We had a buyer who purchased 2 large lighting fixtures from us. In addition to the fact that they were brand new in pristine condition boxes, we floated those boxes in larger heavy duty Home Depot boxes - entirely cushioned with packing paper - all 6 sides. These lighting fixtures were pricey and costly to ship. The buyer messaged us stating that one of the lights came dented and he wanted us to ship another one to him. We immediately messaged him asking for photos of both boxes (all sides - interior & exterior) in order to file a dispute with FedEx. We then received a message from him stating that he fixed it and he was no longer asking for a replacement, lol! We have also had a couple of buyers send us photos of broken or dirty items that were definitely not the ones we shipped them. The thing that stinks is that sellers often refund these dishonest buyers because they don't want to pay to have the buyers damaged garbage shipped back to them. These fraudulent buyers/scammers know that we will often do this for that very reason.
Sales generally slow down in summer, unless you're selling seasonal stuff. August is always my worst summer month. Summer and winter are both slow times for me, with August and December typically being the worst. This year hasn't been so bad though; I usually don't sell more than one item in December, but I'm already up 10 sales. I got 3 sales in August, compared to previous years with zero sales. I primarily sell women's clothing, mostly tops and dresses. This year November was my best month; I sold a lot of pants and shorts.
@@FlippinAintEasy I don't have a smart phone. Last I checked, their app doesn't work on desktop computers. I wish I could sell on there and Mercari; I could fetch better margins. I've been getting at least 10% average monthly sell-through rates and getting better than my acceptable margin minimums, so ebay isn't so bad. I should do better next year when I upgrade to a Premium store and diversify my merch. Maybe I'll make enough to get a smartphone. I tried selling on Bonanza; that was a wasted effort. I only sold one item my two years on there. I also couldn't sell knives or pipes on there, which I intend to get back into next year.
@@FlippinAintEasy That's what I'm saying; last I checked, I can't use a computer to list on there, because listing requires a mobile app. I don't have a smart phone or other mobile device. Did they change it so you can list using a computer? If I'm missing something here, please tell me.
When you go buy the shipping label, if you scroll down in that page you will see the option to pay with a PayPal account or out of the money that eBay owes you.
I'm sure the buyer thought they were scamming a corporation like Amazon, that can take it. You made them feel guilty for taking advantage of small sellers and that's a huge win in my book. Hopefully they learned a lesson and it wont continue. You may have saved other sellers from going through that, so thank you!!!
Help am I getting Scammed?! I sold a brand new Casio, inside of a random box for extra protection. He shows picture of the random box. But says there's nothing in it...then why wouldn't you show the inside of the box ?! Any feedback would be helpful...
Vasili Vasili I’ve never come across that scam before. I would recommend requesting a callback from eBay through eBay.com/sellerhelp. Once you speak to someone request to speak with someone in Managed Payments to ensure you get a rep in the states. Explain your situation and find out what you can do. Please be sure to follow up so we know what happens. Thanks.
I'm amazed they sent it back! I sell vintage Barbies and accessories in my store, i had someone do that very same thing; a guy bought a very expensive vintage tagged Barbie outfit from me. He opens a case saying it looks "inauthentic", you don't fake Mattel! Despite my no returns/ refund policy, eBay forced me to accept the return. When i get it the dress is not my mint dress, but one in bad condition, and he keeps the gloves. I protest to eBay, they returned his money, i appealed, he won again. I did everything right- tons of pics, very detailed description, didn't matter. If I was giving free shipping I could have gotten half my money back- that's organized crime protection money! I will never do free shipping so I will have to take the loss, it will still be less than paying for free shipping. EBay has no seller protection. Period. They do, however, have Scammer Protection. I was supposed to go MP the last of July, still haven't yet, though. My sales are down for July, but I've heard from a couple of longtime eBay sellers that it's pretty typical for this time of year, many are probably planning for back to school purchases. Ebay has been a ghost town for a couple weeks now, hopefully it picks up soon. Thanks so much, appreciate the tips and info!
That is the worst! There is no protection for Sellers, I have a return policy but charge Buyers for return postage, to get around it they say I didn’t ship the correct item or there was a defect when in reality they just didn’t want it when they received it.
