I just bought a USB adaptor off eBay, $2.77 including postage. Even if they cost the supplier nothing, I'm hard pushed to see how anyone can make money doing this.
They would make 0.80 cents to $1 profit using standard postage.
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I just bought a USB adaptor off eBay, $2.77 including postage. Even if they cost the supplier nothing, I'm hard pushed to see how anyone can make money doing this.
I just bought a USB adaptor off eBay, $2.77 including postage. Even if they cost the supplier nothing, I'm hard pushed to see how anyone can make money doing this.
They would make 0.80 cents to $1 profit using standard postage.
You can also buy a USB cable of some sort for like $1 including postage from China/HK on ebay
they do it to either/both build up feedback on low cost items so they can sell other items at low margin high volume.
as for profits, at $1 I was shocked the first time to see if they can make a profit too,
to send something in an envelope in australia costs like 10c for a envelope, 70c-$1 for postage, plus 10c for ebay fees, and I believe they charge you 30c per transaction + a % to accept a paypal payment (not sure if this has changed or its waived for huge sellers)
but from HK/China since cost of living there is much lower, I wouldnt be surprised if the break down went like this
30c for cable
5c envelope
20c for postage
30c for paypal
10c for ebay fees
4c for listing fees
total 90c, profit 10c/%
so probably reasonable for their standards, terrible for ours
I can't understand why anyone would bother with selling something for a 5 cent profit although seeing the prices of some items I have no doubt it happens. Hubby recently bought some replacement buttons for his car remote and they were $1.75 and free postage. I don't know how much profit there is in that but even if it's a dollar - what a hassle! So much effort for little gain.
I can't understand why anyone would bother with selling something for a 5 cent profit although seeing the prices of some items I have no doubt it happens. Hubby recently bought some replacement buttons for his car remote and they were $1.75 and free postage. I don't know how much profit there is in that but even if it's a dollar - what a hassle! So much effort for little gain.
if youve already got a system setup where its automated, 5cent profit is still not much but in voilume it may not be something to sneeze at
5c to us is worth less then 5c in China
I just bought four bra extensions/expanders. They are $6 in bra shops here and I bought four for $1 with free postage, coming from China.
Amazing! What profit can they be making on that?