Auction Power Guide

Well, you know how it goes…… y’ like a certain tune or singer so you turn up the volume. The car has a lot of road noise, therefore the volume has to be WAY up. This is the second car that had the speakers blown out, or whatever that is that happens. This time it was Janis Joplin’s fault.

So where’s the best place to go for new speakers without spending an arm and a leg? (and not telling my husband.)

Well first of all Koodoos on taste! If it wasn’t Pink Floyd blowing your speakers then I am glad it was Janis. I can’t recomend a place if I don’t know your region. Sothern Califonia costs are much higher then Michigan. Go on Craig’s list and pick cheaper states to buy from, my guess would be the declining market states, Texas, Alabama, Michiagn, Tenesse, and pockets of California (northen section not LA area). Also check for going out of business stores. You can’t loose on Ebay (sometimes). Have fun and shop around. Stick to qaulity though like Sony.
I agree with checking the quality of your radio/ CD player.

If you have time and transportation go to a few stores and ask the sales people. Get thier opnion why you keep blowing it out. In my book, Customer service, and add-on warentees are much more important then price.

When you have the price, find something around the house of equal value that your husband won’t miss and sell it on ebay. That way you are not spending his money.

However, the truth will set you free. He just may be as sick of the problem as you are and will want to come up with a reasonable solution. if you do your homework and you have a plan, then you won’t have as much resistance. No marriage will work on deception.

Make sure you also get him some of his favorite music so that he will want to play it. This way it is not all one sided.

I put a bunch of items (wedding presents that did not suit our tastes, from overseas relatives we have never met) up for sale. The auction finished on Tuesday. I tried 3 times every day to go to the post office Wednesday, Thursday and Friday during work hours (the only time they’re open) to find a line out the door (and I couldn’t wait as it was during work hours). I emailed all of the buyers this problem to le them know about the delay, and posted everything successfully on Saturday morning.
I should say that the shipping details state on each item I will "usually ship withing 2 days".
Today (Friday night, the next week) I received a message from a buyer saying "I DID want to give this as a gift to someone tomorrow, but I guess I can’t now, because I still haven’t received it".
Now, postal service aside (because it really should have arrived with the buyer by now), how do I handle this?
I’m not running a business from ebay, I’m just selling some household items for a little extra pocket money (the item in question was a $5 picture frame), but I really don’t want negative feedback because I sell so little that it will effect my statistics.
How should I respond to this person?

The post office will pick up packages from you if you print your own labels.

Just tell the buyers the items are going out on such and such a date. I would offer a refund to the buyer who wanted the item sent right away.

Change your shipping time to 3 days.

About how much does a ps2 cost to ship on ebay with 2 controllers?Don’t say it depands on the size you know how a ps2 looks like.Just give me a guess,it doesn’t have to be accurate.

But it depends on the size of the PACKAGE, not the size of the item inside. You’re the only one who knows how big of a box you’re going to use to send it and how much packing material you’re going to wrap around it. And the Post Office charges by WEIGHT as well as by size.

If you want just an estimate, check out any of the many PS2s that are already being offered for sale and see how much they’re charging for shipping.

Remember, whatever you put down for your shipping cost is what you must stick to, so don’t lowball it.

I just wanted to start selling on ebay and I’m not sure how much to charge someone when selling an item.

i usually just guess but you can use this http://www.interparcel.com/quote/courier-quote1.php and it gives you the rough price.

Please no sarcastic remarks like slow down, I have read them all. Just give me pure straight advice to try and get away with it.

There is a lot of assuming going on with many answers. Many states you can’t "take a class".

If you were pulled over via camera, you could easily go with the excuse that you have your car up for sale and the "test driver" must have gone too fast. You’d have to go to court to argue your case.

I would guess that you got pulled over. Three points probably means you were speeding over 10, maybe over 20. This is what you can do: Go to court on the day of your arraignment (that is the first time you appear). The DA’s will bring everyone forward one by one and try to avoid a court case by making many plea agreements. If you can afford to bump your ticket down to a lesser-point offense, you could easily say to the individual, "I was speeding, but not by 20 miles an hour. It was 10 according to my spedometer. I had cruise control set." Many times they will drop the charge down a bit just to avoid the added time they usually don’t have to see all these cases and burden the police officer with having to appear (taking him off the streets doing his job and putting him in court and still paying him).

If the fine is due by April 30th, you can go in there and say you’ve lost your job and are looking for one and don’t have any income or some other thing stating "I can’t pay this whole fine at this time" and they will spread out the payments. You can even appear before they are due to request more time… as long as you pay a few bucks here and there, they usually grant the time.

