Sometimes I wonder why I even sell shit on eBay anymore.

efeezy

efeezy

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Had a pair of Mackie HR 824 studio monitors for sale on ebay. The damn things weigh 35 pounds a piece and I prefer to only ship to the USA, so I don't have to deal with all the customs shit.

Auction ends today, and someone won the auction for $400..then sends me a message. "Hi, I'm in Canada and I won your monitors. Sorry I didn't ask you first. I'll pay the shipping".

This fucking dick bag has (1) feedback and then starts to get on my case when I explain that the auction specifically said No Internationnal Bidders. So I second chanced it to the next bidder down for $380. What the fuck is wrong with these people? It's like dealing with mental patients who can't read.
 


I could go on and on about how eBay sucks balls. You should tell the buyer he has to pay the duty charges in addition to the extra shipping. Shipping to Canada isn't a lot more expensive than the USA, so it's not that bad compared to shipping to Europe.

Europeans always came out of the woodwork and try to bid, no matter how many times I wrote in big letters "US bidders ONLY." eBay should have a filter that will forbid bidders from bidding on auctions based on the countries the seller specifies, but I know it's not gonna happen. One guy begged and pleaded to bid on an item he couldn't find in his country, so I said ok and he spent 2 months browbeating me because it hadn't arrived yet (ground delivery).
 
GreedBay, etc etc, they're very anti-seller these days unless you're some major distributor of chinese knockoffs. Basically they're getting rid of all the people who made them what they are, and turning into an amazon market place.

And whats up with the shit of restricting the only allowed payment method to Paypal? (you can go with some others but the allowed alternatives either require 50$ monthly fee, or a commitment to bring in 36K$ a year). It's a monopoly obviously.

The dumbest policy change I seen em do over the last year was not allowing sellers to give negative feedbacks to buyers, but a buyer can leave you a negative feedback. Talk about an clearly bias market platform. eBay doesn't care of course, the sellers pay all the fees and take all the hits, and have absolutely no recourse when attacked.
 
The only reason I don't like sending stuff to Canada or anywhere outside the US is the customs crap. It's extra paperwork, and I've lost 3-4 items in customs that never got to the recipient. A couple years ago some guy in Italy paid an insane amount of money for some stock Fatboy exhaust pipes I was selling. Sure enough, he said they never got there, lost in customs I presume, and he had good feedback so I had no real reason to believe he was bullshitting me. So I had to refund him his $500 and they never found the pipes. Fucked once..not fucked twice.

I just sold off my entire home recording studio, about 15 pieces of gear, and I had fuckers from Croatia, Brazil, Thailand, Canada, Argentina and Puerto Rico asking if I'd ship there. Hey, at least they asked I guess. This guy just won em and told me to ship them to Canada. I guess he's got some balls.
 
efeezy said:
The only reason I don't like sending stuff to Canada or anywhere outside the US is the customs crap. It's extra paperwork, and I've lost 3-4 items in customs that never got to the recipient. A couple years ago some guy in Italy paid an insane amount of money for some stock Fatboy exhaust pipes I was selling. Sure enough, he said they never got there, lost in customs I presume, and he had good feedback so I had no real reason to believe he was bullshitting me. So I had to refund him his $500 and they never found the pipes. Fucked once..not fucked twice.

I just sold off my entire home recording studio, about 15 pieces of gear, and I had fuckers from Croatia, Brazil, Thailand, Canada, Argentina and Puerto Rico asking if I'd ship there. Hey, at least they asked I guess. This guy just won em and told me to ship them to Canada. I guess he's got some balls.
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I used to sell cameras and related stuff, mostly film bodies and lens out of a camera store on ebay and we shipped international. Shipping to canada , customs wise isn't a big deal, if its less than such and such weight you use the lil green slip, otherwise (especially if you need insurance) you simply fill out the small white form with, To, From, package content and value. 99% of the time I used USPS.


Far as the balls, we've had a few of those, they win then ask later, we didn't restrict international shipping. But we did have a restriction on using paypal for international buyers over 100$ since paypal won't provide seller protection for international sales, so they would have to use a money order, this was clearly posted in all auctions and store listings. Course now days you're not even allowed to take a money order on ebay.
 
