Should I do a buy it now on this?
I started with a batch of Baby Mother’s Boden mistakes which made my first experience relatively easy as Boden seems a popular brand and I guess people know what they are getting….but out of the five items I sold I’ve got an non payer which has completely thrown me as I rather naively thought that people would pay as soon as bidding finished because that’s what I have always done….
Do I say I am selling this because my dog won't sit next to me if I'm wearing it?
My neighbour is having a similar experience with one of her buyers….
I am now reluctantly formulating my terms and conditions which has kind of taken the fun out of the selling process…
Do the "bobbles" illustrate the cardigan has some wear?
I have never sold anything on ebay but bought a few things, I never win a bid though. I to thought everyone pays up when bidding stops.....can't help you there!
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I find the world of Ebay very odd indeed. I really dislike the way people try to sell items that they've obviously just bought to sell, like Lidl wool, and then ramp up the postage costs. Having said that I recently bid and won some Opal yarn, paid the money and the parcel arrived in a couple of days with absolutely no contact between buyer and seller, nothing in the parcel but wool.
ReplyDeletei do a lot of ebaying. in fact i was only thinking to myself the other day i almost hire out the clothes i buy on ebay...wear for a while then pop them back on to sell. it doesn't bother me. like i'm happy to have something in my house that's come from a charity shop. i know it's not everyone's cup of tea but it suits me.
ReplyDeletei have had a few upsets along the way but considering i've got a feedback status in the 500s there have only been a handful of troubles which isn't too bad going.
my worst fear is that i've somehow left a cat hair on something i've posted!! like jenny i don't like it when items i've bought are just stuffed in a jiffy bag...no note...no wrapping..?
good luck with your auction adventures! free listing today. x
Ahh the mysterious world of ebay! I have to say that I've only sold a few things but with no problems and the things I've bought have been fab! It's the first place I look for interesting vintage household items. The 1930s lampshades in our kitchen were all sourced from ebay at a fraction of the cost of new ones! For clothes I give myself a strict budget and stick to it, though it drives you crazy when you get outbid in the last minute LOL! Have fun.
ReplyDeleteI love eBay, but am lucky never to have had a non-payer. Like you, if I'm buying, I pay as soon as the auction has ended - or as soon as I can after that if I'm away from the poota. I have a whole box of stuff I need to put on eBay - will let you know how I get on! :) x
ReplyDeleteI use ebay alot for work and have only had one or two annoying experiences - mainly to do with the vendor taking too long to post something that I need NOW! I have only sold a couple of things which was OK. My main problem is with the fact that Paypal seem to favour the buyer over the vendor and I have one bad experience with a person supposedly not receiving his parcel and paypal automatically taking the money in dispute from my account - apparently it is a bit of a scam but can be avoided by insisting the purchaser pays for a tracked service.
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