@Nikki Huffman Hi Nikki! It wasn't free shipping. In order to get at least half your money back you have to have to offer free shipping. eBay wants everyone to be a "Top Seller", to do that you have to have free shipping and I think so same day shipping. I will never do that.
@Nikki Huffman That's right, we just have to protect ourselves as much as possible. Yes, I blocked them right away. Anyone that aggressively comes at me or my business is blocked. I will bend over backwards for my customers, I truly care for them, it's kind of jarring for me to find mean spirited crooks wanting something for nothing. It really affects the MS, makes it seem even worse. I guess we have to take the good with the bad. The good is winning far above the bad. I'm blessed and thankful. T
I love that you are teaching new sellers, like myself. Thank you so much! I'm so glad I subscribed your channel!🥰 I love your content and I'm so sorry you had a garbage buyer! I've only been reselling for a few weeks and so far my buyers been awesome, but I know it's only a mattter of time before I get that nightmare buyer... they're definitely out there.
Chaundra this is what I used to do in my old job for many years. I used to help my fellow employees when they needed help with policies or with difficult customers so you can say I just enjoy doing it. Thank you for subscribing. I’m happy to hear you enjoy the videos!
Mandy Hoffman try running a sale, use best offer and go back to check to see if your items are competitive. Keep listing as often as possible. Good luck to you!
June and July sales were up almost 50%. August....not so much so far. The first item I shipped in MP gave me a choice of PayPal or pending. I chose pending. The next group didn't give me that option. Shipping automatically came from pending. Sometimes, after an item is delivered, a buyer will ask for a price adjustment for something that was my mistake. I would just go to PayPal to send a partial refund. How do we do this with MP? Maybe I don't see a way because I haven't received a payout to my bank account yet?
Is you use ebay shipping its there when you go to do the label. Bottom of screen you can make change. I just got changed over. I typically do about 15k a month in sales on eBay and we are also top rated.. Its a t-shirt shop. My wife and I make all the tees. Ebays new system mimics ETSY where we have a shop also. Ebay makes me laugh because they don't count the weekends for cc processing where etsy does. So more delay in payments. I called them this morning to get clarification. So got that rectified. The story of the dustbuster was interesting. Makes you wonder. Ssles seem to be steady. No real drop off. Love the Vids. Thanks
I have good success when I go to the "send offers to potential buyers" list on my eBay app. I just go down my list in the evening, or at lunch at work. cutting a few dollars off to make a sale. I usually hear the ka-ching sound later at night!!!
My sales picked up for cyber Monday but I was very slow right after and so far it's still slow . I on the other hand did very well for June and July . but I sell clothing so I sold a ton of shorts and tops . I really think things are slow now due to the economy and the virus . love your videos I always try to never miss one they are so helpful to me . have a awesome day.
Awesome! Thank you for watching my videos! Yes, clothing is very tough. While it seems that certain clothing is seasonal and will sell more during certain months, the clothing market is very saturated. That combined with a struggling economy, will make it difficult. I hope sales pick up for you.
Hi. The first time I went to ebay to buy a label after my managed payments started, I think that after I clicked buy the label, that's when it popped up, do you want to use your paypal account or your pending funds to pay for the label.
yes the same with me. The first time I shipped after going with managed payments, eBay asked me PP or MP, and since then it has gone thru to take out of managed payments.
The option is on the shipping screen when you click buy shipping label down at the bottom. You can choose between PayPal and the managed payments. My sales have slowed down also.
When you change to pending payouts, will the change in payment method continue for future transactions or must it be changed as each shipping label is created? Thanks
When someone does this to me i always call eBay afterwards to let them know so they can flag/report that buyer. This is the only way they will do it and that will help us sellers later on down the road if that buyer does something like that again to a different buyers. As for the option to deduct the funds for the label is on the print/buy shipping label screen down at the bottom. You can choose either paypal or managed payments. Great video thanks for sharing.
So I started managed payments Friday. I set my payments on daily and they said i am not getting payed till Monday. So is that the usual? No money on weekends?