I agree ebay sucks, Fees: shipping,paypal,ebay fees, and gas to the post office. Tape, boxes, packing material = waist of fucking time IMO
 
guysmy said:
why? curious because i write and record.
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Ah, a few reasons I guess. One, I hadn't been recording much lately and most of the gear was just sitting. Two, got a baby on the way in December so figured the extra cash would be nice. Three, now that I'm working at home, I needed an office, so I was instructed that my studio would now be my office.

I'm a guitar player by trade, so I kept all of that gear, but I sold off those Mackies, a Rode NT1, Octava Mic, Focusrite Pre, ART Pro MPA pre, few Shure mic's, AKG Mics, patchbays, Alesis Multieffects, M-Audio interface, MIDI Keyboard...oh a ton of stuff (now I'm feeling crappy). If I get back into it one day I'll just buy the latest and greatest shit that's out then.
 
efeezy said:
Ah, a few reasons I guess. One, I hadn't been recording much lately and most of the gear was just sitting. Two, got a baby on the way in December so figured the extra cash would be nice. Three, now that I'm working at home, I needed an office, so I was instructed that my studio would now be my office.
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I know where you're at... sold most of my higher end photography gear after the first two kids were born. Unless it's your primary career you just don't have the time for it any more.
 
efeezy said:
I'm a guitar player by trade, so I kept all of that gear, but I sold off those Mackies, a Rode NT1, Octava Mic, Focusrite Pre, ART Pro MPA pre, few Shure mic's, AKG Mics, patchbays, Alesis Multieffects, M-Audio interface, MIDI Keyboard...oh a ton of stuff (now I'm feeling crappy). If I get back into it one day I'll just buy the latest and greatest shit that's out then.
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after recording in a commercial studio, recording at home is always an epic fail. you can get an okay sound, but the worst part about it is you are divided between the technical issues of recording and belting out the best performance possible.

most people like to amass tons of gear but often the money is better spent on studio time when there is something truly worth recording.
 
guysmy said:
after recording in a commercial studio, recording at home is always an epic fail. you can get an okay sound, but the worst part about it is you are divided between the technical issues of recording and belting out the best performance possible.

most people like to amass tons of gear but often the money is better spent on studio time when there is something truly worth recording.
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Only an epic fail if they don't literally build a studio as an extension to their home, like literally put 2K sq ft off the house for it :D hehe.
 
efeezy said:
The only reason I don't like sending stuff to Canada or anywhere outside the US is the customs crap. It's extra paperwork, and I've lost 3-4 items in customs that never got to the recipient. A couple years ago some guy in Italy paid an insane amount of money for some stock Fatboy exhaust pipes I was selling. Sure enough, he said they never got there, lost in customs I presume, and he had good feedback so I had no real reason to believe he was bullshitting me. So I had to refund him his $500 and they never found the pipes. Fucked once..not fucked twice.

I just sold off my entire home recording studio, about 15 pieces of gear, and I had fuckers from Croatia, Brazil, Thailand, Canada, Argentina and Puerto Rico asking if I'd ship there. Hey, at least they asked I guess. This guy just won em and told me to ship them to Canada. I guess he's got some balls.
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Thing is fella, that studio gear costs so much everywhere but the US - these people are just chancing it, looking to save HUNDREDS. If I was gonna kit out a studio it'd probably be worth my time going to the US, filling a shipping crate and paying tax on it all.
 
johnengler said:
I haven't used eBay in over 5 years... Craigslist gets it done for us when we need to sell something...
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Me, too, but the prices go for lower and there are lots of considerations. Example was a Technics turntable that I got $60 for, but eBay fetches about $150 for the item. Then I had to drive 25 miles to meet the buyer, which was a lot of trouble. He paid me cash in hand which was nice. There were no fees or looking for a big box for the item, but I lost money. There are lots of things to consider when deciding where to do your selling.

I have a bakelite mahjong set to sell, and I think it has to go up on Ebay. I generally use CL when the item is too big to pack. Ebay is good when you need to hook up with collectors, and want to sell it fast.
 
I used to get the same shit with Americans when I did eBay a lot, ended up putting a disclaimer on all listings and blocking bidders outside Europe for big items.

I remember selling a Roland SH1000 - big fuck off beast of an old synth - some guy in the states bought it, but then was happy to pay the $250ish shipping and think he got charged by customs too. I got a lot more than I hoped for for it so guess it can work both ways.
 
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