Percentage doesn't matter. All that matter is the total number. If you have X amount of 1 or 2 DSRs to demote you from whatever plateau, it doesn't matter if 1000 other people gave you 5s.Originally Posted by darkslime
Percentage doesn't matter. All that matter is the total number. If you have X amount of 1 or 2 DSRs to demote you from whatever plateau, it doesn't matter if 1000 other people gave you 5s.
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Yep I miss the old days of ebay, was more of a community back then, they made it where Paypal pretty much is the only accepted form of payment. Funny how that started after they bought Paypal.
Garage sales can be pretty profitable, problem is I am not a people person, and after doing garage sales with my mom when I was younger, I have no tolerance for the idiots that pass as buyers.
I liked yahoo auctions but they went the way of the dodo as well afaik haven't used em in eons.
You did what? With who? For how many cookies?
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Yea buy on ebay if you can win a cheap auction and sell on amazon. You can get screwed very easily by a buyer on ebay, because of the way paypal is setup.
Basically you sell said item, buyer receives item and says it's not what he ordered but you know you sent out the right game/system etc... Buyer files paypal claim, paypal tells buyer to send item back with tracking. Buyer sends item with tracking. You receive said item in the mail open the box and find a used Hypodermic needle an empty soda can and a copy of kabuki warriors... but that's not what you sent out and you know it so you call the local police agency in your county and the buyers. The police tell you it's a civil matter and you have to file a claim in civil court... Buyer Just got your item and paypal gives them the money back. So now you are fucked six ways from Sunday and there's nothing you can do... Ebay is safer then a random b/s/t forum but not by a whole lot.
Last edited by UnpluggedClone; 05-27-2010 at 04:37 AM.
PLEASE. Yes, that is technically possible, but how often do you think that really happens? I've been selling since 1998, about 50k total sales and that's NEVER happened to me. I personally know other sellers who sell about the same as me and it's never happened to them too. Just because you've heard a few worst-case-scenario horror stories doesn't mean they're likely to happen. If you're that terrified of being scammed, maybe you shouldn't use the internet for sales.
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I wasn't questioning the amount more you can theoretically make on ebay, I was questioning how you honestly couldn't see the value in not having to deal with things like ebay policies, payment services, shipping, computers in general (which even these days, is still a hassle to some people).
There is more than monetary value to consider here. Thats why places like gamestop still get a shitload of people sellin them games even when they give crap prices - its really convenient.
Don't confuse what you think it's worth and what others think it's worth. If I can sell Gargoyle's Quest at $60+ and Belmont's Revenge at $120+ (which I will, I promise you) then that's what's worth to the buyer. My $25 sealed Darkwing Duck (Sunsoft edition) resold for $100 says so.
Last edited by Shellshock!; 05-27-2010 at 03:54 PM.
How long was the game in your ebay store though?
I don't see the benefit of waiting 2-3 months to sell something for double or triple the price when I could sell it in one or two weeks for it's normal price range. Obviously, you get more money, but is it worth the wait?
About 1 week.
That's up to you, of course. But I rather sit on it and get 200% to 400% more than to sell it quick. I do have other things I sell, like Dell computer parts, that I just sell at bottom prices just because I don't want them around and I get them for free.
argghhh can we please not have the "greedy seller" debate again???
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No, it just means you ripped off an unknowledgable buyer. What is it worth to one person does not establish the new market value. What it is worth to the market as a whole (i.e. auction) is a better indicator of value.
If you haven't been under a rock the past 3 years, you probably understand the housing mess. If sellers ask $300k for their house and they can't get any buyers offering more than $250k over the course of a year, then their house isn't worth $300k.
Pretty simple concept really.
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You said it brother. Feel free to sell your $50 item for $25 elsewhere. Ill take my $40 after fees and still be $15 ahead. Thanks. Now of course I hate ebay fees, and they are out of control. Im not going to tell ebay directly fee increases are ok. But Im not going to complain or stop using the site, they dont care because they know they can keep raising.
Autobots. Roll out.
I never said otherwise. My buyers and I obviously don't care about what the market value of a game is, given the prices we handle. Yet still we happily do business every day. I guess we operate on an alternate market!
Anyways, sorry for the thread derailing. No more of this.
It happen to my friend...
Paypal has stopped another potential scammer. A now-suspended user attempted a chargeback on all recent items purchased, including those he already received. I contacted other sellers he bought stuff from and they were targeted too. It appears the chargebacks went through, but Paypal ate the loss instead of the sellers, which is great. I received this email today:
Hello (me),
As you know, we were recently notified that one of your buyers filed a
chargeback with their card issuer. One of the unique benefits of using
PayPal is that we help you fight unwarranted chargebacks and attempt to
recover your funds.
Usually the funds associated with a chargeback are temporarily held until
the card issuer makes its decision.
Because you followed the guidelines of the seller protection policy,
though, PayPal will cover the amount of the chargeback.
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