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RandomH
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I am thinking about listing some low end cards on eBay starting at a penny and shipping them PWE. Has anyone sent PWE on eBay? What are your thoughts?
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I am thinking about listing some low end cards on eBay starting at a penny and shipping them PWE. Has anyone sent PWE on eBay? What are your thoughts?
I'm a big pwe guy on low end stuff. I charge .70 for shipping and make sure the description says it's a PWE in all caps.
In your listing, offer FREE shipping and let the buyer know that the item will be sent PWE. With that being said, you need to sell your item for at least $0.60 to cover postage, envelope and ebay fees.
Just my $0.02
Fordman
Just doing the math here...
A stamp is 49 cents.
If someone pays you with Paypal, isn't 30 cents deducted from the payment plus 2.9% of the total payment?
Then Ebay fees are generally 10% of total.
If you sold a card for 60 cents with free shipping, I'm totaling (0.49 + 0.30 + 0.02 + 0.06) 87 cents in cost, not counting the cost of the envelope.
Corrent me if I'm wrong on that. Looks like you need to sell for at least 99 cents to even make a dime profit.
Thanks everyone! I am definitely planning to do them with free shipping. Appreciate the advice!
This only works if a human sees the envelope. If you just drop it in a blue collection box or mailbox, it will be sorted on a machine. If you give it to your carrier (and point it out) or a clerk at the counter at a post office, that will work.Write on the PWE: "Do Not Machine Sort". I've gotten three cards, none of them being a used swatch card, though, in PWE's and nothing bent or the envelope torn up. Be sure to write that on the envelope and you should be good to go.
Just doing the math here...
A stamp is 49 cents.
If someone pays you with Paypal, isn't 30 cents deducted from the payment plus 2.9% of the total payment?
Then Ebay fees are generally 10% of total.
If you sold a card for 60 cents with free shipping, I'm totaling (0.49 + 0.30 + 0.02 + 0.06) 87 cents in cost, not counting the cost of the envelope.
Corrent me if I'm wrong on that. Looks like you need to sell for at least 99 cents to even make a dime profit.
Write on the PWE: "Do Not Machine Sort". I've gotten three cards, none of them being a used swatch card, though, in PWE's and nothing bent or the envelope torn up. Be sure to write that on the envelope and you should be good to go.
I love PWEs