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Post by swissgrl on Jan 5, 2009 21:44:15 GMT -5
I'm desperately trying to sell some tack, had it on TackTrader, and got an email from somebody that was interested in my saddle combo. So today I get this email, now I'm really skeptical about this, I'm thinking I'm not responsible for taking the money for their commission and the shipping out of the extra pay. This sounds like one of those Nigerian scams, but then it's a cashiers check...
What do you think?
This is the email
"The information's is being received, i will alert you as soon as the payment is being sent out via our client and it is pick up via our private moving company as soon as you do received the payment and have it cashed, also, i will like to inform you that both the freight fees and other duties like insurance, our commission etc. will be including in the payment coming to you because, we always charged all these along with the quotation being submitted to our
client due to some reason.
Furthermore, immediately you do received the payment and have it cashed with your full amount at hand, you will have to deduct your item fees and remit the remaining amount back.
Thanks for your co-operation and hope all these conditions are okay by you? Pls get back asap.
God Bless"
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Post by michelle on Jan 5, 2009 22:09:16 GMT -5
I'm desperately trying to sell some tack, had it on TackTrader, and got an email from somebody that was interested in my saddle combo. So today I get this email, now I'm really skeptical about this, I'm thinking I'm not responsible for taking the money for their commission and the shipping out of the extra pay. This sounds like one of those Nigerian scams, but then it's a cashiers check... What do you think? This is the email "The information's is being received, i will alert you as soon as the payment is being sent out via our client and it is pick up via our private moving company as soon as you do received the payment and have it cashed, also, i will like to inform you that both the freight fees and other duties like insurance, our commission etc. will be including in the payment coming to you because, we always charged all these along with the quotation being submitted to our client due to some reason. Furthermore, immediately you do received the payment and have it cashed with your full amount at hand, you will have to deduct your item fees and remit the remaining amount back. Thanks for your co-operation and hope all these conditions are okay by you? Pls get back asap. God Bless" That is the classic scam, complete with bad grammar. They use cashier's checks a lot. Sorry, Swissy!  |
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Post by swissgrl on Jan 5, 2009 22:10:34 GMT -5
Dang, although I was pretty sure, but was still hoping I could make some money....
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Post by Admin on Jan 5, 2009 22:19:48 GMT -5
Did you list your items here?
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Post by swissgrl on Jan 5, 2009 22:56:27 GMT -5
yeah, a while back.
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Post by cutiepiepmu on Jan 5, 2009 23:12:20 GMT -5
It's a scam - don't fall for it and certainly DO NOT send anything to them.
Sara
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Post by caryn on Jan 7, 2009 16:14:13 GMT -5
I have always had good luck with ebay. It's easy and you can use paypal to receive the payment.
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Post by cutiepiepmu on Jan 7, 2009 16:18:35 GMT -5
I second and third E-bay. I buy and sell TONS of stuff there  Sara |
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Post by swissgrl on Jan 7, 2009 16:28:49 GMT -5
I definitely love ebay, but had more luck buying than selling |
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Post by beckybee on Jan 7, 2009 17:06:47 GMT -5
I've had GREAT luck selling on Ebay. I actually sold saddles for more than I paid for them.
The tricks I've found:
1) No reserve!
2) Set the minimum bid as low as you are willing to accept. If you don't get bidders, start a bit lower the next time. The trick is to get people in a bidding war.
3) Pictures! For saddles, I do each side, front, back and bottom. If you take measurements, show pictures of the measurements (with tape measure). That way you can say something like: "I bought it as a 7" gullet, but it doesn't fit my horse the way his other 7" gullet saddle does. I measured 6-3/4", but I not be measuring right - please see picture. I can take other measurements at your request."
4) Tell the item's story! Yeah, some people are looking for something specific (15-1/2" Genuine Bob Marshall Deluxe Endurance saddle), but must people are window shopping. Especially with the higher priced items like saddles, talk about what you used it for, what horses you used it on, what you like about it, why you're selling it. You want people to bond with the item.
5) Post a bunch of stuff at once in different categories. Say you're cleaning out the tackroom so tell 'em to check out the other items, offer to combine shipping. You get more traffic this way.
6) Make sure you have good key words in the Title. A lot of people don't search by description.
7) Shipping price! For small items, you can easily figure out a flat fee price for, say, priority mail. For larger items, set up the shipping calculator. I've actually (accidentally!) made money on shipping if something fit in a smaller box, etc. I lost money in the beginning by setting like $45 flat fee for shipping a saddle, but because of the weight it cost $60 to ship. That was okay because I got $1200 for the saddle that I paid $945 for less than a year earlier!
8) Don't be afraid to say "all sales final" - that did not effect any of my items.
9) For expensive items, set up buyer restrictions. I had one not a very nice person with no prior transactions bid in the last minute, then refused to pay because they didn't know they actually were buying something. Duh.
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