I am now proud to offer a 30 year return privilege on all of my Ebay sales.
Coinstartled
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I have retained a former DHL pilot as well to ship anywhere in the country in less than 12 hours.
All coins will be packed in a diamond studded Kevlar and mahogany box for protection.
Each coin can be reholderd once per year at my expense!
OK..I think that I now comply with the new top rated seller requirements.
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Some people would still find something to complain about.
I need a link to your sales
Why are you constantly lashing out against ebay, which IS the world's greatest marketplace for coins?
I have built a fantastic business using that platform.
Perhaps you should re-evaluate YOUR business model and not ebays.
It can work out really well for those who choose to do the hard work.
^From the guy that went poof when they implemented a twenty five cent listing fee....
You have a very big heart.. the world needs more people like you.
It was a business decision, that worked out great as my free time allowed me to do a complete rehaul of my ctf error coins website. And do some kayak fishing. Now with the free listings again, I changed all my listings to 30 days instead of 7 days and recycle. All my coins are back on ebay and also on my website.
Yeah right...
@ErrorsOnCoins said:
ebay is now charging a listing fee for my BINs.
I refuse to pay so no BIN's this month.
I owe ebay more for final value fees than ever this month, but yet, next month it will be way down because I refuse to pay for BINs.
I called them and they said no free BIN listing this month. They would make way more off of me if they gave out free BIN listings.
I moved all my BIN listing to my personal error coin website, so you guys can go there to find my stuff, link at the bottom.
Ya I wrote that, so. It's all true.
Now in June it is free to list BIN on ebay again so I listed about 200 high-end error coins.
What is your point?
Point is that as a marketplace Ebay is volatile as hell. They change programs and fees at the drop of a hat. The "worlds greatest marketplace" should offer stability first if they want to retain quality sellers.
As a loyal, steadfast promoter of Ebay, EOC, even you reached the point where you decided enough is enough when they added a listing fee.
What would you have done if the 25c listing fees remained?
I have an ebay store, so I always get free listings. For some reason, ebay only gave out free listing for auction-style listings that month. I could have gone into each BIN and changed it to an auction with the start price of the BIN, but I chose to leave the listings as is in the unsold file (easy to relist later when BIN was free again) and choose to spend my time on my site. Ebay did me a huge favor in hindsight.
ErrorsOnCoins---Coinstartled was obviously being facetious.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Pride is gonna be your downfall, brother.
I've done most buying so I feel for sellers added burden....
Just curious....will the new "payment processing" company cost structure be less than Paypal (so it's even it out the cost) ?
How are the diamonds cut? Are they natural or the manufactured diamonds De beers is touting? When reholding, what happens when all the coins you've sold reach MS-70 due to grade inflation?
I'm waiting for "Sentsless," with his superbly conservative graded coins, to match your offer.
Each diamond is rigorously tested.
We don' needs no steenkeeng quality sellers !!!
Let me tell you a story about E-Bay and PayPal, Yes it does work till they tell you that you are making to much $$$ and your growing to fast we had are acc for over 5 years but did just a little we where doing $3K to $5K a week then after about 6 month's. I was thinking because I do that some times.
If I put on 3 more people full time I can do so much more so I did it was banging, I was now doing over $80k a month for about 7 months and then they called 1st PayPal asking where do I get my stuff, how do I pay for it, do I have it in hand I said yes how can we take pic of it if we didn't so I sent them my receipt and so on it was like some one was trying to get as much info to start up there own business.
After a week or two they told me I was getting to big to fast and becoming to big of a risk we had a 100% pos feed back as well but they still close my acc. I tried everything even told them to keep the $$$ for a month or two and pay me every too months they can hold the cash till they are ready to give it to me, they said no sorry you can file something I forgot what it was I did do it but no one ever got back to me so I just went away like they wanted me to. So as for E-Bay and PayPal they are still one they work with each other but say they are not one Co. They can kiss my
Hoard the keys.
<<< 30 year return privilege >>>
Why not lifetime?
Will you still include a free 10 ounces of gold with every circ wheat cent purchased, with free mailing?
BHNC #203
for some of the older people on here, 30 years is a lifetime
Careful, eBay requires delivery confirmation that is available online. This won't qualify.
Wants to leave some room to grow.
Perhaps then we'd better not push it, Ebay might change it to the buyers descendants' lifetimes.
Ahh, eBay... the AMERICAN way to do business.
eBay was good when I had the pawn shop. I could dump all the contractor's tools and misc crap that people brought in
SELDOM used it for the coins.
The slant is SO BUYER ORIENTED that it is ludicrous.
Their contention must be that they can sell so much consumer crap that they don't need to cater to mere COIN dealers.
(or collectors just having fun)
I seldom even BUY coins off eBay. Most of the coins I buy "from" the eBay source is by simply tracking down the dealer website, going there, and doing the transaction.
Usually cheaper and in my experience, the coins ...I...look for are seldom offered by smaller sellers.
And God pity ...them.... for the hassle they have to put up with.
eBay is the COIN SHOP that cares nothing about having ...inventory.
I wonder about that as I look at my early feedback from 18 years ago. One day a century from now, a descendant will wonder why the hell I bought a $300 Maynard Ferguson LP from a guy in Japan.
I did btw..it was my first purchase.
Must have been an original wrapped collectors edition of sorts.
Certainly wasn't for playing - LP's were done even 18 years ago although probably some out there still play vinyl for old times sake. Like using a film camera - LOL
Scarce title that never made it to the US market. I got it if a friend who had been searching for two decades. I think that he played it once and then put it away.
