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Chitter Chatter => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mike Scott on October 17, 2022, 05:31:43 PM

Title: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 17, 2022, 05:31:43 PM
It's been a while since I've sold on eBay, and I don't see the option to do a BIN only. All I see is the auction with added BIN. Anybody know how to do a BIN only?
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: michblk on October 18, 2022, 07:38:40 PM
Mike, it the pricing box, I think you have to click change on the right hand side. The you should be able to turn on the buy-it-now.

Brian K
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 18, 2022, 08:11:26 PM
Here's what I get. There's no way to do a BIN only, without the auction.

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Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: aura of foreboding on October 18, 2022, 09:57:19 PM
If you just do BIN, it won't show up where most people look, so it's better to do it as an auction.  (I have seen countless auction/offer items sell fast and for more funds than the same products in the BIN section.  People just don't see them.)  You can do an auction with offers, and that basically functions as a BIN used to.

Good luck with eBay.  The new bank account thing took me about an hour to make work on eBay's end.  So annoying we can't do Paypal anymore.   
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 18, 2022, 10:26:42 PM
Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 18, 2022, 09:57:19 PM
You can do an auction with offers, and that basically functions as a BIN used to.

Or you can do auction with a BIN, which is what I've been doing. I still see people doing BIM only, but I don't know how they do it.

Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 18, 2022, 09:57:19 PM
So annoying we can't do Paypal anymore.   

Why can't you do PP? That's what I use on my auctions.
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Hepcat on October 19, 2022, 12:52:42 AM
Paypal still works for Ebay purchases.

cl:)

Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 12:59:05 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on October 19, 2022, 12:52:42 AM
Paypal still works for Ebay purchases.

That's what I meant.
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 01:16:47 AM
Quote from: Mike Scott on October 18, 2022, 10:26:42 PM
Why can't you do PP? That's what I use on my auctions.

Quote from: Hepcat on October 19, 2022, 12:52:42 AM
Paypal still works for Ebay purchases.

Yes, you can pay with Paypal if you're a buyer, but sellers cannot collect through Paypal anymore.  You have to have it go to a bank account.  So basically, the buyer pays eBay via Paypal, then eBay releases the funds to your bank account, as opposed to getting paid directly from the buyer through Paypal. 
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: michblk on October 19, 2022, 09:24:43 AM
Is that so they can send you a 1099 at the end of the year?

Brian K
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 11:43:48 AM
Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 01:16:47 AM
as opposed to getting paid directly from the buyer through Paypal.

I kinda like it. eBay does all that work, instead of me.  ;D

(When you start a sentence with "eBay", do you cap the "E", and if so, do you also cap the "B"?)
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 01:36:07 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 11:43:48 AM
I kinda like it. eBay does all that work, instead of me.  ;D

(When you start a sentence with "eBay", do you cap the "E", and if so, do you also cap the "B"?)

Oh, it's fine when it's set up... but getting the eBay account to talk to the bank for set up was a pain. 

Also...

https://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/topic/ebay-ebay-ipod-ipod-as-first-word-in-a-sentence (https://thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/topic/ebay-ebay-ipod-ipod-as-first-word-in-a-sentence)
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 05:18:42 PM
Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 01:36:07 PM
... but getting the eBay account to talk to the bank for set up was a pain.

Don't remember doing that, either.

Guess I'll write eBay the way eBay does.
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 10:16:30 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 05:18:42 PM
Don't remember doing that, either.

Guess I'll write eBay the way eBay does.

I just had to do it yesterday.  It was awful. 

I go eBay as well. 
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 10:35:26 PM
Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 10:16:30 PM
I just had to do it yesterday.  It was awful. 

They just send the money to the bank and a couple of days later it shows up in my account.
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 10:59:48 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 10:35:26 PM
They just send the money to the bank and a couple of days later it shows up in my account.

Yeah, but the initial set up.  They made me send microdeposits, and they wouldn't go through.  Then they wanted me to log in to the account from eBay, and it said it couldn't connect.  Finally, I got it, but it was a pain.  I heard this is a newer thing, so if you had your account linked previously, you don't have to do this, but I hadn't sold in years. 
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 11:05:32 PM
Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 19, 2022, 10:59:48 PM
Yeah, but the initial set up.  They made me send microdeposits, and they wouldn't go through.

I never did anything like that, unless it was 20 years ago.
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: aura of foreboding on October 20, 2022, 02:03:21 AM
Quote from: Mike Scott on October 19, 2022, 11:05:32 PM
I never did anything like that, unless it was 20 years ago.

It was weird.  I sold something a few days ago, and then eBay said I wouldn't get my money until Halloween, and I'm like, "Whaaaa?"  I have sold things for years on eBay and always got paid right away, so why are they holding my money?  This is the same account I've always used.  I'm not new.  Never had any issues or negative feedback.  Then, in a separate message on my seller page, they told me my bank account was not set up, even though I did it last week.  They told me I needed to send microdeposits.  So I tried doing this about 8 times, and eBay said none went through.  So....... if this happens to you, you have been forewarned. 
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Mike Scott on October 20, 2022, 11:04:54 AM
Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 20, 2022, 02:03:21 AM
So....... if this happens to you, you have been forewarned.

Everything is going smoothly, knock on wood.
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: Dr.Terror on October 20, 2022, 11:17:15 AM
Quote from: aura of foreboding on October 18, 2022, 09:57:19 PM
If you just do BIN, it won't show up where most people look, so it's better to do it as an auction.  (I have seen countless auction/offer items sell fast and for more funds than the same products in the BIN section.  People just don't see them.)  You can do an auction with offers, and that basically functions as a BIN used to.



BIN's get seen just like any other listings in chronological order when first listed.    Its when BINs get relisted that they won't show up as a new listing.   It will show when it was first listed.. 
Title: Re: eBay selling question.
Post by: aura of foreboding on October 20, 2022, 01:53:48 PM
Quote from: Dr.Terror on October 20, 2022, 11:17:15 AM
BIN's get seen just like any other listings in chronological order when first listed.    Its when BINs get relisted that they won't show up as a new listing.   It will show when it was first listed..

Good to know.  Thanks for clarifying.  Is that with an automatic relist?