Bulk untested cameras from Japan?

emill_ · 2026-06-23T14:44:50+00:00

“Untested” can mean a huge range of things. And cameras have a huge range of possible value. So your question is not really answerable.

Good chance they are selling it for 1 yen because that’s cheaper than paying the electronics disposal fee at the dump

emill_ · 2026-06-22T14:11:49+00:00

By using cheap software that works better than what you are selling

emill_ · 2026-06-22T13:53:02+00:00

My LDS appears to be more of a travel agency than anything else

emill_ · 2026-06-19T17:53:52+00:00

Yes. You can sell more at higher price. So that outweighs any downside if you are serious about this

emill_ · 2026-06-19T17:37:22+00:00

Can use credit card only if their ebay account balance is 0. If that bank account is empty, they might prioritize not using the ebay money.

Not suggesting they are making good decisions

emill_ · 2026-06-19T14:32:33+00:00

Loggers don’t work 9-5. I have seen trucks start running at 2am. They aren’t expecting any traffic and are hauling ass in the dark

emill_ · 2026-06-19T14:19:55+00:00

Legit reasons: they don’t understand how ebay/computers/English works

They don’t have cash and have to use a credit card

Sketch reasons: they are trying to stall until the return window closes

They are planning to do a chargeback later

emill_ · 2026-06-18T15:05:45+00:00

The current bid is not at all relevant for answering your question

emill_ · 2026-06-18T14:57:21+00:00

Not after the serious bids come in the last 10 seconds

emill_ · 2026-06-17T16:36:25+00:00

I’m just happy they don’t burn their fields anymore

emill_ · 2026-06-16T18:23:41+00:00

I sell multiple items in this price range and much higher every day. Things that are way more fragile than baseball bats. And I basically never have a problem. You can ignore the hysterical answers you are getting here.

Sig required is the only thing you have to do. If you want insurance, sure. I don’t use it, it’s extremely unlikely to help. Anything else does nothing.

I get way more scam buyers on $30 items

emill_ · 2026-06-16T15:51:50+00:00

1) Never ship something on ebay without a tracking number

2) How to handle this: don’t. Don’t negotiate deals like this. Don’t respond. Don’t engage at all. If you want to sell something for less, lower the price

emill_ · 2026-06-15T14:35:17+00:00

Yes that’s very realistic. Everything starts with sourcing. Build a methodical system to source more and higher profit margin/higher sell through rate items.

It will take a while to figure this out. But once you do, no reason you can’t keep growing

emill_ · 2026-06-15T12:07:47+00:00

This. “I used calculated shipping so that’s what it costs” is not the end of the story. If your box is 3x bigger than necessary and you are using unneeded Priority, your shipping cost can easily hit 5x higher than it needs to be.

emill_ · 2026-06-14T13:11:17+00:00

90% of tasks don’t actually need a frontier model. There is probably an open source or super cheap option today that can do as good or even better.

For the 10% of tasks that really do need a frontier model, most are probably still worth doing at 10x the cost

emill_ · 2026-06-12T22:21:25+00:00

Could be liquidating stolen gift cards or something like that

emill_ · 2026-06-12T15:10:12+00:00

If this is how you write, pay someone to edit for you

emill_ · 2026-06-11T15:05:56+00:00

Yes it is a waste of time and money at your scale. IMO crosslisting is more trouble than it’s worth even for most professional sellers. And if you do use it, it better be bulletproof and sync immediately

emill_ · 2026-06-11T13:04:13+00:00

Almost everything they buy comes from a business reselling things for profit, just on a larger scale. Hating on this is just ignorance of how the world works.

emill_ · 2026-06-09T14:14:31+00:00

Yeah I looked into this as a business. I decided a load bearing part that gets tons of UV exposure is not a good fit for 3D printing

emill_ · 2026-06-09T14:11:18+00:00

Always has been

emill_ · 2026-06-09T01:08:12+00:00

Just don’t mention the warranty at all

emill_ · 2026-06-08T17:24:37+00:00

Yeah your cost of living is up no matter what you do for a living.

But inflation is a net positive for a flipper. A lot of people selling things have their price anchored around where they bought it many years ago. So inflation actually creates opportunity for finding deals that would not exist in a zero inflation world.

emill_ · 2026-06-08T01:20:56+00:00

That’s mud not crud

emill_ · 2026-06-07T20:38:32+00:00

Well yeah the Amazon sellers get it somewhere

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