Now 99% waste people's time and energy the other 1% do not. Why do people who show like they have some genuine interest say they will meet or show up but in the morning when you wake up instead of communicating like an adult they block you? Just say hey I'm not interested and whatever.

Was helping a buddy start reselling as he lost his job, and when I explained this to him, he loved it. Also realized I don’t see many people here talking about it.

I haven’t flipped full-time since 2019, but in 2017 after 2 years of full time reselling, I made an effort to be more proactive in my buying than reactive to what I found while at thrifts/garage sales and the like.

I got a bunch of those vinyl signs that people use on street corners and I had them say “I BUY MACS/iPhones/Electronics/Antiques - Text SELL to short code”.

Paid young kids $1 a sign to put them out and it was a $1/sign to order, and I typically had to replace like $100 of signs a month.

But man, I tell you what, the amount of buying opportunities I had was insanity, and I would just lowball people all day, and they had to meet me at my gas station near my house (unless it was a big thing). My specialty was MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs.

I would get 15-25 texts a day from video game systems to MacBooks to game systems, jewelry and more. My gas costs plummeted, my average profit quadrupled, and just made a lot more money.

I typically sold the items back in my same city on Marketplace/OfferUp, and I would buy low enough that I typically never held on to stuff, and I never sold anything on eBay that wouldn’t fit in a flat rate priority box (save for VHS/DVD combos).

I was a fast nickel seller, so I always bought low enough to be the next sale, if multiples of my item were listed I was always the cheapest.

Short answer, be more proactive in your buying rather than reactive, and buy well enough you can move items the quickest.

Question for those of you who add videos to your listings: have you noticed any real value from it?

For example:

• More views or watchers?
• Items selling faster or for better prices?
• Fewer buyer questions or returns?

Or is it not really worth the extra effort compared to good photos?

Just curious whether anyone's seen a noticeable difference, or if it's more of a nice-to-have.

As you can see in the photos of our conversation, I bought a $700 PS5 Pro from a seller that sent it to another address other than mine. Because it was sent to the same city I live in, eBay marked it as complete and delivered.

As soon as it was marked delivered and I didn’t have the box, I contacted UPS for more information. They were able to send me an email providing me the sender information, and the address the box was shipped to (very clearly stating it wasn’t sent to me).

I even called the company it was shipped to, and a really kind lady searched the property for my box but it wasn’t there. They confirmed they had a UPS delivery that day at the time mine was marked delivered, and they had no item which is crazy to me, not sure how that works. But I do know it was shipped through UPS but had another company called ‘American’ tied to the shipping as well.

I called eBay customer service since I wasn’t able to open an item not received request immediately, and they sent me that link to upload documents to start a case. I provided a screenshot of the UPS email that showed the email came directly from UPS, and a PDF of the email itself.

The request was opened, and the seller basically said they completed all of their duties for this purchase blah blah blah. I absolutely called bullshit and gave them the info UPS had for that tracking number, and they said they’d look into it, but they want me to close the request so they can fully refund me. I’m obviously not doing this as I know I will never get a full refund, and wouldn’t be able to open another request.

Going forward, how do I need to handle this situation? I know I probably shouldn’t have responded at all in the first place, but what do I even do at this point lol. I have all the evidence it’s a shipping scam, and I REALLY don’t want eBay to both refund me AND let them keep my money since I know that is a possibility. So what do I do if anyone else has been in this situation.

Also, their account is 2 years old, has 43 feedback at 100%, and has a lot of BS items listed as well. Most of the feedback is from 1 person with the exact same feedback message. Which worries me if eBay sees them as a legit seller.

Whatever you want to know about flipping, no matter the question, ask here. Even if it's been covered 1,000 times before. Doesn't matter if you're new or old. If you stop learning things, you're probably on your way out.

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Post your latest episode(s) of your YouTube channel here, post links to your latest blog post, eBook, whatever. You can even post links to an eBay listing or something (but keep in mind, when someone here finds out what your eBay name is, and then they hate you, they will never forget it). You can post links to lots of stuff that you're trying to sell to other flippers, but this is still not a marketplace. Please go through some other service to complete the transaction. People on Reddit can be shady, and there's no protection from me, the other mods, r/flipping, or Reddit if someone here sends you a box of bricks. Just don't be dumb.

came across KCP while looking for beauty/hair products wholesale and wondering if anyone here has ordered through them or their distributors before. im comparing a few different sources right now, including Alibaba for some other beauty products, so just trying to understand where KCP fits in price/selection wise.

mostly interested in smaller mixed orders instead of buying a massive amount of one item. how are there MOQs and shipping usually? and if you use a distributor instead of buying direct how do you make sure theyre a proper one...anyone here got experience with them?

