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Toasties:- Spring frocks and socks?

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Laska2Meryls · 03/04/2023 17:48

Here we are again, and this time looking forward to the warmer weather , putting away our comfy woolies ( and new season's dresses).

Everyone welcome ..

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ilovecherries · 04/05/2023 16:33

The group is obviously small atm, but please do feel free to post anything (or indeed buy anything) and share as you will in the hope it grows quickly and becomes a useful resource. Honestly, I was so taken aback by my eBay fees this morning I decided it was time to take some action. I know it’s a business but it just seemed SO much.

Snowyowl78 · 04/05/2023 16:48

@ilovecherries its the same with Depop, I hadn’t quite grasped it but sold something on the weekend for 65 and only got 56 back! Vinted is a lot better because the buyer gets the fee so you know that for any offer you accept you will get that money.

neveradullmoment99 · 04/05/2023 16:52

Hi there @ilovecherries Ive joined the group :)
Mostly to sell items. I don't need to buy anything! [Famous last words}

neveradullmoment99 · 04/05/2023 16:53

Snowyowl78 · 04/05/2023 16:48

@ilovecherries its the same with Depop, I hadn’t quite grasped it but sold something on the weekend for 65 and only got 56 back! Vinted is a lot better because the buyer gets the fee so you know that for any offer you accept you will get that money.

Ive done ebay for years. I am so pissed off with their cut. Its SO much especially when it is someone not from the UK. I have sold on vinted once and loved the fact I got ALL my money. Ebay is ridiculous.

Stravaig · 04/05/2023 17:00

I only list things on eBay when I have a seller fees offer - recently it's been 80% off Final Value Fees. They seem to come around quite often.

AmethystMoonShine · 04/05/2023 17:02

Thanks @ilovecherries , I've requested to join too :)

Popplebop · 04/05/2023 17:28

@ilovecherries I have also requested to join!

FiddleFigs · 04/05/2023 17:35

@ilovecherries I've requested too :)

mizu · 04/05/2023 17:45

This may be the time I join Facebook Grin

I too am aghast at the new fees for selling on eBay. Got a couple of things on there at the moment and wondering how much they take off before paying me.

Zeusrules · 04/05/2023 17:48

I’ve asked to join too. Need to get rid of my too small clothes but just can’t bear eBay any more.

Theteapotsbrokenspout · 04/05/2023 17:49

Lovely idea @ilovecherries I’ve requested to join too.

Trinitybean · 04/05/2023 18:43

thank you, also requested to join. ebay fees are huge and buyers send offers of £40 for a brand new £200 item!

Noeggsontoast · 04/05/2023 19:25

Caught up on the new stuff last night and browsed the summer look book today.

I love the coral embroidered top and skirt but in the look book you can clearly see straight through the skirt, so it's a definite no from me.

The other two items I love are the Ikat asymmetrical top and the Ikat jumpsuit in the same fabric. The top is too expensive for what it is though and it's made me think I could take my standard shell top sewing pattern and add a fabric overlay into the neckline to create the same collar look.....hmmm. Maybe that's my next project!

The tie front poplin top is nice but the colour is not right for me.

Aside of those items nothing else grabbed me, too low, wrong colour or shape. There is some very lovely new pottery items though by casa de folklore.

@ilovecherries thanks for the group, maybe I'll finally join Facebook.

Alpacasoft · 04/05/2023 19:38

Looks like the stuff last night is it.
Very uninspiring.
I love the Ikat top and dress, pricey, but nothing else really makes me want to grab my card.
The coral top is the same shape as last years poplin top and I've got 3 of them so wouldn't go for another.

I would really like another dress similar to the Tala but don't like those wide straps on the seaweed dress.

Stravaig · 04/05/2023 19:38

Got time for a slightly longer post now. eBay.

Seller fee offers arrive every few weeks, look in your Seller Hub or allow emails from eBay. Typically 80% off Final Value fees, for listings started between a specific Fri-Mon date range. Only on qualifying listings, but it seems to cover mine no problem. You have to click to accept the offer and activate it. (I always opt in, even though many a long weekend passes without actually getting the listings up in time.)

I only list things Buy It Now (fixed price), no offers, immediate payment required, signed for/tracked postage included. That seems to cut out a lot of hassle. Watch out for the auto relist after 30 days, as the fees offer doesn't carry over.

I include a lot of factual information (fabric, measurements, styling details etc) in the listing, and no sales puff adjectives. It minimises questions and reduces mismatch between fantasy/expectations and reality.

