I sold $10,000 of watches on eBay, how to Sell your Rolex on eBay

[@vladtheimpaler5090]

Selling to overseas from the USA is actually safe now. Before the Global Shipping Program came into being it was just like you've described. Nowadays, with GSP, all you have to do is to ship with a carrier of your choice and fully insured to GSP center in Burlington, KY. From there on, they take over and are responsible for the rest. It is always traceable and, so far, I had no problems with using it. I sell a lot on eBay and ship overseas without hesitation. In fact, I have more buyers outside of the USA than inside. I even started to list my items so that the end of the auction would be in the evening time in Europe and Asia when people return from work and start browsing eBay there.

[@marcgoldbergdogtrainer]

Great information, thank you.

[@antoniolittera2154]

Living in Europe I’m very Happy with the Global Shipping Program. The market is huge and the risk on shipping is held by the carrier. By restricting your sells you’re missing out on lots of potential buyers.

[@vladtheimpaler5090]

Being many years with eBay, mostly as a seller, I have only 2 horror stories to tell that will require the whole youtube video, or two, to tell and 5-6 somewhat unpleasant transactions. Otherwise, I had a positive experience. One of the two terrors was caused by a buyer and the other one by eBay administration itself. The buyer had nothing to do with it. The transaction itself (selling Rolex) went totally smooth.

[@LesterLovesWatches]

Conversely I will never buy from a seller who uses GSP. The reason is that out of 10 packages that I receive in the UK from outside the European Union maybe only five or six of them will attract customs charges. However with the GSP I *always* have to pay customs charges upfront and seemingly at a higher rate than is necessary. For example if I buy an antique pocket watch, the actual UK customs charge is very low for antiques but the GSP charges me the full 25%.

[@narongw6590]

Nice to hear this from you, i am starter of ebay a few months...i bought watch from ebay and never sold it for 20 yrs. now i am getting old and want to pursue as seller and of course leverage the money from selling to buying . to gain experience of buy and sell vintage. it is complicated but it fun to learn and deal with bully buyer or seller. thank you so much for exchange this story

[@tommytee8387]

Sellers cannot leave negative feedback..and remember a buyer has 90 days to return the purchased item for any reason whatsover....the No returns tick box is worthless and should be ignored..you will even have to pay for the return for whatever reason which can be expensive if you want tracking and insured ... buying is great and you have full protection but selling can attract scammers with an expensive item...you try proving that a buyer has not received a house brick instead of the said item.. and you may have followed every rule that needs to be 100% adhered to..... Ebay/paypal will always find in favour of the buyer...but in general some great advice...

[@LesterLovesWatches]

The better you document the item and its condition and your packaging of it the more likely eBay will also find in your favour as the seller. I have heard of eBay refunding both the buyer and the seller in cases where the buyer is trying to be fraudulent.

[@LesterLovesWatches]

Worth noting also that from now sellers absolutely must fill out the tracking information on the listing rather than just emailing the tracking to the buyer, otherwise eBay will not lift a finger to help you in a receipt dispute situation.

[@antoniolittera2154]

The point of full disclosure can not be stressed enough. Asian buyers are extremely finnicky about signs of wear. If you ever use one of their own platforms like Rakuten you can see that a condition we would call ”used” with normal signs of wear on an old watch over there is described as ”junk”.

[@rerami30]

So true. That has been my experience as well.

[@Ninja_S1000RR-R]

Damn. I've sold about 800 hundred dollars in watches with ebay, also no hassles other than lowballers. And it kind of irks me when I sell and get no feedback.

[@eyeheartsushi2212]

Great video, Marc. Thanks. It’s incredible the amount of eBay watch listings with crappy pictures. Blurry, zoomed out instead of in, etc.

[@scottsj4625]

I buy a lot of stuff from eBay. I find better deals than on Amazon and I hate shopping, so it is nice to have it go to the mailbox. Marc, you forgot to mention PayPal fee's I think it is around 3.5 percent or something like that. I am not exactly sure. If you add eBay and PayPal together say for 10 grand, that is a lot of money. Good video.

[@marcgoldbergdogtrainer]

You are correct and I added that to the description.

