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Weird situation. I submitted a Best Offer for an item after exchanging e-mail with the seller asking for additional pictures, which she promptly provided. The offer expired. Several days later I heard from the seller asking me to resubmit the offer because she "forgot" to accept it. So I did. That offer is about to expire. Any idea what's going on? I don't plan on submitting the offer a third time.
If she's that flaky, you might not want to do business with her. What if she "forgets" to ship it then forgets to respond to the INR you'd file after paying. Would her next request be that you rebuy and she'll ship it this time?
Thanks, BeenBurned. Once again you're right. I retracted the offer. It was for a fairly high-ticket item. Something about the situation left me uneasy. Thanks!
If she had truly forgotten, she could have easily sent you the offer instead. Then you wouldn't have had to wait for her to forget again.Thanks, BeenBurned. Once again you're right. I retracted the offer. It was for a fairly high-ticket item. Something about the situation left me uneasy. Thanks!
Thanks, BeenBurned. Once again you're right. I retracted the offer. It was for a fairly high-ticket item. Something about the situation left me uneasy. Thanks!
Sometimes it's easier for an impartial third party outsider to see the solution objectively!
So, i just received a Seller Update email. Looks like Ebay's final value fees are increasing or adjusting on 4/1 in certain categories even for sellers without a store and without Ebay's Managed Payments, though it also says that all sellers will need to sign up for Ebay Managed Payments in 2021. I haven't yet and I haven't received a notice to sign up.
I probably should look at the videos and FAQs on the topic though. I guess if you look at how it was: 10% final value fee in most categories + (.30 + 2.9% for Paypal) and now it will be 12.55% through Ebay Managed Payments for most categories, it is a small savings. Is that right? Have all of you already signed up for Managed Payments? I haven't been selling that much, just odds and ends and can go a couple weeks without selling anything.
I probably should look at the videos and FAQs on the topic though. I guess if you look at how it was: 10% final value fee in most categories + (.30 + 2.9% for Paypal) and now it will be 12.55% through Ebay Managed Payments for most categories, it is a small savings. Is that right? Have all of you already signed up for Managed Payments? I haven't been selling that much, just odds and ends and can go a couple weeks without selling anything.
I've had to be in MP for several months and have found that the fees in MP as compared to Ebay-plus-paypal are very close. There are some cases where I pay a bit more with MP and others where it costs me a bit less than with PP. I find that it balances out, the difference is negligible and it's not worth losing sleep over.
But that's just me. I look at it from the point of view that I can't do anything about it, getting pissed off or frustrated isn't going to change anything and with ebay bringing in the most traffic and buyers, I'm going to live with it.
I have MP on my main ebay account. I never switched my other ebay account. I moved most of the listings to the account with MP. I don't get notifications on my non-MP account to switch except in the app. If you don't have the app, it seems they don't tell you. I'm constantly getting threats in the app that my ability to make listings has been suspended. I've made one sale in the non MP account in the last month and there were no problems. I have very little money going through paypal now. So far it seems to me the fees in my MP account are higher. The last several sales I've been charged 14.2%, 13.6, 15.6%, 14.4%, 14.3%, 13.3%, almost all more than I would have paid without MP.
I rarely order internationally but did so recently on ebay.
My item was suppose to arrive on March 3rd which was 12 business days.
It's been sitting in customs in NY since the end of Feb.and I just checked to see if it was finally on it's way and now it is in CALIFORNIA. ??
I am also on the east coast in NC......not that far down from NY
Is this normal to take a hike across the US??
My item was suppose to arrive on March 3rd which was 12 business days.
It's been sitting in customs in NY since the end of Feb.and I just checked to see if it was finally on it's way and now it is in CALIFORNIA. ??
I am also on the east coast in NC......not that far down from NY
Is this normal to take a hike across the US??
I'm not sure what's going on with USPS but it's a mess.
I've found that filing for "find missing mail" has been successful and in the future, I won't wait as long to file.
I recently had 2 items that seemed "lost." Both had acceptance scans so there was no question that items were sent and in postal custody.
Item 1: Shipped on Feb. 16 with p.o. acceptance scan. Arrived in NJ on Feb. 17 and no further movement. Buyer opened INR on March 1 and after numerous unanswered and dropped calls, I resorted to filing a missing mail complaint on March 3. On March 4, item was shaken loose from "somewhere" and showed movement. It was delivered on March 5.
Item 2: Shipped on Feb. 24 with pickup scan by my carrier. Arrived in Atlanta, GA on Feb. 28 with no subsequent movement. (This item was going to another city in Georgia.) After the debacle with the previous item, I opened a missing item case on March 4 which shook the package loose. It arrived in the destination city the next day and was delivered on March 6.
I'm convinced that neither item would have been delivered had I not filed those reports! (This probably won't work as well for items that never get scanned as accepted or picked up but when items appear lost while clearly in USPS possession, they need to do something!)
Thank you BB. I’m glad that both your packages were delivered. I had to file for missing mail back in Jan. when I noticed a package I had mailed out was just sitting in a GA post office for well over a week. Like your packages it was magically delivered when I filed the report. I’m going to file a report for the one that I am waiting for even though I am not the seller. it seems it’s just floating around the US. From NY to CA when it’s destination is NC. Makes no sense!
Bought something that was supposed to be a set of four. What I received was only a set of two. I sent a message with pictures and requested a 50% refund.
Seller is overseas, so there is a time delay in their replies, but they say they're checking. Thing is, that means they have to contact the seller on the 'prime' site that they bought from and had sent to me as a 'gift'. Since they didn't have the item, they couldn't make sure it was the right thing.
I plan on waiting another day or two before filing a claim.
Seller is overseas, so there is a time delay in their replies, but they say they're checking. Thing is, that means they have to contact the seller on the 'prime' site that they bought from and had sent to me as a 'gift'. Since they didn't have the item, they couldn't make sure it was the right thing.
I plan on waiting another day or two before filing a claim.
Bonanza question: When I sell an item somewhere else, I've been setting the item to reserved on Bonanza.
Now I just put my Bonanza store on vacation, which sets all active listings to reserved. Does that mean that when I take my store off vacation, all those previously reserved items will become active?
Now I just put my Bonanza store on vacation, which sets all active listings to reserved. Does that mean that when I take my store off vacation, all those previously reserved items will become active?