Author Topic: Anyone sell on E-bay? (Read 1097 times)

funkedup · « **Reply #15 on:** May 30, 2003, 04:51:06 PM »

HOW DARE YOU!
That's it, I'm flying to Mexico to kick your ass!

SOB · « **Reply #16 on:** May 31, 2003, 04:23:05 AM »

Sounds like you've already got a nice system down, Muck. I like selling and buying crap on Ebay too. I generally ship USPS Priority Mail, tho', since I don't have work access to UPS. The nice part about that is that USPS gives away their shipping supplies (boxes, envelopes, packing tape) for free if you're shipping priority...they'll even deliver it to your door!

If I don't need money at the time, Paypal's a great place to keep your money in waiting for your next purchase of that ebay treasure (or crap) that you just can't live without.

What's your ID?

SOB

Ghosth · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2003, 06:31:55 AM »

My wife & I have both bought & sold on Ebay.

Best was a set of cardboard punchout cow calf pairs from DeLaval.

Grandma has a whole shoebox full. We sold a full set of all 5 cows for about 800$

Lance · « **Reply #18 on:** May 31, 2003, 08:49:17 AM »

Funked, don't get pissed, its not like Animal said your wife needed to wear a paper bag and get a tit job or anything.

Rude · « **Reply #19 on:** May 31, 2003, 08:50:13 AM »

My wifey has a business....Merchant Trading Company...all Ebay.

Selling on Ebay is easy....you make your real money when you buy the item you intend to sell, not when you sell it:)

Here is what I did....I went to a wholesaler of gift type ebay type items....I negotiated a deal whereby we can take the pics of his inventory and place them for sale....when they sell, we then buy the items....no out of pocket up front cash...no risk...we use their money.

If you look and speak with enough folks, antique stores, wholesalers, etc., you'll find the right niche product....focus on collectibles.

New York is one of the best locations in the country for buying wholesale, closeouts, etc....I have a friend who sells only Doc Martins....his entire house is a distribution center:) He's in Tulsa, buys in New York.

We currently are doing anywhere from $300-$1500 per week running only 15-25 sales per week....it's a great way to supplement your income, especially if you have kids:)

Remember, focus on buying the right product at the right price....selling it on ebay is the easy part.

Good Luck

muckmaw · « **Reply #20 on:** May 31, 2003, 01:51:18 PM »

That sounds great Rude!

I'm going to look around and see what I can find as far as collectibles, wholesale. etc.

Thanks again!

Nash · « **Reply #21 on:** June 01, 2003, 09:43:25 AM »

I'm trying to buy a car stereo and so I'm hunting around on ebay for the first time. It's nifty, but can be pretty funny too... with ads like these popping up every once in a while. Kinda makes ya wonder what world the seller is living in:

"SONY CD RDS RADIO CAR STEREO SYSTEM,THE FRONT CLIPS OF,EXCELLENT CONDITION,COMES WITH THE CAGE,,LOADS OF FEATURES LIKE,D-BASS,RDS,SEEK ECT........
ONLY PROBLEM IS IT DOESNT WORK?????WHEN YOU SWITCH IT ON IT MAKES A WHIRRING NOISE??MAYBE A CD STUCK?? IM NOT SURE?..SO STARTING BID £1!!!!!!!"

SOB · « **Reply #22 on:** June 01, 2003, 10:11:46 AM »

He's thinking that he's selling sh*t on ebay and people will buy anything...even if it's broken!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3021467641

SOB

Nash · « **Reply #23 on:** June 01, 2003, 11:10:56 AM »

^ Yegads....

Here's another type of ad that I've stumbled onto... It's about the third one I've seen like this. Basically ya've got this hi-tech bleeding edge gadget that's worth quite a bit, but selling for cheap (in the last case, a car cd player that also plays DVDs on a color screen - for 65 bucks). The description write-up is looooong. At the bottom of the write-up is a sentence that says (roughly):

"This auction is for information on where to get the product for 65 dollars, not for the actual product."

The ads I've seen like this were 10 times more busy with bids than the usual ads...

muckmaw · « **Reply #24 on:** June 01, 2003, 04:11:20 PM »

That's really not cool!

