@cute_tampa_girl wrote:
I am in the exact same boat, when I called Ebay and tried to dispute it, the call was "dropped."
Ebay is hurting themselves, they use to get 30-40 dollars a month from me in fees, now, becasue I cant sell anything they get considerable less.
To thank them, I am buying less as well.
But you know, it will all get better, like someone else said, let the anger go. Its not worth getting sick over.
Check your listings. I am unable to view any photo's in either of your listings. They aren't showing up on the main search either.
The other thing, and this applies to the preowned/used sellers in this thread, is there is something we need to do when we set out on the prowl for used goodies and that is to stop shopping with emotion. When you walk into any garage sale/thrift store/flea market, you have to go in with a NEW mindset of, "Do not buy it if it isn't fabulous, flawless and I know for sure it will sell for XX dollars". Remind yourself that eBay has changed and trigger your emotions of the dissappointment you feel when you have experienced a bad inventory purchase in the past. That trigger will keep you in the right mindset.
Many of my mistakes have been made with emotional purchases. I see something pretty and assume everyone else will think it is too. I see a big brand name and assume because it sold for top dollar 10 years ago, it should fetch top dollar today. What I end up with is a bunch of junk that I regret buying, I've lost money and nothing sells.
Today, when I walk in the door to wherever it is I am hunting for inventory I do a little self talk. "Do not buy it if..." Once you get yourself into a focused zone, you'll know your purchases as soon as you see them. When you are done, go through your cart before checkout and retrigger those emotions. If each item you are holding in your hand doesn't trigger doubt, then buy it.
There's your sales, there's the number you need to get out of trouble.
You have been selling long enough to know your product, and what sells and doesn't sell. If you need to brush up, check completed auctions as a guide. Remember, your purpose on eBay is to sell. If it doesn't sell in 2 weeks, do something to make it sell i.e. lower the price, send it to auction, add the best offer auction. Your goal is to increase your sales number to fix your defects, not to add inventory to your store.
