![]() ![]() Personally, I'm much more inclined to sell high-value stuff via Facebook Marketplace, in-person only, because of this possibility. However, if you're a low-volume seller who's just using Ebay to sell your old stuff, with only a very small number of higher-value items sold per year, then even a single bad transaction like this can ruin your profit and make it not worth it to sell on this platform. If you're a high-volume seller, then sure: a few bad transactions like this overall is the "price of doing business" because the popularity of the platform means you'll do much more sales volume, which more than makes up for a few shitty buyers. >Their answer to this criticism is that siding with the buyer by default creates trust, which encourages more buyers to use the platform and therefore increases sales volume for their seller. ![]() Losing the couple hundred dollars wouldn’t be the end of the world, but I’m deeply frustrated that eBay is so heavily tilted toward the buyer that someone can develop a pattern of fraudulent chargebacks and false complaints with apparently no consequences. I’m blown away that they know a buyer has a habit of doing this, yet continue to let them operate on the platform. Just follow the steps and provide the requested info and I’ll be fine, they said. Yet he’s been escalating this to eBay and now filing a chargeback with his credit card company.Īfter less than 10 minutes with eBay support, they admit that this buyer has a pattern of doing this exact scam. ![]() Buyer never returned anything, never even provided return tracking info. Wouldn’t cooperate with any debug questions so I grudgingly authorized a return. I thoroughly tested a PC part, packed it in original anti-static packaging, packed that inside of an excessive amount of packaging and a thick box, and then shipped it all via a well-tracked shipping method.īuyer waited until a day before the end of the claim period and then insisted the part didn’t work. > The only fraud you still get is friendly fraud from buyers. It does make sense to protect high-value sales too, especially considering that the information only needs to be disclosed to the marketplace at that point - providing the information to the buyer only needs to happen at $20.000 and at that point you are definitely a business - but it is interesting that they do not seem to explicitly state so. The bill refers to "high-volume sellers", and defines that as a) 200 orders, or b) $5000. The only thing which stands out to me is the relatively low monetary threshold: $5000 might be a lot in revenue if you are selling something like second-hand clothing, but something like a single car or camera can easily put you over that limit already. Now let's hope we'll soon see similar regulations for Amazon sellers, ideally with some way to prevent commingling inventory. If i am doing business with someone I want to know who I am doing business with, so that there is at least the possibility of taking legal actions. Marketplaces like this have long been used as a front for scamming, and with the anonymity provided there are basically zero repercussions. With additional provisions to protect the privacy of individuals. If time is an issue (you are moving, you sold your house) and you are on the fence about a price, choose the lower price rather than higher price.Seller details of high-volume business sellers, mind you.If it is an off-color or dated style, stick with trying just to get one-fifth of the price. For items only used once or twice, or those that were never used, you could get one-third of the retail value, depending on the item. Generally, figure around one-fifth of the retail price for items that are working and in good shape.Give yourself room to negotiate, especially on the larger ticket items.Use quarter-dollar pricing increments to simplify calculating the payment process.This can lead to losses because there will always be some people that will say that they got their items off the $1 table. Avoid table pricing (example - All Items $1 on Table).Example - All Paperback Books - 50 cents each! For similar items, such as paperback books, it is acceptable to put up a sign with one price-point.Use tie tags with strings for larger items and sticky tags for smaller items like glassware, but be very careful that the sticker does not hurt the value of the item.People will not want to wait or hunt you down while they are considering purchasing an item. Take the time to clearly mark every item that you will be putting into your sale.Visit a few sales in your area before you start pricing and see what people are buying and the average prices on items that are similar to what you will be selling. Consider the type of people that will likely be attending your garage sale. ![]()
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