How Much Money EBay Stole From Me In The Last Week!!! This past 7 days I did an experiment. I had not listed on eBay in over two months so I really never had any idea what I was truly spending per item in listing and final valuation fees… until now… My account was paid up and I was beginning from ground zero. Well I put on 182 items of good to very good antique and vintage costume jewelry with most under $10. 00, a number of them under $20. 00 and a few under $40. 00. None of my auction listings had any extra “bells and whistles” so that most listed for $. 35 - $. 90. I sold 55 auctions for $1,105. 00… not bad for a week’s work? Can’t beat it huh!!! Well the week has ended and let me give you the total breakdown of my costs. With the cost of 182 auctions’ listing fees, 30 items relisting fees and final valuation fees I owe eBay $305. 55. So that means I now made $799. 45… still not bad for a week’s work… right? Oh I forgot ebay buyers can now only pay with paypal and this is any estimated $133. 99 in Paypal charges (remember this is still going into eBay’s pocket). Well that now brings me down to $665. 46… okay not as good as I had hoped… but, oh I forgot the cost of my merchandise which at the low end is about $455. 00 and which I also bought through eBay so they made more money from me when I made my bids to win it … now I made $210. 46 … well now we are down below minimum wage for my 40 hours of work. And it gets worse, I offered FREE SHIPPING as eBay really like to get buyers and this will be about another $100. 00… which leaves me with a grand total for the week of $110. 46 divided by a 40 hour week makes my hourly rate $2. 76 an hour. So as you see between eBay and Paypal my original $1,105. 00 income was reduced by 40% for their fees. This is higher than the highest tax bracket… this is higher than what an auctioneer would have charged and they would have actually worked for the money and probably sold everything. Throughout the annals of time, I am sure that Ebay along with its subsidiary Paypal are the greediest two companies to have ever graced the face of the earth. One more point about eBay… when listing an auction, eBay would like to see you contribute a percentage of your sales to a charity from 10% to a whopping 100%. I really hope no eBay seller is under the delusion that eBay is sending a check to your favorite charity with your name on it… wrong …eBay is taking your hard earned charitable contribution and writing it off against their corporate taxes thus lowering eBay’s tax liability. EBay sellers fill eBay’s pockets with tons of cash and then eBay turns around and expects eBay sellers to pay their taxes!!! This is unfathomable greed and eBay continues to get away with it!!! Now along with all of this, as a seller I have to worry that someone will leave me negative feedback and I have no recourse, or God forbid someone reverses their payment to me on Paypal and I am out those additional funds, or that my Power Seller (what good is it anyways) will be dropped or the ultimate I will wake up one morning and across my screen in big yellow words “YOU ARE SUSPENDED FROM EBAY” for something inane and trivial. I honestly have to ask why do people put up with this greed and craziness. Why do eBay sellers struggle to keep eBay’s pockets over brimming and their stockholders fat!!! Ebay is not the place it used to be or is it really even an option as a place to make money. Actually most could work at McDonalds and make twice as much and get a free burger in the bargain. The problem is that people who love auctions and buying and selling vintage and antique things can’t get it out of their blood. Well there is a true alternative to eBay and it is especially for the small boutique and specialty store buyer and seller of vintage and antique things. I along with three others have started VintageBoutiquesMall and it is the umbrella company for a series of new and exciting auction boutiques for antique and vintage merchandise to be opened over the next 14 months. The premise of our business is three fold. First is to have auction boutique venues for specialty antique and vintage merchandise. Second is to be the least costly venue on the internet. And third is to provide the best customer service available anywhere. The first auction boutique, opened in October 2008, is Vintage Gems Emporium at www. vintagegemsemporium. com. This is an exclusive auction venue for antique, vintage and new costume and fine jewelry. For example if I had listed the above 182 auctions on Virtual Gems Emporium with the many free upgrades VGE offers, my total cost to list and relist would have been $74. 20 and this is because THERE ARE NO FINAL VALUATION FEES!!! Yes that is right $74. 20 as compared to $305. 55 at eBay. Also since Virtual Gems Emporium does not require the buyer to pay by Paypal (this obviously is still an option along with many other payment options at VGE) I could save the additional $133. 99. My sales of $1,105. 00 would have only been diminished to $1,030. 00 and that is if everyone would have paid by check or money order. Now if all had chosen to use paypal or comparable online payment, my total proceeds would have been reduced to around $896. 81 at VGE as compared to the above $655. 46. This is a huge savings of $241. 