Thrift Shop Pickups

[Hess687]

Had a buyer buy 14in hubcaps off me for $100 shipped. Gets them today and immediately opens a return stating the "Hubcaps don't fit".

I message him asking if there was something amiss in my listing so I can get it corrected for when he returns the item as these aren't cheap to ship out. Costs me 25 to ship and 25 to return, so any knowledge he can provide would be greatly appreciated so I can get it corrected.

He responds with, "I needed 15in hubcaps."

Then why did you buy 14in hubcaps, man?!! So frustrating.

[corndog]

Originally Posted by Hess687

Had a buyer buy 14in hubcaps off me for $100 shipped. Gets them today and immediately opens a return stating the "Hubcaps don't fit".

I message him asking if there was something amiss in my listing so I can get it corrected for when he returns the item as these aren't cheap to ship out. Costs me 25 to ship and 25 to return, so any knowledge he can provide would be greatly appreciated so I can get it corrected.

He responds with, "I needed 15in hubcaps."

Then why did you buy 14in hubcaps, man?!! So frustrating.

He should pay for return shipping.
Buying the wrong size in the first place and not fitting are separate issues.
This was his fault, not yours.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by Hess687

Had a buyer buy 14in hubcaps off me for $100 shipped. Gets them today and immediately opens a return stating the "Hubcaps don't fit".

I message him asking if there was something amiss in my listing so I can get it corrected for when he returns the item as these aren't cheap to ship out. Costs me 25 to ship and 25 to return, so any knowledge he can provide would be greatly appreciated so I can get it corrected.

He responds with, "I needed 15in hubcaps."

Then why did you buy 14in hubcaps, man?!! So frustrating.

He should pay for return, but with ebay would depend on the exact reason he gives

[goblue138]

Originally Posted by Hess687

Had a buyer buy 14in hubcaps off me for $100 shipped. Gets them today and immediately opens a return stating the "Hubcaps don't fit".

I message him asking if there was something amiss in my listing so I can get it corrected for when he returns the item as these aren't cheap to ship out. Costs me 25 to ship and 25 to return, so any knowledge he can provide would be greatly appreciated so I can get it corrected.

He responds with, "I needed 15in hubcaps."

Then why did you buy 14in hubcaps, man?!! So frustrating.

I had same scenario once but with jeans. Buyer returned because she said she needed 32 inseam and ones she bought were 30. I had pictures of measurements and listed them in description saying they had 30" inseam.

[Hess687]

Originally Posted by corndog

He should pay for return shipping.
Buying the wrong size in the first place and not fitting are separate issues.
This was his fault, not yours.

Originally Posted by shrevecity

He should pay for return, but with ebay would depend on the exact reason he gives

Originally Posted by goblue138

I had same scenario once but with jeans. Buyer returned because she said she needed 32 inseam and ones she bought were 30. I had pictures of measurements and listed them in description saying they had 30" inseam.

I offer free returns where I pay shipping on the return. I figured no matter the reason, I'd still have to pay so I didn't fight it.

On larger, heavier items, I'm thinking about switching to calculated shipping and/or buyer pays for return because it just kills profits if there is a return.

And it always stinks to have to refund a $100 item.

[TheWrightStuff]

Originally Posted by Hess687

I offer free returns where I pay shipping on the return. I figured no matter the reason, I'd still have to pay so I didn't fight it.

On larger, heavier items, I'm thinking about switching to calculated shipping and/or buyer pays for return because it just kills profits if there is a return.

And it always stinks to have to refund a $100 item.

This is not true at all.

[Hess687]

Originally Posted by TheWrightStuff

This is not true at all.

This is news to me....I offer free returns up to 30 days, offer free shipping on all my items and have it set where I pay return shipping to qualify for the TRS discount.

You mean to tell me, I can actually fight some of these? I don't have a lot of returns by any means, but this one perturbed me since I did everything right on my end.

[timfsu2k]

Originally Posted by Hess687

This is news to me....I offer free returns up to 30 days, offer free shipping on all my items and have it set where I pay return shipping to qualify for the TRS discount.

You mean to tell me, I can actually fight some of these? I don't have a lot of returns by any means, but this one perturbed me since I did everything right on my end.

You can fight it but if the buyer selects INAD as the return reason it can be a challenge. In your case with the hubcaps I would call ebay and explain the situation, they can see the messages and maybe if you push you can get a credit or possibly even a refund on the return shipping. It was obviously the buyer's fault so you might have a chance.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by Hess687

This is news to me....I offer free returns up to 30 days, offer free shipping on all my items and have it set where I pay return shipping to qualify for the TRS discount.

You mean to tell me, I can actually fight some of these? I don't have a lot of returns by any means, but this one perturbed me since I did everything right on my end.

Since you offer free returns tgey can return for any reason for free. If you did not offer returns, and they filed as not as described you could possibly fight it. In this case I don't think you have a case as tgey could have said they changed their mind and you would have had to pay return shipping.

