eBay sales

[rossy100]

Whether you agree or not with it.....we know there are going to plenty of Apple Watches on eBay over the next few days. I have no intention of selling mine.... but out of sheer curiosity have been tracking a few to see what they are going for.

Results are interesting and perhaps not as expected. That said, most of the listings I've seen have received no bids - presumably because buyers are waiting for the sellers to actually have the item in hand before purchasing.

A few that I noticed....

Apple Watch Sport 42mm sold for £420 (£349 retail)
Apple Watch SS 42mm, sport band sold for £575 (£519 retail)
Apple Watch SS 38mm Sport band sold for £480 (£479 retail)
Apple Watch Sport 38mm sold for £449 (£299 retail)

With the possible exception of the latter, none of the above strike me as being particularly successful sales - especially when deducting the 10% eBay fees. The third one actually makes a loss!!

Am sure there are some who are making profits - but it seems it is not as 'easy money' as some may suggest.

 

[macgeek01]

Looks like some of the sellers that noted they would receive and ship the watch on 24th will be issuing refunds but that is what you get for taking a gamble with a two week delivery window. Feel bad for eBay buyers that believed it was a for sure thing like some sellers made it out to be. On the flip side of you do have one delivering tomorrow you could probably make extra profit at this point if listing to ship same day.

 

[tkukoc]

Once people see the actual product photos on ebay showing they are in hand, the prices will go higher. I can see people paying more to have it guaranteed in their hand before their actual shipping date of say June. Some people don't care about money and would rather have it based on time. Can't say either is a wrong way of thinking.

 

[twisted-pixel]

Looks like some of the sellers that noted they would receive and ship the watch on 24th will be issuing refunds but that is what you get for taking a gamble with a two week delivery window. Feel bad for eBay buyers that believed it was a for sure thing like some sellers made it out to be. On the flip side of you do have one delivering tomorrow you could probably make extra profit at this point if listing to ship same day.

for this reason, I would never buy anything from ebay that the guy didn't actually have to sell.

 

[macgeek01]

for this reason, I would never buy anything from ebay that the guy didn't actually have to sell.

Good point! Even if they say they have an item in their hands you never know for sure.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Not to mention the risk of getting a bad buyer who will screw you and leave you holding the bag. I have no idea why some people here are suggesting ebaying it rather than return it for a full refund if you don't want it.

 

[ericgtr12]

I'm too lazy to lookup the conversions.

 

[macgeek01]

If my 42mm SG Sport was coming tomorrow and I could sell for double the price to end up with a free one I still wouldn't because wouldn't want to wait for it LOL

 

[LiemTa]

Not to mention the risk of getting a bad buyer who will screw you and leave you holding the bag. I have no idea why some people here are suggesting ebaying it rather than return it for a full refund if you don't want it.

This. eBay sides with the buyer 99% of the time. They say "I never got it" and you're out the price of the watch.

 

[KauaiBruce]

I checked a few days ago and put watches on a few just to see what happened. I noticed some that had bids pretty high end with unsold because the reserves were not met. I guess a few were REALLY greedy.

 

[kovey]

This. eBay sides with the buyer 99% of the time. They say "I never got it" and you're out the price of the watch.

This is a bit of nonsense since Paypal provides seller protection if you ship with direct recipient signature requirement and delivery confirmation. Nobody can simply shrug and say they didn't receive it. That's not acceptable to Paypal.

 

[starbot]

Don't flame me... I got up at 3am and did not intend to sell, but when the opportunity rings!

Sold a white sport for $609... was sitting at $649 un-touched for a while.

Call me greedy, but $609 sale price - $423 purchase price - $61 eBay fee - $12 free Priority shipping = $123 profit for getting up in the middle of the night and posting. Calling it fair. (Apple profits, UPS profits, I profit, buyer gets what he wants, when he wants it).

 

[macgeek01]

This is a bit of nonsense since Paypal provides seller protection if you ship with direct recipient signature requirement and delivery confirmation. Nobody can simply shrug and say they didn't receive it. That's not acceptable to Paypal.

Not true especially if buyer files a credit card dispute. PayPal will then say it's out of their hands. Even if you prove delivered a buyer can claim nothing in the package or not as described. I know this from selling on eBay for over 12 years. There usually aren't issues but you are always taking a risk. In the end there really isn't true seller protection from either eBay or PayPal. On their forums you will find some real horror stories from long time reputable sellers getting ripped off for large sums of money.