Thank you for sharing & for giving the scammer a lesson they probably won't forget. You may have even swayed them from doing the same thing to others. 👍
Latest return I received I attribute to buyer remorse. I give everyone 30 days upon receipt to return item even if they simply change their mind. This individual went 45 days, had to use a USPS large carton instead of 10,8,4 Uline carton I sent sale in for return. Suggested it was factory defect when I'm 100% positive he broke it assembling the Maneuver Gear (which everyone has complained about come time to assemble Attack on Titan extras to put on an action figure). I suppose I could have smacked him with a high restocking fee but I chose to let it go since I did well on similar item sale 2 weeks earlier. This fellow took meticulous care to repack everything back into original carton. I refunded 100% on assumption he needed the money for frivolous items like food, rent, car payment....stuff like that. Worst buyer experiences: buyer buys in quantity, drag their feet paying, get unpaid item strikes. This buyer had a cousin who was selling similar items on eBay as I was and that was the strategy: tie my sales up, stiff me on payment while his cousin sells similar items easily. This dude has been blocked forever. Tip off was both people were from same location, similar eBay usernames. Reported find to eBay but eBay did nothing, as usual.
My sales are up right now, i am moving inventory pretty fast but i have a large variety of items so some of my stuff sits longer then other items but my bread and butter items seem to sell well throughout any time of the year. Also i have been running pretty good sales/markdowns to move stuff as well so that could be making a slight difference.
I sold an Autographed item on ebay about 3 months ago, 2 weeks ago the buyer sent me a message saying "I sent the item to PSA to be authenticated, and it failed!"...I replied and told them i stand behind every item i sell, and if they can email me a copy of the letter from PSA saying it failed, and then send me the item back i would give them a complete refund...Never heard another word from them - I guess they thought i would just refund them without proof that it failed or my item back, lol...........As far as slow down in sales, YES i'm feeling it too, when the Stimulus checks landed a few months ago I was selling items at a record pace, but the past month or so has been a different story, i get a lot of watchers, but not many buyers - but with the economy the way it is I understand...My own buying has slowed down the past weeks
It’s been 3 days with not a single sale I have a really small store but it was a minimum of one sale a day and then next day 2-4 sales but right now It’s flat!
My sales were up by about 25% in June and 40% in July, making July my best sales month year to date. August is off to a tremendous start as well. I'm up close to 20% over the prior month already. I'm selling a mix of things, but have been pretty heavy into vintage / collectible toys and dolls recently. The categories have been very good to us with a sell through rate near 5% on those types of items
My sales have been very good, I think due to covid and people doing retail therapy for comfort. My items aren't expensive but I think they're nice which I think is a great attraction to housebound, bored, sad, etc people during these weird times.
hickory springs yes. The only problem with using the PayPal debit card (I believe it’s 1% cash back), since we will no longer receive payments into that account we won’t have a balance to work with, so I just use my Apple Card.
You made the scammer feel so guilty he decided to try to redeem himself. Or he was just freaked. My sales have been through the roof this past couple of weeks, but I've been selling mostly health and beauty lately, and baby products. Those are essential recession proof items I guess. Collectibles and stuff like that hasn't really been moving for me lately. People don't buy collectible stuff during an economic downturn.
Adam BizZGuY essential items will always do well. I’ve sold health and beauty but I noticed liquidation pallets in this category are not as abundant as they were only a few months ago thus the prices are quite a bit higher as well.
Hello Online Community I just wanna give update about manage payment . my account activated now finally after a month I submitted my info in eBay . So let hope for best ,
Yes, my sales are down 17% from 31 days ago. I never have days that I sell nothing, and I had a goose egg of a day on eBay this past week. I compare my sales week to week against sales from prior years. With that said, Week 32 is usually a very slow week....one of the slowest of the year. This week (week 33) should be slightly higher in sales, and it should explode next week (week 34) if 2020 stays with what sales statistically do. Who knows though, because 2020 isn't a normal year.
You need to start recording all returns and open the return in front of a postal worker. Show the return label that you paid for and that person's name. Then share it on your channel.
@@sweettina2 yes they do for a 10 second video. For a package; yes. For multiple packages, maybe not but I don't know how many returns you're getting. I get maybe 1 return out every 500 item sold and I do sports memorabilia so it can be pricey. I've stood there one time taking pictures while the clerk helped me for 5-10 minutes. I've had seller friends done this as well. This helps you document your case showing proof if you get an empty return or something different. I have done this and it has worked in my favor. You have to be deligent against this type of activity unless you like giving out free stuff to dirt bags out there.
