eBay Valet

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

just saw this:

Get a Little Rich, Without a Lot Of Work

http://www.ebay.com.au/rpp/ebay-valet?_trkparms=clkid%3D818379436378667490

At a time when many sellers are having difficulty registering even a single sale they promote this.  I wonder if the provider of the Valet service gets extra exposure in search results?  My thoughts would be "Yes".

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On another note, for a variety of reasons I will be selling more items on this ID next year.  As a result, I will be posting on the boards a lot less, probably not at all.  Unlike some, if I am not posting I will probably not read the boards.  Thanks for the ride, it's been interesting.  Sometimes fun, sometimes childish, never dull!

[x3n0m]

an interesting read .. there is a certain evil stank of pesamafia corporate borg about this one .. yet another dilution of the ebay product and brand whilst hijacking the Australian internet ecommerce marketplace as the personal plaything of the American Chamber of Commerce ..  YANKEE GO HOME!!!

[shiver_me_shrimp]

So eBay is trying to make it sound like every buyer is a nightmare to deal with just so they can sell their new valet service?

[davewil1964]

From what I've heard, dealing with Fishpond is fraught.

[chameleon54 · Accepted solution]

No-where in the blurb does it actually say what commissions are charged. I would have thought that was a commonly asked question.

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NOOOOO, you cant leave us slr, the place will be a little smaller ( and less interesting ) without you. Good luck with your plans for the future, I wish you every success.

[rocket2retro · Accepted solution]

By them the time you paid for the items to be picked up, paid standard eBay/PayPal fees,Valet commssion (however much that is) & the return of your unsold items, you'd be better off getting the satisfaction of just donating them to charity.

[rocket2retro]

As this basically puts the selling onto eBay (I think) I'm wondering will eBay follow their own selling suggestions?

For example will they start everything at 99 cents with free postage, express postage, 120 day returns, etc., etc?

Somehow I think not as they'd realise tthey are going to lose money real fast.

[davidc4430 · Accepted solution]

hi everyone, here am i after sending my carp to the valet service, just waiting for my millions to start flooding in.

damn, just woke up, still it was a nice dream

[phorum_junkie* · Accepted solution]

Just how many of your second hand items have a barcode? That is one of the requirements, I wonder how many people will fall for the blurb, not read the T&Cs and then after sending of a large quantity of second hand clothing have to pay to get it back because none of it has a barcode.

[sacramentalstoles · Accepted solution]

This is Fishpond's Smartsell - the biggest rort going.

I sent 5 boxes to FP (au) using the reply paid.

All the books had ISBNs as I used my scanner & book catalogue program to keep track of what I sent.

First box was listed fine - but I did have to 'correct' 2 of the listings. They listed titles that I hadn't sent.(for which I was charged a 'barcode' correction fee...no amount of emails or complaints could get that changed...plus they couldn't tell me which books caused the fees...

The next 4 boxes were sent shortly after the first box listed. (June 2016)

Those books were listed...except for 34 books. I emailed them to advise that not all the books I sent were listed. No reply. I thought as I was a new Smartsell seller there might be a limit of the amount of books I could list. I emailed again in Aug 2016 (after some sales) to remind them of the missing 34 books. They replied that all my books had been listed under my Fishpond ID.

Armed with the ISBNs I searched Fishpond & found what looked to be MY books listed under 'Fishpond Smartsell' ID...but 6 out of the 34 were missing (presumed sold??)

I immediately emailed Fishpond.

Yep - those 34 books were indeed listed under the Fishpond ID. A system error I was told...yeah...right...

The remaining 'missing' books were then listed under my ID...BUT I was then charged another $9.95 box fee...

It took from 19/8 to 16/9 to receive the funds owing for the 'sold' 6 books & the refund of the incorrect 'box' fee.

What happens to the books that are supposedly donated to charity that you don't want returned due to the high courier costs???
They sell them under 'Fishpond Smartsell'

When I first looked at Smartsell it sounded fine. I looked at the current similiar Smartsell books & was fine with the prices they seemed to listed at.

Nobody mentions that Fishpond NZ lists your books at a fraction of the AU Fishpond price with 'specials' for NZ customers. (3 books for $10-$3.33 each, 5 for $15-$3.00 each, 10 for $25-$2.50 each)

I stupidly thought that the NZ Fishpond site would have comparable prices to AU with only currency conversion making the difference...

NOT SO.

If you're thinking of using Smartsell...DON'T