 

[kovey]

Not true especially if buyer files a credit card dispute. PayPal will then say it's out of their hands. Even if you prove delivered a buyer can claim nothing in the package or not as described. I know this from selling on eBay for over 12 years. There usually aren't issues but you are always taking a risk. In the end there really isn't true seller protection from either eBay or PayPal. On their forums you will find some real horror stories from long time reputable sellers getting ripped off for large sums of money.

What you don't hear is the countless transactions that go through without issue. Complainers are always louder. Take some precaution shipping to a weird address or suspicious accounts (no zero-feedback people) and you'll be fine.

 

[Jman14]

If I can find a 42MM Space Gray Sport or 42MM Apple Watch Stainless Steel with any of the band for $150-$200 on eBay, I would buy one to have it beginning of next week.

I guess it just depends on the person, to someone like me who's current watch is broken... And awaiting for an order, to me its worth the money to have a watch again!

 

[LiemTa]

Don't flame me... I got up at 3am and did not intend to sell, but when the opportunity rings!

Sold a white sport for $609... was sitting at $649 un-touched for a while.

Call me greedy, but $609 sale price - $423 purchase price - $61 eBay fee - $12 free Priority shipping = $123 profit for getting up in the middle of the night and posting. Calling it fair. (Apple profits, UPS profits, I profit, buyer gets what he wants, when he wants it).

I would rather have an Apple Watch than be $123 richer.

 

[frumpy16]

Don't flame me... I got up at 3am and did not intend to sell, but when the opportunity rings!

Sold a white sport for $609... was sitting at $649 un-touched for a while.

Call me greedy, but $609 sale price - $423 purchase price - $61 eBay fee - $12 free Priority shipping = $123 profit for getting up in the middle of the night and posting. Calling it fair. (Apple profits, UPS profits, I profit, buyer gets what he wants, when he wants it).

You forgot about the PayPal fee which is HIGHER than eBay's. Unless you let them pay by check or something... lol

 

[LiemTa]

This is a bit of nonsense since Paypal provides seller protection if you ship with direct recipient signature requirement and delivery confirmation. Nobody can simply shrug and say they didn't receive it. That's not acceptable to Paypal.

Except if you do that.

 

[macgeek01]

What you don't hear is the countless transactions that go through without issue. Complainers are always louder. Take some precaution shipping to a weird address or suspicious accounts (no zero-feedback people) and you'll be fine.

Even with these precautions you can still be scammed with no recourse but like I say there usually aren't issues. Just trying to put out the fact that you aren't truly protected from either eBay or PayPal as a seller and there are times when you can do everything totally correct and get scammed. Sad but absolutely true.

 

[Beechy]

I ordered two white 42mm sport watches. I sold my second one on eBay earlier for £570 (retail £339). After ebay / paypal fees that's £151 pure profit

 

[macgeek01]

You forgot about the PayPal fee which is HIGHER than eBay's. Unless you let them pay by check or something... lol

eBay fee is about 12% and PayPal 2%

 

[kovey]

You forgot about the PayPal fee which is HIGHER than eBay's. Unless you let them pay by check or something... lol

This is also false. eBay's fees on $700 for example is $70. Paypal's fees on $700 is $20.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

What you don't hear is the countless transactions that go through without issue. Complainers are always louder. Take some precaution shipping to a weird address or suspicious accounts (no zero-feedback people) and you'll be fine.

To be fair, all my iPhone ebay transactions have been successful but they were used iPhones. I have several safeguards in place so I can actually leave PayPal holding the bag if i do get a bad buyer, but it's not worth the risk with brand new devices.

 

[macgeek01]

To be fair, all my iPhone ebay transactions have been successful but they were used iPhones. I have several safeguards in place so I can actually leave PayPal holding the bag if i do get a bad buyer, but it's not worth the risk with brand new devices.

Even if you take the money out of PayPal then can do a charge back on your account. You will then need to pay them back or lose your account and get bad credit/sent to collections. Once again problems are rare can occur.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

Even if you take the money out of PayPal then can do a charge back on your account. You will then need to pay them back or lose your account and get bad credit/sent to collections. Once again problems are rare can occur.

Notice I wrote I have safeguards in place. I don't have a checking account linked and I'll cancel the CC on file so they can't dip into that either. PayPal isn't a lending institution so they have no real power to collect, but they can threaten. I'll just contest the debt as not valid, but I seriously doubt they'll sic collections on me in an obvious case of a bad buyer (which I'll have evidence of to file a counterclaim).