posted on February 25, 2005 10:08:01 PM
YUP sparks,,,,,linears are the same, CB stuff. HOW you say and WHAT you say...wording is VERY touchy......you say it RIGHT and ALL is forgiven,,,wrong!!!!!!! and poof!
posted on February 25, 2005 10:26:36 PM
I've never listed on any of the other sites, so I can't tell you if it's profitable or not. From what I've heard others say, OS would be the best place to try. Maybe if Stonecold or Tom come in later, they can give you a few tips as they've both had experience with the site. Be sure to read the rules and prohibitions of the site before you list, regardless of which site you use.
Jack...You got it right. It's all in the presentation. You can't list an 11 meter linear in the CB category. The auction will get shut down and if the Feds find out about it you could get arrested. You can take that same linear, trim the coil and tweak the cap in the tank circuit for ten meters and list it as amateur radio equipment. You need to specify that you will only ship to a licensed ham at the address shown in the FCC license database. Then you contact the neighbors on each side of the winning bidder and sell them high pass filters so they will be able to watch their televisions once he fires that thing up
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posted on February 25, 2005 10:54:33 PM
I have,,,,100%, ok. 99% sales on ebay and at ALL other places,,,,Sorry but your ITEM did NOT sell.......e bay has the monopoly folks....believe it or,,,,,don't even bother with OTHER sites,,,,,,
FREE!!!!!!!!!!!, who cares, for NOT and ALL that typing!!!!! and dumB questions,,and on and on and,,,, waste of ENERGY........And the O,,,,,money!!!!! and they grab EVERY dime.your 79 cents will be taken from your credit card,,,,79 cents? yup!
posted on February 25, 2005 11:29:29 PM
:: I never said I was going to defraud anyone of anything they purshaced from me prior to be suspended, or for that matter those rendering payment for item(s)post suspension.::
Are you honestly this big of an idiot or do you just play one on a message board? You actually sat down and typed out a post where you ask others if ebays suspension and notice that you are not to use their site during that time meant that you were not supposed to ship orders. I just pointed out how ridiculous a thought it was.
::And I guess you think it's perfectly "AOKAY", ethical on Ebays Behalf that they allow my competition to sell the exact same item(s) I was suspended for? ::
Sorry sweety but you got 4 warnings that you were doing wrong. Quite frankly, I think the most ridiculous part of your story is that you decided that you were above the rules 4 times in 20 days and ebay tells you to take a 30 day break rather than just kicking you off for good. Should the other seller be suspended too? Of course but then this is not a matter of degrees of wrong.
You decided to take matters into your own hands and ignore multiple warnings and now we are all supposed to feel sorry for you and try to help you find a way out.
Grow up. Pretend you are an adult and take some responsibility for your actions.
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posted on February 26, 2005 01:40:04 AM
RC ... good morning ... sipping my first coffee and reading thru this thread, here's a few things that come to my mind:
a.) Why are you so 'sure' that your 'competitor(s)' turned you in? ... I highly doubt that your competitors "knows someone" at ebay that lets them keep selling. If they were the ones always turning you in, no way their messages kept getting received by the SAME ebay Trust & Safety dept. employee.
b.) trust me; so-called 'powersellers' really do *not* get special treatment! ... cripe, I wish we did. I have more than several 'powersellers question' forms/emails I've sent to feebay over the past year that never even got a reply. We are chopped liver, in many instances.
c.) I am stunned you kept relisting the same thing they kept warning you about. And you didn't worry about that????? If there's anything you would have learned on these helpful boards here over the years, this is one thing I think you would have known was playing with fire.
d.) And ok, you say you "think" sparkz hit the nail on the head inre you sold 'worldwide' instead of u.s. only. When you get reinstated, you better be damn sure that is the only 'thing' you need to change on your listing!, or you WILL be barred from ebay for life. (which may be a blessing in disguise ... you could go get one of those 'real jobs' that makes a set amount of income for your family.)
e.) How come you are refusing to tell us what this 'item' precisely is? then show us one of your wordings/set-up of that item, and have us compare it with your "1" competitor's wording/set-up ... maybe we could help you find the difference(s) which obviously make his ok, and yours not.
f.) ... I need another cup of coffee.... ... ... ... ... JMHO.
posted on February 26, 2005 02:12:14 AM
g.) you said,
[i]"I recently established a new Ebay account, after some person(s), tried sabotoging my Ebay business for nearly two months. "
"My old account had a Feedback score well over 3,000,..the account which was suspended today is new with a Feedback score totaling 250, @100% "[/i]
.............. what method of 'sabotage' was used for 2 months?, ... and, did you get your 4 warnings on your old account, or just your new one? or both? did you HAVE to establish the new ebay account because the other one was closed down by ebay?
posted on February 26, 2005 04:36:24 AM
Let's see, even though you repeatedly sold items you knew were prohibited, and you used dirty tactics to try and hurt a competitor, it's EBay's fault you can't make your mortgage.