The worse thing about getting a ticket is getting screwed by your insurance company as, usually, you were speeding. Paying a speeding fine sucks, but paying an insurance company more for your mistake is complete BS. There is no context only the thought that "speed kills’ while driving too close is widely ignored and definitely causes many serious accidents.

If you were going 10 MPH over, you could purchase a used speedometer from eBay (if reasonable) or simply a cheap spedometer cable and bring the receipt to court and say your spedometer was broken. Usually you’ll wind up paying the fine, but the charge will be changed from "speeding" to "equipment inoperative". Same cost, no points, no insurance screw-over. I think most court houses don’t care as the insurance company typically doesn’t lobby every local government in the area…only state & federal levels!

Good luck. I’ve learned to ALWAYS go to that first appearance because they’ll often allow you to plead down. Sometimes they will even remove a charge if you say "I’m guilty of speeding, but not the turn signal violation." And you can even bring in proof of insurance that is faked in many states and they’ll fall for that. Luckily, I live in a state where proof of insurance isn’t needed and, oddly enough, insurance rates are cheaper.

Are there statistics for how many cars sell on eBay each day? Or any other kind of stats for things like dollar value sold etc.. ?
I am looking for eBay motors US stats. Any kind of stat will do, not a guess I need a real number. Estimates are fine also as long as they are factual.

It changes every day. Are you talking about ebay usa or ebay worldwide? It’s the biggest single car sale dealer actually, sells more cars per day than any single dealer in the World.

Do you know what to look for at garage sales to sell later on ebay to make some extra money? I have been doing this for about 5 years now and have made an e-book that gives examples and tips! http://www.garage-sale-items.com Please leave your suggestions, and with your permission, I will add it to my book and include that the information came from you! Thanks!

Hi Jeremy,

I guess once you’ve been doing it for 5 years you should know all the possible tips and tricks regarding garage sales?:-)

But there’s one thing I can tell you – buy bundles of used stuff on eBay, then resell it one-by-one. For maximum conversion listings should be very well optimised as explained in the free 5 day Video course ‘Fix My Auction’ below.

Rgds,

Robby

If you are new to selling a made use of auto on Craigslist, you might possibly be unsure how to proceed. Cease perfect now. Whatever you do, do not mosey on more than to Craigslist and post I have a red truck for sale. This will get you nowhere and it does absolutely nothing but waste your time and the time of absolutely everyone who reads your ad.

So what should certainly you do when selling a auto on Craigslist

1 – Take a Picture

Even if your Craigslist location page is for a somewhat smaller size city, there are nonetheless probably hundreds of other made use of automobiles listed for sale. Guess what Most of them have photographs and yours should certainly too. Craigslist buyers are not necessarily lazy, but why should certainly they devote 5 minutes emailing you to ask for photographs when it would have taken you that lengthy to upload a picture

two – Use the Kelley Blue Book

Do not just pull a figure out of midair or base your selling cost about how considerably revenue you want to make. This will get you nowhere, in particular if you are living in dreamland. It is most desirable to use the Kelley Blue Books web based version. It is zero cost and will take you much less than five minutes to get an estimated value for your auto. Base your selling cost about this.

three – Be Realistic

As previously stated, use the Kelley Blue Book to get an estimated value from your auto. Pulling a figure out of nowhere and attempting to justify it by applying phrases like auto runs like new, this is a marvelous deal, and so forth will not modify the truth you are asking too considerably. Craigslist made use of auto sellers are not the only ones who know how to use the Kelley Blue Book buyer know too. Pop that bubble you are living in or come back down to reality.

four – Do not Use Stupid Phrases

Most buyers on Craigslist are not avid online users. Most of them just heard by way of the grapevine that Craigslist was a marvelous location to order a low-priced made use of automobile. These prospective buyers are not familiar with online lingo. You know, LN and OBO signifies like new and or most desirable present respectively, but not absolutely everyone else does. It takes a total of 1 second to basically variety out the words, so do it. Also, stay clear of normal clichandeacutes, like nonetheless runs, runs like a dream, marvelous auto to get from Point A to Point B, and so forth.

five – Do not Keyword Stuff

When selling on Craigslist, you pick out key phrases for your articles. These support your for sale auto listing seem in searches that interested buyers carry out. You are selling a Ford truck, so state so. Use the make, model, and year as your key phrases, but do not overstuff your ad with irrelevant key phrases, like auto, van, SUV, and so forth. This does absolutely nothing but tick off the online users who now have way more junk to weed by way of.