@@WinetimeMyTime I haven't had many returns. But, you can take all the pics you want, describe it perfectly, and eBay will still side with a bad buyer. I had a guy buy a very expensive tagged vintage Barbie outfit from me, mint condition. I took lots of great pics showing it. You can't fake vintage Mattel Barbie outfits. But, he says it's "inauthentic", even though the ample proof is on my side. He returns a different dress in bad condition and kept my gloves. They STILL forced me to refund him. I can throw all the fits I want, add extra safety measures, it would not have changed a thing. The postal service, as we know, are overwhelmed since this pandemic began, it just seems unfair to add more to them. Especially when eBay always sides with crooked buyers. I've talked with lots of sellers in the forums, when they told me all of this it wasn't what I wanted to hear, but after all is said and done, they're right. In business you WILL have losses out of your control. You can do everything right and you will still suffer losses. It goes with the territory. Again, it's not what I want to hear, but that's just the way it is. I'm a petite southern redhead, i wanted to drive to his location and whoop him for what he did to me, Its a crime what he did to me! He stole a very expensive dress, he probably sold it on Poshmark the day he got it. And, i gave him a special discount to boot! Instead of running my blood pressure up, setting off multiple sclerosis, shaky and upset, i let it go. The appeals were a joke, an appeasement to let my mad wear off.
@@WinetimeMyTime I had all the proof, too! Didn't matter. I was well documented in my description. Even had pics of the tag. Last year I bought a small lot of vintage Barbie shoes, she sent an empty bubble mailer. EBay stuck to their guns, nope, it was delivered. Period. Fortunately I had gone to the seller before reporting her, she refunded me after getting nasty with me. I don't think that's the first time she's done that, she didn't want me to report her. But, she wanted me to wait a couple of days for my refund. Ebays aim is for the customer to have an "experience", from the second they get an order to the end. If a seller upsets that balance, even if they're right, it's sort of a "defect", in a way. As I just learned from John, Poshmark has a similar aim. I'm proof it isn't fair sometimes, as probably a bejillion others, even when you do things right. Have you gone managed payments yet? Do you like it? I'm supposed to anytime now, waiting on an email from them.
Nice story, but I don't understand why you didn't show us the broken Dust Buster in this video. It would have been nice to see the item that you're talking about.
@@FlippinAintEasy I was little bad to you, I apologize. I should have also said..."Thank you for the informative video, I appreciate your work to help us other eBay sellers." I hope you make a ton of money on eBay too and have good luck avoiding the scammers.
We had a buyer who purchased 2 large lighting fixtures from us. In addition to the fact that they were brand new in pristine condition boxes, we floated those boxes in larger heavy duty Home Depot boxes - entirely cushioned with packing paper - all 6 sides. These lighting fixtures were pricey and costly to ship. The buyer messaged us stating that one of the lights came dented and he wanted us to ship another one to him. We immediately messaged him asking for photos of both boxes (all sides - interior & exterior) in order to file a dispute with FedEx. We then received a message from him stating that he fixed it and he was no longer asking for a replacement, lol!
We have also had a couple of buyers send us photos of broken or dirty items that were definitely not the ones we shipped them. The thing that stinks is that sellers often refund these dishonest buyers because they don't want to pay to have the buyers damaged garbage shipped back to them. These fraudulent buyers/scammers know that we will often do this for that very reason.
Sales generally slow down in summer, unless you're selling seasonal stuff. August is always my worst summer month. Summer and winter are both slow times for me, with August and December typically being the worst. This year hasn't been so bad though; I usually don't sell more than one item in December, but I'm already up 10 sales. I got 3 sales in August, compared to previous years with zero sales. I primarily sell women's clothing, mostly tops and dresses. This year November was my best month; I sold a lot of pants and shorts.
Make sure you are also listing on Posh as well. Much better marketplace for clothing
@@FlippinAintEasy I don't have a smart phone. Last I checked, their app doesn't work on desktop computers. I wish I could sell on there and Mercari; I could fetch better margins.