[@scottsj4625]

@@marcgoldbergdogtrainer Sorry I did not see that. I was just listening. Were you successful selling your higher end watches to subscribers rather than Ebay or some other site?

[@vladtheimpaler5090]

I bought from Amazon 3 times. All 3 times had a bad experience and forgot about it forever. Besides that, my newly opened Amazon account was hacked. Not sorry to say that Amazon does not exist for me.

[@scottsj4625]

@@vladtheimpaler5090 Amazon now lets just about anyone sell on there, so I noticed it taking sometimes over a month to get anything. I only bought one time from Amazon in a year and it was just AA and AAA batteries. Most stuff I find to be high and find better deals on ebay and I look where they are to make sure they are in the USA and not someplace else. I am really sorry your account got hacked. That really sucks.

[@LesterLovesWatches]

Last week the top bidder on quite a cheap watch I was selling was from Italy and had 0% feedback even though he had been on eBay for three years. The alarm bells were so loud they woke up the cat and I was really hesitating what to do. However I packaged it up, sent it with tracking and a signature required and lo and behold it was an absolutely smooth transaction.

[@Arthur-hg7ny]

Watch out for the buyer that contacts you and says, “I’ll pay higher and you need to overnight it.” I would write back and say, “you’re joking right?”

[@jjjakefrench]

Hey thank you old sport I'm all ways learning

[@timothythomas1626]

I am an ebay seller and have a Top buyer rating. But I am afraid to sell high dollar. As the buyer is always sided with.

[@Joeyjoejoejrshabadoo81]

I don’t think eBay owns PayPal anymore

[@ScottMcLinden]

Every time Marc says Meat and Potatoes I instantly get hunger...lol

[@joecampo6430]

Thank you Mark I follow your comments just like you describe and they work perfectly. Now can you stop my lab from eating my molding my irrigation system the walls in my home . Do a show on that please.

[@marcgoldbergdogtrainer]

The Art of Training Your Dog. Available where books are sold. 😉

[@MsMimireilly]

Sellers cannot leave buyers negative feedback.

[@blackpassenger]

great vid. Im just now jumping into these waters. just bought a 2017 tag aquaracer and im in the process of listing it on ebay. Im a newbie, so I have noooooo experience on ebay. im wondering if the process will b smooth even if I'm selling to the West from Japan. any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[@timothythomas1626]

Under promise over deliver. This makes a Happy Buyer. I throw in a Small Note saying thank you and I bag up hard candies. Giving just 3 multi colored hand candies to each of mu buyers. I have a "Highest Buyer Rating on my feedback. Ship Quick!!! Buyers are excited. Even if it isnm't going out till the next morning Print your shipping label ASAP. A buyer loves getting a Tracking number 15 min after they paid. This will get you more buyer feedbacks. And it is Buyer Feedback That Matters. The Experienced ebay buyer before spending 1000+ will look at your sales history feedback. If they see didn't ship took a long time to ship,Or didn't respond to question. If your buyer messages you respond Lightning fast. This prevents their minds from wondering if you are avoiding them etc.

[@stevebonfiglio23]

Excellent presentation, on several different levels (been in education for 30 yrs). The problem with my ebay background is that I most often sell English learning books to int'l clients--buyers not inclined to test their writing abilities in their target language, thus I rarely get feedback (even after 200 happy sales). At any rate, I'm about to list my mother's lightly used Rolex and your presentation was extremely informative. I hope I can turn here for advice should I encounter anything out of the ordinary. Let me ask you just this: I just had the watch repaired and "tuned" 2 months ago by an authorized dealer ($1,500). Should I go into details of that at all, or just say "recently refurbished"? And the repairs came with a 1-year factory warranty--is that void if sold? Thx again for any advice.

[@cashinhand]

In my personal experience, selling on stockx is way easier, they take 13% of the sell price, same as ebay. If the watch is hyped enough stockx is a better way to sell, otherwise, eBay might be a better option.

[@blazinmark1]

Marc thank You for an AWESOME vid buddy! This expose was extremely informative and educational! An honest and simple breakdown of how to use fleabay, wunderkind!

