobbled to bits' same goes for anything really the condition needs to be described much better.

Also although lots of advice to start at a set price, i always start my second hand bits at 99p as i have found you'll get more watchers and bidders and generally a better price. By putting a higher starting price you will put alot of watchers off. I tend to browse and only watch the 'bargains' and i presume a lot do too. You will get the odd one go for 99p but you only need 2 bidders to fight it out to get a good price.
If you keep re-listing at a higher price your just eating away at any sale price that you might get in the end anyway. On the sort of items your selling i would be car booting them to be honest.
You also need to take into consideration someone isn't going to be likely to bid on a duvet set at £5 plus postage when they could buy one for a charity shop for £3-4.

alfiesmum

top_drawer wrote: »

On the other hand, from a sellers point of view I spent two evenings last week preparing to put these items on ebay, photographing them and messing about with the website, then photographed them so if the opportunist feels they dont want to bid on my item "on principle" now they are not getting a bargain due to my inexperience then fair enough. Past experience tells me these will the type of people who will email me later to complain about some petty perceived "fault" anyway and demand I refund with the threat of bad feedback if I don't - some people really have no morals.

Why is this MSE always presumes the worst? Maybe I bought the trousers in a charity for a particular purpose (a office job during the summer) and then returned to uni and have no use for them now (my job definitely has no call for smart trousers).

lol even if I sold everything at top price there's no lavish Christmas on the cards in this house. But the money may cover some rent for the week I will have to take off over Christmas or travel to go home to my parents. Hence I am not willing to let things go for a lower price than I think is realisticly fair.

Oooo! Talk about over reaction. I do have a sellers point of view as it happens. I'm a business seller on eBay and have been since before the dead sea reported in sick. If MSE is so bad try ebay community boards you'll get loads of sympathy there for how long it takes to compose a decent listing, and how the buyer hardly ever thanks you for the pretty photos afterwards...Merry Christmas.

Crowqueen

Past experience tells me these will the type of people who will email me later to complain about some petty perceived "fault" anyway and demand I refund with the threat of bad feedback if I don't - some people really have no morals.

It's not about morals. People will take advantage of something that has few bids for whatever reason; it's as legitimate a tactic as sniping is and there are sites out there with specific searches to look for mis-spellings in titles because they are routinely a source of bargains. Hopefully some of the advice here means you can avoid some of the opportunists out there next time. And if you are getting complaints about items, perhaps it's a better idea not to sell something that's been well-worn, because ultimately it's your responsibility what and how you sell.

There really isn't another answer we can give you; we can sugar the pill all we like but it still boils down to - if you don't like opportunists taking advantage of listings that aren't getting seen or aren't competing with other similar items, the power is fully in your hands.

alfiesmum

Crowqueen wrote: »

Past experience tells me these will the type of people who will email me later to complain about some petty perceived "fault" anyway and demand I refund with the threat of bad feedback if I don't - some people really have no morals.

It's not about morals. People will take advantage of something that has few bids for whatever reason; it's as legitimate a tactic as sniping is and there are sites out there with specific searches to look for mis-spellings in titles because they are routinely a source of bargains. Hopefully some of the advice here means you can avoid some of the opportunists out there next time. And if you are getting complaints about items, perhaps it's a better idea not to sell something that's been well-worn, because ultimately it's your responsibility what and how you sell.

There really isn't another answer we can give you; we can sugar the pill all we like but it still boils down to - if you don't like opportunists taking advantage of listings that aren't getting seen or aren't competing with other similar items, the power is fully in your hands.

And even better coz you get them soo cheap!

You say things much nicer than me by the way! You're better at it.

top_drawer_2

alfiesmum wrote: »

Oooo! Talk about over reaction. I do have a sellers point of view as it happens. I'm a business seller on eBay and have been since before the dead sea reported in sick. If MSE is so bad try ebay community boards you'll get loads of sympathy there for how long it takes to compose a decent listing, and how the buyer hardly ever thanks you for the pretty photos afterwards...Merry Christmas.

Whatever. I didnt come here to argue the toss.

alfiesmum

top_drawer wrote: »

Whatever. I didnt come here to argue the toss.

Yet, you're still sat there refreshing the screen for more replies to your thread. My reply was in no way what so ever nasty, or anything close. Yet you chose to jump on it because it was not exactly what you wanted to hear. That's life sweetie. And if it seriously took you two nights to compose those auctions, then what ever you're making on eBay isn't worth your efforts.....

Now take it for what it is, a genuine greeting of Merry Christmas, be polite to your elders, and stop spitting your dummy out.

alfiesmum

jamesdrew wrote: »

ive started using parcels-2-send.com when i send larger items,
its soo cheaper then other parcel companys so i have started to make a bit of profit on p&p which is really good,
hope this helps

Cyberbob mentioned a while back that Paypal do a good deal on parcelforce deliveries too. Will try to find where it was, can't recall much about it to be honest, don't usually post big stuff myself.

top_drawer_2

alfiesmum wrote: »

Yet, you're still sat there refreshing the screen for more replies to your thread. My reply was in no way what so ever nasty, or anything close. Yet you chose to jump on it because it was not exactly what you wanted to hear. That's life sweetie. And if it seriously took you two nights to compose those auctions, then what ever you're making on eBay isn't worth your efforts.....

Now take it for what it is, a genuine greeting of Merry Christmas, be polite to your elders, and stop spitting your dummy out.

lol pmsl

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jasmineswhiskers

lindseykim13 wrote: »

You also need to take into consideration someone isn't going to be likely to bid on a duvet set at £5 plus postage when they could buy one for a charity shop for £3-4.

This duvet set no - however if it's a quality make then yes. I was watching a (used) Dorma set at the weekend - it's a discontinued pattern and ended up at £40+. I have found (99% of the time) good quality always sells - unbranded 'cheap' 'got it down the market' type stuff generally doesn't.