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How do they do it ?

pacotrading — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:42:30 GMT

Bought a trailer lock a while back, the type that fit into the tow ball socket and locked with a key so trailer can not be towed away, paid $44.00 for it at Supercheap, anyhow only been on the trailer a month and now sold, so as no longer needed, thought right will sell it on Ebay, say around half price, not sure what to charge for postage as is fairly bulky and weighs close to half a kilo, anyhow look on Ebay and be buggered.

Sellers are selling it for around $19.00 with free postage, way i figure it it would cost minimum $10.00 plus dollars to post and what get the item for $ ??? and your Ebay, Paypal fees ect and still make a profit, and no they are not Chinese, nor are they Chinese sellers pretending to be in Australia, in other words paying full postage not subsidised postage, well there goes any chance of selling it on Ebay, unles i sell it what maybe $8.00 free postage (not worth the effort). eg item 182010512497

Re: How do they do it ?

lyndal1838 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 08:52:21 GMT

One thing I do know is that Supercheap does not live up to it's name.

They do stock some cheap items but they are usually the sort of junk you get from China for even lower prices.

We got taken for suckers many years ago until we learned our lesson.

Re: How do they do it ?

*sparklz* — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:03:29 GMT

If it is under 500gms you can post in the 500gm satchel from Aust Post for $8.50

Buyer pays that so no cost to you for postage and if you add that to the price and add free postage you can join the others

Re: How do they do it ?

pacotrading — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:12:30 GMT

Yes but can not sell as new, no packaging and slight marks from the trailer hitch, also i would reckon is over 500g, maybe sell it on Bumtree as none for sale there (no competion) and pickup only.

Re: How do they do it ?

pacotrading — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:29:59 GMT

Thats true Lyndal, but still a reasonable quality cast alloy part with hardened chrome steel locking bar, so surely can not be had for a couple of bucks. But then again was contracting to major Australian caravan and trailer accessory supplier to QC all the parts as they came in shipping container loads all made in China to the warehouse, and was amazed at how little cost per unit they got them made in China and would be sold at ten times the price here, probably to cover my wages to spend hours disasembling badly functioning components and reassemble them correctly to make them a sellable item. LOL

Re: How do they do it ?

davidc4430 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:00:07 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
One thing I do know is that Supercheap does not live up to it's name.
They do stock some cheap items but they are usually the sort of junk you get from China for even lower prices.
We got taken for suckers many years ago until we learned our lesson.

i agree, supercheap are using the 'super and cheap' as a subliminal trick.

if we say we are super cheap the public will just blindly believe.

very common trick, anyone who sees a mcdonalds advert then buys a 'big' mac? lol, whats big about a bigmac?

i often buy auto bits from repco but only when they are in the sales catalog with like 30% reduced, definately never buy motor oil at the normal price.

Re: How do they do it ?

pacotrading — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:05:13 GMT

Yeap good deals on motor oil when Aldi have it for sale.

Re: How do they do it ?

digital*ghost — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 10:30:12 GMT

If it would fit into a BX1 box (no idea, never seen a trailer lock ), postage on that would be just shy of $10 for the average seller ($7~ something for postage, $1.80 ? odd for the box, then whatever the cost of printing the label is). Those can weigh up to 1kg, and the pricing is exlcusive to eBay (they're about $5 more via Aus Post's C&S system).

Some sellers would either get different (lower) rates on contract with AP, and/or get volume discounts with couriers (a couple of the courier companies have flat rate 1kg satchels, I think, and if they're a larger seller, chances are they have other items with higher profit margins to make up for any lower margins or loss leader items).

Re: How do they do it ?

pacotrading — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:22:14 GMT

Ok Digi, may have one or two of those boxes kicking around saves a $1.80, dont have any ink in the printer, cheaper to get office works to pint the label for bugger all, but as is used would still have to sell for one third of my new price to get listing noticed against all the big time sellers, who i do not think are selling as loss leaders, i gather they buy in bulk, and as you said as they sell thousands of items get great rates on postage.

