posted on September 28, 2005 09:03:36 AM
cblev there is a CD seller on eBay (Jay and Marie I think) that ships after the auction is over, they just ask that you send payment as well. I don't know if they still do it but when I bought a CD from them that's what they did.
Work on the honesty system. Not me. I don't ship until I get paid.
posted on September 28, 2005 10:06:35 AM
Before I left on vacation 10 days ago I shipped everything whether payment had been received or not. I think everyone has paid me now for those items (and there were about 100 that hadn't been paid before I left). This is the second time I tried out pre-shipping and both times I have been pleased with the results.
I would only do this with low ticket items (like postcards) and only if it worked better in my workflow.
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posted on September 28, 2005 10:23:40 AM
Here's one I received this week for an ad for a VHS Movie/Tape set.
"Are these movies you can you play in the VCR?"
posted on September 28, 2005 10:53:13 AM
Oh DUH! I think I qualify for the dumbest ANSWER of the week! cb - you meant you RECEIVED a dumb question?? I thought you thought you were ASKING one!
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posted on September 28, 2005 11:38:46 AM
I keep getting How much is shipping to....I have the shipping listing in all my auctions in the description as well as in the TOS. I charge a flat rate on most of my auctions.
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posted on September 28, 2005 02:05:19 PM
My two experiences have been bad when shipping before payment. Both buyers took forever to make good on payment. Both had requested immediate shipment as they were Christmas presents so I obliged (this was in my early selling days).
Finally got paid when the Postal Inspectors notified package recipients/buyers that they may be in possession of fraudulently obtained property. Then had numerous emails asking how to make immediate payment - guess the image of Federal jail time focused their minds
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posted on October 2, 2005 06:23:39 AM
THE dumbest e-mail I ever received was one E-MAILED to me which said, and I kid you not:
"IF you would send me your e-mail address, I'd respond to your question.!!!"
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As I just shared in another thread, I am up to my gills with stupid, time wasting e-mails. So this is what we have done:
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NO MORE E-MAIL’S Between eBay, a major specialty auction, and 3 commercial web sites, we get literally hundreds of e-mails per day, 99% of which the answer to the question is within the post.
We do answer the QUESTIONS posted to us on eBay and Yahoo.
I cannot keep up with doing anything but answering e-mails with the volume ours has risen to; so last week, I posted this note on all of our e-mail auto-responds for our e-mail addresses:
Quote “OVER THE PAST YEAR, we have gotten more and more inundated with e-mails; WHICH, normally, the answers can be found within our AUCTION POST OR WEB SITE. WE JUST CAN NOT possibly respond to this continual avalanche of e-mail and get product posted, shipped and mailed.
IF you have an important question, or need, please call our office at: (1-555-555-4989) between 10:15AM and 5:45PM, (CENTRAL TIME).
Sorry, we have had to go to this procedure, but because we are getting 100’s of e-mails per day, 99% of which are ALREADY answered on our web sites or in our auction postings, we have just had to stop responding to individual e-mails.
We appreciate your patronage and understanding in this matter.”unquote
We will see how this works – I know trying to keep up with the landslide of e-mail certainly is not working, and is taking up 90% of my time.
Yes, I remember the “good ole days,” when an e-mail a day was exciting, but that was 10 years ago.
Naturally, the note is politely signed, etc.
I know a seller on a major specialty auction site who clearly posts in ALL of her ads that she will not answer any e-mail, and it does not seem to have hurt her sales at all – and she has been active on this particular auction for at least 3 or more years; and yes, her sales are high.
~"It does not matter what I think, it does not matter what you think. The only thing which matters is: What is the TRUTH!"~
posted on October 2, 2005 02:20:06 PM
One of my favorities lately was "Do you have another one like this,mine got stepped on at the Post Office and broke." It was a LP record of Johnny Cash. Yea sure got tons of em'.
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