I've been getting at least 10% average monthly sell-through rates and getting better than my acceptable margin minimums, so ebay isn't so bad. I should do better next year when I upgrade to a Premium store and diversify my merch. Maybe I'll make enough to get a smartphone.
I tried selling on Bonanza; that was a wasted effort. I only sold one item my two years on there. I also couldn't sell knives or pipes on there, which I intend to get back into next year.
@@BatEatsMoththere is no app on the PC. Just type in poshmark.com in your browser. Great place for clothing and shoes.
@@FlippinAintEasy That's what I'm saying; last I checked, I can't use a computer to list on there, because listing requires a mobile app. I don't have a smart phone or other mobile device. Did they change it so you can list using a computer? If I'm missing something here, please tell me.
@@BatEatsMoth I’ve been listing exclusively on my computer for over a year on posh. Only use the app to check my sales.
When you go buy the shipping label, if you scroll down in that page you will see the option to pay with a PayPal account or out of the money that eBay owes you.
I'm sure the buyer thought they were scamming a corporation like Amazon, that can take it. You made them feel guilty for taking advantage of small sellers and that's a huge win in my book. Hopefully they learned a lesson and it wont continue. You may have saved other sellers from going through that, so thank you!!!
That’s what we try to do on this channel. Happy to share this experience.
Help am I getting Scammed?! I sold a brand new Casio, inside of a random box for extra protection. He shows picture of the random box. But says there's nothing in it...then why wouldn't you show the inside of the box ?!
Any feedback would be helpful...
Vasili Vasili I’ve never come across that scam before. I would recommend requesting a callback from eBay through eBay.com/sellerhelp. Once you speak to someone request to speak with someone in Managed Payments to ensure you get a rep in the states. Explain your situation and find out what you can do.
Please be sure to follow up so we know what happens. Thanks.
@@FlippinAintEasy will do, thank you so much for the advice! My poor brand new GShock
I'm amazed they sent it back! I sell vintage Barbies and accessories in my store, i had someone do that very same thing; a guy bought a very expensive vintage tagged Barbie outfit from me. He opens a case saying it looks "inauthentic", you don't fake Mattel! Despite my no returns/ refund policy, eBay forced me to accept the return. When i get it the dress is not my mint dress, but one in bad condition, and he keeps the gloves. I protest to eBay, they returned his money, i appealed, he won again.
I did everything right- tons of pics, very detailed description, didn't matter. If I was giving free shipping I could have gotten half my money back- that's organized crime protection money! I will never do free shipping so I will have to take the loss, it will still be less than paying for free shipping.
EBay has no seller protection. Period. They do, however, have Scammer Protection.
I was supposed to go MP the last of July, still haven't yet, though. My sales are down for July, but I've heard from a couple of longtime eBay sellers that it's pretty typical for this time of year, many are probably planning for back to school purchases. Ebay has been a ghost town for a couple weeks now, hopefully it picks up soon.
Thanks so much, appreciate the tips and info!
That is the worst! There is no protection for Sellers, I have a return policy but charge Buyers for return postage, to get around it they say I didn’t ship the correct item or there was a defect when in reality they just didn’t want it when they received it.
@@elcruze3340 SMH. They should work as hard making honest money as we do.
@Nikki Huffman Hi Nikki!
It wasn't free shipping. In order to get at least half your money back you have to have to offer free shipping.
eBay wants everyone to be a "Top Seller", to do that you have to have free shipping and I think so same day shipping. I will never do that.
@Nikki Huffman That's right, we just have to protect ourselves as much as possible.
Yes, I blocked them right away. Anyone that aggressively comes at me or my business is blocked.
I will bend over backwards for my customers, I truly care for them, it's kind of jarring for me to find mean spirited crooks wanting something for nothing. It really affects the MS, makes it seem even worse.
I guess we have to take the good with the bad. The good is winning far above the bad. I'm blessed and thankful. T
I love that you are teaching new sellers, like myself. Thank you so much! I'm so glad I subscribed your channel!🥰 I love your content and I'm so sorry you had a garbage buyer! I've only been reselling for a few weeks and so far my buyers been awesome, but I know it's only a mattter of time before I get that nightmare buyer... they're definitely out there.
