Ebay what is it good for?

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Selling stuff imho. Had my 580EX on here for £150 plus pp, no takers. Advertised on ebay, sold for £183 inclusive with still two days left. Ok I have the fees to pay but I am still a few quid in, it may not be much to some but for me every little helps at the moment.
 
ebay does what it says on the box... and does it well..
 
I sold my kit lens on ebay, it went for what you can get a new one for, I think it helps if you can use good pictures on ebay.

With forum selling I notice people want stuff for next to free, they have this sense of you not paying fee's and so want to save 10% of your asking price all ready, then they tend to low ball you from the get go due to that 10%.

Then to top it off they want free postage or postage included, which ever way you word it, if you ask for ''plus postage at cost'' you may never sell your item on forums.
 
Ivan S said:
I sold my kit lens on ebay, it went for what you can get a new one for, I think it helps if you can use good pictures on ebay.

With forum selling I notice people want stuff for next to free, they have this sense of you not paying fee's and so want to save 10% of your asking price all ready, then they tend to low ball you from the get go due to that 10%.

Then to top it off they want free postage or postage included, which ever way you word it, if you ask for ''plus postage at cost'' you may never sell your item on forums.
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Great post!

Perhaps all the newbies who are desperate to get access to the classifieds should read this!:D


Heather
 
Tigger.ufo said:
Great post!

Perhaps all the newbies who are desperate to get access to the classifieds should read this!:D


Heather
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I don't mean it to be just here, all though if the hat fits:lol: but yeah I am a member on overclockers forum and omg, they not happy unless the stuff is free.
 
neil_g said:
as a seller there is a certain amount you can do about that in your preferences (i.e. disable bidding for non-payment strike users etc)
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And some you can't....

I've had a real game with eBay over something I sold, where the description was fair, but because the buyer didn't want it he opened a case, and immediately eBay slap a hold on funds pending the outcome.

I spoke with eBay customer service relations 2 days after the case was opened, and they can't do much about it - although their customer service rep promise faithfully they would oversee the case and this wouldn't trouble me. In the meantime, the buyer left negative feedback and since then escalated the claim to a refund.

I've spoken with eBay customer service again this morning (been through about 4 layers of management as I'm not about to let this lie), and they tell me as it's 'a process' they can't stop 'the process'... all they can do is refund me the amount, appeal the resolution, remove the neg feedback and make a concessionary payment into my account for the trouble.

However, as a principle, the buyer is always right!
 
i buy on eBay, but am reluctant to sell as i hear so many con stories, I risked it the other month and a like new pair of snowboarding boots, put up good photos and opted for the Buy it now option, with make a offer

The offers came in thick and fast at about a third of what i was looking for,:nono: eventually took the offer side off and they went a day later, I posted them as I said I would and got great feedback from the buyer,

but deep down inside me i was waiting for the "it didn't arrive" or " not as described" ebay email and them telling me that I would be refunding the buyer and there was nothing i could do about it:shrug:
 
Ivan S said:
I sold my kit lens on ebay, it went for what you can get a new one for, I think it helps if you can use good pictures on ebay.

With forum selling I notice people want stuff for next to free, they have this sense of you not paying fee's and so want to save 10% of your asking price all ready, then they tend to low ball you from the get go due to that 10%.

Then to top it off they want free postage or postage included, which ever way you word it, if you ask for ''plus postage at cost'' you may never sell your item on forums.
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Ah, but it's a "cheeky offer" and "if you don't ask, you don't get" etc. etc. etc. :bang:

Put "price is firm" and ignore any offers. If people don't understand what "price is firm" means or ignore it, I don't want to deal with them.

I don't sell on TP due to the way the classifieds rules are written, but it's what I do when I've sold lenses on another forum.
 
The things that i find odd on e bay is people

a) paying over new price for 2nd hand stuff. I am talking things like bodies and flashes etc, not antique items or collectible stuff.

b) people who don't read properly and get into a bidding frenzy to buy an xbox box...and get...a box. Whilst this is pretty much a grey to no no area morally for me, if it is advertised clearly and accurately and pictures show just the box and no xbox, is it the seller's fault there are some stupid people.


On here, I usually slap a few quid on as to what I want to realise, as I expect to get bartered down a bit...
 
Lynton said:
The things that i find odd on e bay is people

a) paying over new price for 2nd hand stuff. I am talking things like bodies and flashes etc, not antique items or collectible stuff.

b) people who don't read properly and get into a bidding frenzy to buy an xbox box...and get...a box. Whilst this is pretty much a grey to no no area morally for me, if it is advertised clearly and accurately and pictures show just the box and no xbox, is it the seller's fault there are some stupid people.


On here, I usually slap a few quid on as to what I want to realise, as I expect to get bartered down a bit...
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Agree. Hence my post #3!
There are some strange folk on there!




Hang on, I go on there!:thinking:
 
The thing is that on eBay I am looking for a specific item. I tend to browse the classifieds here and may see something that it would interesting but not specifically looked for. There is a subtle difference and then I'd make an offer that I thought may be successful.

