[Milsurplus] For Ebay Sellers Only: Listing Recommendation

Sat Mar 26 11:51:33 EDT 2011

You are lucky with paypal.

I bought some boatanchor stuff from a seller a few years back and he 
never shipped.  After going through their cumbersome do-it-yourself 
processes, it escalated to a full complaint.  The seller ended up 
canceling their acocunts at both ebay and paypal and both told me, 
sorry, you are out of luck, nothing they can do.  This guy ended up 
absconding with a large amount of money from many buyers.  (yes, I filed 
a police complaint, even though they told me there was little they could 
do as it was out of state)

On 3/26/2011 11:46 AM, Mike Feher wrote:
> Talk about shipping charges. The other day I was looking at a gold coin that
> had a starting bid of $0.99 with no reserve, but, the guy was asking $1500
> for shipping, in an attempt to minimize ebay charges on the sale. No way was
> I going to buy from him. While a lot of people do not like PayPal, as a
> buyer, they have saved my butt a few times. Over the last few years I would
> have been scammed out of close to $20,000 on gold coins where I paid the
> sellers, but they never shipped the item. Every time, PayPal fully refunded
> my entire payment, after a few weeks of my complaint. I have not sold on
> there for more than 5 years, for pretty much the same reasons Todd mentions.
> Too much trouble, especially with the heavier items. Funny how all the heavy
> items I managed to drag down into the basement I can no longer pick up, HI.
> I just bought a big 16 foot enclosed moving truck for the hamfest season in
> an attempt to lighten the load. I still like eBay, and have over 4000
> transactions on there to prove it. 73 - Mike
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
> Howell, NJ, 07731
> 732-886-5960
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Todd, KA1KAQ
> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 11:30 AM
> To: radioman390 at cs.com
> Cc: arc5 at ix.netcom.com; milsurplus
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] For Ebay Sellers Only: Listing Recommendation
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM,<radioman390 at cs.com>  wrote:
>> It's not quite true that they have no competition. More items are
>> showing up on Craigslist.com all the time.
> Nor is it the only effective venue as Dave opines, merely another tool
> in the toolbox for those who employ a number of methods for finding
> what they're after and moving what they're not. Definitely one of the
> better tools for overall exposure, no question. Ebay has helped me in
> many ways over the years.
>
> And while hamfests and private sales are not the complete answer,
> clearly that are becoming a better alternative in a world where heavy
> items cost more and more to ship, and ebay wants more and more of the
> action. The only real answer is to vote with your feet, wallet, and so
> on.
>
> I found it most amusing that ebay claims to be including the shipping
> cost in the total fee now to discourage high shipping costs. This
> while they have a separate entry for a handling charge which sellers
> are free to charge. Obviously they don't care what sellers are
> charging, since the more they charge now, the more ebay gets.
>
> In my case, I'd already moved away from selling large items on there
> strictly due to the time and cost involved with proper packing.
> There's no way I can charge enough to recover what I have invested in
> a proper packing job for a piece of gear weighing 40-50 lbs or more.
> Easier to sell small things like audio tubes and trinkets that will
> fit in a Priority Mail box. Even these can cost $40-$50 or more to
> ship overseas. I never charged anything beyond actual shipping cost,
> just took the rest in as the cost of doing business.
>
> Can't remember the exact date the new changes take effect (April 19th
> maybe?), but that's the day my selling on ebay ends. I've had
> successful transactions with members here on the milsurplus list and
> elsewhere, including with Dave, Robert Downs, Mike Hanz and many
> others. There are also a number of other online sites dealing in old
> radios that have excellent classified sections. I recently came across
> a set of Cannon connectors for my ATC and the control box Mike sent
> me, for a whopping $3 for the set. Just need to find the U/9 now.
>
> I'll continue to use ebay for buying the odd item here and there, as
> it truly is the #1 site for convenience shopping. And it has dredged
> up a lot interesting items over the last decade plus, many of which
> would've been lost to time in some landfill. But as Dave points out -
> they're biting the hand that feeds them, and have been doing so for
> some time now. It's taken me a while to build up other online
> resources to replace it, but they are indeed out there.
>
> Good luck to the rest of you 'greedy sellers' (as they see you) who
> stay with ebay. I am confident they will continue to find more ways to
> punish those who wish to provide goods there, regardless of how honest
> a seller may be.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
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