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Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
I like USPS and Fedex Ground. UPS is expensive and des have a tendancy to break things. That said, if a seller posts a shipping fee in an auction the buyer should be prepared to pay that rate. It is part of the terms of the auction. There are always exceptions to the rule and bidders should ask questions before bidding, not after they have won the item.
I like to offer actual or cheaper shipping since bidders seem to bid more when shipping is reasonable. If I lose a few bucks on shipping I tell myself the item sold for more than what it would have if shipping was more expensive. Am I fooling myself? Maybe. Lately, I have had very few issues as a seller but many as a buyer. It seems like about 20% of the things I buy are significantly not as described. I'm talking intakes with major corrosion, cracks, etc. or tachs that are "working" when the needle is stuck against the face. Jason |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
I usually use FedEx for US shipping for a couple of reasons. One is there prices are decent and the other is that I set everything up online at my house then drop it off at the local office.
I use USPS for shipping to Canada. They are much easier than FedEx. I hear too many horror stories about UPS. I used eBay last month. A couple of items I had a reserve and they didn't sell. So between insertion fees, reserve fees, selling fees and PayPal....I didn't make much. It's out of hand in my opinion. I had a reserve so I don't take a bath on some items and it just killed me in the end. So I went back to Craigslist, forums and word of mouth and it seems to be working.....so far. I don't even want to get into other sellers. I've had items that where the description wasn’t even close to what they had and the way some people package items is pathetic. Kurt |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
I would never use UPS to ship anything. I sold a BE 12 bolt last fall and the buyer arranged for UPS freight to pick it up. It was to ship freight collect to the freight terminal in the buyer's area. It was properly labeled, correct bill of lading, Pro # stickers on the skid, etc. They LOST the skid for about 5 weeks! The buyer finally received a call from the UPS truck driver trying to deliver to the PO box of the buyer's business address! UPS had lost the original bill of lading that we printed, made their own bill of lading with the shipper as prepaid and an incorrect destination address. I'm still getting bills from UPS, they don't have a clue.
USPS or FedEx only... |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
I used to sell about 300-400 items a year. I strived for 100% positive feedback but the flakes come to me for some reason.
I sold a 4 speed T10 that weighed around 100# to someone in Sweden last year. He hit the buy it now price at $499. He paided for the US mail for it, but gave the wrong address. The mail sent it back to me and he wanted me to send it to him free. I was like WTF. I offered to send it to him again of what it would cost me, or refund him his money minus the freight. He couldn't understand why I wouldn't shell out $250ish to send it out again on my dime. The shipping calculator is one thing I have a hard time with. I can put down my zip code, with ups and the actual weights and add 2# for the packaging. I sold a carb to someone in LA for 9.99 and shipping was going to cost if I remember right was $21 and he send me 9.99 for shipping because thats what it showed him. I opened up the window after the transaction was over and it showed $15 something to ship it to my own zip. I don't mind shelling out $1-3 on shipping when its something I made money on, but for a core junk rochester, I shouldn't have to pay someone to take it after all the fee's are final. For sellers, its really in the dumps for them. Look up something as simple as 1969 Camaro radiator. About 400-600 radiators pull up. How many of them sold? 2-3 when you look at the completed history. It makes me sick to dig through the listings to find good stuff on there when the dot.net companys load it up with mail order part number crap that they don't stock hoping they will sell a $100 china alum radiator for $499. Mustang II frontends are the same way when your looking for hotrods and streetrods. |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
You can avoid the "new parts fits" on Ebay by typing in one space after search word and then <span style="font-weight: bold">-fits</span>.
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I sent Matt a PM. We'll solve this offline like civil manor men.
Dan |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
Anyone have any experience with an ebay seller named Brian Lehman/Lehman's Auto Salvage out of Mount Hope Kansas?
Thanks Jake |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MosportGreen66</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I sent Matt a PM. We'll solve this offline like civil manor men.
Dan </div></div> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RPOLS3</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Anyone have any experience with an ebay seller named Brian Lehman/Lehman's Auto Salvage out of Mount Hope Kansas?
Thanks Jake </div></div> bought a few decent parts from him, a little crusty with questions, not the fastest shipper, would deal again.... |
Re: Ebay sellers.... lets help each other out.
ok my turn ...
I sent a HEAVY item to western Canada several years ago (big block exhaust manifold). I gave the buyer the USPS quote and he pissed back and said to send it Fed-Ex ground I had an account so thought why not? The slime KNEW he could ignore the customs and duty fees with Fed-ex and my account was charged back HIS fees ... NEVER, EVER send ANYTHING out of the US with UPS or Fed-Ex on your account number Do it with cash and walk into the store, there is no way for them to charge you back Regarding shipping charges, some people think that is the only way they can make anything on their low priced parts ... IF the TOTAL cost is ok with me then I do it, if they are stupid they get nothing from me We have been selling on ebay for ~ 12 years and find it best to be HONEST with the listing, point out the flaws you know, people will respect you for it. Try to gloss them over with fancy words then they hate you for it. We use way more pictures than anyone else and TRY to pretend you are at a swap meet and picking up a part to look at in your hands ... People that take a picture of an item from 50 feet away with their toes at the bottom of the photo and their kids plastic junk toys in the background are better off with no pictures IMHO We USED to have to spend nearly an hour EVERY DAY at the post office to ship items, then we started using online postage and having the mailman pick the stuff up much easier. We still have to make a run to Fed-Ex but not as often as the USPS runs used to be. Bottom line, like in life there are people that are different from you. Some people are just stupid and would box a heavy item without any thought ... others know what they are doing. The last items I received packed by a moron were some seat tracks that were poking out of 3 sides of the box - he simply dropped the tracks into a large box and sent it ... unbelievable that they both made it ... I agree ebay is only concerned with the buyers, they should realize that without the sellers there would be no buyers and that the SELLERS are the ONLY ones that make them money, the buyers do not pay anything to ebay ... |
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