Re: Uh Hi!/eBay

Hi Dave, Welcome back. You surely sold beautiful plants. I can understand tired, though. When we sold our Phaeton on eBay, we were surprised at the chunk Paypal took. We listed during a "free" listing promotion so ebay fees were small. I think a lot of sellers inflate their handling & shipping fees to offset listing costs a bit. I do love PayPal for buying stuff online. 
Judy B
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Uh Hi!



Hey Daryl

Their credit cards processing is around 3 3/4% which is really high.
Also, be careful with them. They can freeze your account if there is a
dispute. I had a special account that I set aside so as soon as PayPal
money came into my account I moved it to my other account immediately so
they couldn't freeze anything. It never happened to me but it could.


Most people on Ebay expect you to take Paypal. That's the only reason I
did. I process credit cards through my own machine here...still do for
our Mexico place...but for Ebay Paypal is almost a must.


DF


----- Original Message ----
From: Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:08:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Uh Hi!

I've heard not much good about Paypal, but big fees weren't on the radar.
Are they high with cash, or only with Credit Cards?

My brother used to sell stuff and require that a check be sent and cleared
before he shipped.  I don't suppose most people use paper checks anymore.

d
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Franzman" <dfranzma@pacbell.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Uh Hi!



Hi Daryl

Thanks for the welcome. Here's my two cents on Ebay. It's deceptively
expensive. Especially if you use PayPal. Be careful with it and watch
your pennies. We did well on it...I think in one year we had around 300
positive feedback and 0 negatives but the Ebay fees ate up a lot of
profit.


David


----- Original Message ----
From: Daryl <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:36:36 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Uh Hi!

Welcome back, David!

Sorry about the business, but when it's too much work, and not much fun,
it's time. I decided when I was about 50 that doing it all wasn't an
option.
I still loved the retail end, so worked during the season selling and
designing on the spot.
When my knees gave out, I started growing again, but mostly 4"   annuals
and
gallon tomatoes, plus some unusual perennials.  I don't think I'll do
anything this year with the drought, though I renewed my license.

I've thought about selling tomato transplants  on EBay, but I've never
sold
anything there before. It's a big investment in growing supplies for
somebody who knows diddly about the on-line selling process.

d


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