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Hi, I would really appreciate some help with this question. I just started selling again on eBay. So it’s a new learning experience since covid. In the past when I had quite a few watches on my items I usually received more than one bid. Now I can get 100 views with 5 watchers and no bids. Not just one a few items. Most of them. Looked at listing and shipping prices and I’m in the ballpark on both. My past feedback was 100%. I don’t just take a picture I give a complete description of the condition of every postcard. Someone told me that bidders copy your pictures and then don’t have to bid. Is that why I see some sellers using a watermark. I had one person not pay and eBay wanted me to file a nonpayment but I’m not doing it. This is a difficult time and I don’t know what’s going on in their life. Only watchers and not enough bidding is making me think about not selling anymore. Just retired in October because my job had so many people with COVID so I need to do something. All the best. Appreciate any help. Stay safe. Thanks so much
kh-cathy
·2 years agoHi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.
lis331
·2 years agoI meant to say “a lot of expensive postcards *aren’t* even rare or special!â€
lis331
·2 years agoI used to pay 50 cents per vintage postcard on Ebay, now the price are through the roof for a single one. I get it that you have charged at least $1 to break even, but since there are so many duplicate postcards on eBay, why are postcards going anywhere from $3-4 to $20+? A lot of the super expensive postcard are even that rare or special!
I also don’t get where the sellers are getting all the postcards that haven’t been canceled or written on. Did people have hordes of unused old postcards & now they are in the open market?
if I’m going to buy a vintage postcard, I’d much prefer postcards that have been canceled & have a message on them.
thank you
southern*sweet*tea
·5 years agoThere's a lot more competition now than there was just a few years ago. Everyone and his brother sells here now.
There are currently over seven million postcards listed here. Unless you have something hot, trendy and popular it takes some time to be seen and to sell collectible items. You're selling in a crowded category to a limited interest group, so it will take a while to sell something.
List fixed price, or fixed price with best offer. A lot of buyers don't bother with auctions anymore, they'd just rather buy an item and be done with it. Unless you have a following, auctions should be reserved for items that are truly rare, hard to find, or special in some way. (and even then there's no guarantee of bidding.)
As to the unpaid items - Ebay gives a buyer 48 hours to pay. After that 48 hours is up, file an unpaid item dispute and close it out 96 hours later. That gets your fees back. If you don't, you're paying for deadbeats. Buyers know they need to pay. If there is something going on in their lives that they can't pay for things they buy, they don't need to be buying in the first place, and you certainly don't need to be paying for that.
It's good to be empathetic, but don't let that empathy take money out of your pocket.
refried.jeans
·2 years agoThomas Sowell is a good source of common sense.
annadryl
·2 years agoUndead Thread.