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lol. I think alot of people get into this thinking its gonna be like the tv shows. You get one big ticket item, take it down to your expert and sell it for 3x what you paid for the unit. i think most people refuse to accept the fact that yeah you will hit those liqs but most of the time its clothes, dishes, dish racks, garbage cans and things you gotta really hustle and nickel and dime on craigsilst and flea markets and garage sales. Most people won't put in the work in my opinion. I think tht's the reason most people fail.

I'll occasionally have people come up to me after an auction and either give me a business card or their phone number and say hey if you come across any stereo equipt give me a call or if you find any sports cards gimme a call. I like it, sometimes I can sell on the spot, if nothing else add another buyer to my rolodex.

Well I won't be using UPS ever again. I use USPS, Fedex, and UPS however the only real reason I offered UPS was because printing labels thru paypal was so seemless and easy. Othre than that they are expensive, not as good as fedex, and its a pain having to log into an entirely diff site an plug in all your info...maybe not for one package but when your doing 15-20 a night it becomes a pain. Really surprised they are donig this.

I have been doing the top rated seller / powerseller thing for a while now. I have not had one single return nor have I had any problems with the 1 day shipping thing.

Anyone who's a professional seller vs just a casual seller selling something out of the basement should probably have no longer than a two day handling time at most so not a super stretch to make it one day handling time.

Also, though I suppose maybe its gaming the system a bit techinically you only have to print the shipping label within one day you don't necessarily have to mail the item within one day. Sometimes I may not have time to make it to the post office but as long as I get the label printed if I actually put the package in the mail a few hours late or a day late it's never caused me a problem.&

I know with certain categories like books i suppose you could have people buying a book and then using their 45 day time to read it and return it intead and basicall yget a free read out of you. Same with tools someone may need to use once and never again or clothes where maybe they wear it once and return it.

Fortunetly for me my category of item is not something that would make any sense doing that for and honestly I think majority of people on ebay are not out looking to screw you.

That said if it makes sense take advantage of it. If you sell for long enough and enough items on ebay eventually our going to run into one of those bad buyers or a troubled sale eventually whether you do the powerseller stuff or not but I do see how some may think it opens them up to more likelihood of this happening if they sell certain categories that are more prone to being abused. The savings overall save me a ton of money though.

I'm a powerseller and a toprated seller on ebay. I know recently we have had some discussions about whether it's worth the hassles of having to take returns, get product out in one day, etc.

Just wanted to let you guys know how big the breaks on shipping can be. On priority flat rate envelopes which I ship alot of it's not a huge savings maybe 0.50 cents, however on USPS Express FLat Rate Envelopes it used to cost me $18.95 however recently went down to $12 with my discount.

This means I can offer express overnight shipping for a lower cost and give my customers deals or I can charge normal shipping cost and make an extra $7 per order.

The discounts definately help out so I would encourage people to consider being a powerseller if your on the fence, especially if you sell volume as this adds up quickly. Every hundred orders I ship that's an extra $700 for me.

That actually depends on how the buyer chose to search. If the buyer sorts by price+shipping and a seller isn't top rated but his identical item costs less than your's, well then he is listed first. Same thing holds true if sorting by time ending soonest. The only time that I can see the top rated label making a difference is when the search is by relevancy.

This is true but the default search is relevancy unless someone changes it to item ending soonest or lowest priced. Also, I'm not positive about this but when searching by lowest priced I imagine the powerseller/toprated seller gets top placement over non powerseller if they are tied on price. also because powerseller gets a price break in an ebay world where everyone seems to be getting the same junk from the same suppliers that couple percent they save may allow them to sell at a lower price

i agree with moviemans sentiment though it may not be worth the potential headaches if your product categories are something someone will use and return.

i imagine kids see the show and want to go with their parents and i get paretns trying to teach kids how to be independent, find your own ways to make money, hustle, teach kids the value of money, etc, etc, etc.

taht said it can be annoying too. i agree if its learning the family business or something i think the parents take it seriously and keep kids in line and out of the way. othertimes however its people rolling thru with a double stroller or toddlers ontheir shoulder.

that just slows down the whole auction process, clutters the narrow isles at indoor facilities, etc.

I know some of you have storage auction blogs and websites, all of you probably have ebay accounts or maybe your own online store or brick and mortar store.

I'm looking for some new content, fresh content and maybe a differnet perspective on storage auctions for FreeStorageAuctionLists.Com in the blog section.

If you'd like to do some guest blogging on the site I'd be happy to allow you to write a bio and also do a free plug for your site, ebay store, online store, hubpage or whatever it is you want to plug.

I'm pretty much open to any an all subject matters related to storage auctions, whats the resale market like, ebay tips, craigslist tips or even just funny stories and or experiences relating to storage auctions. Basically as long as its not just a press release or ad for your site and actually has some content and info I'd be happy to post it and give you a free plug. If your interested either contact me through the forum or send an email to [email protected]