Toast items - new, with or without tags, or worn once briefly - sell happily at around half the original full price. They can go higher with an auction listing, but that seems to come with more mind-changers, delayed payments, and general dissatisfaction. It's taken 20 years of occasional clear outs to decide what works for me!

It is generally more rude and slapdash than it used to be. People rarely bother leaving feedback any more (hence tracked post, so I know it's arrived), and I've received items shoved in a bag with no tissue paper or note. I think that's society generally though.

I hope that's helpful to someone!

ilovecherries · 04/05/2023 20:26

Stravaig - I’m like you, trying to only list on the reduced final fee offers and on this occasion took my eye off the ball and the dress auto-relisted last night and sold two hours later before I’d got round to dealing with it. I’m trying just to be happy it’s gone as it was far too big for me and I never want to fit it again, but was sad to get so little for it in the end. I also do BIN, immediate payment, no offers etc and sometimes feel quite nostalgic for the days when the money arrived in the post and the sellers left lovely feedback. Now it’s all transactional and abrupt. On the odd occasion if someone sends a nice message I assume it’s going to be a complaint until I open it! I do still find FB groups relatively ok, if I stick with single label groups. The open marketplace is all a bit horrific though.

Stravaig · 04/05/2023 20:44

@ilovecherries Oh that bleepity auto-relist! No wonder you're feeling dispirited. The times I've scrambled to end listings before I incur full fees.

With the offers, it's fine - and I really don't want to figure out a new auction system. Facebook is an unknown country to me, but more civilised sounds good.

dudsville · 04/05/2023 21:02

Ooh that's a lot of activity to catch up on! I don't do fb but i also don't have anything to sell. It makes sense if you want some turn over in your wardrobe. Maybe i will someday!

ilovecherries · 04/05/2023 22:11

I also hate that PayPal doesn’t put money in your PP account any more. That always felt like free money somehow. If it goes into my bank account, octopus energy just grabs it 😂

ilovecherries · 04/05/2023 22:11

EBay doesn’t put it, not PayPal.

Stravaig · 05/05/2023 09:02

Here we go, offer email is right on time!

I checked back, I sold two items in March, total £145, eBay fees were £6.70.

I hated that change too @ilovecherries, but it seems to be faster than PayPal was. I do miss the secret/bonus/stash effect though.
I should list a few things to tackle my own outstanding energy balance ...

Toasties:- Spring frocks and socks?
Toasties:- Spring frocks and socks?
Laska2Meryls · 05/05/2023 10:46

I just tried to log into my old facebook account but it wont let me, unless i submit my passport or something official like that to them .. There is no way I am giving that kind of information to facebook !! So sadly (although i'd like to) , I cannot join the buy and sell group ..

I have already ordered something from the new drop! - the panel denim trousers- and have even paid for fast delivery as we are off on out travels again in a few days .. hoping that they will be good. I really also love the shoal print kaftan and will definitely try that when it comes in

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Snowyowl78 · 05/05/2023 10:53

@Laska2Meryls I’ve got those trousers coming today! Slightly worried about size as they look super slouchy on the models and I don’t really want them super slouchy, but I do want them comfortable. I’ve gone for a Medium anyway as I assumed in the new sizing Smal would be no good! I also have the cotton kaftan dress coming in the ‘midnight’ - pics look black to me but name suggests dark navy…

neveradullmoment99 · 05/05/2023 11:00

Laska2Meryls · 05/05/2023 10:46

I just tried to log into my old facebook account but it wont let me, unless i submit my passport or something official like that to them .. There is no way I am giving that kind of information to facebook !! So sadly (although i'd like to) , I cannot join the buy and sell group ..

I have already ordered something from the new drop! - the panel denim trousers- and have even paid for fast delivery as we are off on out travels again in a few days .. hoping that they will be good. I really also love the shoal print kaftan and will definitely try that when it comes in

Ive ordered these!!!!! What size did you order? Ive ordered the medium.

Laska2Meryls · 05/05/2023 11:11

I wasn't sure either @Snowyowl78 , so have ordered both the S and M as I wont have time to reorder before I go away. But its so difficult to tell with the 'revised' sizing. I have the new navy linen balloon trousers in S ( and the new fenugreek in XS!) - I so wish that they hadn't changed it .. Why they couldnt have just added a 4 or XXS for petite customers and left the rest the same I really dont know. Also they have knocked out a lot of their larger size options and presumably lost custom by effectiely making the old L an XL - as I have discovered to my disgust, needing small bottoms and larger top ..

I think that those trouser will be popular though and will be really useful whilst I am away in the van so I thought that id better get in early ..

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