Sorry man, that sucks.

Fortunately, I have not had to deal with that. I've only sold a couple of designer bags and no complaints.

I have had people try to scam me in other ways though.

My suggestion is to tell her you sold it to her in good faith that you believe it is an authentic bag, and if she does not want it she can return for refund. Also inform her that she must send the exact bag back in same condition it arrived in. Once you receive bag back check against photos you have to verify she did not pull a switcheroo. If she does switch it out, report it to eBay. Most likely though she is just an idiot trying to get a refund or partial refund and still keep the bag. When faced with only option is to return for full refund, they will usually return it or drop it.

Iknow this sucks, but sometimes it is all you can do.

Oh, and if you are a good honest seller, eBay isn't as bad on sellers as people like to complain. I have only had 2 buyer protection cases escalated to eBay on me, and I won them both.

Good luck.

That's awesome, I want to open a little store someday. you have inspired me.

Right now, I'm not in a position to hold onto anything for appreciation. If I have it, I've gotta sell it!

Me 2, and honestly I don't see any item appreciating enough to make it worth holding on to, except for maybe gold coins. example I have an item that maybe sells for $20, I have an idea that maybe it will be worth more down the road, so I hang onto it. 3 outcomes 1> demand falls and item becomes worthless, 2. value never really changes, 3. 10 years later item worth $100 maybe $200, woohoo 1 just made $10-$20 a year hanging onto it. does not make much business sense. I am in it for quick returns, clear out the old inventory and bring in the new. Time is money, and hanging onto something that long, hoping that it will appreciate equates to losing money in my book.

I figured reporting it wouldn't do much, but I had a few minutes to kill. Personal story though, I have a product of a certain brand I got out of a unit, it is a specialized part and very expensive to get new from regular sources. I acquired 125 of them, and put them on eBay for $25 each about 1/4-1/6 of what they retail new for. I was not getting very many hits and no sales for about a month, I did a quick search and another seller was selling an off brand of the same product but using the name brand as keywords in the title for $13 each. I used the report item link to report it for keyword spamming, within a few hours his listing was gone and I have sold 65 of these items in the last 2 months since it was taken down. So reporting may not work in every case, but it sure as hell helped my sales by taking down some competition.

My first unit was a 10x15 I got for $550, should have been a bust, but I got lucky. It was a family that had been evicted from their home, had a son in jail and who knows what other problems. I didn't have a truck or trailer at the time, so I rented a uhaul truck. the facility was 90 miles from where I live so I had to do a one way rental, rental costs and fuel ended up costing me about $300. I also paid a friend to help me move it. Fortunately it had a 2 yeard old 50" LCD TV in it, a couple of smart phones, some other electronics and enough other stuff, I ended up selling it all for around $1500, so only a $500 dollar profit after all expenses. Would have been almost a grand now that I have my own trailer. Anyway, I am still no expert, but I have learned alot since then and still have alot to learn.

When I first heard of Online bidding for storage auctions, I got excited. After looking into it a little more I wasn't as excited. At least 50% of the pics of lockers I see online are low quality or out of focus, Most of the better ones still don't come even close to the eyes on view you get at the physical auction. The prices for the units also seem to go alot higher than the in person ones, in my opinion.

Another point brought up before about weekend warriors who can't make it to a weekday auction was taht they can have a chance. Well you still run into the issue of if an online auction ends on Monday and you have even 72 hours to clean it out. If I can't get to the auction on Monday because of work committments, I probably wouldn't be able to get there Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday either to clean it out, so in my mind the online auctions give a greater advantage to the full time buyers. I admit I am not a full time buyer(yet). I don't think facilities should cater to any one type of buyer either. So I am not promoting changes to make it easier for weekend warriors, just pointing out why it is difficult for me to take advantage of the online auctions.

1 additional point, I happen to live in a place where any of the nearest online auctions are about 1 1/2 hours away. which compounds the above issues as well.

anyway thats my 2 cents

The few that have accepted credit cards, I have not used because, I always had enough cash. I don't like when they do because it causes the locker prices to go higher generally. Last one I went to had 13 units, 1 guy bought 8 of them because of the credit cards, I think he ended up paying over $7000 for all of them. Made me lose out on one I really wanted because it seemed like he was doing more of a power grab, then looking for profits. He is a pretty big fish in the area though, so I guess he can afford a bit of a loss to try to intimidate others.

But I do like the idea of getting the points, have to remeber that for future.

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I like the end of the article where the people are saying how much they are making. What a waste of time.