Anyone importing from china and ebaying? - Need some advice.

RFW

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

I'm always happy to enlighten the lost.



If chinaman can afford to sell one of them for £12 shipped, I'm sure if you brought them in volume they'd be much cheaper than £12.

See quantity discounts.

You missed the last part of my post, didn't that lose another £6 profit?
HTH

Brooker_Dave

RFW wrote: »

You missed the last part of my post, didn't that lose another £6 profit?
HTH

People will pay more for something shipped from the UK.

Strapped

Open new ebay account. Drop-ship from Chinaman until your dispatch stars suffer. Close account. Pocket cash. Job done.

RFW

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

People will pay more for something shipped from the UK.

There's still some from the UK for under £20. Plus I thought you were telling people it was ok to buy direct from China?

Brooker_Dave

RFW wrote: »

There's still some from the UK for under £20. Plus I thought you were telling people it was ok to buy direct from China?

It is, but not if you're in a hurry for something being shipped via chinapost.

forgotmyname

Not everyone will pay more for something to be shipped from the UK.

It puzzles me how Chinese sellers do it. I bought an item last year and it would cost me more to send it back than the item and postage cost to buy it.

How does that work?

£5 or £7 delivered to the door from China but £14 to return it?

If your buying to sell then your not importing one at £12 your buying a boxful or pallet full or whatever. Thats not £12. So tax and duty apply.

RFW

forgotmyname wrote: »

Not everyone will pay more for something to be shipped from the UK.

It puzzles me how Chinese sellers do it. I bought an item last year and it would cost me more to send it back than the item and postage cost to buy it.

How does that work?

£5 or £7 delivered to the door from China but £14 to return it?

If your buying to sell then your not importing one at £12 your buying a boxful or pallet full or whatever. Thats not £12. So tax and duty apply.

Chinese post is presumably cheaper than here. Not sure how international postage works between countries. I don't know if countries pay each other to deliver or just work on trust, so each country just delivers whatever they receive. Perhaps Custardy will pop by.

Don't waste your time explaining why Brooker D was wrong, he never like to admit it. Presumably his business advice involves a bit of smuggling to break even.

RFW

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Argos seem to get away with it?

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9080203.htm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-8GB-MP3-MP4-Slim-Player-LCD-Screen-4th-Generation-Video-Movie-FM-Radio-Games-/230921874171?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_PortableAudio_MP3Players&hash=item35c4042afb

I think you missed the name "Bush" on the one Argos is selling. An item which doesn't look identical to an Apple product anyway. If there was an issue Apple would sue Bush and not Argos.

Brooker_Dave

forgotmyname wrote: »

If your buying to sell then your not importing one at £12 your buying a boxful or pallet full or whatever. Thats not £12. So tax and duty apply.

But clearly the cost per unit for a pallet load would be far less than buying 1.

RFW

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

But clearly the cost per unit for a pallet load would be far less than buying 1.

Just let it go, admit you can't add up and move on;)