Ask Me Anything About Ebay - Page 4

AvivaSimplex · #31 12-03-2006, 03:01 PM

My bad. Somehow didn't see your replies.

fluffpop62 · #32 12-03-2006, 03:18 PM

Have you considered buying lots and reselling them? Is there any value in doing that?

BiCuriousGeorge · #33 12-03-2006, 03:31 PM

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OP...

I have started a small ebay business and just sell local junk on ebay and I've been making b/w 500-1000 a month for the past 2 months now. Mostly sporting goods, used snowboards, surfboards, some golf stuff, some clothing, etc...

I have over 200 positive feedback but its been hard for me this month to find things to sell. Can you recommend some things I could sell with a good profit turn around that aren't too hard to come by but are in decent demand?

thanks

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what have you been selling so far?

very interested in this avenue of making a living even though i'm currently pretty immersed in my poker player lifestyle.

kipin · #34 12-03-2006, 03:41 PM

How good do you think it would be for the internet auction market if a true competitor to both ebay and paypal were to appear? (I'm hoping for GoogleBay, and GooglePay)

I can't stand paypal, providing absolutely no seller proteciton, outsourcing their CS to incompetent reps, and a feeling that I am getting ripped a new [censored] everytime I use paypal.

Ebay is only slightly better.

The double dipping on sellers pisses me off to no end.

How much do you allocate for losses due to scammers convincing paypal they were defrauded by you?

surfinillini · #35 12-03-2006, 04:06 PM

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OP...

I have started a small ebay business and just sell local junk on ebay and I've been making b/w 500-1000 a month for the past 2 months now. Mostly sporting goods, used snowboards, surfboards, some golf stuff, some clothing, etc...

I have over 200 positive feedback but its been hard for me this month to find things to sell. Can you recommend some things I could sell with a good profit turn around that aren't too hard to come by but are in decent demand?

thanks

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what have you been selling so far?

very interested in this avenue of making a living even though i'm currently pretty immersed in my poker player lifestyle.

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I've sold a lot of used clothing but not cheap clothing...

ie banana republic and abercrombie and fitch

I also look in the area for musical instruments @ garage sales, then put them up for sale.

i also had multiple surfboards I sold as well as a snowboard...also sell some electronics too. Just stuff I look around the house or neighborhood for that is cheap and then resell.

I try to put up anywhere from 10-30 auctions per week but it is time consuming. Every sunday it takes me a few hours to list my new auctions, and prepare all my other auctions for shipping for the week.

I'd say ~5 hours of my sunday is used b/c of this and then a couple of hours spread out during the week by going to post office or ups or fedex to ship the auctions that have been paid for.

Greeksquared · #36 12-03-2006, 04:41 PM

When you sell an item, ebay takes a small percentage right?

How much is this and how do they do it if someone sends you a check or money order? Do they take it out of your paypal account even if they didnt use paypal?

cantbeatluck · #37 12-03-2006, 05:38 PM

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OP...

I have started a small ebay business and just sell local junk on ebay and I've been making b/w 500-1000 a month for the past 2 months now. Mostly sporting goods, used snowboards, surfboards, some golf stuff, some clothing, etc...

I have over 200 positive feedback but its been hard for me this month to find things to sell. Can you recommend some things I could sell with a good profit turn around that aren't too hard to come by but are in decent demand?

thanks

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what have you been selling so far?

very interested in this avenue of making a living even though i'm currently pretty immersed in my poker player lifestyle.

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I too started with poker 8 years ago and rolled my whole BR into this business. We sell everything from baseball cards to sports cards and its all on consignment.

cantbeatluck · #38 12-03-2006, 05:39 PM

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How good do you think it would be for the internet auction market if a true competitor to both ebay and paypal were to appear? (I'm hoping for GoogleBay, and GooglePay)

I can't stand paypal, providing absolutely no seller proteciton, outsourcing their CS to incompetent reps, and a feeling that I am getting ripped a new [censored] everytime I use paypal.

Ebay is only slightly better.

The double dipping on sellers pisses me off to no end.

How much do you allocate for losses due to scammers convincing paypal they were defrauded by you?

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Generally less than 200 bucks a month

cantbeatluck · #39 12-03-2006, 05:40 PM

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When you sell an item, ebay takes a small percentage right?

How much is this and how do they do it if someone sends you a check or money order? Do they take it out of your paypal account even if they didnt use paypal?

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Last year my total Ebay / Paypal fees cost me 14% of my total sales. I pay them enough to have a monster house and nice cars each year lol.

schwza · #40 12-03-2006, 05:56 PM

this is more paypal related than ebay, but i'm guessing you've had some experience with fraud. somebody bought 3 $500 amazon gift certificates from me on paypal and he turned out to be a crook. paypal reversed the chrages (one within paypal, two by doing a credit card chargeback). i currently have a negative balance. (here's the longer version

i'm inclined to bend over and just give them the remaining money they say i owe them b/c i don't feel like dealing with the hassle and i assume that's how it will wind up anyway. i'd appreciate any insight, even it's just "you're probably screwed."