35. The point here is that buyers and sellers now have options. LIST FOR FREE THROUGHOUT DECEMBER AND JANUARY Just to show you how generous we are at VGE you can list as much as you want for FREE throughout the month of December and January. Hopefully you will get that extra cash needed for Christmas and the holidays. We want as many jewelry lovers to come to get to know us and test drive our site… and we want to see you make money for the Holidays. So get going and enjoy a wonderful and exciting month of making some extra money without worrying about listing fees and NO Final Valuation Fees!!! The free listing feature is for all types of auctions, fixed, buy out, or reserve auction and will include: 1. FREE SUBCATEGORY 2. FREE PHOTO UPLOADS (up to 7 photos) 3. FREE SUPERSIZE THUMBNAIL GALLERY PHOTOS 4. FREE BUY IT NOW 5. FREE RESERVE 6. FREE DELAYED AUCTION START 7. FREE LISTING (no matter what the starting price is AND no matter how many) 8. FREE BOLD The only things not included in this free offer will be HIGHLIGHTING, HOME PAGE FEATURE, CATEGORY FEATURE and MEDIA (movie) UPLOAD which are all still available but at the price indicated in our site fee section to be found at the bottom of the home page. REGISTRATION IS FREE !!! NO FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS REQUIRED!!! IMPORTANT KEYS TO YOUR SUCCESS ON THE SITE and GETTING YOUR VGE BUSINESS OFF THE GROUND!!! This is a new site since only being up just a little over a month and I just want to remind you that this site is YOUR site. As with starting any new business endeavor you will need to work to contact friends, family and other auction buddies you may have in your email address book and let them know where you are. This is good for everybody. In my first month on VGE, many of my previous buyers from eBay signed up and my income barely skipped a beat and actually probably did better since I paid no Final Valuation Fees!!! If you want more than you will be expected to work to make VGE better than eBay and with the opportunity to make tons of money with more of it going in your pocket. I have read many blogs and forums over the past year and a half and the complaints about eBay continue to mount. But the overriding comment has always been “why doesn’t someone else start an auction site for the small boutique seller”. Well that is what gave birth to the idea of Virtual Gems Emporium and IT IS FOR YOUR USE TO MAKE TONS OF MONEY!!!. Once you have registered I will be sending you an email for you to send to your friends, family and auction buddies. This letter should be emailed as a blind copy (BCC) to everyone in your email address book. Just as with any new business venture you need to get your leads for sales and this will help to bring those who love you and your things to the site. Think about business associates, church members or anyone else who you might know and make them aware of where you are and that they might find some really great Christmas or Holiday Gifts for those on their lists. The great news gets even greater. Before the end of 2008 two more new sites will be opened and each will again be vintage and antique boutique auctions like Virtual Gems Emporium. And guess what, if you are signed up on Vintage Gems Emporium you will have a “VINTAGE BOUTIQUES PASSPORT” to shop and sell in any and all boutiques that are opened. The next auction boutique to be opened will be ViNTAGE Collectibles Shop and will be for all of the vintage and antique things that collectors love. You will find stamps, coins, toys, comic books, dolls, sports memorabilia, snowglobes, Disney, paper ephemera and so much more. The third auction boutique will be Arts and Antique GallerIA and will be all about fine vintage and antique pieces for the dealer and collector. You will find paintings, limited edition art pieces, sculpture, vintage and antique porcelain, glassware, art glass, pottery, art pottery, Asian Antiques, antiquities, furniture, and so much more. In 2009, other fabulous boutique auction sites will be opened and will include Veranda and Patio, European, African, Far East, Gourmet, Kitchen, Bed and Bath, Pet and more!!! So hold onto your hats because this is where the future is going and just think you are all in on the ground floor of this very exciting endeavor. Unlike EBay, VGE has many buyer to seller payment options and include personal check, cashier’s check, money orders, Western Union, Paypal, Google Check Out, Authorize. net and even more so you now the FREEDOM and OPPORTUNITY to conduct your business the way you want to. To summarize, build your business on VGE as quickly as you can so you can make a ton of money especially with the holidays coming. We want you to be successful and we want our site to be the best ALTERNATIVE out there. Thank you and welcome to your future!!!! Registration to sell or buy at Vintage Gems Emporium is free and easy. To sign up today visit http://www. vintagegemsemporium. com.
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You are already at an online store that sells a product as expensive as you want, but are not sure they are genuine, have good customer service or offer a refund or a snack damage warranty? Well, that's exactly the position that is not on when buying on eBay. On eBay, you are advised to check the above operations, the vendor has achieved through their reactions, not only ensure that they are really trustworthy, but you can tell how fast you can actually deliver a product and if they did most of the time selling their products. This free-to-display system that provides eBay assessments apart from all online stores and shops for retail sales of the main street. With the information that you can get information from one vendor, you can make an informed decision on this point you buy, if product quality or accuracy of ad. In addition, eBay feedback system works very well because it allows the buyer and seller to comment on the transaction, so you only get a result the index of the seller or the buyer - but rather than get to hear his history. How this feedback system has helped me? Well, I can honestly say that I have not messed up on eBay in connection with the purchase. Finally, it is noteworthy that although the assessment system is more useful for the buyer, is counterproductive to the seller, for example, to say that an auction for an item you sell, but the bidder has a '0 'Total of votes ( the number of votes received comments from users) from the moment he offers, knowing that this is very valuable and get multiple offers, you may want to eliminate the feedback agent that has '0 'Evaluation of the auction, " why? avoid a situation in which the bidder is unable to pay for the items proposed and therefore waste time and possibly could lose money. Although little of this happens. I hope this gave a good representation of the evaluation system on eBay. And that's another good reason for using eBay.