Looks to me like first you ought to stand up on your hind legs and admit that you've gotten yourself into this mess.
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posted on February 26, 2005 04:56:47 AM
"why didnt ebay tell me this." it will sound snide to you, but come one, it only takes a read of nine lines[of my c/paste below] RE: ebay g/lines, to see the violation that you say you made...
how could you take four warnings and not read the guidelines.
i have copy pasted just the first NINE lines of ebays firearms g/lines... that is sufficient, i would think, for most people to understand the word, "NO."
[and by the way, ebay may be guilty of BS tactics, but this surely isnt an example]
"ebay BS?" no, rather, it appears that the violation here, is like somebody refusing to adhere to a sellers[our] terms of sale.
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the first nine lines of the ebay policy on firearms READ....
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guidelines below represent listing limits put in place by eBay. Sellers remain responsible for ensuring that their sales are permitted by law in the locations of both the seller and the buyer.
Because of the varied international laws related to the sales of firearm-related items, gun parts, gun accessories, paintball equipment and accessories, crossbows, airsoft equipment and accessories, and throwing knives, these items may only be sold on eBay.com under the following conditions.
The item is sold by sellers who are located in United States and
The item location is also in the United States
Note: The US sellers must offer only domestic shipping on these products, since offering global shipping will make the product available in countries where these items are prohibited.
posted on February 26, 2005 08:30:39 AM
take it easy on excel,when he asked how he is going to ship orders now that his ebay account is suspended,he means how he is going to avoid paypal chargeback,etc?
Paypal has not suspended your account,so you can go ahead and ship as long as you comply with paypal seller protection policy.
Your bidders just cannot leave you glowing feedback on your ebay id now that you are suspended.
as to meeting your mortgage payment- if your problem with ebay is that you sell and ship worldwide,then make it domestic !!
I have seen sellers opening new ebay account as soon as one is shut down,ebay probably would not know until someone snitch,and you should know by now how to hide from your 'competitor' so he would think you are a new seller on the bloc,not the one who has reported him ten times to ebay.
take new pictures,word description differently,change your TOS,ask your wife to do the writing.
do you have a brother in law nearby where you can sign on withh his pc and phoneline(or cable)??
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posted on February 26, 2005 09:02:12 AM
excel - it looks to me like you were a PS on your old id...did you get special treatment? Also, it looks like that id did not ship internationally (items I looked at anyway). Did you INTEND to break ebay rules by shipping internationally or was it something that appeared in your listings without your knowledge? If the latter is the case, perhaps you could contact your PS rep under your old id and get the matter straightened out.
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posted on February 26, 2005 09:10:27 AM
Hey There-
"Stop Whining" Can you please tell me how I can process orders...for I can't even log into my Selling Manager Pro Software which I used to process orders? I was sent the following email on behalf of Ebay which states the following
"Should you need to access information from listings
which ended before your suspension period, you can do so by reviewing the notices
you received at the time the auctions ended"
I no longer have these messages, for I would always simply delete them and handle all managerial taks shipping, NPB Alterts etc via Selling Manager Pro?
Thanks,
RC
posted on February 26, 2005 09:19:09 AM
Wild guess gtootie - maybe i'm wrong. If i'm right naybe the old sabotoged id could help the new id out - also, I think you are able to move your feedback and PS status to a new id if you want to.
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posted on February 26, 2005 09:57:54 AM
Stop - reread that post - they didn't ask how to ship - they asked if they should.
Ex - Ever consider just logging in to your paypal account and getting shipping addresses from the payments?
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posted on February 26, 2005 10:13:53 AM
Fexix03-
Obviously what I did was very stupid..I take full responsibility for that! However please remember this was the same person(s), who tried Sabotoging my old business IE Cleaning out My Ebay store..etc..etc...costing me an enourmous amount of time, and money. I based my ratioal for doing what I did on Emotion..again a stupid move.
