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I don't post here much but I do try to read as often as I can, and
the majority of the posts seem intelligent:) mostly:) and people seem to get
help when needed.
I am mussing over a little problem I have, nothing big, but I was looking
for suggestions, perhaps one I have not thought of.
I list mainly art prints and tattoo books on Ebay, my wife is an artist with
many medical problems so I stay at home to look after her and take her to
doctors and hospitals for tests, she is presently waiting for 2 transplants
and is legally blind, so what we make online and craft shows is all we have
to live on, we get by but barely, somehow each month we seem to get just
enough for the bills(or close to it), this is not to get any sympathy, just
to give a little back ground. Anyways, because of our financial limitations
we like barter, sorry, we Love Barter! :) this year that is how we are able
to give anyone Christmas gifts, we trade our items for other peoples on the
net. we also belong to a few barter clubs, where you sell items to other
members and spend the barter money with other members, well we are in one
club where it is fairly easy to make Barter cash but with not much locally
to use it on. twice Previously I sold 50 of our tattoo art books to another
barter member, this person told me it was for fundraising, I did not
question, no need and I really did not care:) Well this person emailed me
last week and said they would like to buy another 20 sets(100 books), I told
him we had decided that we were not selling through the club anymore and
were going to spend what we had and then quit, but I would be willing to
sell direct at wholesale or trade direct if he had anything, he said trade
direct would be great. I took a look at his Amazon store and peeked through
over 3000 of his items, I made a list and submitted it to him, I was quite
excited, it was for over 800.00 worth of items, we were going to have a good
Christmas for a change, I was going to get gifts for all my friends and
relatives for once, it was a time to try to put our problems behind us for a
change:) He responded to the list with a few changes, he was sold out of
some items, some were on consignment for others, I forgot his items were in
U.S. dollars and mine were in Canadian, but all that was workable. it was
during this time I was fiddling around on Ebay and stumbled across one of
this persons auctions, I did not even know he was on Ebay, I searched his
auctions and found he was selling our books on Ebay, For Less than I was! I
sold to him through the barter group at 10.00/book Canadian, he was selling
a set of 5 books for 19.99 + 10.00 shipping U.S.. This is why some of my
business has dropped off, Now I do not know if I should complete this deal
with him. If I do it will be a nice Christmas this year but will cost me in
the long run, if I don't he will run out of books and business should pick
up a little, over time, but a sparse Christmas for the family, I had a lot
of toys picked out for my little girl:( I don't know what I should do...
I did relist this week and since I had a pile of extra books(the printers
screwed up) I put up a dutch auction with sets at 19.95 + 5.05 shipping,
this beats his price a little but I don't make much once all the costs are
factored in.
Well I think I have covered all the points and have rambled on enough,
writing this has helped put everything in my mind in proper places, I think
I will complete the deal, my family deserves the best Christmas I can put
on, I will figure out future cashflow as I can, I think I will have to cut
the order down though and only get for family, my friends will understand,
perhaps he would be happy with only 50 books.
Any suggestion pls help me? |
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Dump the Christmas presents, buy food and drink and be merry with your
family. I'm sure this is disappointing, but when someone buys in quantity,
it's obvious they're wanting to make money on the products.
You said that when you listed the items in bulk, you didn't
make much -- but it seems you were happy when he bought
in bulk *from* you.
Forgetting everything else, (Christmas, money problems,
your wife's health, etc, etc), what's the best way for YOU
to make money from these products? Seems like if he can make money selling your books on ebay, you should be
able to as well. |
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