I've never done this, but a good friend of mine's son, made a video, and signed up with the Youtube affiliate commission program.
He has made around $3,000 in affiliate commissions off that one video. He was fortunate though, his video got national exposure and he was even interviewed live on some TV network morning news programs about it. Fox was one of them, i watched his interview while it was broadcasted.
If that LP isn't on Youtube now, your friend may want to consider placing it on there. Might be a lot of fans out there who would love to hear it. Then hopefully some decent affiliate commissions can be made off of it.
Maybe eventually $300 - LOL
*FedEx pilot
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i came strictly to lol at the title and was a much needed laugh.
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I used to sell around half a million dollars a year on ebay, because it was the "world's greatest marketplace for coins." However the fee structure now is too hard to keep up with and the changing "promotions" make it difficult to operate and work the retail store. Ebay was great, but they forgot who makes ebay great, the sellers. We're not Amazon and should not be held to that standard. We are Joe Six Pack and small businesses selling goods.
MEGA!
MAKE EBAY GREAT AGAIN!
@Type2
They do that for AML reasons, I luckily had a full Anti Money Laundering audit and forms ready to submit to them. Still it was like they were harassing small business for being successful. They froze my account with 120K in it, so I had to force all of my ebay buyers to use an off site credit card processor. Basically shut me down for doing well.
me too, actually add , "will send to CAC also if not already sent...", and watch this become a 100+ thread
If you don't like eBay, stay off of it.
Those of us that like eBay will stay, thankful for less clutter.
And, if you don't like Amazon, stay off of Amazon.
No big deal. eBay is trying to keep their customers happy by competing with Amazon's quality of service. Is it easy for me the seller? Not always. Is it great for me the buyer? Yes, it is.
But eBay is balancing its business with an eye towards its bottom line. eBay is not in the business of making the world the way you want it to be.
I've seen dozens of people on this board complain that they would never buy a coin on eBay if the seller were insisting "no returns". Some of the same people are complaining that as sellers eBay wants them to offer free returns. You can't have it both ways. Well, I guess you can: only buy from eBay and don't sell.
That is very kind of you. But seriously I believe 3 years return privilege should be adequate for eBay. This year.
Free returns and no returns are the same thing? Just askin'.
.> @TwoSides2aCoin said:
His pride never deserts him; but with the rich he is liberal-minded, just, sincere, rational, honourable, and perhaps agreeable—allowing something for fortune and figure.
Bash away, still works for me, 100K+ a year.
I don't complain, I just succeed.
I know where I'm buying inventory...
But it gets harder every year. The tighter your margin, the more work you do for less reward.
Basically. I mean, obviously, technically there is the "buyer pays" option. But it's just not a real option. Anyone who pays with a credit card at anyplace can file a chargeback - and in that case you're lucky if you even get the item back depending on what cock and bull story they file
. Amazon has free returns as do most major retailers. So, again, it's a competition issue for eBay.
80% of my returns are filed as SNAD - and not because they are SNAD, but because that gets them the free returns. I only get about 5 returns per year on 4000 sales, so it is just a (minor) cost of doing business. It's annoying, but there's just no way around it, thanks to Amazon.
Just an FYI. Amazon does not make money off of sales. Amazon as a sales platform loses money. Amazon makes money off data and computer services. They are the clould and that is the revenue. eBay. Worlds greatest marketplace really? Do you still use Facebook too? It’s a whole new day...think you guys are living in the past
My day job is at least this complicated, I wouldn’t want to say more complicated out of respect, but if EBay was my day job I would just tackle it and make it work. Now with it not being my big hit, I’m not likely to add the complication to what little free time I avail and have not sold anything in years, just buy now and then.
EBay used to be wonderful.
The fees were sensible.
I work harder now than I used to in order to make the same profit percentage.
eBay has become my employer, and yet, I can't quit.
I'm so happy that I am helping eBay make more money, and instead of reasonable fees I get emails and messages telling me how valuable I am.
Oh, boy!!!! How nice of them.
I refuse to be an eBay cheerleader.
The eBay sycophants on the board maybe weren't around when it was truly a fantastic venue.
That's not completely true. Amazon disproportionately makes far more money on cloud services, but it isn't a complete charity on sales. But, that really is quite beside the point.
Amazon has successfully convinced the e-world that shipping should be free and returns should be easy and free. That is the real problem for other e-tailers.
Been on eBay since 1997. It's different, but still a fantastic venue. Maybe you weren't around back when eBay was cheaper, but I had to go to the bank every day to cash my checks and money orders - with the occasional bounce. When I had to post the packages myself using either post-office generated meter strips or stamp them myself. Back then, you had to pay USPS extra for tracking information - although package rates were cheaper.
Let's not pretend some things haven't gotten better.
Nostalgia can distort your view.
Funny that the option is "legitimate eBay critic" or "sycophant". How about simply eBay supporter? I won't go so far as to make the options "informed e-tailer" vs. "curmudgeon".
I was around, and I'd rather cash a money order than give Paypal their forced cut (corporate extortion).
I guess I was lucky as I never got a bad check or fake money order.
I didn't mind delivery confirmation charges, as you said, shipping was cheaper then.
And we haven't even mentioned eBay's extreme money grab--charging their high seller fees on shipping.
What a joke.
Ridiculous.
It really really pisses me off.
Edited to add: Nothing in my opinion has gotten better with eBay.
Nothing.
Ummmm......I rather doubt it.
Actually, I doubt it quite strongly.
Remember when PayPal was free before eBay clenched its greedy talons around it?