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My record has 10 watchers! is that decent for being up one day? Selling records is nerve wreaking!!

for one day that's good!

I just notice that my listings say I do not accept returns. Ebay won't let me change this is revisions for the listings. Should I write in the description that I accept returns within 14 days or just let them be?

yeah, if u can change the listings, do it!

i dont think thats gonna stop many ppl from bidding though tbh

i've only ever had one return, a rare oop look copy of a gentle waves LP that was in merely "ok" shape. dude returned it and it was destroyed en route. he didn't pack it well. mfer.

Ebay won't let you change your return policy on the listing, but I was thinking I would write in the description that I accept returns. Why wouldn't ebay let you change it?

it probably has something to do with people changing it the other way around i imagine?

yeah that makes perfect sense.

Still no bids on Sweet Inspirations, a little nervous. It was been viewed almost 200 times, but only has 9 watchers, down from 10. The rest of my records have been viewed 10 or 15 times, so that's something...

i bid on the sweet inspirations.

;)

HA! I was just telling Tera I think my friend Ian bid on the record!

<3

What really surprises me is how many people are watching A Train the jazzy AOR record. 41 views and 18 watchers. Both bids are from Japan.

i was v surprised when that didnt go fast (or at all) in your waxi sale

Me too, I thought 70 was a great markdown.

That was fun!! Thanks Ian!!

I didn't come close to the previous sale, but I'm not complaining!

not bad at all!

It's looking like europe and japan are getting all of the records I'm selling. I'm awful at figuring out international shipping.

it's gotten pretty expensive. send first class intl not prioty, unless they want tracking, cuz sometimes intl packages are hard to track.
the japanese have been buying all our good records for so long. they are so refined in their taste. 10 yrs head of the curve

definitely get tracking. and insurance. you gotta cover your butt. i charge 15 bucks flat worldwide but if a record sells for over a hundred i pay the extra shipping to send it priority with tracking. which is like an extra 15 bucks usually. i don't mind paying the extra money cuz the last thing you want is have someone say they didn't get a $$$ record. because there is nothing you can do about it and ebay/paypal will just take the price of the record from you. you have no rights in that case.

yeah, i mean, if yer sending a hundred dollar record it makes sense. i am not abt to pay $15 extra for something that only sold for $25 tho. ya know whattamean? there goes all the profit.

no i never do that. but i've learned the hard way to send pricy shit securely.

ebay does not do anything to help the seller. My dad has been stuck a couple of times selling internationally, but fortunately not for anything too expensive.

you can always ask someone: look would you pay an extra 15 bucks or whatever to make sure it gets there? some will. if they don't want to, then you'd better do it yourself. discogs is good for that. you can negotiate with people and ask them what they want to pay for before they send you money.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330811577399

tired of discogs

everyone watch it and tell your rich hippie friends plz

least favorite thing:
getting outbid notice in the email after getting you did not win notice.

today's victim: a scarce-but-not-expensive nicholson's players 78.

really hope this phish record gets a couple more bidz

14 bids is a lot of bids!! I'm sure it will.

or maybe...

whoops

probably should have set the reserve so i would break even hahaha

this is how we learn guys

you should never try to out smoke a phish fan.

The cover has been taped on the bottom and has some sort of liquid stains on the bottom and the record has some scratches and is a bit dirty and needs to be cleaned.

Chubby Checker's "Your Twist Party" on Parkway Records. record has some scratches, a couple are deep on one side, so don't know if it will play or not. THERE IS NO COVER FOR THIS ALBUM!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chubby-Checker-Your-Twist-Party-Parkway-P-7007-NO-COVER-/271093790626?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3f1e72f7a2

$10.78 Economy Shipping

oh jeez. i won an auction for a Roxy Music 2lp bootleg at a good price (no other bidders). the guy had shipping listed at $8.75 or something. i emailed to see if the standard $4 media mail was an option, and he wrote back that he's not familiar w/ that but he'd check at the post office. a week went by, and he then replied that the post office told him they cannot accept anything w/ an LP's dimensions as media mail... so i gave up, and just went w/ the $8.75 shipping (lp was at a good price). three weeks pass, nothing. i write to the guy, and he said he was waiting on record mailers, but since i wrote, he figured i must be in a hurry (!) so he packaged it in a different box. i feared the worst. lp arrived last week, actually packaged well (it better be, for $8.75) BUT ONE OF THE LPS HAS A BIG SCRATCH THAT SKIPS.

kinda boring story, i know.

no no i was on the edge of my seat

i'll be sure to report back soon w/ the thrilling story of how i resolve my feedback on this transaction.

i am waiting for a japanese guy to pay me for a funk 45. then i can buy more 78s.

"ATTENTION: THIS IS PICK UP FROM ME ONLY (IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM)...BEFORE ORDERING SEND ME A PM TO MAKE ANY ARRANGEMENTS TO PICK THIS UP IN PERSON IN THE COMING MONTHS...DO NOT ORDER WITHOUT DOING THIS AS THE ORDER CANNOT BE COMPLETED THROUGH POSTAL / PAYPAL CHANNELS...THERE WILL BE NO DEALING WITH THIRD PARTY CLOWNS FOR THIS..."

now i'm picturing a hungover clown driving to his third little kid party of the day. a clown's life. its no picnic.

i was really hoping to swing by and pick of the record afterward, but NO

http://pds.joinsmsn.com/news/component/mdtoday/201208/14/20120814142014_5029e00ec7949_1.jpg

really hope this phish record gets a couple more bidz

― 69, Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:39 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

14 bids is a lot of bids!! I'm sure it will.

― JacobSanders, Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:01 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or maybe...

― scott seward, Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:43 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

whoops

― 69, Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:48 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

probably should have set the reserve so i would break even hahaha

― 69, Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:48 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is how we learn guys

― 69, Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:48 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

postscript:

dude never paid, i moved it back over to discogs for $700, and it sold the same day. lady was stoked, paid immediately, and i shipped it fully insured today.

i hate deadbeat ebayers but that dude was a blessing in disguise~

i had one dude who didn't pay on a $5 underworld 12" and then claimed he did pay and actually had received the record, but i still had it! it was like something from 'lost highway'. record nerd versh.