I have items in my store that have been there for some time. It's okay with me. I understand there's a niche market and hope to find just the right buyer as time passes. I have a store so I list most of my stuff there and use the best offer option on them so people can make fair offers and I can happily collect my money and send them off their treasure. Every now and again I make my own little glitches and customers try to make bumps in my road. Here's a little list of dos and don't.
Do: Buy great, unique, special, worth big bucks items for cheap and resell them.
Don't: Buy crappy, broken stuff and crab when no one wants the stocking with a name already on it.
Do: Act professionally to all customers, even the ones you feel deserve a kick in the face.
Don't: Type what you are thinking and hit send.
Do: Scrounge for free packing supplies even if that means dumpster diving for boxes (best to ask the store owner before you do this).
Don't: Wrap a matte finish widget in newspaper and then be surprised when the newsprint wears off and damages the item. We are trying to sell items not recreate a Silly Putty adventure.
Do: Research the cost of shipping items before buying something whose shipping cost outweighs the value of the item.
Don't: Offer free shipping on 12 lb. items shipping to China.
Do: Offer a reasonable shipping cost for your items.
Don't: Charge $15 to ship a postcard - jerk.
Do: Look in boxes and under tables at sales.
Don't: Jump with excitement when you find a Gucci scarf for a quarter (yes, true story - sold for $97.50).
Do: Open your items up to a worldwide market.
Don't: Be afraid of international shipping.
Do: Stay in your pajamas as long as humanly possible while listing.
Don't: Complain that you had to put on real clothes to go to the post office because people that have a "real" job get pissy about that.
Do: Have fun with it!
Don't: Let a negative feedback ruin your day, month, year.
Do: Use best offer.
Don't: Wonder why some items haven't sold and then realize that you actually never added best offer on that item sitting in your store for 5 months (fixed a couple of those tonight - oops!)
Do: Share your eBay items: My eBay store - sell-n-out/collectibles-n-store
Don't: Forget to share them with me!
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