Any eBay selling experts?

[CLONECONES]

That would be proof that you shipped something.

From what I've seen, Paypal 9 times outta 10 will side with the buyer.

 

[Cyclone1985]

I've done my fair share of scamming, I mean selling, on eBay and shipping anything outside of the US is a just a pain in the arse.

 

[Freebird]

Maybe I've just had bad experiences with disputes, but I wouldn't go near paypal with a location like that.

Doesn't ebay policy mandate that every seller accepts paypal? I don't think there is a choice.

 

[CLONECONES]

Doesn't ebay policy mandate that every seller accepts paypal? I don't think there is a choice.

Perhaps - I was just saying for that specific buyer, get guaranteed funds in your bank account.

 

[JWIL4CY]

There's only like 10 hours left on the auction so I think I'll just see how it goes and use it as a learning experience (this is my first ebay sale).

 

[JWIL4CY]

Apparently paypal makes you wait like 21 days before you can withdraw your funds. So it will be hard to get them withdrawn to keep them safe. Sounds like they do everything possible to make things hard on sellers.

 

[CycloneGB]

There's only like 10 hours left on the auction so I think I'll just see how it goes and use it as a learning experience (this is my first ebay sale).

Ahh.. the old take it dry, see how bad it can be approach..

 

[JWIL4CY]

So I messaged the guy and told him if he won he'd have to pay 100% of shipping costs. Here's his reply:

Dobri den! Our country is in Central Asia, if you can go through ups Tawara I can buy and mail your product, not just one piece. THANK advance.

 

[3TrueFans]

So I messaged the guy and told him if he won he'd have to pay 100% of shipping costs. Here's his reply:

Dobri den! Our country is in Central Asia, if you can go through ups Tawara I can buy and mail your product, not just one piece. THANK advance.

LOL, you are so going to get F'd in the A.

 

[ruxCYtable]

Apparently paypal makes you wait like 21 days before you can withdraw your funds. So it will be hard to get them withdrawn to keep them safe. Sounds like they do everything possible to make things hard on sellers.

Huh? Where did you hear this? I ALWAYS withdraw funds IMMEDIATELY after a sale.

 

[3TrueFans]

Huh? Where did you hear this? I ALWAYS withdraw funds IMMEDIATELY after a sale.

He put it in caps so you know it's true.

 

[CycloneGB]

So I messaged the guy and told him if he won he'd have to pay 100% of shipping costs. Here's his reply:

Dobri den! Our country is in Central Asia, if you can go through ups Tawara I can buy and mail your product, not just one piece. THANK advance.

Haha! I'm gonna start using the term "Dobri den!!"

 

[ruxCYtable]

So I messaged the guy and told him if he won he'd have to pay 100% of shipping costs. Here's his reply:

Dobri den! Our country is in Central Asia, if you can go through ups Tawara I can buy and mail your product, not just one piece. THANK advance.

I'd cancel that auction RIGHT NOW. Even if you don't get "f'd in the a" like 3TrueFans says, shipping to and dealing with this guy is going to be WAY more trouble than it's worth.

 

[CLONECONES]

He put it in caps so you know it's true.

I thought it had to be caps, bold, and underlined for it to be true

 

[3TrueFans]

I thought it had to be caps, bold, and underlined for it to be true

You might be right.

 

[Cyclone1985]

Apparently paypal makes you wait like 21 days before you can withdraw your funds. So it will be hard to get them withdrawn to keep them safe. Sounds like they do everything possible to make things hard on sellers.

Yeah, they don't make it easy, that's for sure.

I had sold close to 300 items back in my prime, and they shut me down -- reason being, I "charged too much for shipping."

For example, on a $20 item, I would make shipping $9.99 or even $14.99, and make the price of the product $4.99. I did this because eBay does not make commission off of shipping price, only cost of product. So eBay would only get $.50 for my transaction as opposed to $2 like they wanted. Not a huge price difference for the cheaper products I sold, but made a ginormous impact on the larger items.

 

[JWIL4CY]

Huh? Where did you hear this? I ALWAYS withdraw funds IMMEDIATELY after a sale.

I just googled it so I'm probably wrong on that. Hopefully I can wait for the funds to go to paypal, withdraw them to an old checking account I no longer use and then transfer it over to my regular checking.

 

[3TrueFans]

Abort! Abort!

 

[intrepid27]

Wire me $5k and I'll outbid him, AND you can keep your item.

Seriously, I've have someone you know just log on and outbid him. You will have to pay ebay commission but is may be worth it.

 

[Tailg8er]

This is entertaining!

I can't wait to see how the story ends!