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URGENT: In search of former eBay Trading Assistants
I have some large, fairly expensive items to sell. They would be local pickups because of their size. I am not experienced at this and I'm looking for an eBay selling ninja, hopefully a former eBay Trading Assistant.
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toysaver
·1 year agoEbay specializes in reasonably priced items that can be shipped. For large expensive things selling locally yourself is best. Most sellers will want a minimum 50% and all money reported to the IRS is against your SS#.
namebrandbee
·1 year agoIm experienced personally, and at a small business level, working with a friend who runs computer networking and often has a high turn over of older equipment that we sold successfully. I have nothing but time and dont mind the work. It's something that i have accomplished relatively quick, so far. I basically was shown what was to be sold, research what it was, learn the model and features, take photos, list them and interact with potential buyers and then i was given a percent when it sold. It wasnt 50%. Maybe 20 or 30 depending on what it was and how much i put into basically. Im very laid back w such details and im on here researching something trival anyway so the potential to make a few bucks is nice.
onefootflipper2
·3 years agoYou would absolutely do better just listing the heavy local pickup only items on craigslist and Facebook then paying someone else to list them on ebay for you.
I sell full time and I have yet to have a local pickup only type of item that wasn't a vehicle that was better on ebay than just listing it somewhere in free listings. They always either don't sell or sell to people who still expect them to be shipped out anyway.
maxine*j
·3 years agoOnce upon a time, eBay had the Trading Assistants program, and that didn't work out. They later tried again with eBay Valet and that also failed. The fact is, that selling things for others has so many problems and pitfalls that very, very few people will do it.
The first problem is that people nearly always have an unrealistic idea of the value of their stuff, so a lot of emotional drama develops. The sales will be on the seller's 1099K, so he will have to do extra bookwork in regards to his tax filing. Then there are questions such as: "How will you and the seller handle the refund when a buyer waits 179 days and then files a claim with PayPal or does a credit card chargeback?" Are you willing to wait 180 days for your money? If not, will you guarantee to cover the loss if this happens? How will you guarantee that? Or, "Who eats the loss if a buyer gets a refund but the returned item is damaged or a sorry substitute is sent?"
And those are just a couple of issues, out of several equally serious ones.
So, the chances of your finding anyone who will sell for you are slim to none. Sorry to be discouraging.
If you do find someone, be sure you have a clean, clear, detailed, written contract.
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dbfolks166mt
·3 years agoThere have been several posts like this in the last couple of weeks. You may have a difficult time finding a eBay consignment seller who is willing to take the risk of listing your items as well as all the financial responsibility. If you do find somebody willing to take this on realize they are probably going to charge 50+% of the total sale price. EBay obviously takes their 14-16% in fees plus the consignment seller is going to have to act as a mediator in facilitating the pickup and be there when the buyer arrives if they are paying in cash, which they would receive. They will also be required to issue you a 1099 for your portion of the revenue and to be able to claim the deduction on their income taxes.
As others suggested you would be better off looking for a consignment auction house or selling the items on a local forum given you are in a large metropolitan area and VERY close to LA, CA.
ckimodog
·3 years ago@bzeng-0
You would be best just to list them on your own site or sell locally for cash. With the new age of required taxes, fees, returns, fraud, etc. that fall on the seller, you would likely have to compensate a nice price in order to get anyone to do it for you, like 50% of your take.
Good luck finding what you need.
dubsteesllc
·3 years agoI also have some swampland I'd like to sell to you!
mike_jayroe
·3 years agoand I have a bridge for sale.
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soh.maryl
·3 years agoDon't understand the reference. OP is apparently looking for what eBay used to call "Trading Assistants". They no longer have that program. You implication is that there would somehow be a scam involved. I don't get that at all. The only issue is that the OP is probably not going to find many offers to do that for the reasons I outlined in my other post.
janet9988
·3 years agoEbay does not allow for outside off ebay deals/sales.
You need to ask on your local ad sites.
I see you already have 2 items listed.
Why do you need to pay someone else to sell them ?
soh.maryl
·3 years agoDon't see where OP mentioned anything about off-eBay transactions.
They just want someone who will list and sell for them on eBay.
There have been quite a few similar inquiries here lately about this. Many people do not seem to realize how much work that is and that your money isn't really assured for 6 months as well as considering the tax obligations.
itsjustasprain
·3 years agoWhat are the items? You might be better off doing a consignment through an auction house that specializes in those items, whatever they are.