[@tommytee8387]

Ebay and Paypal are now totally separate companies...

[@photodunn7828]

Say I found a great deal on a new watch from a respectable website running discounts, can I try to sell one on eBay before purchasing it and only buy it myself when I have a eBay buyer

[@nithit2747]

Want sale 1982 gmt master Solid gold none polish worn maybe 100 times . purchase in Zurich at Rolex . what should I ask also i have box and paper . thanks

[@FacPhoto]

EBay is totally geared toward the buyer in disputes. A lot of the time this allows buyers to return with spurious excuses and claims due to ‘buyers remorse’. That is frustrating especially if you have already spent the money on another item. If I can avoid EBay, I will.

[@Livelaughlimpbizkit]

I think eBay and PayPal became separate entities last year, not that it really matters though

[@blessedlion5329]

fees?

[@LowLuvR117]

Thats worse then driving uber n waiting for ppl to comment ebay selling is hard

[@ScottMcLinden]

I need Marcs money!...great video Marc

[@marcgoldbergdogtrainer]

I needed my money too! That’s why I realized I have too damn much money in watches.

[@ScottMcLinden]

LOL...Archie needs your money too!!...lol...Keep is the great work my friend...we love ya up here in Canada.

[@neoLover23]

Marc, what if someone wins the bid and you decide you don’t want to sell to them? for reasons stated in this video.

[@trent781]

Im worried about someone hitting me with an item not as described scam. Is there any way to prevent this? Sounds like no matter how accurate the description is, the buyer wins.

[@phila3884]

How do you relist slow selling watches? Weekly or monthly?I see some sellers have the same items constantly relisted for months. Don't they incur fees-or are they power sellers who get a break on relisting?

[@marcgoldbergdogtrainer]

50 a month are free

[@projekt679]

After a bid I had one of the bidders who didn’t win contact me claiming he was the winner and tried to get me to mail him the watch. Pretty crazy.. He asked me to send to another address. I reported him to eBay but I don’t anything was done.

[@HaveOneWithHans]

mark why did you sell so much of your collction off???

[@marcgoldbergdogtrainer]

Just thinning the herd and going down to the pieces that I actually think belong in my collection.

[@timothythomas1626]

I knew you were a watch guy by your last name.

[@timothythomas1626]

Sellers can't leave bad feedback.

[@ScottAReid]

Marc, taking my rolex and omega seamaster on a trip soon. do you wear them and just ask them to use the metal detector by hand? i dont want to put them in the tray, what is your approach? i know you travel with watches all the time. thanks

[@Ninja_S1000RR-R]

In my experience, that is the only jewelry that they do let you wear through the x-ray. If not I recommend that you ask a TSA agent to take it and check it by hand and hold onto it until you get through to the clear area of the checkpoint.

[@marcgoldbergdogtrainer]

Should you take off your Rolex watch at TSA airport security? kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppW0pn2Bq7N5sMU

[@342boss]

I fly a lot. Never been asked to take off my watch.

[@FatSamEIE]

I put it in my jacket pocket and lay that in the tray so it doesn't get scratched(or potentially stolen )

[@ScottAReid]

@@FatSamEIE like the jacket pocket idea. i carry glasses cases and put my watches inside those. put them both in a case and zip into my jacket pocket. i travel with 2 or 3 watches usually.

[@leungkasan]

Yea how is spot is not fake or functional ? If u r paying more than 1000bucks

[@jaredcoffin3907]

And, and, and don’t forget the taxes on your watch “income”. PayPal will be sending the numbers to the feds.

[@342boss]

I move hundreds of thousands per year through PP. Never gotten a 1099.

[@342boss]

I've sold hundreds of watches on eBay. If you don't have a store, it's 10% capped at $750. With a store for $21.99 per month it's 9.15% capped at $250.

[@Rckhlld1]

How can I cancel a buyer buying my watch

[@342boss]

@@Rckhlld1 depends on circumstances. Easiest to have the buyer request to cancel the transaction.

[@blueshirtbuddah1665]

Phirst

[@Ninja_S1000RR-R]

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[@jamesieadams]

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