Comments on: eBay Tips 2008: The â€˜Henry Fordâ€™ Thing

By: Printer Inkjet Printer

Printer Inkjet Printer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:24:01 +0000

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By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:07:08 +0000

two other things that have improved my efficiency:

I like to list with postage prices for UK, Europe and Worldwide. This means working out in advance the weight and postage.

a) I have a ready reckoner on excel that has my postage prices for each weight band (including handling and packing costs, and VAT where necessary) for each of the area categories.

b) I have one each of my box sizes (about 10 different sizes) in a pile next to the scales, each filled with bubble wrap.

It is therefore a work of moments to pop the item in the box size that it will be sent in, weigh it, check that weight band on the ready reckoner and put it straight in to the listing.

I can’t emphasise how much confidence I believe it gives a buyer to see accurate postage prices, and it is certainly reflected in the number (very small) of postage queries I have to reply to, and I believe it improves both my sell through and my DSR ratings.

By: Josordoni

Josordoni — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:00:48 +0000

I guess Turbolister has to take the prize in my arsenal, although like Chris with SMP, I don’t use all the facilities – I don’t trust the Synchronise function and don’t use it, but the time saved on using the SYI form over the last few years is so immense I doubt it can be quantified.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 02:01:21 +0000

Buying a small label printer was one of my “why didn’t I do this sooner” moments – It’s cost effective, quick and looks a lot more professional than handwritten addresses, or a Word document with scissors and sellotape.

(I hadn’t found Mountie’s shop at this point though… )

I’ve also started preparing jiffy bags in advance of batches of auctions ending – return address label, thank you notes & flyers etc – just drop in the item, seal & label. They may only seem like small steps, but looking back it does makes things a lot easier.

By: Chris Dawson

Chris Dawson — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:03:02 +0000

Echo Sue! I spent years decrying SMP as a waste of time and the most unreliable tool on eBay. I still do to a certain extent and wouldn’t trust SMP inventory in the slightest. However the ability to generate invoices (VAT invoices at that!) has saved me countless hours of work. Auto SMP emails for despatch notifications likewise.

As for printers – if anyone out there still uses an inkjet add up how much you spend on ink refills. A decent office quality laserjet will do 10,000 pages for a toner costing around Â£20 on eBay – that’s about the cost for one set of inkjet carts. Don’t go for the cheapie lasers in PCWorld – they’ll only do about 2000 prints per cart. Buy a second hand ex-corporate printer and it’ll save you thousands on ink and hours of time

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:43:07 +0000

Also – if you’re not using SMP or some similar kind of auction management fingy, do it now. I spent many, many years printing off PayPal packing slips, and that is HOURS of my life I won’t get back. Being able to print off everything at the click of a button makes Monday morning much less like hard work.

By: Sue Bailey

Sue Bailey — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:18:12 +0000

I never would have believed that faster printer = easier packing, but it really does. Thanks Mountie If anyone’s still plodding along with an inkjet, really, they shouldn’t be.

By: Mark Classic

Mark Classic — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:08:22 +0000

Can I add – stock numbers…