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<p>[QUOTE="George Chaney, post: 3785530, member: 19137"]Ah. the dreaded SNAD. Nothing can deter that on eBay that I am aware of beyond ebay suspending the account of abusers. A buddy of mine once said, you are better off to refer to the photos of the item for the condition description than to actually provide a detailed description; eBay reps themselves will point to images of an item to support a disputed SNAD by a seller when the description reflects the seller pointing to the image for condition and telling the buyer to ask questions. I don't have an answer for what works and what doesn't with this. I type to much and take way to many photographs....lol </p><p><br /></p><p>I don't usually ship a lot of items first class mail over $50.00. The one's I do ship first class have the basic services I want available which is insurance and sometimes signature required. Merch I want to protect against loss or orders I think may be sketchy, I want the item(s) there fast 2 to 3 days tops. So I always go into priority mail for those items and that is where I will get into the more expensive shipping options and usually avoid eBay shipping. FedEx offers similar services that have the same arrival time. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bear in mind that my business is a hobby. <b><span style="color: #000000"><u>It is not a good business model, it simply serves my purposes</u></span></b> which is to feed my hobby and make enough extra to pay for the college education of 4 kids, which is one semester away from being completely done.... which then makes it about, feeding my hobby as we retire to the mountains this fall.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="George Chaney, post: 3785530, member: 19137"]Ah. the dreaded SNAD. Nothing can deter that on eBay that I am aware of beyond ebay suspending the account of abusers. A buddy of mine once said, you are better off to refer to the photos of the item for the condition description than to actually provide a detailed description; eBay reps themselves will point to images of an item to support a disputed SNAD by a seller when the description reflects the seller pointing to the image for condition and telling the buyer to ask questions. I don't have an answer for what works and what doesn't with this. I type to much and take way to many photographs....lol I don't usually ship a lot of items first class mail over $50.00. The one's I do ship first class have the basic services I want available which is insurance and sometimes signature required. Merch I want to protect against loss or orders I think may be sketchy, I want the item(s) there fast 2 to 3 days tops. So I always go into priority mail for those items and that is where I will get into the more expensive shipping options and usually avoid eBay shipping. FedEx offers similar services that have the same arrival time. Bear in mind that my business is a hobby. [B][COLOR=#000000][U]It is not a good business model, it simply serves my purposes[/U][/COLOR][/B] which is to feed my hobby and make enough extra to pay for the college education of 4 kids, which is one semester away from being completely done.... which then makes it about, feeding my hobby as we retire to the mountains this fall.[/QUOTE]
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