How not to make money on Ebay
- Thread starter JohnnyGaloshes
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plz_do_not_showmyemployer
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OH OKAY.
They sent it to you Out of California but you paid them to send it to you directly to your door.
They sent it to you Out of California but you paid them to send it to you directly to your door.
hXcjedders
Australian Skial God
Technically you paid $2.69 in USD if $2.99 is what you paid in CND.
It's also more expensive to ship out of country and their clientel is probably mostly domestic US so they might have just bit the bullet on shipping.
Your math sucks.
1. There is no CND currency. I believe you're talking about CAD.
2. $2.99x2=$5.98 CAD;
3. $5.98 CAD = $5.40 USD;
4. All frequent eBay sellers get volume discounts (sometimes up to 75%) even though on shipped package they show regular price for shipping. That means that your seller paid $1 max.
Stay in unmod where it best suits you, please.
And either way he lost out. That's the point genius.
You seem to me, to be so eager to point out other peoples flaws, and in such a hurry to expose what you think are mistakes, that you miss the finer details.
K. You got me - I failed to pay attention to "both". The point stands though - eBay sellers get different from regular rates. When I was selling stuff on eBay actively some packages I was shipping for as low as $0.70 USD.
Vincenzo
Positively Inhumane Poster
I sell many things using ebay, and I think that what the seller of those phone cases did was, maybe, not as stupid as it seems. I have made a profit on all except one of my items, which I put up at auction starting at $0.99 w/ free shipping. Only one guy bid. The item was small, so shipping using first class mail w/ tracking for an item under 3 ounces was $1.69, which is the price of shipping labels when you buy them through ebay.
Some of you may think that if you sell an item for under a certain amount, it is wise to just not send it out and refund the money. If you do that, however, the buyer of that item can give you negative feedback for not sending the item out, which in turn makes you lose potential customers and therefore money. I think what this seller did was forget to set up shipping costs to foreign destinations, basically advertising his item for $2.99 with free shipping to the entire world instead of just the United States. He made a mistake. When he sold the phone cases to you, he excepted his mistake, took a small loss, and saved himself from possibly getting negative feedback. The seller was not stupid, he was being respectful and honoring his price.
Just for those who do not use ebay, when you buy an item there is a feedback system in which you give the seller of the item positive, neutral, or negative feedback depending on how satisfied you are with your purchase. If someone has negative feedback, it shows that people where unsatisfied with the seller's item, or shipping time, or communication, etc. Most buyers do not purchase items from people with too many negative feedback ratings. If you have negative feedback, you lose business.
Some of you may think that if you sell an item for under a certain amount, it is wise to just not send it out and refund the money. If you do that, however, the buyer of that item can give you negative feedback for not sending the item out, which in turn makes you lose potential customers and therefore money. I think what this seller did was forget to set up shipping costs to foreign destinations, basically advertising his item for $2.99 with free shipping to the entire world instead of just the United States. He made a mistake. When he sold the phone cases to you, he excepted his mistake, took a small loss, and saved himself from possibly getting negative feedback. The seller was not stupid, he was being respectful and honoring his price.
Just for those who do not use ebay, when you buy an item there is a feedback system in which you give the seller of the item positive, neutral, or negative feedback depending on how satisfied you are with your purchase. If someone has negative feedback, it shows that people where unsatisfied with the seller's item, or shipping time, or communication, etc. Most buyers do not purchase items from people with too many negative feedback ratings. If you have negative feedback, you lose business.