Ebay Hints, Tips & Advice

[Epic_Dragon]

ive had bad luck selling, was selling some rb heads on there, and someone won, then never paid or responded again. and then it cost me more as ebay percentage fee from the sale!!! i whinged to them but they stated its not their problem pretty much. then we sold a old civic on there, the dude paid fast, but then we had to take car to him, and then he never changed it from OH's name until after he had a parking fine and then as we didnt have the lastname, we had all other details of this guy, he couldnt get out of the fee!!!!

[HZSandman]

Set a due date for payment and pickup for this guy and let him know that if they are not paid for and picked up by that date that you will re-list them.

Always put payment terms and pickup terms on the ad so you can state that to buyers and they can not say they did not know.

I had a guy take 2 months to pick up someting he had already paid for. I had to keep calling him and sending messages. Not worth it. Now I always stae that the goods muct be picked up in 2 weeks or whatever.

[ozbox]

i ued to worry about neg feedback but since ebay made it so the buyer can leave neg and the seller cant i figured it meens shit....tell him to jamb his seats where the sun dont shine..when and if he leaves neg you have a reply button you just cant leave an actual feedback..reply and state why you got neg..coz he is a numbnut..

i did sell full time on ebay but i got sick of opening disputes to get payment or to clear my item so i could get my final value credit fee back and then resell it..this generally wasted more than 10 days after i opened the dispute which from memory was 10 days after the auction had finished..so around 20 days before you could list it again for another 10 days and hope the process was not repeated..

ebay is a joke when it comes to buyers...its no wonder that places like manhiems that sell damaged cars etc want more than 2k for a private person to register to use the simulcast auctions they have...it gets rid of the air thieves..

[stickthis]

hmmm neg feedback. Had one today. Joke.

"Sticker will not suit application satisfactorly"

I couldnt have offered the bloke anymore than I did. refnund, replacement, etc etc.

You just can not please everyone.

[Gaddy]

Question for you Ebay Regulars!!
Ive just sold an Item,(not car related) and it was a 99cent auction. He won it at 65bucks.
I stated CLEARLY it was pick up only etcetc...
Anyway.. after 6 days of his email questions about my adress so he could organise a courier, today he emails me and says actually he now realises that the item wont suit his sister whom he bought it for and could I please relist it??
WTF??
So the question is, if I relist it will I be charged for the first sale by Ebay, or do I need to **** around and open a dispute?
Again, Thanx for all and any advice ppl..

[jennie285]

Gaddy has he already paid you, if not your sorta up s..t creek without a huge hassle with ebay and raising a dispute...if he has paid you...it is up to him to get it and sell it himself...people are amazing they should think about it first before bidding....:shifty:

[Gaddy]

No he hasent paid Jen!!
Fu*%in time wasters! They give me the Sh*#s!!

[Blocker]

Gaddy you should open a dispute for unpaid item. This will put it into eBay's system, then you can relist the original item with an option to select that it is a relist for unpaid listing - you will not be charged.

[Mazdragon]

any wonder i prefer to walk into a shop and buy and do garage sales or market trash & treasure to sell.....

too many thieves and idiots on ebay... (not of course, including friends who arent thieves and idiots...)

[Gaddy]

Gaddy you should open a dispute for unpaid item. This will put it into eBay's system, then you can relist the original item with an option to select that it is a relist for unpaid listing - you will not be charged.

That sounds like the go but can I relist the Item straight away or do I need to wait till the dispute is finalised?