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This is very strange.
Last Post Nov 5, 2009 4:57 PM by: shabbychicandpink
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quelimaine
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This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 11:50 AM
It seems the harder I work listing items for sale the more I make.

When I work a full eight hour day on eBay for several weeks in a row I make thousands each week.

When I work four hours a day on eBay for several weeks in a row I make hundreds each week.

The less I work, the less I make.

Is anyone else having this problem? Or is it just another one of eBay's sinister tricks to get of us?
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myboardid
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 12:08 PM
Huh?
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nothingisreal
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 12:13 PM
quelimaine wrote:
The harder I work listing items for sale the more I make. The less I work, the less I make.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
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kumbayawastaken
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 12:16 PM
What a concept!
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keldasales
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 12:20 PM
nothingisreal wrote:
quelimaine wrote:
The harder I work listing items for sale the more I make. The less I work, the less I make.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

:^O
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reallynifty
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 12:37 PM
quelimaine wrote:
It seems the harder I work listing items for sale the more I make.

When I work a full eight hour day on eBay for several weeks in a row I make thousands each week.

When I work four hours a day on eBay for several weeks in a row I make hundreds each week.

The less I work, the less I make.

Is anyone else having this problem? Or is it just another one of eBay's sinister tricks to get of us?


Can we see your completed auctions so we can judge for ourselves if your theory actually works?
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toneee
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 1:42 PM
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How about sharing ???

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I came to being an

Oh well, maybe next month ...
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tiredofcarp
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 4, 2009 7:09 PM
quelimaine wrote:
It seems the harder I work listing items for sale the more I make.

When I work a full eight hour day on eBay for several weeks in a row I make thousands each week.

When I work four hours a day on eBay for several weeks in a row I make hundreds each week.

The less I work, the less I make.

Is anyone else having this problem? Or is it just another one of eBay's sinister tricks to get of us?


hmm seems to be the old you reap what you sow problem huh? I guess hard work really pays off. If that is such a huge problem for you then maybe you should just not work so hard.

Cute post, thanks for the laughs :^O
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turkeylurkey13
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 5, 2009 12:56 AM
Kinda like:

It takes money to make money

AND

It pays to have money

:^O

Turkey Lurkey
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18704d
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 5, 2009 7:34 AM
"It seems the harder I work listing items for sale the more I make. "

You're working too hard then. Try selling items which sell themselves.

:^O
Lynn
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7606dennis
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 5, 2009 7:46 AM
Interesting! Presumably when you spend more time listing you have more items availably for sale and more of them get purchased. Seems quite logical to me. Why do you think it seems strange to you, OP?
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blades46537
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 5, 2009 7:48 AM
Your'e kidding. That's amazing. You mean people can earn more by working more?
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adkhighker
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 5, 2009 7:50 AM
quelimaine wrote:
It seems the harder I work listing items for sale the more I make.

When I work a full eight hour day on eBay for several weeks in a row I make thousands each week.


If that's all you're making, then you're doing something drastically wrong, especially if you're working hard at it. Sometimes taking some time off from work, like 2 or 3 months or so, can generate huge rewards when you come back all refreshed and rearing to go again. :)
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7215barbara
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 5, 2009 10:12 AM
I would love to know what you people are selling to "make thousands a week." Or even "hundreds per week." And what do you mean by "working hard." I, newbie idiot that I am, have just discovered a very wrong and disasterous to my pocket assumption that if an item didn't sell there were NO fee's at all. I stupidly stupidly listed a zillion LP's that didn't sell and am being soaked for those fee's as well as relisting fee's that for items that didn't sell. And I worked very very hard at listing all those damn LP's.
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reallynifty
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Re: This is very strange.

Nov 5, 2009 10:24 AM
7215barbara wrote:
I would love to know what you people are selling to "make thousands a week." Or even "hundreds per week." And what do you mean by "working hard." I, newbie idiot that I am, have just discovered a very wrong and disasterous to my pocket assumption that if an item didn't sell there were NO fee's at all. I stupidly stupidly listed a zillion LP's that didn't sell and am being soaked for those fee's as well as relisting fee's that for items that didn't sell. And I worked very very hard at listing all those damn LP's.


I have found that it's very difficult to sell LPs here. You have to have the rarest of the rare and in excellent condition and even then you will be lucky to get a good price.
I was doing well listing rare LPs here back in 2007/2008, mainly overseas buyers, but this year has been dismal. Back then getting $50 to $100 for a rare LP was not unusual. The bidding wars were exciting!
I'm thinking that the fad has passed and now I'm stuck with over 1000 of the things down in the basement.
Anyone having any success selling LPs here now?
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