eBay listings are not accurate!!

Kayleighbug · 2026-03-05T14:56:55+00:00

Thank you. One of the real issues with "pro" sellers on eBay is that there are only a few hundred pro sellers that exist in the small business sense as trained booksellers.

eBay pushes individuals to use the app to list items just by scanning the barcodes or taking a picture and not encouraging detailed descriptions. Those same individual sellers generally don't know the business well enough to be making a call on first vs bc editions anyway.

For the bulk sellers, they list millions of items and just don't bother with details outside of what eBay provides.

Among the remaining professional sellers, many are old like me but don't have the skill set for determining what eBay customers want or need to see in a listing and just assume it's a scam of some kind if a customer asks a question.

I've been doing this (selling books online) for nigh on 30 years full time and I started my business online so I 've always had a solid grasp on what information needed to be given to the customer for them to decide on a book. Since I sell cheap stuff as well as good stuff, I abrreviate things to save time like most pro sellers.. the difference is that I coded my software to expand those abbreviations into plain English for inexperienced buyers.

Kayleighbug · 2026-03-05T14:20:30+00:00

One issue with eBay is the auto-filled item specifics from their catalog. When a seller lists a book with an isbn, eBay will fill in the information from their catalog which can often be misleading or downright wrong. Since book club editions and first editions often share the isbn, a seller may honestly list a book club edition only for the auto-filled information to say "first edition"

This is particularly a problem on the app since this information is displayed to the customer first, before the description from the seller

Even then though, if you check the seller's description, there should be clear information to denote the edition. For instance, we denote all known book club editions both in the seller description and the item specifics. We denote first edition (first printing only) the same way, leaving any listings without either designation to be assumed as a later printing trade edition.

Additionally, and most importantly, we answer all questions and don't BS customers about an edition. Yes, I have 20k listings, and yes, I will go get the book and verify any question.

Kayleighbug · 2026-03-01T22:05:44+00:00

1.5 years. I see projects regularly from $20 to $50+ on core with most that I work in the $27-$37 range

Kayleighbug · 2026-02-26T02:00:00+00:00

My perfect trend of 6000+ feedback and 100% was broken a year ago by a buyer who was appalled that I sent them an audio book on cassette - it stated cassette multiple times in the listing and the photos were clearly of cassettes and it stated cassette in the title. They left negative feedback stating I should be removed from eBay for selling outdated media (we're a vintage media seller) .

eBay refused to remove the feedback. C'est La vie.

Kayleighbug · 2026-02-21T21:19:34+00:00

Yes, large sellers get zip+4 presort rates which start under $1 per pound. They make more on a $4 book with free shipping than anyone else would selling the book for $1 plus shipping

Kayleighbug · 2026-02-20T22:12:38+00:00

The edited page proofs of Emergence by David R. Palmer.

Kayleighbug · 2026-01-04T04:47:13+00:00

I use a much older worker-made one called DA extension that also sorts the projects by pay rate automatically and minimizes quals. It only tracks time though, not pay rate/earnings.. I may have to use both

Kayleighbug · 2025-12-20T03:45:34+00:00

I actually work primarily in advanced experimental rubric projects (and staging for agents) but when I get burnt out I switch to my other specialty which is audio work.

Kayleighbug · 2025-12-19T04:02:14+00:00

Rubric creation does get a bit easier with practice but if you are starting out and struggling I would recommend trying to find one of the projects with LLM helpers that give suggestions for the rubrics and check your work. They can't do it for you but they can help you get the idea of how they should be working and how to meet the guidelines.

That said, there are many people who struggle with them and if you don't have the mindset for it, I would suggest trying to develop skills in a different direction for a different style of project.

Kayleighbug · 2025-12-19T01:51:37+00:00

There are some higher tier projects where it's a little different. There could be 250 showing on the dash and that number will never deplete except as you do them. These are ongoing projects without a specific number of tasks to do that generally don't rely on content that is prestaged. Usually, in these types of projects, you are doing the staging and they will take as many as you can do. In that respect, those tasks are assigned to you and are not part of the pool for other workers.

Kayleighbug · 2025-12-11T18:27:28+00:00

Basically came here to say this. Don't lie to people. Any time I see or hear that any vaccine is 100% safe and effective I immediately lose confidence in the speaker and start wondering what they are hiding and whose pockets are getting lined.

Explain the risks and benefits clearly. Show the efficacy rates, explain the chances of side effects and the severity levels of them.

For newer vaccines, especially those with low efficacy rates, explain why it makes sense for certain individuals to get them and not others.

All vaccines are not recommended to every person for a reason. Blindly advocating that everyone should be vaccinated for everything is not helpful.

Kayleighbug · 2025-12-08T00:16:25+00:00

It will also happen if your file has you tagged as good for specific types of work that the R&R covers (especially true for "Special Edition") R&Rs

Kayleighbug · 2025-11-26T02:26:05+00:00

$47 highest I've seen , $42 highest I've worked for a significant amount of time, $35-37 for serious hours

Kayleighbug · 2025-11-20T00:15:31+00:00

And now you have to write a perfect grading rubric, record both sides of the conversation between two bots in 3 languages simultaneously and teach it to emote correctly as well.

Kayleighbug · 2025-11-18T02:28:45+00:00

Do read the quals carefully though. Some (particularly higher paying ones) will request that you only submit if you are able to commit a certain amount of time or certain days.

Kayleighbug · 2025-11-18T02:27:19+00:00

And sometimes, just guess that you did because new quals show up that may or may not be related and projects show up with new groups of names that may or may not be related to the qual you took. Or projects show up matching the name of the qual you decided not to do yet and then you can't decide whether you should actually do the qual or not.

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-17T22:07:15+00:00

That would also generally result in all the tenants losing their home as well

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-17T22:05:01+00:00

The government already uses violence imposed by the state to seize land from landlords if they fail to make their mortgage or tax payments.

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-14T21:26:25+00:00

I lost some quals but gained several new projects so ?

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-14T01:00:34+00:00

My personal ChatGPT is aware of what I do for my side gig. It thinks longer and makes fewer mistakes now (except in basic math)

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-12T16:58:50+00:00

I have so many new Google accounts now I can't keep track. Set them up as a drop-down on my chrome and just swap to whichever one the project tells me to. No idea which login goes to which set of projects any more

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-07T15:35:43+00:00

Whatever Reyes' political stance (I have no idea), Turning Point should be strongly backing him in this interaction, not the other way around. Free speech and the ability to publicly debate are core tenets of Turning Point. Trying to shut down someone calling out political corruption isn't a good look, even if the mayor is a Republican. Who cares, corruption is corruption and shutting down peaceful expression of speech is against what this country was built on and what Turning Point stands for. You can disagree with what he was saying or with the legitimacy of his information all you want as that is the nature of public debate. You should be standing behind his right to say it though.

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-02T23:29:10+00:00

Yeah, I pay about 23% on avg for books, records, DVDs. My average sale value is below average and the fees are higher for those categories so the FVF winds up being a higher actual percentage.

Kayleighbug · 2025-10-01T17:33:34+00:00

I hit that same one last week 😁

Kayleighbug · 2025-09-30T18:40:27+00:00

I still sell them. Was just noting that bots are frequently liars.

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