posted on March 12, 2004 06:25:21 PM new
i wont mind having such a store in beverly hills.
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posted on March 24, 2004 06:28:05 AM new
bump ......
wavecrest didn't end 'too' badly ... coulda/shoulda gone for more, but what an interesting experiment, fluffy ... THANK YOU for sharing and putting this out there for us to see ... you should be receiving your cut shortly LOL ...
posted on March 24, 2004 07:16:40 AM new
The latest happening, other than the Wave Crest auction ending, is an email from AD telling me that I should get paid 14 days after *they* get paid.
As a lowly consignee, I have no way to check to see if the piece was paid for and shipped...other than to watch to see if they relist it.
I'm not thrilled with the auction result but am glad that I had a $50 coupon, which means that AD did all this work for me for free. (Without the coupon, their cut would have been $48.45. Ouch!)
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[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Mar 24, 2004 07:18 AM ]
posted on March 24, 2004 09:44:44 PM new
Fluff, ole' girl, Help! I am seriously thinking of using auctiondrop to sell off that steamer trunk I have. I have been waiting to see what kind of experience you have with them. Do you think it would be worth it to bribe someone to help me take it down there? Contact me by email if that's easier. I just need to unload this thing in the easiest, cheapest fastest way possible. As the doctor bills are adding up and I am up to my eyeballs in 'em. the money made from the trunk would SOOO much help out
posted on March 24, 2004 10:23:28 PM new
paloma: They won't take it. Sorry. Everything they sell has to be UPSable, and your trunk would incur a hefty oversize charge.
You could call them to doublecheck. No sense in hauling it down there until you get the word.
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posted on March 24, 2004 10:27:36 PM new
Paloma - why don't you contact fed-ex ground. give it a a few layers of furntiure shrink wrap and have one of the ground services pick it up.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on March 25, 2004 05:29:38 AM new
Paloma: If I were in your shoes, I'd find the best local auction house and ask them to sell the trunk.
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posted on March 25, 2004 05:50:44 AM new
Local auction house. HUMMMMMM..... That may be the way to go. I'll have to check around. Does anyone know any in the SF bay area??? If not, I'll get out the phone book after work today.
posted on March 28, 2004 10:47:29 PM new
Store lets tech-averse sell on eBay
By Stephen Pounds, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 5, 2004
Clay Becker wants your antiques, your collectibles, your used appliances, your old clothes and your junk.
The 21-year-old entrepreneur from Palm Beach opened an eBay collection and distribution center called Easy Dropoff last week in West Palm Beach. For a slice of the proceeds, he will take items gathering dust in your attic and put them up for electronic auction.
Becker charges a $20 listing fee and 30 percent commission, if the item sells; the listing fee is returned upon sale. If items sell for more than $10,000, Becker cuts his commission to 15 percent. If the item doesn't sell in 10 days, it's returned and Becker keeps the fee.
Jim Vizzi of Palm Beach Shores is the typical customer. Vizzi has checked his stocks on the Internet, and sends and receives e-mail. But when he tried to auction his homemade fishing boards online, he struggled with the workings of eBay.
"I tried to put a picture on eBay and couldn't," Vizzi said. "It's hard. You have to be a real geek to do it."
posted on March 28, 2004 11:13:14 PM new
And this jerk is actually charging for listing this? LOL he should be arrested for fraud in that he represented that he was capable of creating a decent looking auction.
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posted on March 28, 2004 11:32:03 PM new
No kidding, sparkz.
"Becker began planning his eBay business in early December, getting a special software application written to keep track of inventory and perform auction functions such as placing photos on the Web site."
Guess he didn't learn the part about putting the pics on.
From the article:
EBay estimates there are 100 to 200 such dropoff centers around the country.
The San Jose, Calif.-based online auction giant figured this kind of business would grow of its own and hasn't discouraged the practice.
"They really started to spring up organically over the past year or so," eBay spokesman Hani Durzysaid. "While eBay has no ownership, we didn't start them and have no financial interest in them, it's a trend we like to see. Anything that improves the vibrancy of the market is good."
I think the people dropping their stuff off there are getting ripped off. This is an undergraduate that dropped out of University and he doesn't know the first thing about selling antiques and collectibles.
posted on March 29, 2004 07:04:56 AM new
Love the plastic push pin in the vast unused area on the left.
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posted on March 29, 2004 09:46:54 AM new
EAsy's photos are a disgrace. Ditto his "descriptions." I wonder--if he's the one who charges $20 to list, could he just be counting on making his money that way?? Seems it wouldn't promote return customers, though.
I suppose he could get away with his awful descriptions if he were selling the same little mechanical widget or such, over and over, but dabbling in collectibles is ludicrous. We who sell those things know how much we have to find out about an item before listing.
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posted on March 29, 2004 09:57:04 AM new
In general, these services will have a place. Even among the tech-savvy, there are people who will just drop it off and let someone else do it. And if they go that route, they have already decided that they do not want the item anymore, so final price doesn't matter as much.
