not making any money

[buyselljack2016]

paid 10 cents for my item.

I sold it for $5

Buyer paid $5.40 (8% tax)

eBay charged me  $0.70  +  $0.30

Bubble mailer $0.08

It cost  $3.72 to ship.

My profit before eBay took their fees was 11 times what I paid for the item.

How can eBay do this to me?

eBay took 91% of my profit, but at least by not promoting it I

left myself enough money to buy another $0.10 item.

Getting closer to that condo in Boca every day.

[buyselljack2016]

QR code.  Post office paper/ink. 

Oh wait, I don't have a phone, and my Post Office can't print labels anyway☹️

[buyselljack2016]

Bought 500 mailing envelopes, not 500 items 😊

Buyers only need one of the $0.10 item, no bundling.

I do sell some inexpensive items, but as stated up thread, this is here for amusement/entertainment.

Despite rising fees/costs, I do not sell at a loss.  Just had 2 profit making sales in the past hour. I should go pull them from stock to prep for shipping tomorrow.

False alarm. Those are sold notices for July 9, 2022, not Sept. 7, 2022.  Oh wait, just another eBay "glitch" (read as eBay IT coding error). They are today's sales. (I knew that) 😄

[dbfolks166mt]

QR code.  Post office paper/ink. 

Oh wait, I don't have a phone, and my Post Office can't print labels anyway

     What foreign country do you live in where the post office can't print labels? 

[buyselljack2016]

I'm in "podunk".   (actually smaller than podunk)

Many small offices, as far as I know, don't print labels.

[dnasilver]

They are tiny bubbles in tiny mailers

[chapeau-noir]

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@dnasilver wrote:

They are tiny bubbles

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Do they make you happy?  Make you feel fine?

[mtgraves7984]

Thanks, @buyselljack2016!!! What an enjoyable read... 🤣

[donsdetour]

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@dnasilver wrote:

They are tiny bubbles

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Do they make you happy?  Make you feel fine?

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only when I pop em......

[pargran3]

Of course it is a joke.  That is the whole point of the thread

[collectfest]

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@dnasilver wrote:

They are tiny bubbles in tiny mailers

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To funny LOLOLOLOLOL

[chapeau-noir]

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@donsdetour wrote:

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@chapeau-noir wrote:

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@dnasilver wrote:

They are tiny bubbles

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Do they make you happy?  Make you feel fine?

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only when I pop em......

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But is it as good as popping those big bubbles on the big bubble wrap?  Do you feel fully satisfied?

Also, I want to know where @buyselljack2016  gets bubble envelopes for 0.08 cents.  I've got lots of $5 widgets that I can pay people to take off my hands ship for free.

[craft-stash]

Sad🤧Joke🤣!

[luckythewinner]

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@buyselljack2016 wrote:

My profit before eBay took their fees was 11 times what I paid for the item.

eBay did not take $1 of your profit, you sold an item that only had 10 cents of profit from the start.

Omitting $1 of expenses from your calculation does not magically create an extra $1 in profit, it just creates bad math.

[coolections]

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@buyselljack2016 wrote:

How can eBay do this to me?

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The better question is how can you do that to yourself. You should definitely be mad at yourself and never make that mistake again. I believe you are warning others and actually not doing that so hopefully the thousands that also do that will read your post. 😀

[stainlessenginecovers]

On a more serious note: I pay 700% Final Value Fees.

Customer buys for $30; pays $6 shipping and $3 Tax. 

I am charged 12.9% plus 2% Promo plus .30c on that total of $39.

So that means I am being charged $5.76 on an item that cost me .83c

That is 7 times the cost of my item, or the equivalent of 700% final value fee.

My book is on sale at your neighborhood store.

Titled: Creative Math 2.0