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March 16th, 2007 at 02:48 pm

Well the wife's done it again. She's gotten clearance to allow us to ship all the items we sell on Ebay via the company's shipping department so we now get the use of UPS for no charge to our personal bottom line. That will help our finances while we climb out of the debt blizzard we're in! Of course now it's an ethical dilemma as to whether I should continue to charge s/h for extra money knowing that money is going straight to our pocket. I was thinking of either making the s/h charge the seller fees and then I have those covered OR I could reduce the price of the items I list and then compensate for the difference by putting it into the s/h. I'm really not sure what to do at this point.

Well we sold 3 items yesterday for a total of $290.27 so we can add that to the total (a PDA was the bulk of it!)

$886.50
+$290.27
$1176.77

I still have nine items left for bid and five have bids (two didn't sell and were re-listed for $1.70 each. If they don't sell this time I'll probably just donate them.) I have three items ending today (two have bids) and three items ending tomorrow (all three have bids) so I'm going to wait until they all sell before I withdraw my Paypal balance to my checking account using the free service (takes 3-4 business days but that'll be a nice boost arriving around payday on Weds!)

This is fun...with more items listing this weekend I am really enjoying seeing my stuff take off!

6 Responses to “Ebay Update”

  1. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
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    Sounds too good to be true. I wonder why the company would agree to pay the shipping for you. Does it not matter how many packages you ship or what their sizes and weights are?

    As far as charging shipping--well you could make REDUCED shipping fees an attractive element of your ebay presentation. Just be abosolutely sure your wife's company really meant they would pay the shipping rather than simply serve as the pick up point for her packages for which she would re-imburse the company.

  2. I-78 Commute Says:
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    My wife's part owner, an executive and an s-corp shareholder in the company. It was started by her father and two other men in 1954. So she pretty much just went back to the shipping department and told them to ship it (after making sure the other executives knew we were doing it...who happen to be her two brothers.) We're profitable so the amount it runs us to ship some packages via UPS through our shipping department isn't going to hurt our bottom line too much. Smile

  3. sfborges79 Says:
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    I think it's absolutely amazing what you can make with E-bay. I had never thought of doing it myself, but reading your blog everyday has inspired me. I've been searching for stuff in my house, including books I've already read (I collect books--sometimes for free).
    Good luck with the stuff you have bids on!!

  4. I-78 Commute Says:
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    Thanks sf! I'm as shocked at the money that can be made as I am about the stuff I completely forgot I even owned! I have stuff that I never thought would make a dollar make half decent money on there. It's always a learning process to find out what sells and what doesn't but I'm excited to get into books and dvd's after I get through what's in my office. I'm trying to go one room at a time through the house...I figure then I don't get too confused.

    Hey Joan I hope I didn't come off too crabby in my reply to you. I apologize if it seemed "short." I wasn't snipping at you...just trying to clarify our situation. Smile

  5. PRICEPLUS Says:
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    I am going to have to seriously look at this e-bay thing!Smile

  6. Amber Says:
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    Glad you were able to sell and make some extra cash. I found that when I offered free shipping my items sold faster and for more than I expected, good luck

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