To help you sell your items online, you must be out of his shop. This means that you must add the items you want to sell on eBay. For the first time, this may be a little confusing, so here is a quick and easy to learn how to add items to your eBay Store. Gather all the items you want to sell and take pictures of each. Using a digital camera is easier because you can download photos directly to eBay from your computer. If you do not have a digital camera, you can have a photo CD of your images printed at a photo shop. Alternatively, if you have a scanner you can scan images into your computer yourself. Take pictures from different angles (front, rear, sides) for all elements that add to your store. If there are imperfections in the item, such as scratches, nicks, or tears, make sure to include photos of them, too. It is important that bidders are fully aware of what they are trying to buy, so that everyone's expectations are in line. Then you must write a detailed description of all its articles. Be as detailed and descriptive as possible and do not hesitate to borrow information from the manufacturer, especially in cases where the issue is difficult to describe or highly technical. However, we have to rewrite all the information you take in your own words, otherwise the manufacturer is authorized to issue from registration. This can make you lose money again for the inclusion of the issue. As before, make sure that the list of flaws. Do not assume that buyers can get all the necessary information from your photos. The photos and descriptions of the object (s) must be mutually reinforcing. Again, that does not want buyers to be surprised by what appears on their doorstep. Once you have your photos and descriptions of your loan, you connect to eBay (the supplier) and head to your store. Haga clic en "Agregar Elemento", copiar y pegar la descripción del artículo que escribió, y añadir sus fotos. You also need to give the sale price of your item, shipping method, delivery, and if you have a return policy, exactly what it is. If you have already created a model for the sale of his store on eBay, be sure to include it. This may help to unify the look of your shop and make your store more professional. It's also a great way to increase the number of views and visits to its online store, especially if the model, the name of your store. Once you have added all the information and photos, is ready for the list in your store. Note that if you can see the list immediately, which is very normal to spend a few hours before the buyers can see their article. Be patient. Buyers can search and check your items before you know it
I must admit that I sometimes make fun of you with your family or friends so I bought on eBay. There is very little that I would not buy at least try to buy on eBay first. Why not? There are thousands (or millions) of ads at any time - is an incredible resource for everything under the sun. For everything you buy on eBay, it is likely that at least one other thing I have not thought of. To begin, here is a list of ten things you (probably) never thought to buy on eBay:
1. Stamps: Yes, you can get a discount on postage stamps! Many times when companies or individuals to buy a massive amount of postage stamps, and end up not using them all. The USPS does not buy stamps, a good alternative is to sell on eBay. Expect to pay between 80% and 90% of face value, the greater discount of a greater amount of purchase.
2. Time: real estate on eBay is great, especially at the time! Provided they are careful to read all the fine print and buy a reputable seller, you can exit with a large lounge with a great value. You can choose from a wide variety of places, services and prices.
3. Over-the-counter medications: The need to replenish the supply of Advil, Visine, air, or Mylanta? Buy almost all my medicines sold over eBay. It is almost always considerably cheaper, and you can find generic or brand. Save hundreds of dollars per year.
4. Makeup: There are some nuances and some brands of makeup, I know that I will always use. It's easy to look on eBay and buy them in bulk or at a discount. It is also a great way to find the colors you ceased to love and can not live without! I created a search for my items and left the shop, I email each time an auction by the standards of my back. I had the opportunity to continue using a shade of lipstick, although it ended years ago.
5. eBay Business Supplies: I see many people selling on eBay using padded envelopes and other supplies for the USPS - no priority or free delivery of express mail, but the costs of supplies are sold at post offices. If you know that it will sell more than a few items, buy their supplies on eBay! Great discounts on items bubble, bubble sheets, labels, and more.
6. Spices: Yes, spices for cooking! I eat almost every morning, oatmeal and use a generous amount of pumpkin pie for the taste of spices. I have spent at least $ 3 every time I bought a small container of it in the store. I found a supplier on eBay and has more than ten times the amount of twice the price!
7. Gift Cards: If you often have a shop, it pays (literally) to verify the gift certificates category on eBay. People to sell gift cards are not interested to use and can often get a coupon. Some of the most popular shops almost 100% of nominal value, but others are sold at 70% to 90% of the nominal value. If you are going to spend money in stores, why not purchase a gift card and save some money? I look like free money!
8. Food: The food category on eBay is huge. You can purchase your favorite sweet treats from abroad, the flavors of soda, you can not find locally, fresh biscuits, like her mother, protein bars, elegant desserts, and more. A word of warning though. . . on eBay in search of food can make you hungry!
9. Massage Appointments: These can be found in the category of gift certificates. Many of the spas and massage therapy centers to sell gift certificates for massages at reduced prices to win new customers. While you're careful to check that the site is legitimate, you can find many things. Could buy a fantastic massage hours for only $ 35.
10. Televisions: Magazines sell ads to make money and can pay more for their ads if they have more subscribers. As a result, many distributors are left to subscriptions at very low prices. Many of these sellers on eBay. Imagine purchasing a year subscription to your favorite magazine for only $ 3! Usually have four to eight weeks to kick, but it's worth the wait.
We hope these ideas have provided a starting point for a variety of ways to save money on day to day purchases on eBay. Happy bidding!