My opinion about this particularly lame service, is that just as the eBay market has changed, people like this will be superseded by more specialized eBay consignment services (antiques, clothing, computer, books, etc.). Granted, if someone does buy the 30K painting based on his brief description and photo, he will have a nice payday, but I don't think he has to go looking for a shipping carton just yet.
posted on March 29, 2004 10:08:49 AM newMy opinion about this particularly lame service, is that just as the eBay market has changed, people like this will be superseded by more specialized eBay consignment services (antiques, clothing, computer, books, etc.)
That's an interesting thought. Specialist dropoff services could be more competitive. Anyone who had an experience like I did with the Wave Crest piece (where they attributed it to the wrong manufacturer) may want to deal with someone who actually knows something next time.
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posted on March 29, 2004 11:01:23 AM new
>>may want to deal with someone who actually knows something next time.
Exactly. For example, even though I sell antiques on eBay, I would be reluctant to offer any of my (or others) used clothing. A specialist clothing seller will know how to describe and present the items, and probably get higher bids, since bidders will have more confidence in the items.
posted on April 1, 2004 07:23:28 PM new
Time to wrap this all up.
Thank heavens I didn't consign anything truly valuable to AuctionDrop. I'd be fuming now instead of just bitter and cynical.
The bag o' sterling jewelry ended recently. I have to say that AD did their darnedest to make sure it got as few bids as possible. They stated in the description that some of the pieces were scratched (they weren't) and they implied that even though the clasps were marked 925, that doesn't mean the rest of the bracelet is.
Idiots.
I will never recommend this service to anyone. The biggest drawback, as I see it, are the descriptions, which appear to be written by trained chimpanzees. They got the manufacturer wrong on the Wave Crest piece and they said that 1/3 of the jewelry in the bag was broken when it wasn't.
I'll bet there are a LOT of unhappy former consignors out there.
AD could improve their service (which moves at a snail's pace anyway) by allowing the consignor to proof the description before the piece is listed. Had I been allowed to do that, I would have pulled both pieces. Gee, maybe that's why they don't.
Grrrrr.
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[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Apr 1, 2004 07:24 PM ]
posted on April 1, 2004 10:03:18 PM new
Fluffy, Maybe you'll do better at one of my garage sales (giggle) and I don't charge anything!!! That reminds me, if you have anything that you don't want to sell on Butt-bay or just too big to ship etc. We are having one on saturday. It's going to be at my wannabe antique dealer's house down the street.
Seriously, thanks for letting us all know the outcome. I needed some feedback on their operation. I don't make enough to take too many chances. I do really appreciate it. I'm sure others feel the same way.
posted on April 2, 2004 07:46:17 AM new
Here was the description:
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Each bracelet is composed of round interlocking links accented by a heart-shaped hangtag, secured in place by a lobster clasp. The lobster clasps on these classical accessories are marked 925 Italy.
All 12 are unused with their original tags attached. Some show surface scratches only noticeable upon close inspection.
Of these 12 bracelets, 1 has a broken clasp; one clasp doesn't open and 2 don't close all the way. These minor manufacturing flaws can easily be corrected by a jeweler.
Overall, they are in excellent condition.
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First, it's not just the clasps that are marked. Each bracelet is also marked 925 Italy on the shank (the part of the body of the bracelet where the clasp attaches). The boobs at AD missed that.
Maybe I'm sensitive about this, but I have had one too many total morons write to me and claim this bracelet wasn't really sterling silver. The latest self-appointed jewelry expert to do so says a jeweler told her it's silverplated plastic! There's no such thing. When I get these bracelets and they're broken, they go in a scrap lot. Scrap buyers are thrilled to get Italian sterling silver; it's as pure as silver jewelry gets. (Mexican sterling, on the other hand, can be of extremely dubious quality.)
But what I'm really steamed about is their claim that four of the bracelets (1/3 of the lot) will need to be taken to a jeweler. Horsefeathers! The "2 don't close all the way" is a reference to a 1/32 inch gap between the latch and hook on a clasp. That affects neither looks or wearability.
If the auction description had been written by my worst enemy in the world, it could not have screamed "Don't buy this!" louder than this one did.
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posted on April 2, 2004 07:59:30 AM new
south east asian sterling silver jewelry is not always sterling 925.a jeweler who travels to se asia every year to buy large quantity of sterling silver jewelry was caught one year by us customs for not declaring his jewelry.
lucky him,they tested the jewelry and it is not 925.
how do you know your sterling silver jewelry is made in italy??
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posted on April 2, 2004 08:15:59 AM new
Stop: I'm sorry to have to say this, but that's kind of a stupid question.
Each bracelet is also marked 925 Italy
It also has the Italian M in a square mark.
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posted on April 2, 2004 02:59:36 PM new
Sounds like AuctionDrop like a lot of eBay sellers would be out of business if eBay would stop showing the closed auction results. Maybe eBay should be charging for them.