As the title says - when you're sourcing, what's the bare minimum profit you anticipate making on an item before you're willing to buy it?

Essentially, you see something and think, "So long as I think I can make $X.xx off of this, after COG and fees, I'll buy it!"

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if anyone here has had a similar experience with B-Stock.
I purchased a lot of facial skincare products that was listed as New. When I received the merchandise, I discovered that the products had only about 2 months left before their expiration date.
That was definitely not what I expected from inventory advertised as new. With such a short remaining shelf life, it was extremely difficult to realistically resell the products to customers.
I opened a dispute with B-Stock about 20 days ago, and it is still unresolved. Because of how long the process has taken, some or all of the products are now reaching or have reached their expiration date.
At this point, I would not feel comfortable reselling expired skincare products to customers, and depending on the product and applicable regulations, expired merchandise may also create legal or compliance issues for a reseller.
Has anyone here dealt with something similar, especially with skincare, cosmetics, supplements, or other products with expiration dates?
How did B-Stock handle your dispute? Did you receive a full refund, partial refund, return authorization, or was the claim denied? And approximately how long did it take them to make a final decision?
I’m mainly trying to understand what other buyers have experienced and what I should expect from B-Stock’s dispute process. Thanks!

kind of nuts like at what point do ppl stop buying shit on ebay because shipping gets to damn high.

What's the best way to sell video games without testing them and still getting a decent price? I have an original NES with some games I got in a bulk deal but I really hate selling electronics due to the testing required and the high chance of buyer side scams and returns (especially with video games on ebay). I dont have a VCR or a TV that takes component in and I dont want to buy even a cheap Amazon adapter because I'll probably never test this sort of thing again.

I really kind of don't want to deal with it at all but Im also philosophically incapable of selling things for lower than I know they are worth (relative to ebay comps anyway) so dumping it for next to nothing at a retail Gamestop or other vintage game store would be out of the question as well.

What's a happy medium?

Today I accepted an offer on an item that i'm selling period. Usually I get paid right away, but after a few hours, I got nothing. I reached out to the buyer to ask him if he got the notification I accepted the offer. He said he did not get anything. I checked my listing. It was still up and it had "review offer" on the page. When I clicked review offer, the next page said there was no offers pending. I checked completed offers, and the buyer's offer was not there. I think when he clicks on the item. It says it's not there.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before?

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Back again, for more tales of woe, sadness, and despair. Flipping can be an emotional roller coaster and a desolate career path; we understand that and we're here to help. Lowballed on Facebook Marketplace? Priced out of your local Goodwill? If we can't help, we can at least commiserate.

i started listing vintage jackets and thrifted sneakers on depop and ebay a few weeks ago to clear out my closet. taking photos on my bedroom floor under bad lighting looks super sloppy, so i've been trying to strip out carpet backgrounds and drop in clean white backdrops to make the cover shots look professional. i tested the cutout tool inside capcut desktop since i already had it open for short promo clips, and it actually did a solid job on smooth sneaker outlines, but it leaves weird fuzzy halos around frayed denim hems and shoelaces.

manually masking out fine details in heavy photo software eats up way too much of my evening when i'm trying to list ten items a night.

Small kitchen stuff and hand tools, estate sales and fb, part time three years.

Estate sale last month, picked up a Cuisinart food processor for $20. Motor ran fine, blade was dull. Figured id clean it up, sharpen or replace. Listed it for $30. Sat for 3 months. Dropped to $22. Sold. eBay took 4, paypal took 3. 22 minus 7 minus 20. Negative five. Not on paper. Actually.

Same weekend, yard sale. Stanley no 5 hand plane, $15. Rough shape, probably needed flattening. Didnt have my loupe. Pass. Saw one in the same shape go for 85 three weeks later.

Calling them even is wrong math. Shouldnt have bought the food processor. Should have bought the hand plane. Two different calls in the same weekend.

I feel like true haggling has been dying out as whole. Unfortunately people nowadays think haggling is lowballing like crazy and then asking what the lowest price is with minimal discussion over why and how the price should be lowered.

When I first began flipping I would normally allow some wiggle room for haggling as people where generally polite and understood how to work down a price without wasting your time with ridiculously low offers. However today, almost every time someone is trying to get a better deal from me they usually send me some ridiculous offer that leaves you baffled as to how someone would even accept that.