If you feel like taking the time, you should report him to E-bay.

They'll pull the auction down.

They've done it to me twice.

Once beacuse I was selling a WWII german helmet, and it had a swasticka on the side. (Not allowed to sell anything with a swastika on it)

The other time because I was selling a BB gun. You can't sell anything that fires a projectile (But people sell those soft pellet guns all day long.

)

Nash · « **Reply #25 on:** June 01, 2003, 05:07:07 PM »

Here's the guy's explanation:

"This Auction is not for the actual product but for a site where you can get it for $65 dollars, sound to good to be true? let me explain!

You enter into a Matrix, and pay 60$ for the information package, and when enough people enter the matrix, a free gift, being the clarion vrx935vd, retailing for more than $2000 is passed down, so this make the sellers able to make money, and you get your product, it just takes a bit longer, good luck, this is worth the wait and saving over $2,000."

I couldn't see any place to report it Muck, but if you want to here's the URL:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10368&item=2417612885

Vulcan · « **Reply #26 on:** June 01, 2003, 05:07:48 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by funkedup
Yeah and they make you crave dick too.

Funked the distrubitor I work for also distee's Apples, seperate division but we share the same branch office. I tell you you nailed it on the head. The amount of wierdo dyke ghey vegetarian whale hugging Apple owners in is astounding. Last week one of their customers came in to say 'bye' (with a limp wrist and all) - hes off to Amsterdam, to get married, to his male partner.

Oh well at least the FDB's will have a new toy.

SOB · « **Reply #27 on:** June 01, 2003, 10:06:01 PM »

Don't bother Nash/Muck. Safe Harbor/Ebay doesn't give a sh*t unless it violates someone's copyright or licensing agreement and that specific person/business contacts them, or it breaks a law, or it threatens to offend someone - in other words, anything that could cost them money. Ripping their customers off is OK, provided they get their fees.

SOB

Nash · « **Reply #28 on:** June 01, 2003, 10:27:05 PM »

Ah well... I reckon it's economic darwinism at work anyway... If yer dumb enough not to read the thing completely then ya get what's coming to ya.

Ok, found something I want to bid on (pair of small 3.5" car speakers). Now how does this work? (btw, I have a Paypal account set up, as well as Visa.)

Here's what the bid area looks like:

Current bid US $9.99 Starting bid US $9.99

Quantity 1 # of bids 0 Bid history

Does this mean that the seller has set the price at $9.99, and all I have to do is bid $10.00... rechecking the site periodically to make sure someone hasn't come along with a higher bid?

Also, and this is a bit confusing.... The box where you enter the bid, it's called the 'maximum bid', and is explained that eBay will bid incrementally on your behalf up to your maximum bid, which is kept secret from other eBay users.

So... Lets say I want to pay no more than 25 bucks, and I want eBay to keep thwarting other bid attempts until it reaches 25 bucks. The question is, if I enter $25 as my bid, what will my actual starting bid be?

muckmaw · « **Reply #29 on:** June 01, 2003, 10:47:05 PM »

Thats easy Nash.

There are no bids at this time. You enter $25.00 as your max. bid, and the opening bid will be $9.99

Now, if no one else bids, you get it for $9.99 when the auction ends. You should check it periodically, but I just enter the most I'm willing to pay, and check once in a while.

Now, if say, I come and want the item, I'll have to bid at leat $10.50. I'll place my bid, but you have a max. bid in at $25.00, so the computer will come in auto and enter a bid for you at $11.00. If the auction ends here, you pay $11.00

The comuter will keep bidding for you to beat other bidders until someone bids $25.01. That's above you're max, and you're out unless you come in and bid again.

Once the auction is over, check the shipping costs (Actually, I do this before I bid...don't get killed on shipping. Ask the weight of the item, how it's shipped and where from (ZIP code). Then go to USPS.com or wherever and calculate the shipping to make sure the seller's not robbing you.

Once you've got a shipping rate, click the "PAY NOW WITH PAYPAL" button on the auction page, enbter the info, and you're all set.