kozersky
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posted on July 22, 2014 08:12:21 PM new
Currently, handling time on my eBay items is one day. I am thinking about revising my handling time to 2 days.
What handling time are you using? What considerations are there?
Bill K-
William J Kozersky Stamp Co.
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ggardenour
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posted on July 23, 2014 06:06:45 AM new
I am doing 1 day.
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otteropp
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posted on July 23, 2014 07:25:01 AM new
One day for me too.
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merrie
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posted on July 23, 2014 10:47:47 AM new
3 days on listings, but I usually ship within 2 days, but I am not going to be held accountable for not shipping within listed time, so to be safe, my time is listed as 3 days.
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ebabestreasures
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posted on July 23, 2014 11:34:34 AM new
Yeah if you are going to go 2 days - may as well go 3 just in case. Stuff happened, which of course eBay doesn't consider.
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neglus
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posted on July 23, 2014 01:39:37 PM new
Do you think handling times > 1 day hurts your item in search? That's why I have been reluctant to change even though I don't always ship w/in 24 hours.
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ebabestreasures
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posted on July 23, 2014 02:16:43 PM new
neglus - it's probably 6 of one and half a dozen of the other.
If you put one day and don't do it - eBay counts it as a mark against you - a defect I think - which will eventually lowers you in the search anyway.
You have much more volume than I do (I only sell 7 to 15 items a month) so a defect here and there may not hurt you as much as it does me.
Of course, then there is the one day shipping if done in time automatic 5 stars.
Are we even going to have stars after these newest changes?????
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local
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posted on July 31, 2014 12:07:05 PM new
One day! People tend to want their items fast. I live on West Coast & it can still take several days for Priority.
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shagmidmod
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posted on August 1, 2014 02:11:59 PM new
Everyone wants their product fast, but expecting your item being packed and processed in 1 day is ridiculous unless you are operating a large scale shipping operation with a staff that handles it or you sit around all day to ship your sold items.
3 days is truly reasonable to process a package. We have allowed eBay to strangle us as sellers into believing that we should be packing that item and shipping out immediately.
I went on vacation this week for 3 days (left Sunday, returned Tuesday). I decided to not put my store on vacation as sales were so slow on eBay, and I mean very slow.
While I was gone I sold 3 items. 2 on Monday. I shipped out Wednesday morning. I'm disgusted with the desire of immediate gratification. If you want it that bad, then buy it a few days sooner or go find it locally. If you can't find it locally, then blame yourself for putting small businesses out of business to satisfy your need to purchase online.
American consumerism is an ugly head on an even uglier body. We want and want and want, we complain about everything until we get our way, then wonder why its so hard to find things locally anymore. Perhaps looking in the mirror at your own ridiculous behaviors will tell a story in and of itself.
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merrie
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posted on August 1, 2014 02:51:34 PM new
Amazon does not ship in one day. Even if you buy into Amazon Prime for $99 @ year, shipping is 2 days.
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shagmidmod
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posted on August 1, 2014 04:56:17 PM new
Prime is actually 2 day delivery on eligible items. To get it done by UPS in 2 days, handling time is often same day. The same applies for Office Depot, OfficeMax, and Staples. They all have warehouses regionally that can get their handling time done pretty quickly for most smaller items.
eBay wants us to handle by next business day. I ship many items now via 1st class mail, so delivery time can be up to a week. I used to have about 5 to 10 medium to large pieces I shipped each week via Fed Ex, but I am down to 1-3 packages every two weeks lately. I think I've been looking for smaller items to save on shipping, which also saves me a lot of time because I leave my packages on my porch for my USPS courier to pick up.
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mpcomp
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posted on August 1, 2014 08:02:04 PM new
The latest Fad on Ebay is DROPSHIPPING.
Every body and his brother are dropshipping,they drop ship from Walmart,Target and God knows where?
Some dropship from China and if you dont like the item,try returning back to China with tracking.
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mpcomp
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posted on August 1, 2014 08:05:33 PM new
The only reason I can think of why everyone wants it now is that we have finally borrowed a page from the Japanese auto companies-just in time inventory management.
Why tie up our money on long lead time?
we could have left our money in our bank account earning 0.000123% interest.
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