Some folk expect that they recover the full amount for an item. You buy a lens and a couple of months later decide it's not for you, I believe that costs something.

eBay you decide what an item is worth to you and put in a bid. I'm not keen on the last second snipers.
 
Tulipone said:
I'm not keen on the last second snipers.
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I'm one of those but I use an app to snipe usually because I'm not available to bid on items personally in the closing stages.
I set the limit I'm prepared to pay then leave the app to do its work. If I win - happy days, if not - it's not a big deal.
 
stupar said:
I'm one of those but I use an app to snipe usually because I'm not available to bid on items personally in the closing stages. I set the limit I'm prepared to pay then leave the app to do its work. If I win - happy days, if not - it's not a big deal.
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What app do you use Stupar? Tried a few without much success.
 
Everybody will have their own bidding style, and it depends if you do not mind going over for an item. Me personaly cannot be arsed with it, if I am bidding on something, 99% of the time I decide what my max bid will be and stick with it and then place that at the last possible moment. I got no problems with people using sniping tools, if you do not get outbid by one person the chances are someone else will do it to you, you cannot predict what anybody is prepared to pay for something whether you think it was worth that amount or not.
 
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It's actually still very good when all goes well.

But it's Hell to pay for when things does go wrong.
 
Try goofbay, not only can you snipe but you can do a few other bits.
Only time it let me down was when I didn't input the details correctly
 
stupar said:
There is a paid version but it's only 6.99
The app name is myibidder
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Thanks :thumbs:

The only two I can find in the Apple store are .69p and £10.49 - same name. Might give the .69p one a go :)
 
I've used esnipe for years, it's always worked flawlessly even when I'm not in credit

They charge 50p if you win, nothing if you don't
 
While eBay does achieve higher prices for the private seller they've make it hard work for a business to make money

Listing fees, reserve fees, final value fees, PayPal fees and now 10% postage fees

Selling a secondhand item for 60% of what you paid for it instead of 50% is different from trying to make a living when they're taking around 15%

If you buy something for £10 and sell it for £15 charging the post at cost say £5

30p listing fee
£1.50 final value fee
50p PayPal fee
50p postage fee

£2.80

So you're doing all the work for less than eBay gets
 
if i'm not in a rush and want a specific item, i watch 3-5 items see what they go for. and if thats acceptable put it as my max bid. if someone else wants to pay more, bid on my friend bid on. i'll just wait for the next one :thumbs:
 
dinorock said:
if i'm not in a rush and want a specific item, i watch 3-5 items see what they go for. and if thats acceptable put it as my max bid. if someone else wants to pay more, bid on my friend bid on. i'll just wait for the next one :thumbs:
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thats what i do bar i use a sniper programe to do the dirty deed and forget about it, that way dont get stuck in bidding war..been there done it, no i realise for most stuff if you miss one there will be another along pretty soon:thumbs:
 
wack61 said:
While eBay does achieve higher prices for the private seller they've make it hard work for a business to make money

Listing fees, reserve fees, final value fees, PayPal fees and now 10% postage fees

Selling a secondhand item for 60% of what you paid for it instead of 50% is different from trying to make a living when they're taking around 15%

If you buy something for £10 and sell it for £15 charging the post at cost say £5

30p listing fee
£1.50 final value fee
50p PayPal fee
50p postage fee

£2.80

So you're doing all the work for less than eBay gets
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I think you have to cast your mind back as to what Ebay was originally for ;) The same could be said for boot sales where they were for joe public to get shot of a few unwanted bits. Now you will get sellers who run a stall as a business, normally look around pretty early before any potential public buyers turn up and snap up anything of value, then more as like put it up on their stall to sell and add abit more on top again :D You have to take the rough with the smooth in this world :thumbs:
 
i've only ever sold a couple of items on ebay so not really getting hammered by the fees, more use it for items i'd prefer to buy second hand and just pay through paypal as an easy option.
 
u8myufo said:
I think you have to cast your mind back as to what Ebay was originally for
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eBay may have been set up as an online car boot sale but it's monopoly now means they dominate online retailing,

It's allowed big business to thrive worldwide, keep changing TVs / cameras / HiFi etc etc because they can sell them easily now, constant gadgets none of us need but we all buy

If you have any kind of retail business you have to sell on eBay , for some it's all that keeps them afloat, it's run like any big business, start off cheap, suck in the masses then shaft them

The 10% postage fee is to encourage sellers to offer free post which means they raise the price to include post which means it falls into the 10% final value fee so more money for eBay

Sell a £700 lens with £25 post and the fees are astronomical

£70 final value
£2.50 post surcharge
£25 PayPal

£107.50

u8myufo said:
The same could be said for boot sales where they were for joe public to get shot of a few unwanted bits. Now you will get sellers who run a stall as a business, normally look around pretty early before any potential public buyers turn up and snap up anything of value
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That's always been the case, early bird gets the worm and all that

I was at one at 6am last week , saw a weber barbecue that looked like it had been lit once , I'm guessing her husband didn't tell her it cost the best part of £400 or she would have asked more than the £30 I gave her for it and that was her asking price :lol:
 
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