Ofcourse I can log into my Paypal account, however what good does that do me? I still can't figure out what I had previously shipped out prior to being suspended, and even more importantly what needs to be shipped out. I'm trying to "Think Ouside Of The Box", in reference to processing orders..any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
posted on February 26, 2005 10:40:21 AM
How do you keep track of your EOA's. You must have a system where when one pays you record it and then record when shipped. Do you have an in box and pay box and then shipped box. It takes a little more time to do that but keeps things in perspective. You should know what you have shipped and what you haven't shipped. You might need to keep better records. In your sent email box do you email the seller what you have shipped their item? That might be another way to find out what you have shipped. I never delete my buyers email until everything is accounted for. You can even do that if you don't want paper records in your outlook express. Just make folders marked shipped and when you ship their item put their email in there. Another check is do you print your labels through paypal. If you do it will tell you in their payment box if you have shipped or not. If you don't ship through paypal then I can't help you. Sorry. Good Luck...
posted on February 26, 2005 11:15:42 AM
excel.
i dont use seller manager pro or whatever it is called,but does your service provider allow you to review deleted messages?
i know AOL does up to a number of days.
if not,you need to contact ebay and have them show you how to access the info needed to ship your goods.
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posted on February 26, 2005 11:17:37 AM
Good Lord, the guy got suspended from eBay. He's not sitting on death row for murdering somebody. He did something really stupid and he has admitted it. Unplug the chair.
excelrye
Do you use electronic postage or do you go to the PO? If you use electronic you can print a log of the people you have sent packages to.
Go into eBay without signing in and do a search on your ID of items sold. That will give you a list of what you have sold.
You can go to PayPal, look in history and then pull up the details of each transaction for addresses and see who has paid.
If you didn't keep a copy of money orders and checks, or write names on your deposit slip, I don't know what to do about those buyers. Maybe after you weed out the others you will be able to tell better. Some will write asking where their package is.
When you get things straight with eBay you may want to consider another program for auction management. It's the "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" theory.
Good Luck
Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles.
...Author Unknown
posted on February 26, 2005 11:21:30 AM
You can also look at your feedback and mark off the ones that you can tell have their items. You are going to have to go trough the process of elimination.
Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles.
...Author Unknown
posted on February 26, 2005 11:47:28 AM
YIKES! This is a hard one Excel! You might try bringing up a log of payments (history) in PayPal since the last time you shipped - at least you would know for certain that you hadn't shipped those ones out. Maybe some of the other names will ring a bell too - and you can elminate some names from the list - don't know what to say about how to figure out what to do on the mailed in payments. Can you have someone contact the buyers for you via ebay's email (if you pull up the FB page you can "contact member" and explain the situation and buy some time to get it straightened out?
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posted on February 26, 2005 12:14:29 PM
GT - come on. Lets be real. In this persons mind the only thing they did wrong is get caught. They ar not owning responsibility for their actions - they are laying blame off on whoever they can think of.
I got suspended because someone else reported me and they are evil an mean
Translation - I decided I was above the rules and got busted but it's someone elses fault
I can't pay my mortgage - help me
Translation - I decided to play fast and loose, fell on my face, refuse to take responsibility for it and now want someone to help me climb out of the hole I dug
I can't ship because I can't log in to my account and I can't use PayPal to get addresses because I don't know what I have already shipped
Translation - I really am an idiot.
Ex - I wouldn't think this would be all that difficult to figure out but apparently it is. When was the last day you shipped? Did you ship everything that had been paid for at the time? If so, any payment that came in after your last shipment is something that now should be shipped.
In addition to spendning the next 30 days finding legit items that you can sell, you might want to also do a little research regarding selling in an organized manner.
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[ edited by fenix03 on Feb 26, 2005 12:15 PM ]
posted on February 26, 2005 01:00:10 PM
If I had enough auctions that I could pay my mortage I certainly would be a little more organized than I am and I think I am pretty well organized. Don't the people that have many auctions, make a lot of money have some kind of a program to keep track of everything. I was thinking when I did my last post. I might even keep a log book with the people that paid, but since I cannot write, shaky syndrome, I print everything I can. Sometimes when I have a lot of auctions or when some are similar I print my start up page to keep track so I don't send the wrong item to the wrong person. Yks, I haven't done that yet. Now since you have your suspension I would spend some time on how to organize and keep track.
Good Luck
posted on February 26, 2005 01:00:25 PM
My dad started working in a grocery store when he was thirteen years old. He worked his way up to manager and eventually owned his own store. He is 72 now. My mother worked with him all those years. They have been married 52 years now.
I grew up in those stores. I spent most days after school there and started working (legally) when I turned 15. So, I have retail in my blood so to speak. I have also always been very good with numbers and bookkeeping. It is just one of those things that comes natural to me.
