[davids3511]

Hi All

A few days ago I posted that I was thinking of becoming a window cleaner and closing up my other business (selling on eBay) . So far I have purchased a backpack, purchased and setup my RO unit and am now waiting for my leaflets to arrive so I can begin trying to accumulate customers.

Today has convinced me I am making the right move. Since 9am thois morning I have had -
1 x Bounced cheque £25.99, goods already dispatched as 5 days had elapsed!
1 x Credit card charge back for unauthorised use £11.69
1 x Customer claiming item not received and reversing the payment even though they were sent the original AND a replacement £10.99
1 x Customer who wants £5.00 because he can't setup his equipemnt and thinks I should pay him to have PC world set it for him.

I can' wait to get started and leave this rubbish behind!!

David

[need a cleaner]

Lol i also did sell for some time in EBAY and give it up because was far to much agro

[Pittmonkey]

Now you can look forward to:

Rain!
Oi!!! You missed a window.
Can I pay you next time
Can you give it a miss this time.
Rain!!!
How Much!!!
I’m moving house
That thing leaves all my walls wet!!!
You haven’t dried my windows.
Rain!!!

Welcome to the world of window cleaning 

To be honest though David I’ve only encountered 2 of these so far Rain !!! and can I pay you next time. But no doubt they will come.

Still the best thing I’ve done. (Early days yet only been going 7 weeks)

Good Luck Mate.
Wayne

[Tosh]

David,

What do you sell on e-bay?  How much money did you make?  Having a second string to your bow that's flexible sounds great; perfect for rainy days.

Tell us about it?

[davids3511]

Hi

I import PDA, Mobile phone and one or two models of laptop battery from a manufacturer in China. We also have a contract with a company is the US that specialises in refurbished Network equipment and such like.

We made about 28k last year on a turnover of about 280k, shipping about 18000 packages in the year. However, the level of work required for that is about 10-12 hours a day and about 10 hours of the weekend. The emails are never ending and take about 3 hours a day to deal with.

Basically, the problem with eBay is location misrepresentation. I import, Pay VAT, duty and International airfreight. The guys and gals in China are setting up Uk eBay accounts and pretending they are in Manchester, London and such like. The unsuspecting customer sees a UK seller and thinks it is Kosher until it takes 15 days to arrive. They can do it cheaper because their postage cost for international isn't that much more than mine and they don't have to pay VAT nor duty. The purchaser often is afraid to leave negative feedback because they ill get it back so the next customer is none the wiser.

I plan on dropping the batteries and sticking with the networking gear. That stuff isn't as easy to get hold of and will mean I only need to spend about 3 hours a day for about 50%of the reward. I already start at 6 anyway so I should have most of my days work done by the time I start window cleaning at 9am, after I drop y sonto school.

David