I will say, these shops that just hold their overstock forever are silly. Iād hire a high schooler to run one of these facebook groups where they sell everything for a buck or two. I pay attention to those from time to time, and it looks like they sell a ton. Get rid of that overstock. Maybe keep 2-3 copies for your back issues if you have room. But, some of these shops have 20 copies of a book they canāt move.
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I agree with Joe. If I was running a comic retail business I would have a heavy online presence. Hire a teenager or two to do nothing but pack and ship comics all day in a warehouse. Have them monitor social media etc. These $5 books theyāre selling they probably got them in as a collection and most likely paid 25 cents each for them. You can move hundreds of these comics per day.
Thatās how I would run my business. The goal for me is to move as much inventory as possible. Sadly a lot of shops in my area run their business like their personal man cave and never wants to move anything. Itās the same overstock from years ago and donāt have blowout sales to purge inventory. Perhaps itās the mindset that comic books have perceived potential value in the future so theyāre happy to hold on to them, who knows?
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Why we see or have seen so many retailers close up shop. Too many act like consumers instead of managing their customer base needs and wants. Order what you know you can sell from customer pre-orders, buy a few for the shelf, donāt chase ratios thinking youāll make up all the money from thoseā¦
I have a shop that I frequent that doesnāt order a ton of new books, but enough. They then MAYBE keep 1-2 copies in a couple āNew Booksā long boxes at $3 each. The rest go into their dollar bins a couple weeks after being a new release.
This shop is also doing VERY well from what I understand. Just moved to a larger space. They just seem to have things figured out.
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Iāll add todayās buyer disputeā¦buyer never messaged me first, just opened a case for item not received with a note that says that even though they updated their address with eBay it was shipped AND delivered to an old address that they cannot get the item from but they still want it 
Since it was delivered Dec.4 and thereās tracking to prove it Iām assuming eBay will side with me but then Iāll have to deal with this Karen dmāing me to let me know how itās my fault etc for a whole $20 sale lol
Yup, Iād just tell the buyer you are working with eBay since you shipped the label based on their address that was provided through the eBay platform. Iām sure theyāre lying and probably updated after the fact when they realized it was the wrong address. So let eBay take care of you.
How would you even know their old address as well? If it was right in eBay like they claim it was, youāre only provided that information after someone buys from you. You donāt even have that information until that moment happens.
Please share this special turd muffinās eBay ID in the eBay Seller/Buyer Avoid List
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Iām stealing turd muffin, not sure Iāve heard that before 
I would feel bad and refund if it was postal issue like delivered mangled or not delivered at all but delivered to the wrong place because of buyer not double checking where it was getting shipped to? Sorry not sorry
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So hereās one. Partly my fault. Not sure what to do.
Buyer pays for two items togetherā¦one sale as they must have checked it out that way in the cart. They paid for shipping on both.
Unfortunately one of the items I had recently sold on Mercari and forgot to take down the Ebay listing (thatās where the blame falls on me). It appears because they purchased the two at the same checkout, I canāt cancel one unless I cancel bothā¦.even though they paid for individual shipping.
So I reach out and apologize and say I canāt ship one Item, and asked if they still wanted the second. I offered to take $5 off the item I would ship for the inconvenience (free shipping basically) and full refund for the other book.
3 days have passed with no response. But hereās where it gets interesting.
I relisted another copy as I didnāt want to wait for this to get resolved before I list my extra copies. That sold too within hoursā¦.to the same person!!!
So Iām like āwtfā¦you donāt respond to my message, but youāll keep buying more copies of the same book?ā
So I reached out again and asked if they wanted two copies of the same book, or was that an error (and I can cancel the original sale).
Iām giving it a few more hours before so just cancel the first sale to be done with it, and ship the second sale. They obviously want the bookā¦I just donāt know how many copiesā¦
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Cancel the first sale. Fulfill the second.
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Had an eBay screwup yesterday as well, not sure if Iām really to blame or not but Iām just confused.
Sold two copies of the same book yesterday, both heading to the US. One is going International Shipping through eBay, easy and simple, send it to the hub. The second is going through normal channels and the regular customs routine and such. Again, old hat, no problem.
I go and check the tracking numbers today to make sure they are on their way, I saw them scanned, so I know they are in there but I notice this:
Its the same guy! As far as I can tell the same guy bought both books but because one was going to the eBay International hub in Toronto and the other to his home address I didnāt notice. He apparently bought one, paid for eBay International Shipping, and bought a second and paid for the regular shipping???
I feel bad since I probably should have noticed that, and would have asked him if he wanted to have them combined shipped but they are both sent now, so not much I can do about it. That is a first for me though.
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Thanks for this post. While the dilemma is unfortunate, you did a good deed for the day. I didnāt realize that book finally caught some price love. I have an extra I need to sell and will get it listed.
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Not sure eBay will let you ācombineā orders internationally, as they charge the buyer based on whatās input. So combining messes that up.
What I did when I encountered this is that I made sure the āextraā comics fit in the same box and didnāt exceed the max weight I entered. Then added the tracking number to the āextraā comics and marked as shipped.
Hopefully it goes wellā¦I havenāt checked the statusā¦
I picked one up today for $3 at Half Price Books. It is in great condition, time to list! God bless HPB and how the pricing makes no sense with some pricey stuff cheap and dollar books marked for twenty smackers.
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I have sold a bunch on Mercari as of late.
Yesterday someone made an offer on three books I had up. Not expensive in any way. And just stuff I didnāt mind letting go cheap.
Anyway, someone made an offer of $20 on three books. They were listed for $35 total. because of the way Mercari does shipping it was charging them $15 shipping for 3 lbs. their offer essentially was $35 shipped.
I sent a message to the buyer saying if you would go $25 I would do a separate bundle just for them with 1 lb shipping making the total $31 saving them money and making me more.
They didnāt respond
So I waited almost the 24 hours and didnāt hear anything back
I shot them a counter offer of $25 plus the 3 lb shipping. Hoping to get their attention.
Well, the fools accepted the offer. Ended up paying more.
I just donāt understand people b
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Math is hard.
I do that all the time on Mercari when ai get bundle offers. Tell them Iāll create a separate listing for cheaper do them, more for me. Typically they go for it.
What I shipped.
Pictures of the damaged book.
First return requested in I donāt know how many yearsā¦and And this is what I get.
Odds that the person just tries to force this through, and so have to waste my time arguing with eBay to not take my moneyā¦.?
Argue it. Call eBay. He is not even showing the right book. He is claiming damage on a book from someone else I bet.
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