How Do I Find eBay Sellers? and Help with eBay Changes

May 26th, 2011 |

Author: admin

Dear eBay Queen:

I’ve been selling for 7 years on eBay. For the last few years I have consistently seen the same guy at auctions, estate sales and garage sales. He is ALWAYS outbidding, me and sometimes I’m sure he’s laughing at me when he does it. Have you ever felt this way?

Yesterday, I was standing in line at the post office and guess who walks in? The Guy! I smiled and he nodded at me. I wanted SO badly to ask what his eBay name is, but I just don’t have what it takes to do this. Is there a way to look this guy up without knowing his eBay name? I do know his first and last name, can I do it that way?

KKB, Gardner, KS

Dear KKB:

When I first started going to auctions, I felt the same way you do. I have learned the hard way to decide before I start bidding what I will pay for each item. I do it this way so that I don’t get caught up in that feeling that I am competing with someone standing across the auction ring. When you get caught up in that, you will end up spending more than you want to.

There isn’t a good, sure fire way to figure out someone’s eBay ID. If you were patient and knew what “The Guy” was selling, you could figure it out. Here’s how to do it:

· Put an item you know they bought to sell on eBay in the search box

· Select “Distance: Nearest First”

This also works when you want to buy something close to you. Good luck finding your nemesis’ eBay ID

Dear eBay Queen:

I just found out in July that my Power Seller discount will be taken away. I also found out that I am going to be charged more in final value fees in July! It is almost impossible to get the 20% discount as a Top Rated Seller since the requirements are ridiculous and so hard to achieve. eBay keeps advertising these as NEW LOWER RATES! It seems to me that my fees are going way up. Is there even a point to being a Power Seller anymore if you don't get a discount? I guess the only way to do this is to move all of my listings to free shipping, so that I can at least get better search engine rankings. I already have my absolute highest prices on eBay, but I guess this means I'll just have to raise my prices again.

This month as a fluke, I decided to list a few of my items on all of the eBay international sites. I had a buyer on eBay.de purchase a necklace from me. I don’t think she’s received it yet. I shipped it in the beginning of May. This morning I received and email from her. With my luck she wants a refund, and it hasn’t arrived yet! Here’s what she said: Danke soviel für die schöne Halskette. Ich möchte ein anderes gerade wie es für meine Mutter bestellen. Haben Sie ein anderes, das ich kaufen könnte? Informieren Sie mich bitte bald, ich möchte dieses für mein kaufen; s-Geburtstagfeier.

Guess what? I can’t read a word of it. Somehow I'm supposed to respond to this on eBay.de what do I do?

I've really about had it. When are they going to realize that these constant fee changes just mean higher selling prices for the buyers? I'm sure buyers aren’t crazy about it either.

Silver Seller

Dear Silver;

The good news about the up coming changes in July? Everyone is in the same boat. All sellers are going to be raising their prices, not just you. If you check your seller dashboard, it will show you how the new fees will effect your wallet.

How are you doing adding your items to other eBay sites? I have not done that yet, and wondered if it was worth the fees. I had no idea that eBay did not convert the emails into English. There is an easy way to translate any email, or website language; go to: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ I translated your email for you. The buyer is very happy with the item, and wants another one! Here is what it says:

Thank you so much for the beautiful necklace. I would like to order another one just like it for my mother. Do you have another one that I could purchase? Please let me know soon, I would like to buy this for my birthday celebration.

Strange eBay item of the week: eBay item: 230624681772(enter this number in the eBay search box in the top right corner of the home page): Did you watch the Royal Wedding? Check out Princess Beatrice’s Royal Wedding Hat by Philip Treacy SOLD $131,341.47 http://cgi.ebay.com/Princess-Beatrice-Royal-Wedding-Hat-Philip-Treacy-/230624681772