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touchpro247

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What do you guys think is a fair price to sell the NS on eBay for including shipping?

Don't forget about eBay and PayPal fees.:eek:
 

shrivelfig

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What do you guys think is a fair price to sell the NS on eBay for including shipping?

Don't forget about eBay and PayPal fees.:eek:

Shipping where? Next door or overseas? There might be a tiny difference.

What would be a decent markup, excluding shipping? There's little point in selling it on for a meagre $10 profit. As a buyer, I don't think I'd pay more than $50 extra, which gives $579 + shipping. What are the fees on that?
 

umbrella42

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What do you guys think is a fair price to sell the NS on eBay for including shipping?

Don't forget about eBay and PayPal fees.:eek:

The problem is: There is no fair price because of those fees and taxes. When I get the phone for $670 (shipment incl.) on eBay, I have to pay another 19% VAT for importing the phone to Europe.

So here we are:
  • $529 at "Best" Buy
  • $700 using a "known freight forwarder" (forbidden by "Best" Buy)
  • $800 via eBay.
That's what I call "black market prices".
 

shrivelfig

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The problem is: There is no fair price because of those fees and taxes. When I get the phone for $670 (shipment incl.) on eBay, I have to pay another 19% VAT for importing the phone to Europe.

So here we are:
  • $529 at "Best" Buy
  • $700 using a "known freight forwarder" (forbidden by "Best" Buy)
  • $800 via eBay.

But the $529 is without taxes. Add your 19% VAT and it's $630. If you wait until it's being sold locally, the local store price would be $630 or more. Whatever you pay on top of that is for the privilege of getting the phone before it's officially for sale.

Have you seen the official UK prices?
 

umbrella42

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But the $529 is without taxes. Add your 19% VAT and it's $630. If you wait until it's being sold locally, the local store price would be $630 or more. Whatever you pay on top of that is for the privilege of getting the phone before it's officially for sale.

Yes, this is true. ;) ($529 is without intl shipping too ... )

Have you seen the official UK prices?

As an Englishmen I would prefer to order this phone in U.S. anyways considering the $865(!!) they have to pay at CarPhoneMuchoExpensive.
 

touchpro247

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Shipping where? Next door or overseas? There might be a tiny difference.

What would be a decent markup, excluding shipping? There's little point in selling it on for a meagre $10 profit. As a buyer, I don't think I'd pay more than $50 extra, which gives $579 + shipping. What are the fees on that?

I was thinking overseas.

eBay
Here's an example of a final value fee calculation for an auction-style listing:

You sell an item for $100.00.

Your final value fee is 9% of the final sale price, which is $9.00.

The maximum final value fee for auction-style listings is $50. For example, if you sell an item for $1,000, you’ll pay only $50, even though 9% of $1,000 is $90.

PayPal
There is a fee to send money as a personal payment using a debit card or credit card. The fee in the U.S. is 2.9% plus $0.30 USD of the amount you send. For example, if you send $100.00 USD by credit card, the fee would be $3.20 USD ($2.90 + $0.30). For personal payments, the sender can pay the fee or pass it on to the recipient. If the recipient doesn't want to pay the fee, they can choose not to accept the payment.

When you sell through ebay the seller takes on this cost which is about $19.20.
 
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touchpro247

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So my $579 phone would actually cost $50 just in eBay fees?

:eek:

Yep, plus shipping. :( So that's $629.00 plus. The seller only makes around $30.00 bucks off this deal because of the $19.20 PayPal fee unless they pass the cost on to you. If that because BestBuy charges tax (Or maybe not) 6.5% here on top of the $529.
That's the cheapest I've seen one go for on eBay actually: http://cgi.ebay.com/Google-Nexus-S-...0711263301?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item33636a9c45

What does shipping cost?
 
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shrivelfig

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Yep, plus shipping. :( So that's $629.00 plus.

That's the cheapest I've seen one go for on eBay actually.

Well, eBay's a bit crazy right now.

I wonder what the magic price point is, where the profit equals the fees, so that the seller receives exactly $529. Now, where's that durned spreadsheet ...


What does shipping cost?

International shipping varies from $38 to $78, it seems.
 

Tulips

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Yep, plus shipping. :( So that's $629.00 plus. The seller only makes around $30.00 bucks off this deal because of the $19.20 PayPal fee unless they pass the cost on to you. If that because BestBuy charges tax (Or maybe not) 6.5% here on top of the $529.
That's the cheapest I've seen one go for on eBay actually: http://cgi.ebay.com/Google-Nexus-S-...0711263301?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item33636a9c45

What does shipping cost?

One cheaper, this is mine :) $600

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...tFvAYEY%3D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT
 

touchpro247

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Well, eBay's a bit crazy right now.

I wonder what the magic price point is, where the profit equals the fees, so that the seller receives exactly $529. Now, where's that durned spreadsheet ...




International shipping varies from $38 to $78, it seems.

$529(phone price)+$50(eBay fee)+$19.20(PayPal fee)+$38 to $79(International shipping varies)= $628.20 to $668.20 now add taxes to that.

Lets say $650 shipped is a great deal and that's with no money being made.*
 
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