Ive been thinking of buying a card I really like on ebay lately. Only thing is shipping to Canada is 30 somewhat dollars and USA is free. If I bought the card would anyone be willing to ship it up to me here? Could offer something for yor troubles, Ive had cards shipped to me for like 3$ not sure why the global ship program is such a rip off :[
Probably wont need it anyway Some sellers are so dumb lol, something listed for 270 with best offer, offering 225$ through p.pal youd think would be a fair offer, but they just cant grasp that concept lol
I see this far too often… eBay fees are only 9%. 9% isn’t a big deal and can’t justify a drop of $55 on a $270 item.
9% of $270 is only $24.30 and for myself, I don’t mind paying eBay a fee for their service as well as it just being easier to sell things direct through eBay as less messages etc. are involved. I sell all my items through there and accounting for the sale as well as shipping labels etc. its just easier when they are all together.
I do get that in this case it was listed as best offer, so they must have some wiggle room on top of the $24.30 that they would save in fees, but I for one do not do deals outside of eBay for new buyers. I cringe at how often it is brought up though, way more in my card sales than it is with other types of items. Circumventing the fees is frowned upon and I wonder when eBay will start cracking down heavier on it now that they do not own Paypal anymore.
I figured a 250 offer through Ebay would be equivalent to my offer. I saw the same card sell 200$ a few weeks ago at auction so my offer was fair I think. Granted I buy out of Ebay for all my base set cards, I dont get why its so frowned upon it just makes more sense and Ebay protection is garbage vs paypal so whats the point of paying a premium u know.