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Buying Anything on Ebay Can Be A Pain in the Rear
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<blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 561504" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>That's a huge, obvious problem with ebay, but more specifically with ebay sellers trying to make a living or secondary income. In other words, the sellers who are peddling goods that are not originally theirs and are flipping various items for profit. They, and people in general, don't realize they have to have <strong>some</strong> level of expertise if the goods aren't in perfect, like-new condition. At the very least, they have to be a person of detail; to be capable of picking up on detail and imperfections; or to be able to take quality photos and to know what angles and aspects of the goods to photograph. They might be selling a mish-mash of things, but usually, the buyer is either looking for something specific in specific condition or is an expert in their own right. They've shopped and know exactly what they want and what it is. If you're going to be selling beer steins, you better be willing to take photos at every angle, and you better know the beer stein market is going to have expectations. If you don't know your stuff, you better expect lots of questions pre-sale, and you better be prepared for hassles once the buyer receives the goods.</p><p></p><p>This is all obvious stuff that sellers...SO MANY sellers...don't seem to be able to fathom. For some odd reason, people think flipping is easy. eBay is demanding work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeno Marx, post: 561504, member: 1211"] That's a huge, obvious problem with ebay, but more specifically with ebay sellers trying to make a living or secondary income. In other words, the sellers who are peddling goods that are not originally theirs and are flipping various items for profit. They, and people in general, don't realize they have to have [B]some[/B] level of expertise if the goods aren't in perfect, like-new condition. At the very least, they have to be a person of detail; to be capable of picking up on detail and imperfections; or to be able to take quality photos and to know what angles and aspects of the goods to photograph. They might be selling a mish-mash of things, but usually, the buyer is either looking for something specific in specific condition or is an expert in their own right. They've shopped and know exactly what they want and what it is. If you're going to be selling beer steins, you better be willing to take photos at every angle, and you better know the beer stein market is going to have expectations. If you don't know your stuff, you better expect lots of questions pre-sale, and you better be prepared for hassles once the buyer receives the goods. This is all obvious stuff that sellers...SO MANY sellers...don't seem to be able to fathom. For some odd reason, people think flipping is easy. eBay is demanding work. [/QUOTE]
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