Well, the date was random. The time has meaning, but people either get it right away or they don’t.
I haven’t seen the picture, but would the time be 4:20 by any chance?
Heheheh…now I’ve seen it and confirmed my hypothesis!
I put the watch on ebay and I have a bid on it. I have a question though. I put the shipping at $5 the standard postal shipping rate. However, the bidder is in Costa Rica, so will they automatically have to pay however much it would cost to ship there? Are they only going to have to pay the $5 I put as the shipping rate even though that applied to the U.S. only. This is the first time I’ve sold anything on Ebay so I’m not sure exactly how it works. Any answers would be helpful.
You need a disclaimer, otherwise $5 is pretty firm. I mean you can email the winner and ask him to pay more, but he doesn’t have to accept. Many new sellers restrict their auctions to North America.
Yeah, that’s a bad deal. $5 would be pretty spotty even in the US since you need some signature confirmation of delivery and I’d personally insure it just to be sure. I’d never just mail something of value and take the buyer’s word on whether or not it arrived, and even if you use USPS Delivery Confirmation that just tells you it was delivered someplace. Insuring it adds another layer of tracking, and a return signature card is proof that they actually got it…but you ain’t gonna come close to covering that stuff with $5. And if it flat gets lost, the only way you’ll recoup is through insurance.
UPS Tracking isn’t much better, I’ve tracked a shipment to me that said the package was delivered at 7:06 PM. It was, to a house with the same number, on the street over. But that was going from the driver’s recollection, UPS’s tracking had it delivered to my number, my street, but on the opposite side of town.
Now with international shipping, the only way to get a signature delivery confirmation is with an express service like Next Day Air or Fedex, and that’s going to be $40 or something outrageous. Without it, all the buyer has to do is say they never got it and you go into Ebay Hell.
I’d shut the auction down, re-group, pay the listing fee as a initiation fee, and re-list it with some better spelled out terms.
Well here is the listing if it helps:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320169048140&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=011
It says on the page ships to United States and doesn’t mention foreign countries so does that mean I’m in the clear?
Yesbut be sure to PM the potential buyer and point that out. You can also edit the listing.
Insurance is a very bad deal, %-wise. Delivery Confirmation is a great idea.
Thanks for the advice DrDeth.