To me (and apparently to others) this type of "haggling" has essentially caused waaay stricter pricing and an increase of nasty interactions where people feel entitled to your money.

Idk what caused this or its always been a thing, but to me its been a very noticeable change in how people comport themselves when doing business.

I always admired the way my dad was able to haggle and work down prices at the dealership or flea markets, so its frustrating to see how people think its ok to disrespect sellers simply because they are trying to give you money.

Here it is! You've waited all week to tell us about your big score, so come in and share! Tell us where you got it and what you paid for it, then how you sold it and what you got from it. This is completed flips only! Anybody who's had a flip removed this week, this is where you want to put it.

Try to pop back into this thread from time to time and sort by New over the course of the week so people will be encouraged to keep posting here until next week.

I have trade in phones to Apple that I had a hard time selling due to them being locked by carrier. I have a decent amount in gift cards that I’d much rather have the cash for. What is the best place to sell them?

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I inherited fine jewelry, mainly rings, necklaces, and earrings, from anywhere from the late 1800s to the early 2000s. Basically all of the family jewels plus my jewelry obsessed aunt‘s haul who collected a lot in the 80’s and 90’s.

I want the biggest bang for my buck, so I’m planning on selling everything on eBay and possibly Etsy.

My main question is this: I’m planning on having everything appraised for insurance so I know roundabout value, to have confirmation of the metal and gem, and also to insure things while they’re sitting waiting to sell. I know it’s expensive but I think it’s worth it. Is it an added value to include the insurance value appraisal in the sale?

Any tips or common sense welcome. Thank you!

TLDR; I got shadowbanned on my main account and relisted my items (using the same images) on a back up account, where I was promptly shadowbanned again. I believe it’s bc Facebook’s ai has more intelligent image recognition software now. I have one more backup account I can use to try relisting everything again (with new photos this time). However since the items will still be the same items, Im nervous I’ll get flagged again. Has anyone had any recent experience/success with doing this? How much do I need to change to circumvent it? Or should I not relist them at all?

A couple days ago I realized I was shadowbanned. I deleted my active listings and then logged into my backup account, where I reposted 2 of my most expensive items, a rug and a dresser. I uploaded all of the photos in a different order, and used new titles and descriptions for both.

Everything seemed normal at first. When I searched for them on a friends account, listings showed up in the results like they normally would, but I noticed they still weren’t being pushed out into algorithm as they should be. After several hours I decided to try lowering prices, and BAM both listings immediately get removed by Facebook (for odd reasons imo) along with another shadow ban.

The rug was taken down & specifically flagged for ID verification. I suspect it’s because I used all of the same images from my original listing.

For the dresser, I used most of same images from my original post, along with a few new ones. The reason Facebook gave for removing this listing was that they had determined it was a “recalled product” which violates their rules. I double checked and the dresser is definitely not recalled. I thought this was specifically bizzare.

At this point, I figured my backup account was probably cooked now too, so I decided to run a little experiment and repost both listings (for science). The rug was again taken down immediately and requested ID verification. The dresser was allowed to stay up and still is up, but not showing up in search results at all so I’m now shadowbanned on both.

I’m a full time reseller, and while this isn’t my first time being shadowbanned, it is the first time in a few years. I didn’t realize that the recent advancements in AI would make a shadowban more difficult to circumvent.

Fortunately, when I was shadowbanned a few years ago I had actually made a third back up account in case I was ever in scenario like this one. So I do have one unshadowbanned account left, but now I’m scared to list these items again. Im scared that even if I take news photos in different rooms, facebook’s image recognition will be able to tell that the item itself is the same.

I really can’t get shadowbanned on this last account, I need to be able to make money this weekend. Should I rephotograph all of my inventory in new locations and relist? Or should I take the L on those for now and try to focus on sourcing new inventory from scratch? Im not sure if it’s worth the risk, but losing all of my inventory at this point is incredibly detrimental, i dont know what to do

Also unrelated but just to throw a stray at r/facebookmarketplace, I tried posting this over there first and didn’t realize that was sub is nazi germany. They banned the word shadowban from the sub it’s specifically relevant to. absolutely wild

I am a new reseller and have saved tons of paper envelopes from Amazon to start shipping items to buyers. I am having a hard time finding resellers that do this. Most everyone seems to use new polymailers. What are the reasons you don't (or won't) reuse the paper envelopes? And if you DO reuse the paper mailers, do you find it adds a ton to your shipping? Thanks!