Chaundra this is what I used to do in my old job for many years. I used to help my fellow employees when they needed help with policies or with difficult customers so you can say I just enjoy doing it. Thank you for subscribing. I’m happy to hear you enjoy the videos!
MY sales are soooo slow. Probably the last couple months.
Mandy Hoffman try running a sale, use best offer and go back to check to see if your items are competitive. Keep listing as often as possible. Good luck to you!
@@FlippinAintEasy Reviewing pricing every couple of months is definitely a good thing to remember to do. lol. Thanks for reminding me.
June and July sales were up almost 50%. August....not so much so far. The first item I shipped in MP gave me a choice of PayPal or pending. I chose pending. The next group didn't give me that option. Shipping automatically came from pending. Sometimes, after an item is delivered, a buyer will ask for a price adjustment for something that was my mistake. I would just go to PayPal to send a partial refund. How do we do this with MP? Maybe I don't see a way because I haven't received a payout to my bank account yet?
doesn't that fall under mail fraud?
Yesenia's Vintage it certainly does. Someone else made a great suggestion how to follow up on these. I may consider it.
In July sales the best so far this year in August total slump in sales. We have 1,215 items listed and 679 100% positive feedback
Ivan Josip keep listing. It was like this last year and should improve by mid September (based on last year).
Is you use ebay shipping its there when you go to do the label. Bottom of screen you can make change. I just got changed over. I typically do about 15k a month in sales on eBay and we are also top rated.. Its a t-shirt shop. My wife and I make all the tees. Ebays new system mimics ETSY where we have a shop also. Ebay makes me laugh because they don't count the weekends for cc processing where etsy does. So more delay in payments. I called them this morning to get clarification. So got that rectified. The story of the dustbuster was interesting. Makes you wonder. Ssles seem to be steady. No real drop off. Love the Vids. Thanks
Maritime Tees thanks my friend. Keeping doing great!
Hello my sales are also down to. Can you share the buyer ID Name so we can block them. Thanks
I have good success when I go to the "send offers to potential buyers" list on my eBay app. I just go down my list in the evening, or at lunch at work. cutting a few dollars off to make a sale. I usually hear the ka-ching sound later at night!!!
Can you check their ratings then?
Catherine Samson I’m convinced using this feature helps boost your ranking in search for other items in your store as well.
My sales picked up for cyber Monday but I was very slow right after and so far it's still slow . I on the other hand did very well for June and July . but I sell clothing so I sold a ton of shorts and tops . I really think things are slow now due to the economy and the virus . love your videos I always try to never miss one they are so helpful to me . have a awesome day.
Awesome! Thank you for watching my videos! Yes, clothing is very tough. While it seems that certain clothing is seasonal and will sell more during certain months, the clothing market is very saturated. That combined with a struggling economy, will make it difficult. I hope sales pick up for you.
Hi. The first time I went to ebay to buy a label after my managed payments started, I think that after I clicked buy the label, that's when it popped up, do you want to use your paypal account or your pending funds to pay for the label.
yes the same with me. The first time I shipped after going with managed payments, eBay asked me PP or MP, and since then it has gone thru to take out of managed payments.
The option is on the shipping screen when you click buy shipping label down at the bottom. You can choose between PayPal and the managed payments. My sales have slowed down also.
When you change to pending payouts, will the change in payment method continue for future transactions or must it be changed as each shipping label is created? Thanks
Don't forget to block them! There are too many reliable, honest buyers out there to have to deal with knuckleheads!
They will just make another account. Rinse & repeat
When someone does this to me i always call eBay afterwards to let them know so they can flag/report that buyer. This is the only way they will do it and that will help us sellers later on down the road if that buyer does something like that again to a different buyers. As for the option to deduct the funds for the label is on the print/buy shipping label screen down at the bottom. You can choose either paypal or managed payments. Great video thanks for sharing.
In bulk shipping or in single shipping if you scroll down all the way to the bottom you will see your payment method and can easily change it there
Sell It on eBay as Is *
Sell the original vaccuum for 50% off and clean up the fraudulent vacuum, sell it for parts. YOU WIN
What is your Ebay? I totally want to buy from you! You're so trustworthy !🙋♀️
Chaundra maybe some day I will put one of my stores out there just not yet.
