Message to certain sellers
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Sometimes you feel like buying things.
It happens that, given the limited number of photos (1 or 2) and the skimpy descriptions, you want to ask a few questions to better understand some features or specifications.
But lately, when you ask a question, you almost never get an answer. Something that, 1 or 2 times, okay, but then it could get annoying.
I mean, what are you even doing?
And then many people complain that they don’t sell anything.
Well, if you start off like this, it’ll be pretty hard to find customers. And it shows a certain lack of seriousness as well as a fair amount of rudeness
Thanks
ww2militaria-shop
·5 months agoOn items on which you may not even have €10 gross profit after paying the fees, there isn’t time to devote to setting up the photo shoot for very demanding customers who are not very willing to spend. So greater priority is given to profitable sales and less to less profitable ones; not all sales are a gain and not all customers make you money, these are rules every merchant knows well. Not only that, they’re rules of life, no point getting angry
heavenwelkin
·5 months agoAs a private seller I can tell you that for several years now I haven’t made satisfactory sales.
As a private seller I don’t want to talk about profit, but when on a used item the market asks 100 and you sell it for 60, on the one hand you’re happy that you got rid of something you no longer needed, but on the other you’re never fully satisfied with the price achieved.
The golden times when you could sell anything at high prices starting from €1 auctions are давно gone.
Today I list items with Buy It Now and Make Offer at market price, but items can remain in auction even for years.
As a private seller on eBay I am still subject to limits and restrictions if I do not offer a quality service.
They provide you with an app where they make you operational for sales with ease, where everything seems simple and immediate, but behind that simplified app there are a multitude of pitfalls.
There are a myriad of professional sellers who have items under 5 euros with free shipping that come with an accurate description.
Maybe on items where the profit is 50 cents you have to risk getting a negative feedback, but someone has to do it; these are market segments that need to be covered somehow by someone.
Kind regards and happy selling.
marottaleague2000
·11 months agoUsually, the ones who ask for more photos never buy anything!!!!
I don't know why, but this always happens to me...
k-energy_shop
·11 months agoWith that hunchbacked face of yours, what are you trying to sell...
heavenwelkin
·10 months agoThat said, selling items remotely at market prices is never simple or guaranteed.
Sometimes if you seem too available and accommodating, you can upset the buyer for some reason and not close the sale.
Sometimes if you seem not very available or almost annoyed, you can upset the buyer for some reason and not close the sale.
Sometimes there are buyers who don't like to interact or deal with sellers, and if the listings are not very detailed, the sale simply falls through.
Not everyone is willing to ask questions, or request photos or information.
In my opinion:
Auctions should always be well described in every detail (because there are many picky users) and the photos should be clear, and all the details of the item should be shown.
The buyer must understand that you are not dying to sell the item at any cost.
So you shouldn't be too available with long emails, because excessive attention toward the buyer could make them think that you're dying to unload that item onto them.
On the contrary
An excessive detachment toward the buyer, to the point of seeming annoyed or bothered, or not responding to requests, could come across as the behavior of a seller who is not very capable or not very attentive to the sale, or who is intentionally omitting or hiding something.
Best regards
lupin-5646
OP10 months agoSure, I agree.
Obviously, if the photos and description are detailed, there’s not much to ask.
But if some things are left out or unclear, asking a few questions makes sense.
daxsisko
·11 months agoall things considered, on Ebay there is a broad mix of users who buy and sell on the platform, I strongly doubt that sellers who use few photos with skimpy descriptions and who, on top of that, don't even reply to questions would bother reading here on the forum any remark that concerns them.....
that said, in my opinion common sense applies : there are more skilled sellers who know how to take photos and write descriptions that, more often than not, make questions unnecessary ,
then there is a sizable group of improvised seller-users, often beginners, who sell items (or try to.....) but who need to learn how to create listings...... some maybe, with time and experience, learn..... in my opinion it's partly the buyer's job to understand who they're dealing with..... but here too there can be more or less experienced buyers......
lupin-5646
OP11 months agoValid points 👍
lupin-5646
OP11 months agoYes, maybe Heaven.
Chicken 😄
heavenwelkin
·11 months agoOn eBay you find lots of auctions like these
And I don't think these kinds of sellers are the ones it's easiest to deal with, considering that you're selling me the item for 1 euro with a buy offer.
You send me the item by mail 1, which now costs 3 euros.
Mail 4 above 20 grams costs 2.95 euros (it's not even worth using it above 20 grams).
Padded envelope 50 cents ??
eBay fees 20 cents
Regulatory adjustment fee 2 cents
Transaction fees 0.35 euros.
For an alleged profit of 13 cents....
But someone will have to take the envelope to the post office 😎
I say this to say that in my opinion with certain sellers you CAN'T ASK FOR TOO MUCH.
The thing is they just CAN'T DO IT
Best regards.
orangefisherman
·10 months ago13 cents, throw them away!!! 🤣🤣 but then ..... can you actually make an offer for less than a euro??
heavenwelkin
·10 months agoI have no idea, below a certain price threshold I don’t sell items.
For 50 cents of supposed profit (assuming he made a padded envelope himself with scraps of paper and recycled bubble wrap....
The risk of a dispute is the same
The risk of a negative or neutral is the same
The risk of a defect is the same.
The risk of a possible refund is the same.
Maybe this way of selling can be good for building up feedback or for practicing with the eBay platform to understand how it works without risking expensive or important items.
Otherwise I really don’t understand the point of giving items away.
pollo_bionico
·11 months agoI'm convinced that if you drank less Barolo you'd also be less of a pain in the c@@@@@@i 🤣
heavenwelkin
·11 months agoParadoxically, (sometimes) being ignored and/or not paying too much attention to the buyer generates greater interest.
Best regards.
marioelegio
·11 months agoAbsolutely true.
Just as true, though, that there are persistent buyers who ask for things that are already clearly written in the listing or who look for a thousand pretexts and then make a stingy offer.
hi
mario
lupin-5646
OP11 months agoSure, of course there are time-wasters, but if you walk into a shop intending to buy something or into a restaurant to eat and no one pays attention to you, maybe you leave.
Then if they think everyone is a pain in the ass, they should avoid posting, so nobody bothers them.
vonbalden
·11 months agoThe user who often finds themselves in these situations can, with a bit of practice and experience, understand whether or not it makes sense, as a prospective buyer, to move on and choose another seller. Without even wasting time asking for clarification. It's simple. First, you look at the product description. I'll give an example: at Christmas I put myself in the buyer's shoes to buy a nice bottle of wine. What a beautiful set of Chianti I see here....I read the seller's description. Six beautiful bottles of real Chianti! A once-in-a-lifetime deal. Excellent Nebbiolo grape. Only product photo. But...the grape used for Chianti from the famous Tuscan area is Sangiovese, not Nebbiolo. Nebbiolo is the grape used to make Barbaresco, which is something entirely different. Obviously in this case I move on right away. It's an extreme example, of course, but how many clues can a simple reading give me. And it's not just about huge mistakes. With the hope of making targeted purchases, von.