Enough is enough - the great declutter

sharronloves2spend

Just a thought... okay so you cant't tick the box that says 'negative' but whats to stop you from leaving a negative comment... like 'never paid..AVOID' I don't know if you can do this but it might just be a way around it ?

pigpen

sharronloves2spend wrote: »

Just a thought... okay so you cant't tick the box that says 'negative' but whats to stop you from leaving a negative comment... like 'never paid..AVOID' I don't know if you can do this but it might just be a way around it ?

That is what I intend doing but it will still register as a positive and if they have a lot of transactions and most people don't bother checking unless they have really poor percentage.. but how will they have a poor percentage.. they might be great at selling stuff but never pay for anything.. This is disgusting that ebay would take away the rights of sellers like this..

apparently they are going to pay through paypal in 2 days time.. it has been a week already.

Clutterfree

Sounds like they are waiting for Payday, Pigpen.

Clutterfree

Pigpen, you sell a lot on Ebay. Does any of it ever go for 99p?

If so, please could you see my question below. Thanks.

Question:
I have lots of out grown children's clothes (mainly Next) which I was going to list on Ebay for 99p.
Thing is, if they only sell for 99p, after fees (15p & 7.5% FVF = 7p) is it really worth it, especially if they pay by Paypal on top (is it 3.4% + 20p?).
I'd end up with 50p if I'm lucky. Do you all do this?
Just wondering if it is worth the time and hassle for 50p.
Would appreciate your thoughts, thanks.

arwenelf

Even if they are waiting for payday, it wouldn't hurt for them to email and say as much would it? I am fed up of waiting round for buyers who don't communicate let alone pay. I had one buyer who sent cash through the post but didn't email me to let me know she had sent it. The worst thing was I thought she was sending a cheque so I put off going into town to sort some bits out until I had received the cheque so I could pay it in at the same time! Three days later the envelope with the cash turns up. This was without including the time I had spent waiting for her to contact me or reply to my contact about the payment in the first place :mad:

pigpen

Clutterfree wrote: »

Pigpen, you sell a lot on Ebay. Does any of it ever go for 99p?

If so, please could you see my question below. Thanks.

Question:
I have lots of out grown children's clothes (mainly Next) which I was going to list on Ebay for 99p.
Thing is, if they only sell for 99p, after fees (15p & 7.5% FVF = 7p) is it really worth it, especially if they pay by Paypal on top (is it 3.4% + 20p?).
I'd end up with 50p if I'm lucky. Do you all do this?
Just wondering if it is worth the time and hassle for 50p.
Would appreciate your thoughts, thanks.

Yep.. often.. hike the postage a bit .. I charge a non-negitiable £3.50 for postage.. that is my MINIMUM amount.. even for something small..

10p for postage bag
paypal/listing fees are covered
sellotape.. coppers probably but it adds up
the actual postage (cheap as possible.. everything goes second class)

The postage costs are there in black and white if they think it is too much they don't have to bid but by bidding they are accepting that is how much postage will be.

I routinely add £2 for European addresses and £3/£3.50 for outside EU

and people pay it without arguing!!!

ETA.. I once sold something for 1p and made £2 on it!!

Little_Miss_Magic

pigpen wrote: »

Yep.. often.. hike the postage a bit .. I charge a non-negitiable £3.50 for postage.. that is my MINIMUM amount.. even for something small..

10p for postage bag
paypal/listing fees are covered
sellotape.. coppers probably but it adds up
the actual postage (cheap as possible.. everything goes second class)

The postage costs are there in black and white if they think it is too much they don't have to bid but by bidding they are accepting that is how much postage will be.

I routinely add £2 for European addresses and £3/£3.50 for outside EU

and people pay it without arguing!!!

ETA.. I once sold something for 1p and made £2 on it!!

God, really......perhaps this is where I am going wrong!!:rotfl:
I tend to charge about £1.50 P&P for an item of say, childrens clothing.

I remember charging something like £2 P&P once for a girls dress, and the seller emailed me going ballistic, that it cost me something like 60 odd p to post!!
Threatened to neg me etc....
I explained about costs for Paypal, mail bag, Printer ink (i include a little note)
shoe leather!!!:D He never got back to me!!

But since then have tried to keep costs down. (for fear of negs:o)

Little_Miss_Magic

On the ebay front

Paypal £69.50 (gonna transfer £50 to bank today)
29 items listed
17 watchers.

God i love ebay!!:T

pigpen

I wouldn't have said anything other than.. 'the P&P costs are displayed on the auction if you hadn't wanted to pay that much you shouldn't have bid'

I have only ever had one person email me about it after they received an item though and 2 email before it ended asking if it was the right amount .. I replied 'yep, that is my charge, feel free not to bid if you do not wish to pay that amount because I will not change it.'.. and another time I had copied a listing on turbolister and not changed it and I was charging £8 to post a childs shirt.. I did change that postage lol..

pigpen

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Ebay

9/60 with bids £14.20
1 to receive payment for... STILL!!! dispute will be opened today.. they have contacted me.. but I don't care.. I'm opening it anyway.. because I know they will be difficult.
47 watchers on 20 items