eBay Peeps

[ruby412]

I made my first listing!

Well, first in many years, really. I did it like 5 years ago and had a bad experience and swore it off for a while.

Any tips? What do you use to ship your item? Do you just do regular mail with tracking? Do you need to do delivery confirmation?

It was free to list and it says eBay will take 10% of my sale, which sounds fair.

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[muppetinma]

I'm a HUGE fan of USPS Flat Rate boxes. It's what I use for all of my Etsy stuff. I love not having to run to the post office with Andrew.

[ruby412]

May 31, 2013 14:04:27 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

I'm a HUGE fan of USPS Flat Rate boxes. It's what I use for all of my Etsy stuff. I love not having to run to the post office with Andrew.

How do you mail them? Do you put them in the big blue post box?

[muppetinma]

May 31, 2013 14:09:47 GMT -5 ruby412 said:

May 31, 2013 14:04:27 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

I'm a HUGE fan of USPS Flat Rate boxes. It's what I use for all of my Etsy stuff. I love not having to run to the post office with Andrew.

How do you mail them? Do you put them in the big blue post box?

I just stick them in my normal mailbox.  If it's too big, I stick it in a plastic bag and hang it off of the flag.  I live in a gated community though, so I'm not too worried about it disappearing.  If I didn't have a mailbox, then yes.  I'd stick it in the big blue box.  

[ruby412]

May 31, 2013 14:11:50 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

May 31, 2013 14:09:47 GMT -5 ruby412 said:

How do you mail them? Do you put them in the big blue post box?

I just stick them in my normal mailbox.  If it's too big, I stick it in a plastic bag and hang it off of the flag.  I live in a gated community though, so I'm not too worried about it disappearing.  If I didn't have a mailbox, then yes.  I'd stick it in the big blue box.  

No mailbox here. But I could swing the blue box. Has anyone ever tried to cheat you? Last time I sold on eBay someone claimed they didn't get the package, but I definitely sent it. I was really bummed because in those cases, you have to refund the money, and obviously you don't have the item anymore. (Of course I didn't verbally assault her a la Trudy and the Etsy lady. But I was annoyed!)

[muppetinma]

May 31, 2013 14:15:33 GMT -5 ruby412 said:

Nobody yet.  You can also add tracking, required signature, and all that onto the flat rate if you want to.