Ebay Valet service

Guru

Just saw this...

Ebay does all the work?

pdub1819

They get 30%.....

Jakt

This actually sounds pretty good. Do they have an online version of this or is it only for apps? I'm one of those people that still does not have a smart phone.

MooseDog

This is farmed out to an outside contractor.

eBay used to have a referral service called Trading Assistant. A seller like me could sign up and get a lot of referrals for people looking to sell their stuff for them. Suddenly last year they just ended the program without warning. I never realized how many people came in to my shop from those referrals.

The Valet service is done by an outside contractor, undoubtedly with a sweetheart deal for fees. They say minimum price to consign is $50, fair enough.

The kicker is that if your item doesn't sell, you have to pay $25-50 to get your item back. Think about this…if the contractor over-estimates the value of your $50 item and it doesn't sell, how many people are going to pay $25 to get say, a $35 item back? The consignor keeps the item, and sells it for whatever, pure profit.

sportscardstop

I think I'll stick w/ Probstein and his rates.

Doublestriker

The article doesn't state whether it is for collectibles.

SOM

They used to have eBay Drop Off Stores that did kind of the same thing.

Agreed...Probstein is much better