Free returns means free returns for any reason

[Hess687]

Originally Posted by timfsu2k

You can fight it but if the buyer selects INAD as the return reason it can be a challenge. In your case with the hubcaps I would call ebay and explain the situation, they can see the messages and maybe if you push you can get a credit or possibly even a refund on the return shipping. It was obviously the buyer's fault so you might have a chance.

Already received them back and refunded the guy a couple days ago. I'll keep this in mind for future listings. Thanks.

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Since you offer free returns tgey can return for any reason for free. If you did not offer returns, and they filed as not as described you could possibly fight it. In this case I don't think you have a case as tgey could have said they changed their mind and you would have had to pay return shipping.

Free returns means free returns for any reason

Yeah this is where my head was at as well. I need to start not accepting returns or start charging shipping on heavier items just in the off chance they do get returned.

I don't mind on the smaller items that weigh 1-5lbs.

[r0yals2012]

Went up last weekend to help my aunt and uncle clean out their house as they are trying to sell it. And 40 years of accumulation after moving 3 times without getting rid of anything, it was fun to go through. Of course I wish I could have spent more than 2 days doing it as there is a ton of stuff. My aunt had no idea that blowmolds were worth what they are and she started to throw them in the dumpster before we told her don't you dare. They were a 3 foot Frankenstein and a large pumpkin, probably from the 80s. My best find was a Sony Walkman from 2008 still in the package never opened. My uncle had no idea they were worth $200. They said we get to keep all the money from the stuff we found that they were going to trash/donate

[Hess687]

So for those who build contacts to help out with sourcing....how would you go about with a response to this.....

Go to a sale, get to talking with the daughter, fills me in that her dad does clean outs of Notre Dame students. Everything was cheap. $2 or less. I end up spending close to $100 (so 50 items) after spending an hour there. I tell her what I do, I'm a stay at home dad who resells on the side.

She says she'll definitely keep me in mind for future sales and we exchange numbers, along with her dad.

They both reach out today and ask if I'm willing to swing by for some heavily discounted deals.

Now they have a TON of stuff left. Mainly clothing, but a ton of stuff. I feel as if I did a good job going through everything and picking wisely. I spent an hour there.

Knowing that I'd be getting a bunch of clothes, heavily discounted, I'd essentially be hoping to either stumble on a new brand that I wasn't aware of or stumble upon something I missed while the rest of the stuff I'd be donating.

How do I go about declining while keeping the contact as I just don't feel going through a ton of clothes, I already picked through and would donate the majority of them and possibly break even or come out ahead on the discounted sale, would be worth it.

[timfsu2k]

Originally Posted by Hess687

So for those who build contacts to help out with sourcing....how would you go about with a response to this.....

Go to a sale, get to talking with the daughter, fills me in that her dad does clean outs of Notre Dame students. Everything was cheap. $2 or less. I end up spending close to $100 (so 50 items) after spending an hour there. I tell her what I do, I'm a stay at home dad who resells on the side.

She says she'll definitely keep me in mind for future sales and we exchange numbers, along with her dad.

They both reach out today and ask if I'm willing to swing by for some heavily discounted deals.

Now they have a TON of stuff left. Mainly clothing, but a ton of stuff. I feel as if I did a good job going through everything and picking wisely. I spent an hour there.

Knowing that I'd be getting a bunch of clothes, heavily discounted, I'd essentially be hoping to either stumble on a new brand that I wasn't aware of or stumble upon something I missed while the rest of the stuff I'd be donating.

How do I go about declining while keeping the contact as I just don't feel going through a ton of clothes, I already picked through and would donate the majority of them and possibly break even or come out ahead on the discounted sale, would be worth it.

If you think you can at least break even I'd probably go for it. Shutting them down on their very first time reaching out will probably be the end of the relationship. If you end up doing the first deal and then the second deal is also picked over stuff you don't want then that's when you shut it down. You don't won't to be their dumping ground but you have to at least give it one chance IMO.

[Hess687]

Originally Posted by timfsu2k

If you think you can at least break even I'd probably go for it. Shutting them down on their very first time reaching out will probably be the end of the relationship. If you end up doing the first deal and then the second deal is also picked over stuff you don't want then that's when you shut it down. You don't won't to be their dumping ground but you have to at least give it one chance IMO.

Dangit....you make a good point. I'll reach out back to them and thanks for the response!

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by timfsu2k

If you think you can at least break even I'd probably go for it. Shutting them down on their very first time reaching out will probably be the end of the relationship. If you end up doing the first deal and then the second deal is also picked over stuff you don't want then that's when you shut it down. You don't won't to be their dumping ground but you have to at least give it one chance IMO.

