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Selling to Buyer

beauty_235 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 12:50:01 GMT

I recently sold two dolls on ebay to a buyer who turns out to be another seller who resells my dolls for a much higher price on ebay does this happen all the time?

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davewil1964 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:06:56 GMT

Depends on how undervalued they can get their goods for.

More importantly, did you get what you wanted for your items? Presumably 'yes', so what is the issue? Do you understand that once you have sold something it belongs to the person who bought it, to do with as they wish? If they sold elsewhere for a profit and you didn't know would it create the same level of angst? Have you considered increasing your prices?

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lyndal1838 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:08:06 GMT

I don't know about it happening all the time but it is not uncommon for sellers to buy items on ebay to resell.

If you feel you are not getting enough for your items why do you start them at 99 cents? Start them at a price you are happy to accept if you only get one bid. A 99 cent start price could perhaps be justified when you paid a listing fee based on the start price but with free listings there is no point in it.

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horizon1907 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:18:06 GMT

@beauty_235 wrote:
I recently sold two dolls on ebay to a buyer who turns out to be another seller who resells my dolls for a much higher price on ebay does this happen all the time?

ummmmm YES. Firstly, if you are going to start your Auctions off at 99c and get 1 bid on that item, you are in an almost no win situation. They Buyer will then have purchased a cheap item ( even including the postage ) and of course, may sell it on to make a greater profit than yourself. You must do your homework before listing an item. I would highly suggest that you don't start your Auctions off at 99c. ( even though ebay say this works best ) IMO it doesn't & hasn't done for a long time. It does work for some, Yes. Start them off at a price that you will make something off including all the costs. ( fees, etc ) Now, this may take some time and effort, but you will benefit greatly from it in the end. Hope that helps a little and Good Luck in the future.

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k1ooo-slr-sales — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:10:42 GMT

I see nothing wrong with buying low and selling high. I do that myself with film cameras and don't feel bad about it at all. I am not ripping off the sellers I buy from as they either set the purchase price or choose to run an auction. It is not my job to tell them how they could get a higher price for their cameras.

How much higher does she sell them for compared to you? How does your buyer achieve higher prices than you? Learn from her and change your business model and pricing.

Sell your dolls as Buy-It-Nows or start the auctions for them at a higher price point.

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davewil1964 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:26:16 GMT

We seem to have a consensus.

In itself enough of a rarity to deserve

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joethenuts — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:32:09 GMT

well you deserve a 100% for your post spot on

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moonia99 — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 22:40:12 GMT

Yes it does, they must be a Capitalist like myself.

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britcomm62 — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:40:00 GMT

I do this all the time, there is always someone selling something cheap that I can get double or treble for. Not with this ID I hasten to add. I have even bought out the stock of sellers that sell stuff cheaper than me, making my items the cheapest and with multiple stock. You have to sue every legal trick in the book to make a living on ebay. This ID is for selling some clearance items and I normally stop each year when total sales approach 6000-7000.....

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saarzi — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:53:37 GMT

Absolutely.

If a seller didnt want to sell at a cheap price, they would use BIN, increase the start bid or have a reserve they are happy with.

Once an item is sold its none of the sellers business what the buyer does with it.

If the buyer is better at selling and gets a higher price for the item than the original seller, kudos to them.
If the seller has not done their research appropriately to find out what they can actually get for the items, tough.

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beauty_235 — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:55:16 GMT

I am well aware of the fact that people do resell stuff all the time on ebay and make an even bigger profit then before I guess you have to be pretty well informed and do your homework or research before listing an item.

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saarzi — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:10:08 GMT

Im tempted to buy from you myself. Lol

Quick google search I just did - USED carebears can sell for $350? Full size USED strawberry shortcake can sell for $250, new for $350.

Yours might be the maccas ones but they are still offical care bears.

I would not be selling those toys on Ebay. Popular 80's toys are collectors items and very popular right now, and they would do better on a vintage doll auction site or something similar - like the ones I just found on google (carebears had an average of 10 watchers!).

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saarzi — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:24:34 GMT

Your polly pocket castle could be worth $150 if you have the dolls for it. If not, its still work more than 6 bucks.

Also, you dont have enough photos, or enough info in your listings for someone to be really confident to bid.

Shortcake doll - no pic of damage, no real detaisl other than name and date.

Polly pocket - no pic of castle open ( people wouldnt even know it opens by your pics), no details about missing or included peices etc etc).

Most people will bid on the spot. They dont really want to take time and effort to email you and wait your reply just to find out the basics, they will just bid on someone elses item

If you fix up the pics and descriptions, youll probably get much better price for the items.

Finding the rough value of then also only takes a 5 min google search.

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saarzi — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:30:24 GMT

HERE

Dont be fooled by the new in package. Used toys still sell for a couple hundred.

Gawd Im nice.

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beauty_235 — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 05:50:59 GMT

I do have photos of the castle open a couple of them already. The strawberry shortcake doll is not damaged.

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max-power-models — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:58:20 GMT

When buying or selling I always use thhe search engine combined with completed or sold tab ticked. Saves a lot money both ways. With 40 free listings a month,Im not sure why people start auctions so low.Can't blame a person that see the value in an item.