Laws of the eBay Universe

by | Jun 14, 2013 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Misc | 1 comment

  • The amount of trouble a customer is is directly proportional to how little they paid for their item.
  • The ones who buy the most expensive items are always secretly the cheapest bastards. (You paid $500 for the item but flip out at $3 shipping?)
  • The buyer you spent the most time answering questions for will be the one least likely to actually buy anything from you.

What ones would you add?

1 Comment

  1. Ed Weber

    I would add that if you get a “do you have a BIN on your auction / would you sell it now for $XX”, your item will ALWAYS sell for more than they are offering you.
    Also, your top eBay law is so accurate that I now will try to only sell things I think I can get at least $20 for.

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