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Community ManagerPermalink Reply by Simon Farnworth on -
Hi TT,
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Permalink Reply by Tropical Thought on -
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ot this doll on ebay because I had to buy her to get another Maddie Mod with a different color hair. Now, I have too many blond Maddie Mods. I was going to sell her back, but the listings are confusing me. I don't want to have to pay a lot of fees. I want to one of those buy it nows where the listing stays up for 30 days or forever I mean, hopefully, but I can't even find that option, the buy it now is only listed as 7 days or to get 10 days you pay more money. I don't think 10 days will cut it all, I don't think this doll will sell, but there are some Maddie Mods listed for like 65 dollars that have been there forever. I was going to 10 dollars or maybe 12 to cover the buy I would have to spend on buy a box. The problem is just space really and this one has a nice box, the loose ones don't sell at all. I mean the box is pretty good for the age of the box. I have two blond Mego Maddies and one other Princess Grace that is exactly the same as this one. I don't need so many blonds. What kind of aution do I need?
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Permalink Reply by Evelien on -
I just found out how silly I've been. eBay can't help it, it's my stupid mistake. I honestly thought that if I'd search ebay.com every day, I'd capture everything around the world on eBay at that time, with that particular search phrase. Whoops. I just tried ebay.co.uk and found SO much more fitting stuff for my 6" dolls, including some dolls. TLC and overpriced, so I'm not going for them right now, but still. I must have missed a lot.
Which domains do you check for dolls? I think I'll AT LEAST have to check three domains daily now: .com, .co.uk and .nl. Oh, .de could be useful too. And .ru. Lol. Just for the record, I already thought searching eBay was a drag because there are SO many search phrases I need to use not to miss anything:
- 'pamela love'
- 'pamela simba'
- 'sarah louise'
- 'judy'
- 'zodiac toys'
- 'ocean toys'
- 'cean toys'
- 'little susana'
- 'little angela'
- 'mini sindy'
and I'm probably forgetting a few. Sometimes combining things like 'little ballerina debenhams' gets me the right dolls as well. Lol.
Hey, I chose this hobby :P
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Permalink Reply by Tropical Thought on
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You can set up all kinds of searches, but often they do miss items. I don't know why, if you go and do a new search on something you are having email searches, there can be something that you did not see. Also some people mislabel the doll, they don't know what the doll is so they mark it clone or even Barbie, when it is not a Barbie, or they put in things like "a doll like Barbie." But, if you try to search the word Barbie you will have to spend all day just looking at the 1000 of new items marked Barbie. Some people think any fashion doll is a Barbie Doll.
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Permalink Reply by Evelien on
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Yeah, I know what you mean. Most people who own Pams, don't know they're Pamela Love. And since they aren't marked Simba on their backs, but Ocean Toys (which people often think says 'Cean Toys'), just like other similar dolls, it's very hard to find them. Most people don't even bother looking on their back or head. They throw them with a bunch of other dolls in one lot. Sigh. :P Which is why I also look for ads on marktplaats.nl, searching for 'several barbie dolls' lol. Every now and then I'm that fanatic...
Fortunately, most boxed dolls are named correcly when they're on auction. Although yesterday I found - completely by accident - an auction for a 'Pamela Dove' :P
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Permalink Reply by Evelien on
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Just got an e-mail from todocoleccion.net...
"The seller of item number 23940373, for sale in allcollection.net has decided to delete your question
'May I ask why you won't send the dolls outside of Spain? I'm willing to take the risk. I can pay through PayPal or bank transfer.'
for considereing it inapropriate."
Oh well. Can't say I didn't try -_-
And they can't spell 'inappropriate'. So there.
:(
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Permalink Reply by Rose Red on -
I think to have 30 listings or 'Good until sold' are only available if you have an Ebay shop. Fees will not be high if you start low - although remember you have final value fees. If I am really selling well, my ebay fees can be up to $500 a month - although now I use Auctiva I hope that will come down a bit.
Ebay is getting worse and worse - much harder to navigate than it was a few years ago - although I guesss compared to when it started it is faster....I have to go and list some things today and I so don;t feel like it!
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Permalink Reply by Tropical Thought on
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It is too much work for too little profit.
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Permalink Reply by Rose Red on
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Yes, sometimes selling low cost items ( under $25) doesn't seem worth the work - but once you know how to do it, it an be very quick, and the money does add up.One of my friends sells books and other stuff she doesn't want all year and leaves it in her paypal account - it's her holiday spending money every year, like a sort of saving account.
Selling low cost items is annoying, as all the trouble I have had on ebay has been over these items, buy I would rather get something than nothing, and it does help increase my feedback.
The majority of sales I do are our own doll, Lalka, who sells for $175 or higher end Sindy - but I'll sell anything.....
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Permalink Reply by Tropical Thought on
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Why do some ebay sellers write a whole novel and copy the same text to each purchase? I am really mad, because this seller was one of those who did not bother to write a description but just goes on and on about things that are of no significants or meaning. Then way down at the bottom in tiny print, the other with in huge letters of different colors, I don't wash the clothes, I just pack them in dryer sheets. Of course I did not bother to read all that, and did not notice it until I bought the clothes. If clothes are going to have a funny smell, that should be posted in an early place not hidden underneath the tome. If it had been, I could have asked him not put mine in a dryer sheet. The smell will not come out. The clothes were cheap and I was surprised I even won them. Some time I just throw in a bid when it's cheap just for laughs and almost never win them.
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Permalink Reply by Tropical Thought on
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I just wanted to add, lot of people use the ebay app for iphone or ipad, and it doesn't have flash, so you can't read the descriptions anyway, so why do they assume everyone is using a computer in which they are able to read long descriptive passages? I would read them if they were about the item, but when they are all the same for each item, I don't see the point in reading all of that, and a lot of it is self praising ranting about how wonderful they are and how they buyer don't pay them fast enough. It's like reading someone blog, and I just don't care.
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Permalink Reply by Rose Red on
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I do assume that if buyers are going to buy something they are going to take the trouble to read the description! If they don't well, they have only themselves to blame, but ebay do not see it that way and always find in the favour of the buyer. I do sssume that people use a computer - that's what ebay is designed for - NOT an ipad or whatever.
I'm really tired of inane questions from buyers! For example ' Is this a real Bild Lilli?' Well, err - am I really going to sell a real Lilli for $175 BIN? READ the description......we are really exact in what we write and it took us a long time to get the description accurate. I had someone recently oaning that the body of oour doll is painted - it says so in the very begining oof the description - which they had obviously not read....
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