Items spotted on eBay

[CPS2]

Someone got a bargain.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-STRE ... AA:GB:3160"

Someone took a punt you mean - that's Arcade Whorehouse if I'm not mistaken!

Cheers,

Ralph.

Good point. Cash on collection. Sold as seen.

[pubjoe]

Only shipping to the US

What a tool, I'll never understand why people do this. Desirable item starting at a bid-war-inducing price, yet target market slashed by around 60%. All because of some cultural aversion to jonny foreigner?

I've got to admit, I've sometimes ticked UK only on ebay. I've talked about this before bit I've been bitten a few times and it's always when shipping abroad. I have nothing against any other countries. I think geographic distance provides greater opportunity to con the seller.

That said, popular items sell just fine, but for more specialist items I guess you really have to widen your market to worldwide. I'm reluctant to though.

[cools]

The trouble with international shipping is the effort of obtaining pricing for everywhere prior to sale.

[pubjoe]

And that, yeah.

Miscalculating can be expensive, plus the high cost of postage (which the buyers often fail to realise) often start you off with bad relations. Then you have the unpredictability of worldwide post, language barriers, buyers wanting the extortionate postage refunded if they have problems... etc etc.

It's not that it's not worth doing, it's just added hassle.

[Spectre]

I always eBay stuff with europe and usa shipping offered, unless it's something which has little to no appeal outside the UK. Stick it on the scales, check prices to europe and usa on royalfail, job done. Personally I find it very little extra effort and I would stick a rough pin in about 50% of the stuff I sell going overseas. I've never had any dramas with things going missing or people wanting returns (if you offer returns you can specify that it is at buyers cost anyway).

Each to their own, but I think people over-estimate the "hassle" involved and dream up crisis scenarios in their mind which in reality very rarely occur. As a result I guarantee you're selling stuff for much less than it could be making if you widened your market.

[cools]

I don't have a scales that predicts how heavy something will be after I pack it, and 90% of the time with ebay stuff I end up selling multiple items to the same person... Excuses I know, I should buy a proper scales but it seems like an investment that doesn't pay for itself.

Don't prices vary wildly even within Europe?

[Rossyra]

I have one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40kg-Digital- ... 3f194cb378"

You can put a bag or whatever on the hook, calibrate it, then weigh your package. Good for a few quid spend.

[cools]

Bought.

[Rossyra]

[pubjoe]

Each to their own, but I think people over-estimate the "hassle" involved and dream up crisis scenarios in their mind which in reality very rarely occur. As a result I guarantee you're selling stuff for much less than it could be making if you widened your market.

Oh I know. Best example off the top of my head is some dreamcast games I sold nearly ten years ago and loads went for silly money to various Australian buyers. Up to four times the going rate. I'm just offering an explanation as to why someone might not want to ship abroad. The hassle is one thing (which the usually higher selling price makes up for) but after getting robbed by paypal scams several times (once for an item over £200). I just rarely do it now and I definitely don't for valuable items.

[andygeezer]

I have one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40kg-Digital- ... 3f194cb378"

You can put a bag or whatever on the hook, calibrate it, then weigh your package. Good for a few quid spend.

Thanks, I've been guessing for years!

[idc]

I just whack my package on the missus's digital kitchen scales.

[Rossyra]

That's all well and good till you've got a big one. The hook can take a 40kg load.

[idc]

Thanks, I've been guessing for years!

Guessing under?

Yes, 1.94 kg it is.

[Scaffa]

If anything, opening it up to international increases the amounts of bids you get. It might end up selling to a UK guy anyways but that French CPS2-o-phile pushed it up by £30.

[Spectre]

I recommend something like this; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190805902005

My postal scales do something like 20kg max iirc, they're made by myweigh but are an older model as I've had 'em for years. When weighing I just sling a box full of bubble wrap on the scales, then place the item in question on top. As for combined postage, just offer a fixed discount on additional items, iirc eBay has a mechanism to do this. If I sell a lot of stuff I tend to just put a bit of blurb in my listings to say I'll combine postage but can't give out quotes and will calculate once all items have ended.

Of course scales are every bit as useful when selling stuff on here as you can give folks proper postage quotes.

If the only barrier to you selling stuff overseas is the lack of a set of scales, then those scales will easily pay for themselves imo.

[CPS2]

Airlink now sell 4 Gang mains extension lead for US and Japanese equipment.

http://www.airlinktransformers.com/japa ... A1000.html"

[goatboy]

Geostorm (Gunforce II) PCB (nuts missing on romboard, not sure if mobo has original seal sticker)

http://www.ebay.nl/itm/GEO-Storm-Jamma- ... 1534wt_357"

I would have grabbed it if sure this was fully original.

[iibrom]

Saw this today so I bought it

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380629793000? ... 733wt_1161"

[skykappah]

Good buy! Almost like hens teeth.