Shipping After An Ebay Sale

8217;ve sold your coveted copy of Alicewhen the buyer called after becoming exasperated in
Cooper’s tribute to the Ray Coniff Singershis efforts to try and get the speaker shipped, I
along with the 5-foot tall carved walnut stand thatnaturally agreed to help him. To make this brief, it
was made to display it. Congratulations!was during the course of this transaction that I
Now all you have to do is get the items packed anddiscovered what Logistics companies provide to the
on the way to their new home in Iceland. This can beworld in terms of services, and it was a huge
a little intimidating if you have never had to shiprevelation to me.
anything internationally. Frankly, it can turn into aLogistics companies are companies that will help to
seriously gut wrenching experience that Itake care of all of the steps necessary to get almost
don’t recommend anyone take lightly. Youany item to almost any part of the world in almost
may notice that the words of wisdom you areany time frame. Furthermore, it has been my
reading sound like they are coming from someoneexperience that when you find a good logistics
who has passed through the valley of the shadow ofcompany that you can work with, you will also have
death and lived to tell about it. If that is yourfound yourself an important friend and ally in the
assumption, you have assumed correctly. Pleasebusiness of on-line auctions that will save you time,
don’t think that I am referring to Iceland asheartache, and most of all, whopping loads of cold
the valley of the shadow of death, nor thehard cash.
expansive real estate that makes up the eBay site.After being told that it was going to cost my buyer
There is a great deal of information on eBay aboutas much as $1,000.00 to ship the product he had
the basic shipping services provided by the U.S. Postalpurchased a distance of around 950 miles, and after
Service and UPS. The information is laid out in a fairlyhaving been told that he and I were going to have to
straightforward way, yet it can still be extremelydo most of the work involved with the privilege of
confusing to a person who is just sending out thegetting banged by the usual shipping banditos
first or second thing that they have ever sold. Take(I’m not naming them again like I just might
the time necessary to go over the basics of thehave done three paragraphs before this one), I found
shipping information that eBay has compiled for itsa company that made my transaction a piece of
members. Then take the time to fully understand thecake. They made me look like a hero. They made me
type of service you are going to be using after yourproud to be an American. With just one call, this
item sells. It is not just a good idea from thecompany sent out a huge truck with two huge, yet
standpoint of keeping your own sanity, but it will helpsurprisingly careful men who picked up the speaker,
you to avoid falling into any number of pitfalls thattook it to the airport, placed it on a transport shuttle,
can fowl up a transaction that you have managed toand sent it off to within about 50 miles of my buyer.
handle in an exemplary fashion up to that point.Then, they had two more of their men pick the item
Having said that, I would like to focus some attentionup at the airport as soon as it arrived. They loaded it
on what happens when you sell a product thatonto yet another huge truck and immediately
exceeds the size restrictions set forth by the U.S.P.S.,delivered it to my astonished and satisfied customer.
UPS, DHL and Fed-Ex.They did all of this for under $350.00 and all was right
I sold a huge speaker to a very nice speakerwith the world.
collector who lived about 950 miles from me. TheThe point is this. Make it your point to really learn the
speaker measured about 5.5 feet tall, by 3.5 feetins and outs of shipping as it applies to your eBay
wide, by 2 feet thick. It also weighed in at a heftybusiness and you will be one more step ahead of
150 pounds. Even though the speaker had sold for ayour competition, and ten steps closer to providing
fairly high dollar amount, I had specified in the auctionthat all too important level of gold standard service
listing that the shipping arrangements were going tothat is the hallmark of a successful, and consistently
be the total responsibility of the buyer. Of course,profitable eBay seller.