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[floridagirrl2]

Originally posted by mbelec
I'm frustrated. I filed a Final Value Fee Credit Request a few weeks ago on items (5!) that someone won, but never paid for. Now I want to get my lister's fees back, but have misplaced the item numbers (dumb, I know!).

I may be misunderstanding your question here--you can't get your listing fee back when you have a non-paying bidder, only your Final Value Fee.

If you relist the items and successfully sell them, you will not be charged a listing fee for the relist (if you relist them and they DON'T sell, you still have to pay the listing fee).

 

[DNSDisney]

Originally posted by mbelec
I'm frustrated. I filed a Final Value Fee Credit Request a few weeks ago on items (5!) that someone won, but never paid for. Now I want to get my lister's fees back, but have misplaced the item numbers (dumb, I know!). When I try to get this information through the Ebay help pages, I ultimately get to the place where I can say my question is still not answered, but when I want to type my problem in, it won't submit because I don't have item numbers listed in my email. I've been trying to find this information for over an hour and feel like screaming!
Does anyone have a phone number for Ebay so I can deal with a real person?

Was it over thirty days that the auction went off?
IF IT WASN'T you can go to "my ebay page" and where you see items you have sold you can put in 30 in the days spot and hit go and it will show you all your items that have sold in the past 30days with the item no#.

hopes this helps,
Sharon

 

[zurgswife]

OK....I have a boys shirt dark blue ....as I was ironing and folding it I noticed 2 small (smaller then head of an eraser) spots on the bottom 1/3 of the shirt....didn't notice the first few times I folded and examined the shirt...(a polo shirt)

1. would you list the shirt and defect???
2. Skip listing all together

 

[disneychrista]

Originally posted by zurgswife
OK....I have a boys shirt dark blue ....as I was ironing and folding it I noticed 2 small (smaller then head of an eraser) spots on the bottom 1/3 of the shirt....didn't notice the first few times I folded and examined the shirt...(a polo shirt)

1. would you list the shirt and defect???
2. Skip listing all together

Do the spots effect the apperance of the shirt? Is it a spot that you can get out?

I recently listed & sold a lot of tee's where one had a small ink stain. I took a photo of the shirt and a close up of the stain. In photo editor I highlighted (drew a box) around the stained area. In my description I put that it had a small ink stain.

 

[Atreyu]

I've only began to start selling on eBay so this is just my opinion. I try to be as honest as I can about the thing/s I sell. I don't imagine a lot of people would care about small holes in clothing but you never know. Just my opinion.

 

[DMRick]

The only way you get back your lister fee, is if you relisted from the original auction and someone bought it. But it's automatic, you don't have to ask for it. The original auction becomes "new" once you file the NPB and get back your end of auction fees...you relist, and if sold, you'll see the credit for the lisitn on your account.

 

[strasfamily]

I have been approached by somebody I work with (but only met yesterday) to list a valuable item for her and she would pay the fees plus 10% of the amount it sells for. I am thinking it would be an easy way to make a little extra money, but what happens if something goes wrong after the item is shipped? What are my liabilities? I guess I need somebody to play the devil's advocate before I agree to anything.

Also, if I require insurance in my auction, how do I know how much to charge for the insurance if I don't know what the final price will be? If I use the shipping calculator, is the insurance automatically calculated at the end?

Thanks.

 

[threeboysmom]

Help!! I need to pull an item off of ebay quickly. There are no bids on it yet so I'm assuming I can do this. This item was a "relist" since I never heard from the buyer after 2 weeks. Today in the mail, lo and behold, I received a money order for this item. (why couldn't he have just sent me a quick email letting me know payment was coming or something....) Anyways, I'm afraid someone else is going to bid and then what would I do? So I need to know how to get it off ebay quickly. Also, I've already left a negative for this buyer (felt bad since he had 100% feedback, but I can only be patient after so long - I gave him 2 whole weeks and he never once even contacted me to say he would be paying me....) I'm waiting for him to neg me back now...

Can anyone help in this situation???

 

[disney4us2002]

3boysmom, go to ebay and click on 'site map' then find the right link under selling for "end listing". You will need the new auction number and then you just pick a reason (item no longer available, lost or broken, etc.). As long as there are no bids it is pretty easy to do.

 

[floridagirrl2]

Originally posted by strasfamily
I have been approached by somebody I work with (but only met yesterday) to list a valuable item for her and she would pay the fees plus 10% of the amount it sells for. I am thinking it would be an easy way to make a little extra money, but what happens if something goes wrong after the item is shipped? What are my liabilities? I guess I need somebody to play the devil's advocate before I agree to anything.

Also, if I require insurance in my auction, how do I know how much to charge for the insurance if I don't know what the final price will be? If I use the shipping calculator, is the insurance automatically calculated at the end?

Thanks.

Fraught with danger! Just my opinion. I have done this a few times, and I have a friend who does this for some of her friends/acquaintances, and has wound up with some people upset with her (unjustifiably, to me).