Sometimes you gotta also be prepared to take the good with the bad. With my estate sale contacts sometimes I get so little that my only profit comes from the scrap value. Things like clothes the worst stuff just goes to the donation bins. The better stuff gets boxed up then once a year or so send it to my sisters when she has a garage sale or if I have time I will do a 3 day sale everything starts at 1.00 then day 2 its 50cnts then day 3 25 til noon at noon I give it away for an hour or so then load the rest into boxes to take to donation bins. I can usually fill up our Pathfinder at these sales for under 10.00 and there is almost always a hidden gem or 2 in the mess that was overlooked.

Also it gives you a chance to see how they are going to price things. If they are too high and you can break even go ahead buy and then hope that leads to better deals. If the next one they are still too high then that gives you a good indicator you need to rethink things,

[Hess687]

Just an FYI, don't wait until Monday to ship your items out as increases are hitting then, in certain shipping categories. There was a $1.00 difference in media mail pricing if I shipped something out on Monday as opposed to tomorrow (Saturday, 7/13).

[Cracktoast]

Are Squishmallows plush still a thing ? Talking about the older like 7 or 8" ones not the big jumbo ones they sell at Walmart. Saw a Halloween Jack o' Lantern one today but I wasn't 100% sure so I it. Thought with Halloween coming up it might be an easy sell.

[ajlaxmn]

Never overlook unique looking board games. Pick these up for $15 each preowned they should sell around $100 or more.

One of the things I learned first when I started Thrifting was being curious about unique looking board games. And that just blossomed into what I think is the number one rule when Thrifting is just be curious about something that looks like it’s made with quality and or is possibly unique in a certain category .


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[ajlaxmn]

Has anybody switched over to strictly Mercari? I’ve had a couple people that have been involved with reselling that I’ve been doing it for just as long if not longer than I have talk about switching to Mercari. The biggest thing being that the buyer pays the fees.and Ebay fees just continually going up and up I’m wondering if there’s a lot of items that I should possibly switch over and or just start switching over altogether. Would be curious if anybody has looked into it or if there are some major pros and cons that would sway my decision either way.


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[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by ajlaxmn

Has anybody switched over to strictly Mercari? I’ve had a couple people that have been involved with reselling that I’ve been doing it for just as long if not longer than I have talk about switching to Mercari. The biggest thing being that the buyer pays the fees.and Ebay fees just continually going up and up I’m wondering if there’s a lot of items that I should possibly switch over and or just start switching over altogether. Would be curious if anybody has looked into it or if there are some major pros and cons that would sway my decision either way.


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Buyers pay my fees on ebay. Sales are much slower. Pulled all my listings. Nearly every reseller I personally know has dropped Mecari that boat sailed a few years back

[ajlaxmn]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

Buyers pay my fees on ebay. Sales are much slower. Pulled all my listings. Nearly every reseller I personally know has dropped Mecari that boat sailed a few years back

Yeah Ebay sales are slow for me, figured just because it's summer, so expected. How do buyers pay your fees? Add that into the cost? Do you find that everything takes longer to sell, or do you get items so low that even at what they sell for on Ebay you are still making you targeted profit because you bought it so low?

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by ajlaxmn

Yeah Ebay sales are slow for me, figured just because it's summer, so expected. How do buyers pay your fees? Add that into the cost? Do you find that everything takes longer to sell, or do you get items so low that even at what they sell for on Ebay you are still making you targeted profit because you bought it so low?

If you are not considering fees when you price items you are hurting yourself. When I source I figure the approximate fee into the cost of item and judge it from there.

As far as mercari sales it's both slower and tends to sell for. Looking at some of the stuff I sell on mercari I could easily buy them there and flip on ebay and make good profit

[timfsu2k]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

If you are not considering fees when you price items you are hurting yourself. When I source I figure the approximate fee into the cost of item and judge it from there.

As far as mercari sales it's both slower and tends to sell for. Looking at some of the stuff I sell on mercari I could easily buy them there and flip on ebay and make good profit

Sounds like a good source of easy flips! Nice going!

[timfsu2k]

Originally Posted by ajlaxmn

Has anybody switched over to strictly Mercari? I’ve had a couple people that have been involved with reselling that I’ve been doing it for just as long if not longer than I have talk about switching to Mercari. The biggest thing being that the buyer pays the fees.and Ebay fees just continually going up and up I’m wondering if there’s a lot of items that I should possibly switch over and or just start switching over altogether. Would be curious if anybody has looked into it or if there are some major pros and cons that would sway my decision either way.


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I sell some on Mercari and actually have done pretty well lately. There's no way that I would only list there however. The buyer base is much smaller and the buyers on there trend towards the younger demographic. Find stuff that they are looking for and you can do well there.

[iluvfish2]

Here's an odd one! Local pickup (Magic being local and iconic here in Lansing). I can't find any info on it though. History i kinda can figure, pricing im clueless. Probably bring to the National.

So guessing local artist.

For sure 1970s Atlantic Mold.

But if anything its totally unique and with the dates puts this as Magics sophomore high school year which was Everetts first Regional championship (they lost states, but won that the next year).

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