OH MY GOD! I love ebay!

lynzpower

Rainy sundays are a boon arnt they for bidding- I know I used to buy a lot on Sunday pms

My books have gone up to a tenner each with postage included, so Im really pleased about that. Might squeeze in a few more listings to end next weekend - and lets start a rain dance, the worse the weather is the livlier ebay is

Mrs_Sparkle

My 4 items are up to £14.39 now- hope it keeps raining. Know what you mean Lynz, I used to spend on eBay when it was raining and I was bored...

*does little rain dance around the room*

immoral_angeluk

Ours are on £221 now! Just keeps creeping up and up! I love rainy sundays!

Elliesmum

immoral_angeluk wrote:

Our listings are now up to £171.45 with 4 hours to go!!!!!! That's before we've even added postage on so hopefully we might make a bit extra on the postage!!!!
WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!!!! All but 1 ending this evening and I'm so excited now!!!

:j Well done.

EM x

Willsnarf1983

go4it wrote:

Just bidded on your Kaiser Chiefs CD with 48 secs to go, I had been after that CD, hope I've helped the fund!

lol nice mate, better check that my cd is alright, yeah had a look at it, i would call it good but any complaints let me know and i'll refund you as ur an mse'r and u can keep the cd coz it would be a waste of money getting it back lol!

Will

Tr@cker

So do i. No probs on ebay some good purchases.

Jamz

immoral_angeluk wrote:

£207.82 now! wooo! Plus have just worked out how much extra we'd get from postage and that adds another £103 on top so we're bound to make a little bit of extra profit! This ebay lark is soooo addictive!

Making a profit on the postage is bang out of order...

Willsnarf1983

Jamz wrote:

Making a profit on the postage is bang out of order...

why? buyers factor it in when they buy it so they will only buy the item on the value they expect to pay for it inc postage!

Will

laurajayne

Jamz wrote:

Making a profit on the postage is bang out of order...

I have to say, I'm inclined to agree. A couple of quid here or there when you've genuinely overestimated the postage, I can agree with (although still not great, it does happen) but £103 is a ton of money, and is technically fee avoidance.

I know, I've heard all the arguments about FVF etc, but I still don't think it's right that you are telling the buyer that it's x for postage when it's actually y (and you know that you've put incorrect postage) - that's lying! Not exactly condusive to being an MSEr is it? (Unless, I suppose, your the seller).

lynzpower

Jamz wrote:

Making a profit on the postage is bang out of order...

Actually the rule of thumb is to also factor in your own time of listing, packing and taking to the post office.

Personally, I rate my time at 7.00 per hour, which is what Id accept for a temp job, no less. Whether I pass this onto my buyers, not in its entirety, but an extra 20p here and there for my trouble is par for the course.