So in hindsite would have been way cheaper to buy on Ebay than from Superexpensive autos, but at the time was was needed there and then as i had to park a very desirable $4000 tradie trailer out the front of my property (which did not belong to me) facing the road and would have been easy to back up a vehicle and tow it away with out us knowing, so at the time spending $44.00 was better than losing a 4 grand trailer,

Any how will just put it up on Bumtree for half price with pickup, if it dont sell makes a great paperweight LOL

Re: How do they do it ?

lyndal1838 — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:00:08 GMT

I have never looked at Gumtree but if there are categories to advertise in try aiming the ad at horse people....they are suckers for bargains and a good horse float can be worth $10,000.

Re: How do they do it ?

janeababe — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 03:29:10 GMT

Those trailer locks are very heavy and expensive.
We have one on our boat trailer, but need on on our campervan too....

While gumtree is ok, i find it awful to browse, search, upload, and after about 10mins of being on there, i get frutrated with it and close it down!
Im always getting something about *long-running-script* messages... ergghhhh.....

You should have sold it to the guy who bought your trailer

Re: How do they do it ?

pacotrading — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 12:27:55 GMT

Yes my point of this post not so much as how i going to sell the tralier lock, but as you pointed out they are a heavy item, and was wondering how these aussie sellwrs are able to sell them below $20 with free postage, surely postage alone for a heavy bulky item is not cheap, i mean it is not a T-shirt or a lightweight article to post Australia wide.

As to selling it to the buyer of the trailer, well they are on a rural property in SA, were you can apperently leave your vehicle unlocked keys in ignition and will still be there the next week.

Re: How do they do it ?

everard6920 — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 22:44:25 GMT

Going by the large quantity, I would guess that they've bought these wholesale from an overseas location (probably China) so the cost would probably be below $10.

Re: How do they do it ?

ourphonecase — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 01:18:37 GMT

I've been purchasing my packaging items from a big seller quite frequently and picking them up myself to save on postage costs. I beleive the guy in the warehouse is Chinese and after picking up those packaging envelope he asks me if I want to post things thru his company as it is far more cheaper than Aus post and you even get tracking. I declined due to the fact I only post at letter rate, but I think this may be one way how they do it in Australia for cheap.

Re: How do they do it ?

viewmont1071 — Sun, 30 Oct 2016 20:22:06 GMT

@pacotrading wrote:
Ok Digi, may have one or two of those boxes kicking around saves a $1.80, dont have any ink in the printer, cheaper to get office works to pint the label for bugger all, but as is used would still have to sell for one third of my new price to get listing noticed against all the big time sellers, who i do not think are selling as loss leaders, i gather they buy in bulk, and as you said as they sell thousands of items get great rates on postage.

So in hindsite would have been way cheaper to buy on Ebay than from Superexpensive autos, but at the time was was needed there and then as i had to park a very desirable $4000 tradie trailer out the front of my property (which did not belong to me) facing the road and would have been easy to back up a vehicle and tow it away with out us knowing, so at the time spending $44.00 was better than losing a 4 grand trailer,

Any how will just put it up on Bumtree for half price with pickup, if it dont sell makes a great paperweight LOL

There's your selling point mate...... and surprisingly...... it's the same reason you paid through the nose for your lock it was needed there and then, Some people, like you, or for whatever reason, have not got the time to wait for the lock to turn up from Australia's well known adopted chinese state "Incowectrocation."

Advertise it for better than half price ($33.00 or best offer) on the local BSS sites on FB I'm sure if you have the

patience somebody will come along who ....wait for it..... is local and "needs it there and then".

For mine facebook local buy swap and sell sites turns those types of things over quickly and profitably

Re: How do they do it ?

wan303win — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 04:25:22 GMT

I purchased a 12volt camping light from Supercheap. I'd had it a couple of weeks, & was reading one night when it burst into flames. luckily, I was in the annex not the camper trailer at the time and I was able to un-clip it from the battery, take it down, and douse it. Took it back to S/C who wouldn't refund me, only offered me a replacement., which I wasn't interested in, would you be? They are still selling these same lights the last time I looked...Chinese **bleep**.

Re: How do they do it ?

lyndal1838 — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 05:09:35 GMT

I hope you reported it to the authorities. There are too many of these cheap Chinese items causing fires and even death in some cases.