Archive for November, 2009

Should You Offer Free Shipping on eBay?

Both eBay sellers and buyers will be familiar with this tactic sometimes practiced by sellers hoping to avoid eBay’s Final Value Fees: they charge a very minimal price for the item itself (say, 99 cents for a book) but then offer what seems to be an unusually high shipping  and handling fee, e.g., $20 for [...]

Finding eBay Treasures at Garage Sales: Myth or Reality?

Once upon a time, would-be eBay Power Sellers moved on from selling their own unwanted items to sourcing their inventory from yard sales, thrift shops and estate sales. Stories of the eBay seller who bought a $5 dining table at a garage sale and then subsequently selling it on eBay for ten, fifteen, even a [...]