@@FlippinAintEasy understood and TOTALLY respect your choice. 🙂
So I started managed payments Friday. I set my payments on daily and they said i am not getting payed till Monday. So is that the usual? No money on weekends?
Slow for me too.
Seller hub payments is where it's located.
Thank you for sharing & for giving the scammer a lesson they probably won't forget. You may have even swayed them from doing the same thing to others. 👍
Latest return I received I attribute to buyer remorse. I give everyone 30 days upon receipt to return item even if they simply change their mind. This individual went 45 days, had to use a USPS large carton instead of 10,8,4 Uline carton I sent sale in for return. Suggested it was factory defect when I'm 100% positive he broke it assembling the Maneuver Gear (which everyone has complained about come time to assemble Attack on Titan extras to put on an action figure). I suppose I could have smacked him with a high restocking fee but I chose to let it go since I did well on similar item sale 2 weeks earlier. This fellow took meticulous care to repack everything back into original carton. I refunded 100% on assumption he needed the money for frivolous items like food, rent, car payment....stuff like that. Worst buyer experiences: buyer buys in quantity, drag their feet paying, get unpaid item strikes. This buyer had a cousin who was selling similar items on eBay as I was and that was the strategy: tie my sales up, stiff me on payment while his cousin sells similar items easily. This dude has been blocked forever. Tip off was both people were from same location, similar eBay usernames. Reported find to eBay but eBay did nothing, as usual.
My sales are up right now, i am moving inventory pretty fast but i have a large variety of items so some of my stuff sits longer then other items but my bread and butter items seem to sell well throughout any time of the year. Also i have been running pretty good sales/markdowns to move stuff as well so that could be making a slight difference.
That’s working for us as well. I’m sure most of the slowdown is the yearly summer phenomenon. Good luck to you!
I sold an Autographed item on ebay about 3 months ago, 2 weeks ago the buyer sent me a message saying "I sent the item to PSA to be authenticated, and it failed!"...I replied and told them i stand behind every item i sell, and if they can email me a copy of the letter from PSA saying it failed, and then send me the item back i would give them a complete refund...Never heard another word from them - I guess they thought i would just refund them without proof that it failed or my item back, lol...........As far as slow down in sales, YES i'm feeling it too, when the Stimulus checks landed a few months ago I was selling items at a record pace, but the past month or so has been a different story, i get a lot of watchers, but not many buyers - but with the economy the way it is I understand...My own buying has slowed down the past weeks
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My sales are down big time also.
It’s been 3 days with not a single sale I have a really small store but it was a minimum of one sale a day and then next day 2-4 sales but right now It’s flat!
Armando B. I had a decent weekend but not great. Let’s hope things pick up.
Select how to pay
Paying with your saved PayPal account or Change to pending payout at bottom of label page
That's crazy. I am glad you scared them.
When your on your shipping page scroll all the way down. It will give you the option on how you want to pay. Paypal or pending
Have a great day brother.
i live in the uk and my sales are very slow sum weeks are better than others
Scamming aint easy
Last week I had great sales with 10+ sales this week only 1 item sold
My sales were up by about 25% in June and 40% in July, making July my best sales month year to date. August is off to a tremendous start as well. I'm up close to 20% over the prior month already.
I'm selling a mix of things, but have been pretty heavy into vintage / collectible toys and dolls recently. The categories have been very good to us with a sell through rate near 5% on those types of items
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My sales have been very good, I think due to covid and people doing retail therapy for comfort. My items aren't expensive but I think they're nice which I think is a great attraction to housebound, bored, sad, etc people during these weird times.
I'm hoping to keep using pirateship for my shipping labels, where I can use my paypal debit card.
hickory springs yes. The only problem with using the PayPal debit card (I believe it’s 1% cash back), since we will no longer receive payments into that account we won’t have a balance to work with, so I just use my Apple Card.
You made the scammer feel so guilty he decided to try to redeem himself. Or he was just freaked. My sales have been through the roof this past couple of weeks, but I've been selling mostly health and beauty lately, and baby products. Those are essential recession proof items I guess. Collectibles and stuff like that hasn't really been moving for me lately. People don't buy collectible stuff during an economic downturn.
Adam BizZGuY essential items will always do well. I’ve sold health and beauty but I noticed liquidation pallets in this category are not as abundant as they were only a few months ago thus the prices are quite a bit higher as well.
