I have now gone totally free shipping and just raised the prices of all my items by up to $5 in some cases. I think it effects people psychologically too as they see free shipping and are like yea! woohoo! free! and they buy it. Obviously it could be coincidence but I have sold several items in the past few days that no one seemed to be interested in until I switched everything to free shipping.
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Yup, people sometimes will only look at the obvious and not the details⊠oh, itâs a few bucks more but they got free shipping⊠yet donât realize it kind of just balances out to be the same. People love seeing âfreeâ though in any type of purchase⊠makes it seem like itâs a better deal than it really is⊠
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You can still ship yourself on Mercari, you just click youâll do it and they give you the address. Then you can make a PayPal shipping label/Pirateship/Stamps whatever you use. I do that when I send something media mail, like a thick hardcover.
I opened a 2nd checking account with my bank solely for ebay so I donât mix bill money and comic money. It was definitely easy to manage with paypal as you could just let it sit there. It was hassle free to open the new account and link it to ebay though. I did it all online.
eBay did take a step backwards but I still have the funds within 2-3 business days. I do have some faith that theyâll speed it up or at least give the option to pay a small fee to do an instant transfer like PayPal charged 1% to do. I donât get them holding the money until itâs delivered. I donât get to take whatever I like at the store and only pay if I use or eat it. If I order from anywhere online those places have my money before they ship. They donât send it to me and then charge me when It arrives. That was called COD or cash on delivery and itâs barely/not done anymore.
I do. Itâs to ensure and ween out potential scammers.
Businesses who take money online to ship products ordered are normally reputable businesses with a license to conduct business. With an app like Mercari or eBay, anyone can sign up with relative easy fake info, sell a bunch of garbage, get the funds immediately to withdraw before the items arrive and are long gone, with cash in hand. We call these, fly by nighters I think in the old days⊠it still can happen and I think Mercari does this up front to prevent it for happening.
eBay was a little different as people could build up a reputation. I rarely buy from someone with zero feedback and those that do have zero of very small amount of feedback, I make sure to read before buying to get a little trust out of buying from them. Also, using paypal and eBay, they have seller protections setup (and eBay will likely eat the costs when scams occur). This is just Mercariâs way to build trust to buyers, they hold the money as a neutral 3rd party until the buyer gets what they paid for. It just prevents a bunch of headache.
Unless youâre doing business in person where the exchange happens in real time, thatâs all this is per se. Person gets purchased item while you get your cash upon delivery, when itâs in hand. Then everyone is happy.
Iâm thinking about using Mercari for some future sales since I donât like eBayâs new tactics and yes, them having more control over the payments. I think they should still allow sellers to use paypal. It goes beyond them in holding my cash for 3-5 days after the sale in why Iâm boycotting sellling on eBay now.
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I can understand with new sellers but people whoâve sold hundreds or thousands of items shouldnât have to wait for their money.
Maybe Mercari is faster once people gain trust as a seller. I donât know as Iâve invested zero time into looking into all their services, etc.
But then again, I could see some âconâ sellers spending the time in selling cheap stuff to gain trust, then do the total scam for a big payday⊠sell a hundred easy items then list a bunch of PS5 that everyone wants, get the money right away and bam⊠theyâre off living in their vacation homes on some Pacific Island⊠
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Look, these bank transfer fees to unlock my dead husbandâs fortune and give you his inheritance since he doesnât have any living heirs arenât going to pay for themselves, are they?
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The person I bought from had several hundred sales and they still had to wait for me to confirm it was delivered. It actually sat at the post office for an additional week as well. Since COVID and going to overnights for the holidays I only go once a week to the post office. Unless I have sold books those go immediately.
Mercari always has you wait for the buyer to confirm they are happy before you get paid. No matter how many sales you have.
Thatâs what I figured. But at least this is a policy you know going into and using their services.
I guess one thing that bugged me about eBay is, theyâre forcing a change on sellers instead of giving options. Normally such drastic changes donât go over so well. I know theyâve been warning users for some time but Iâm under the impression that Mercari you have options of how you receive payments right?
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You can have your balance go to your bank account over a period of days or do an instant transfer. You can actually have your instant transfer go to any debit card, so if you have a PayPal card you can have it instantly go to that and then you get the money right away in your PayPal account. A clever workaround.
Ah so likely if you got a Paypal card, you have to have Paypal business account⊠hmmmmâŠ
I have a PayPal business debit card but donât have a business account, I think? Dunno, they just offered me a card with cashback and I took the offer so I would get money back on purchases that I wouldâve used PayPal for anyways.
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Hi Michael,
We reviewed this case and decided to issue the buyer a full refund.
We didnât receive valid proof of delivery from you. Sellers must provide tracking info showing the item was delivered. Some orders also require signature confirmation. Learn more about our signature confirmation policy.
A refund of US $55.10 was issued on Dec 27, 2020 to the buyer. The refund includes the purchase price plus original shipping.
The refund amount will be recovered from you by eBay.
Well Covid Shipping nightmare drew first blood today. Now what happens to the items I shipped??? I am glad that I had stopped selling. I guess I going to have to switch to UPS or Fedex next year around November.
All my recent auctions a week before Christmas that ended, all the media mail were shipping out faster than the priority packages. I had almost half get delivered on Thursday after dropping off on Monday.
You should enter these buyersâ eBay handle in the appropriate forum as I would certainly block them.
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