See that? That's item number 40,000. I've written up 40,000 UNIQUE items.
I starting using Sixbit Software a couple of years ago when Blackthorne was no longer supported by eBay.
I get asked quite frequently *how do you get so many eBay items written up?* I owe everything I am to Sixbit software. If it were not for my listing program, I would not get so many things written up.
You may know that eBay is currently judging sellers on how quickly the post office handles the package. If the item I sent is not handled correctly, I may get a defect. Too many defects, and I can not sell on eBay. Here is an excellent example of why eBay sellers should not be judged on how well the shipping carrier handles the item.
This may seem normal to you if you do not know Kansas very well. Below is a map of where this item went… Do you see how this item was "out for delivery" in Oskaloosa, KS? Oskaloosa is not even the NEXT zip code over, it's 70 miles away from my post office.
This map shows how it went from Morristown, TN to Knoxville, TN then to Kansas City KANSAS, to Oskaloosa, Kansas then sent to Kansas City MISSOURI then to Rantoul, Kansas.
This isn't even the best example. I have packages that show items going to California and they were sent to Florida. This is just one of the reasons eBay needs to re-think their defect ratings.
If you don't watch Seinfeld you might not understand my proclamation… You see George.. the bald guy, discovers he is going to received a severance package from his last job he was fired from The New York Yankees. The severance package should last him about three months, so he decides that he is going to take full advantage of three months off and become very active. Except he doesn't…instead of living a active lifestyle as he had planned, George becomes incredibly lazy. He never changes out of his pajamas, and feels too weak to even come to Jerry's apartment, and he sits around the house eating cheese straight off the block.
Which leads us to what it means to me…
This week we've talked about it being the week of Suzie…. because I don't have to be anywhere this week except church on Wednesday for Youth Group… oh and Thursday I have to take the boy to his internship.
April and May have been two incredibly busy months for me. My eBay business didn't have anything to do with how busy I was.. So this week I plan on catching up on a few things… cleaning my house and eBay. My family is pretty excited too.. because we have plans to eat dinner at home each night this week. Something we haven't done in quite awhile. 🙂
BUT being that it's the week of Suzie… I may end up like George………… and just sit around watch movies and needlepoint all week. 🙂
Here's my needlepoint… I'm almost done with it. This is the one that I started in March You can check out it's beginnings HERE.
I'm almost done… but I'm waiting on some fibers to come to me in the mail.
I received an email from a potential international buyer:
"I would like to bid on this item. I'm from Spain and my address is a P.O. Box of the Spanish national post company Correos, instead of a typical address. Could this be a problem? Anyway, I have received a lot of things by standard post from US by USPS International First-Class or USPS Priority International without problem."
I didn't really think much of this first, other than she is from Spain, so I messaged her back:
"Hi! As long as your address is verified through eBay and PayPal, there should not be any problems shipping this to you."
She emails this back to me..
Though my address, in both my eBay and Paypal accounts, is correct, I haven't a verified Paypal address. For this, it is necessary that the Paypal address be the same one as in my credit card, that is my home address. But in this moment, this is a problem for me because I am out home many time due to my work. In addition, the postal service is not very good to my home address. Because this, I a have a PO.Box, but it can not be a verified address.
As I commented you before, I have received a lot of things that I have bought from US for the last four years through Ebay, always by USPS International First-Class or USPS Priority International without problem. I have even received signed-for packages. In this case, my postal office alerts me when the packet arrives, and I have to sign the receipt when I pick up the package.
The inconvenient of the PO. Box is that many courier agencies, like UPS or Fedex, do not want to deliver to this kind of address. This is also the case of the courier that the Ebay Global Shipping service uses. In addition, the time for the delivering to a PO Box by standard post is greater than by courier. I know that the time that packets take to my PO Box from US varies between 10 and 30 days, and it depends on the kind of service, and if there is a retention in customs.I also have experienced that some packets are retained in customs a few days, and then I have to pay custom taxes for it. In these cases, when the packet arrives finally to my PO. Box, my postal office alerts me about the customs, and I pay the tax it in the office when I pick up the packet.
If you do not see clear whether to send to me address, or it seems complicated for you, I have no objection to not make the purchase. Do not worry about this.
Many thanks for your attention.
Kind regards
This buyer seems completely nice and upfront, but there is something that seems off. What do you think?