Hate scammers. People have tried to scam me, NONE have gotten away with it.
Hello
Online Community I just wanna give update about manage payment .
my account activated now finally after a month I submitted my info in eBay .
So let hope for best ,
Yes, my sales are down 17% from 31 days ago. I never have days that I sell nothing, and I had a goose egg of a day on eBay this past week. I compare my sales week to week against sales from prior years. With that said, Week 32 is usually a very slow week....one of the slowest of the year. This week (week 33) should be slightly higher in sales, and it should explode next week (week 34) if 2020 stays with what sales statistically do. Who knows though, because 2020 isn't a normal year.
We all need to use badbuyerlist.org more actively
You need to start recording all returns and open the return in front of a postal worker. Show the return label that you paid for and that person's name. Then share it on your channel.
Postal workers are not going to stand there and watch you open packages.
@@sweettina2 yes they do for a 10 second video. For a package; yes. For multiple packages, maybe not but I don't know how many returns you're getting. I get maybe 1 return out every 500 item sold and I do sports memorabilia so it can be pricey. I've stood there one time taking pictures while the clerk helped me for 5-10 minutes. I've had seller friends done this as well. This helps you document your case showing proof if you get an empty return or something different. I have done this and it has worked in my favor. You have to be deligent against this type of activity unless you like giving out free stuff to dirt bags out there.
@@WinetimeMyTime I haven't had many returns. But, you can take all the pics you want, describe it perfectly, and eBay will still side with a bad buyer. I had a guy buy a very expensive tagged vintage Barbie outfit from me, mint condition. I took lots of great pics showing it. You can't fake vintage Mattel Barbie outfits. But, he says it's "inauthentic", even though the ample proof is on my side. He returns a different dress in bad condition and kept my gloves. They STILL forced me to refund him.
I can throw all the fits I want, add extra safety measures, it would not have changed a thing. The postal service, as we know, are overwhelmed since this pandemic began, it just seems unfair to add more to them. Especially when eBay always sides with crooked buyers. I've talked with lots of sellers in the forums, when they told me all of this it wasn't what I wanted to hear, but after all is said and done, they're right. In business you WILL have losses out of your control. You can do everything right and you will still suffer losses. It goes with the territory. Again, it's not what I want to hear, but that's just the way it is.
I'm a petite southern redhead, i wanted to drive to his location and whoop him for what he did to me, Its a crime what he did to me! He stole a very expensive dress, he probably sold it on Poshmark the day he got it. And, i gave him a special discount to boot! Instead of running my blood pressure up, setting off multiple sclerosis, shaky and upset, i let it go. The appeals were a joke, an appeasement to let my mad wear off.
@@WinetimeMyTime I had all the proof, too! Didn't matter. I was well documented in my description. Even had pics of the tag. Last year I bought a small lot of vintage Barbie shoes, she sent an empty bubble mailer. EBay stuck to their guns, nope, it was delivered. Period. Fortunately I had gone to the seller before reporting her, she refunded me after getting nasty with me. I don't think that's the first time she's done that, she didn't want me to report her. But, she wanted me to wait a couple of days for my refund.
Ebays aim is for the customer to have an "experience", from the second they get an order to the end. If a seller upsets that balance, even if they're right, it's sort of a "defect", in a way. As I just learned from John, Poshmark has a similar aim. I'm proof it isn't fair sometimes, as probably a bejillion others, even when you do things right.
Have you gone managed payments yet? Do you like it? I'm supposed to anytime now, waiting on an email from them.
Nice story, but I don't understand why you didn't show us the broken Dust Buster in this video. It would have been nice to see the item that you're talking about.
mightybuffoon your right, I should have done that.
@@FlippinAintEasy I was little bad to you, I apologize. I should have also said..."Thank you for the informative video, I appreciate your work to help us other eBay sellers." I hope you make a ton of money on eBay too and have good luck avoiding the scammers.
mightybuffoon all the best to you as well! Thank you for taking the time to comment on my video!
Use your PayPal card. That way you get the money out of PayPal and the 4%rebate on purchase from PayPal
June & July were 2 of my best months ever, better than Nov & Dec.