u/Ghostflop

Still a little confused by a situation that occurred earlier this morning.

(Please bear in mind I’m still relatively new to selling on eBay so shipping has still been a learning process for me)

There is a post office 10 minutes from me that I typically stop by on my way to work in order to drop off my packages that need to be shipped out that day. This particular post office has a pretty nifty self checkout machine for prepaid labels. I didn’t know about it at first since I would just wait in line and bring my packages up to the counter to be scanned, but after a few times the employees reminded me I could just use the self checkout machine. I just walk up, click a few buttons, scan my packages, and drop them in the drop box as simple as that. That particular part of the post office is even open 24/7 so I can even drop them off on Sundays or at night on my way back from work which is sometimes helpful.

Anyways cue to this morning. I’m in a rush for work and as I walk in to the post office I notice a lady has 3 large bags full of packages in front of the self checkout machine. I ask if she had just got there and she gives me the hint that it’s “going to be a while”

I figure “no biggie” I’ll just hop in line and have them scan them since only one person in line too. Get up to the counter and it’s one of the normal guys who is usually always friendly, he even showed me how to work the machine once. I tell him I just need my prepaid labels scanned and he looks me blank in the face and says “We don’t do that. You have to scan them at the machine”

I was a little taken aback. “Excuse me, but I’ve come here several times before and had them scanned with no issues by other people”

“Well that’s why those people don’t work here anymore” he quickly replied.

I didn’t want to argue or throw a fit, but instead just took my packages and went to work. I took a lunch break later that afternoon and went to a post office that’s near my job that I’ve gone to before as well. This location does not have a self checkout machine and has also just scanned my packages by hand. They were confused as to why the first post office wouldn’t scan my packages as well.

So I have to ask, can I not drop off my prepaid labels at the USPS counter or was that employee just maybe having a bad day?

P.S I thought I had heard once about a service through USPS where they can pick up your packages from your doorstep if that’s correct? Just starting to realize the daily trips to the post office came be time consuming, especially instances like this morning if someone is in front of me with a bunch of packages.

Hello 👋

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I started selling video games on eBay last month and have been having a blast so far. I’m a collector first and foremost so it’s been really enjoyable sourcing things and finding obscure diamonds among the rough when it comes to games. eBay seemed foreign to me as a seller, but after getting my feet wet with a few dozen sales needless to say I’m hooked.

I had a great interaction from one of my first buyers who reached out to me asking if I would be able to combine listings that he would like in order to cut down on shipping as well as if I’d be open to bundling them for a small discount as well. We agreed on price and I removed the listings, created a new one with a higher price so it wouldn’t get accidentally bought by someone else, and had him offer me the price we agreed upon. (Side note, did I do this correctly or is there a better way to go about this?)

Delivery took place. Everything went smooth and he even left me awesome feedback which I sincerely appreciate. In our initial messages after I sent the package he said he’s on the lookout for anything PS2, PS3, Xbox or 360 and I let him know what else I had that I planned on posting. He wasn’t interested in any of the other items I was going to post, but I let him know I can inform him when I come across more of games for those consoles.

I also want to ensure that the actions I was taking there were also appropriate. I’m fully aware that I should not try whatsoever to facilitate any sale off platform and am not sure if what I did was tip toeing those lines.

He said this morning he was interested in another item I had, but it was sold before I saw his message so I just left it be. I have a decent bit of games I acquired for the consoles he’s looking for and just want to ask is it ok for me to message him with what I was planning to post or could that lead to issues?

I just don’t want to do anything that could jeopardize my ability to sell on the platform.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I recently got into selling on eBay and have been enjoying sort of learning as I go. I’ve been primarily selling video games since it’s a genuine passion of mine, but I’m interested in also selling off a lot of the TCG cards I own. The bulk of it is Yugioh, but I also have a large binder of common Pokemon cards from the first sets.

I just have a couple questions in regard to listing and shipping.

Should I strive to sell just singles or is better to try and bundle cards? Maybe a blend of both? I’ve heard that profit wise games are best to do individually, but it also takes the longest (please keep in mind I have a full time job and this has just been a side hustle and I’m not needing things to sell ASAP).

I have only done shipping with poly bubble mailers and small (9x6x2) packages so far and am curious how it works with I’m assuming sending just envelopes? I never even see that option when I pull up my shipping options, but I know that could also be because none of what I sold so far was even feasible in an envelope (mostly been PS2 and Xbox games)

How do you go about protecting cards that are shipped? Is it as simple as a penny sleeve and then a top loader? I remember getting lots of cards mailed to me back in the day and usually never had any issues with these when they arrived.

And lastly for those with experience on both sites, how much of a difference is it between selling cards on eBay vs selling on TCG Player?

I’m sure I’ll have some more questions, but wanted to start for now with these. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Not sure if this is a really simple fix or if I’m just doing something wrong and wanted to come here and ask. I have two PS2 slims and when I was moving things around last night I accidentally dropped one of them from a couple feet up. I sort of “caught” it with my foot on the way down to at least somewhat break the fall. I was concerned I might have still damaged something internally and wanted to test it to see.

I grabbed a random sports game just to test it and it booted up fine and read the game no problem/played. I had also been wanting to test a new game I got recently (Tekken 5) and put it in the same PS2 after testing the sports game, but this time got an immediate unable to read disc error. I was at first concerned that the game I got was simply unplayable, but then I put it into the other PS2 slim I had and it worked no problem.

So I guess I’m at a loss here for what to do next. It’s clearly not the game itself I imagine since it worked on my other PS2, but I also can’t say with certainty it’s the PS2 that has been dropped that was no longer reading discs since it was still able to read another game no problem.

Has anyone had this issue before or know the best way to resolve it? Any help is greatly appreciated thank you!

Not sure if this is a really simple fix or if I’m just doing something wrong and wanted to come here and ask. I have two PS2 slims and when I was moving things around last night I accidentally dropped one of them from a couple feet up. I sort of “caught” it with my foot on the way down to at least somewhat break the fall. I was concerned I might have still damaged something internally and wanted to test it to see.

I grabbed a random sports game just to test it and it booted up fine and read the game no problem/played. I had also been wanting to test a new game I got recently (Tekken 5) and put it in the same PS2 after testing the sports game, but this time got an immediate unable to read disc error. I was at first concerned that the game I got was simply unplayable, but then I put it into the other PS2 slim I had at it worked no problem.

So I guess I’m at a loss here for what to do next. It’s clearly not the game itself I imagine since it worked on my other PS2, but I also can’t say with certainty it’s the PS2 that has been dropped that was no longer reading discs since it was still able to read another game no problem.

Has anyone had this issue before or know the best way to resolve it? Any help is greatly appreciated thank you!