When I first started working for a CPA, I had a hard time understanding all those people who just didn't get it. Some of them had no idea what to do and had trouble following directions. Way back then I thought they were stupid and probably said that out loud more than a few times. But as the years went by, I mellowed a lot. These people bacame my friends and learned all about them, their lives and their families.
One of those clients was the love of my life. To this day, I would marry him in a heartbeat. He owned a plant nursery. One day he brought me a flowering tree that I had been wanting. I asked a question, I don't remember what, and he went into a little speech that left me amazed. He was explaining root systems and all sorts of things I didn't understand and didn't want to understand. I had spent hours and hours trying to teach this man the basics of computers and the accounting software. I even made the comment, that is was a good thing he was so handsome and manly because he sure wasn't very bright. And here I was standing there with my mouth open not understanding a word he was saying. I later found out he has a Masters degree in horticulture. Now who do you think felt stupid?
Fenix, maybe you should get real. There are real people reading what you type into your computer. Real people with feeling. Sometimes very hurt feelings. Just because they don't understand something or they're not as good at it as you doesn't make them stupid or evil.
I know you are going to come back with something like you have to toughen up to be on this board or grow up or another of your insulting little remarks. You'll probably call me "Sweetie" in that patronizing way that you have. Maybe you are right to a point. Then again, maybe you need to come down off your high horse a little bit. There is a big difference between being upfront and just plain heartless. And it is very easy to be insulting when you don't have to look someone in the eye.
One last thought. I am a firm believer in the old saying, "What goes around, comes around." There are a couple of you people in here that have some very unpleasant things to look forward to.
Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles.
...Author Unknown
posted on February 26, 2005 01:13:27 PM
"If I had enough auctions that I could pay my mortage I certainly would be a little more organized than I am and I think I am pretty well organized."
You would be less organized because you would have more to do and less time to do it in.
Be kind. Everyone is fighting their own secret battles.
...Author Unknown
posted on February 26, 2005 01:21:09 PM
I just looked at the Selling Manager Pro guide - looks like it is all online and only accessible through ebay - that really stinks! I don't know what I would do if I could no longer access Vendio post sale management. I don't keep emails or EOA or handwritten logs or anything like that either. One can anticipate some down time but who could even think of a scenario where you wouldn't have access to your sales information for 30 days? I think you have to speak to ebay about this aspect of the NARU. They certainly can't mean for you to not fulfill your existing orders. You paid $15.99/mo for Selling Manager Pro and you should have access to it, whatever your ebay status.
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posted on February 26, 2005 01:33:14 PM
I agree Neglus. I was thinking the same thing!
Like why couldnt they give him limited access to his account for that? I dont know how that works, but you'd think they could do that and not let him bid or do anything else?/ Maybe that is too much to ask for ebay?
btw, I thought with pro you could d/l the records to a csv file even?? I use it and dont do near the volume, but its a lifesaver for me because I record everything that is going on.
Even has fields to enter if person paid by check or MO and which sale is currently filed for NPB or disput. And the Paypal payments show up automatically.
posted on February 26, 2005 02:08:59 PM
Gt - I'll make a deal with you. You show me an example in this thread where Ex demonstrates responsible behavior and I'll treat them like responsible individual but the fact of the matter is this person has acted like a spoiled child.
They came to this board and laid out this sob story about an evil competing seller that attempted to ruin their business, not once but twice. Problem is that once we hear more of the story we find out there is not proof of misdoing by the competitor who actually is following ebay reg but our friend here admits that the same cannot be said of them, Not only did they not follow regs but thru two accounts and despite multiple warnings, they thought they were above everything and did whatever they damn well pleased against ebay regulations. Now we are supposed to feel bad because they got busted?
Get a grip... correct me if I am wrong but isn't this the same board that consistantly advises sellers to get buyers accounts suspended if their email is not working? Everyone is so gung ho and filled with righteous ingination when a buyer does something wrong but here we have a seller repeatedly and blatantly bucking the regs and suddenly we are all supposed to go straight to "coddle" mode?
It's ridiculous. Feel sorry for them if you please but don't tell me to. You get to decide your reactions to it, you don't get to decide mine.
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posted on February 26, 2005 02:21:33 PM
Come on, you 2...kiss-kiss & make up...
"Who could have possibly envisioned an erection — an election in Iraq at this point in history?" Prez.Jim Beam, at the White House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2005
and explain the situation and buy some time to get it straightened out?