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Sep 29, 2018 at 6:08 comment added Quinn Comendant @Trilarion I actually made it more than 5%. ;P One of the other reasons I increased my rate there is because Amazon doesn't have an accurate real-time shipping rate calculator, so I felt some risk the final price to ship the luggage may be higher than I quoted.
Sep 27, 2018 at 1:46 comment added Fattie Right. Note that as I mention .. if you simply selected the Amazon 'reconditioned' section .. which is how Amazon dumps "gray" products .. you can get those low prices. Just the same. No need to go to eBay.
Sep 26, 2018 at 16:53 vote accept Sebastian
Sep 26, 2018 at 13:13 comment added Chris H @Roy amazon have been taken to court over that policy but I can't find it and can't remember where the court case was
Sep 26, 2018 at 13:03 comment added NoDataDumpNoContribution @QuinnComendant Out of curiosity: Did you make the luggage 5% more expensive on Amazon to keep your profit constant?
Sep 26, 2018 at 9:01 comment added Quinn Comendant Although it doesn't explain the difference between a $120 and a $80 price difference, it's worth mentioning that the seller fees for Amazon and eBay differ quite a bit, with Amazon being more expensive, even excluding FBA fees. I recently listed some luggage items on both platforms and the seller fees were 15% (Amazon) and 10% (eBay).
Sep 26, 2018 at 8:55 comment added Bob says reinstate Monica @Roy when I look for used books I usually find the same sellers selling for lower prices on ebay (about 50p-£1 cheaper on a £3ish book), but often they're at the minimum 0.01+postage on amazon. Ebay allows a lower minimum total.
Sep 26, 2018 at 7:43 comment added Daniel @Trilarion: A very general question can only get a very general answer. Anyways, if you want to know what is exactly the case you have to specify the case first, and then find someone who has internal knowledge of the vendor. Bottom line is, the are a lot of reasons, so be careful when you think you are making a bargain.
Sep 26, 2018 at 6:47 comment added NoDataDumpNoContribution This answer is not very quantitative. Anything could be the case but that doesn't tell you what is actually the case and how much impact it has.
Sep 25, 2018 at 23:28 history edited Brythan CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sep 25, 2018 at 21:55 comment added Valorum Often stuff comes in "return boxes"; youtube.com/watch?v=kTaYet07Ioo. It's cheaper to sell broken or returned items to resellers than to rebox them and try to sell them at full price. The resellers can then sell them for whatever they can get.
Sep 25, 2018 at 18:59 comment added CCTO #6: the bidding price seems low but if it's not bid up to something that the seller likes, the goods will mysteriously become "unavailable" just before the auction closes.
Sep 25, 2018 at 16:28 comment added Roy @Milwrdfan Technically Amazon's terms and conditions state (or used to when I sold on there) that if you sell the same products elsewhere, you must sell them on Amazon at the lowest price you offer them elsewhere. Not sure how or even if they can track that though.
Sep 25, 2018 at 14:31 comment added Chris H @Milwrdfan in fact it's possible to buy on ebay and have the item arrive in new amazon packaging from an amazon warehouse. If you then track it down the same or a similar seller will exist on amazon with "fulfilled by amazon" on the listing
Sep 25, 2018 at 14:17 comment added Milwrdfan Just as a comment to different sellers between eBay and Amazon, in the areas I shop in on both sites, there have been many instances where the same "vendor" is selling on both sites, with usually only minor bottom-line pricing differences depending on shipping.
Sep 25, 2018 at 12:58 comment added Arvo #3, add there 'stolen from factory', 'not tested OK by QA' and similar causes. What to do with faulty production batch? Code says 'destroy' - but some people prefer to sell these on ebay...
Sep 25, 2018 at 12:27 history answered Daniel CC BY-SA 4.0