Some of the issues that can come up include: Deciding how much an item is worth--if you help your friend come up with a figure, she may at some point decide you gave her bad advice and that the item was sold for too little money. This happened to my friend.

Or, your friend may decide after the auction is over that she doesn't want to sell after all--but it's your reputation as a seller that's on the firing line, not hers.

If the item was inherited, family members may be furious that your friend is selling the item and may think she has no right to sell it, and will be angry with YOU. (This happened to me with a relative of mine!) Also, if you are selling for someone you don't know well, it's possible the item may be stolen. Even if you are selling for someone you do know well, it's always possible that the item is a knock-off (e.g., fake Roseville pottery or Louis Vuitton luggage) and you could end up being investigated for fraud.

Selling on consignment definitely is different in the eyes of tax authorities than just selling your own old clothes or your own used household gifts. You will find you have some tax liabilities.

The four times I have agreed to sell items for friends/relatives, I have done it for free, as a favor. This can still result in hard feelings! Personally, if I was selling on consignment to make money, I would ask for a minimum of 30-40% plus fees on higher priced items, and even more on lower priced items.

The way I handle these kinds of requests now is to tell people it's pretty time-consuming to sell stuff on Ebay, and that I don't have time to sell for other people, but would be happy to show them how to sell for themselves. So far, nobody has taken me up on this offer!

Re: insurance, you can state in your auction that insurance is required and will be billed at exact cost.

 

[DiznEeyore]

Just wanted to say that I totally agree with everything floridagirrl2 said regarding selling for others. Very wise advice!

 

[Miss Kelly]

I am worried that I shipped an item with the wrong postage attached (lesser amount). If I did, what will happen? Will the item come back to me? Thanks

 

[DiznEeyore]

I'm thinking it would probably arrive "postage due" to whomever you ship it to....

 

[disney4us2002]

Miss Kelly, why do you think you put too little postage? The po doesn't quite know what to tell me since I started buying postage thru paypal. They can't even check it since it doesn't say what the postage is. I'm not sure if the stuff is weighed again once it leaves the shipping po. I'm not certain what would happen if the postage was too little. I know I've occasionally gotten stuff sent with postage due. Maybe that's what they would do??

 

[y2jay76]

Originally posted by Donna
Well, now I know how some of you feel. I got my very first neutral (no negs yet). This person is new to ebay and I understand she does not see how this works yet but couldn't she have at least emailed me before leaving that neutral.

I had same instance where newbie left me neutral saying " look forward to receiving my item" This was 2 days after martin luther king day when po were closed and auction ended sat afternoon. my wife couldnt understand why it bothered me so, well her feedback came minutes after i left positive for her, she must have thought she had to say something back and since she didnt have product yet why not.

Which brings me to debate that has been on before, when to leave feedback, and if everyone waited to see what other person is going to say feedback would ultimately stop.

I get annoyed by the fact that i have left 140 feedback for others and received 110 what are the thirty people doing.

 

[DMRick]

if everyone waited to see what other person is going to say feedback would ultimately stop.

I don't think everybody waits...at least not according to my 2800 or so feedback.
When I buy something, and it arrives in the condition I expected it to be, I leave feedback. When I sell, I wait until they leave feedback, so I know it was in the condition they expected it to be.

 

[DMRick]

I am worried that I shipped an item with the wrong postage attached (lesser amount).

At the regular post office site, when you buy your postage, it says, if you misweighed it, the extra postage will be charged at the post office. They scan it when I bring it in..and sometimes I do owe. That's one of the reasons I'm not ready to just drop my stuff and run..I would hate for one of the bidders to get it postage due.

 

[zurgswife]

don't think everybody waits...at least not according to my 2800 or so feedback. When I buy something, and it arrives in the condition I expected it to be, I leave feedback. When I sell, I wait until they leave feedback, so I know it was in the condition they expected it to be.

Interesting.....as a newbie seller I've been leaving feedback immediately after payment has been secured....should I really be waiting until they leave me feedback as assurance I get feed back....9 items sold so far and 10 days after mailing most of the items I've only recieved 1 feed back...

 

[strasfamily]

Floridagirl,

Thank you so much for your advice on selling for others. I think I kniew in the back of my mind it is something I did not want to tackle - no matter how much money I can make from the deal. Still doesn't seem worth it for the problems that may arise, and I don't want to comprimise my 100% feedback that I have worked so hard at maintaining.

Thanks again!

 

[disney4us2002]

zurgswife, I also leave feedback for the buyer as soon as payment is made. I don't believe it is right to wait til the buyer leaves feedback. If the buyer made the purchase within the terms of your auction then they have done what was asked of them. Why hold their feedback hostage? Yes, there are those that won't leave you feedback and there are also some vindictive ebayers who will leave a negative but is it right to hold all the rest of the good buyers at ebay accountable for the bad few? Some may disagree but this is how I see this issue. When I've bought I have always gotten my feedback within a day or two as well.