Printed labels etc

"Terry Dutson" <terry.dutson@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> In my experience of buying & selling on eBay (I have a feedback of 170,
all
> positive), I've never received any goods or payments with a printed
> address - usually a badly hand written scrawl. Cheques are usually in
> undersized envelopes and invariably don't include any clue as to the buyer
> or the goods. The packaging of goods sent to me has been 'tatty' to say
the
> least. Is this uncaring attitude typical of eBay buyers & sellers?
Sadly
> 'second-best' seems to be the norm these days.
>

<blink> You've never sold to me then. When I buy, I send a printed copy of
the email from the seller, or Ebay invoice, with a properly done cheque.
I've also bought a great deal of china and clothing, and have nearly always
had excellent careful packing.

Ali

C-Beeby wrote:
> "Ali Hopkins" <fn62@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> There's a difference between getting china from a to b and getting a
> housebrick from a to b. If I were selling china I would put equal
> thought but a lot more care than I would in packaging a book

Books deserve a lot of care too ... specially some of mine ...

Mike M
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"Mike McKeown" <mike@xenocyte.org.uk> wrote in message
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> C-Beeby wrote:
> > "Ali Hopkins" <fn62@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
> > news:bfs6i8$i66vd$1@ID-97728.news.uni-berlin.de...
>
> > There's a difference between getting china from a to b and getting a
> > housebrick from a to b. If I were selling china I would put equal
> > thought but a lot more care than I would in packaging a book
>
> Books deserve a lot of care too ... specially some of mine ...
>

I didn't mean I'm careless with books, just that I would use a lot more
fluffy packaging with china (which I have never sent) than than I would
sending a book, which I've sent over a thousand of in the last year, many
highly collectable and very expensive, and not had one damaged in transit
yet - so I tend to think that all things considered my packaging is more
than adequate :-)

Feathers

"C-Beeby" <tweenies@northamptonshire.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Ali Hopkins" <fn62@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > >
> >
> > <blink> You've never sold to me then. When I buy, I send a printed copy
of
> > the email from the seller, or Ebay invoice, with a properly done cheque.
>
> I think in that case then, sir, you've bought from me many times :-)

I'm a madam. And a right one!

>
> > I've also bought a great deal of china and clothing, and have nearly
> always
> > had excellent careful packing.
>
> There's a difference between getting china from a to b and getting a
> housebrick from a to b. If I were selling china I would put equal thought
> but a lot more care than I would in packaging a book
>

Oh, absolutely - with a book, frex, I just want it to arrive without any
more wear than it had to start with!

Ali

> <blink> You've never sold to me then. When I buy, I send a printed
> copy of the email from the seller, or Ebay invoice, with a properly
> done cheque. I've also bought a great deal of china and clothing, and
> have nearly always had excellent careful packing.

When I purchase anything on EBay, I also send a printout of the checkout page with my postal order. This serves 2 purposes as it provides the seller with all the info on the item I am paying for and it also contains my address for the sellers records.

When I sell an item, I copy and paste the buyers address from the checkout page to label printing software. I print the address onto plain paper which I stick onto the packaging with Parcel tape. I used a recycled jiffy bag once because I had run out of new ones and the buyer complained to me when they had received it. I explained that I had run out of new ones and that the postage reflected that. Fortunately the buyer didn't leave neg feedback. They didn't leave anything at all!

Jen


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Ali Hopkins wrote:
> "C-Beeby" <tweenies@northamptonshire.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bg1f4s$j8urn$1@ID-198887.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> "Ali Hopkins" <fn62@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
>> news:bftcq8$inr5n$1@ID-97728.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>>
>>> "C-Beeby" <tweenies@northamptonshire.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:bfs95s$i0dk1$1@ID-198887.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>>> I think in that case then, sir, you've bought from me many times
>>>> :-)
>>>
>>> I'm a madam. And a right one!
>>>
>>
>> ooh, I stand corrected, apologies :-)
>>
>
> <grin> No worries, damned confusing this Usenet thing. I used to use
> my full name, Alison, but everyone calls me Ali... or Al!
>
> Ali

Ok, but you can't call me Betty.

Mike M
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"Mike McKeown" <mike@xenocyte.org.uk> wrote in message
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> Ali Hopkins wrote:
> > <grin> No worries, damned confusing this Usenet thing. I used to use
> > my full name, Alison, but everyone calls me Ali... or Al!
> >
> > Ali
>
> Ok, but you can't call me Betty.

I knew someone would pick up on that one. Damn, the song is stuck in my
synapse now.

Ali

"Ali Hopkins" <fn62@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike McKeown" <mike@xenocyte.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:bg1jm5$jlhpj$1@ID-73063.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Ali Hopkins wrote:
> > > <grin> No worries, damned confusing this Usenet thing. I used to use
> > > my full name, Alison, but everyone calls me Ali... or Al!
> > >
> > > Ali
> >
> > Ok, but you can't call me Betty.
>
> I knew someone would pick up on that one. Damn, the song is stuck in my
> synapse now.
>
> Ali
>
>
All together now...

derrrrrr der der der derrrrrr der der der der!


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"Uncle Seph" <joekovacs@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Ali Hopkins" <fn62@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Mike McKeown" <mike@xenocyte.org.uk> wrote in message
> > news:bg1jm5$jlhpj$1@ID-73063.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > Ali Hopkins wrote:
> > > > <grin> No worries, damned confusing this Usenet thing. I used to use
> > > > my full name, Alison, but everyone calls me Ali... or Al!
> > > >
> > > > Ali
> > >
> > > Ok, but you can't call me Betty.
> >
> > I knew someone would pick up on that one. Damn, the song is stuck in my
> > synapse now.
> >
> > Ali
> >
> >
> All together now...
>
> derrrrrr der der der derrrrrr der der der der!
>

You evil swine.

Ali

Ali Hopkins wrote:
> "Mike McKeown" <mike@xenocyte.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:bg1jm5$jlhpj$1@ID-73063.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> Ali Hopkins wrote:
>>> <grin> No worries, damned confusing this Usenet thing. I used to use
>>> my full name, Alison, but everyone calls me Ali... or Al!
>>>
>>> Ali
>>
>> Ok, but you can't call me Betty.
>
> I knew someone would pick up on that one. Damn, the song is stuck in
> my synapse now.
>
> Ali

Me, too. I've been singing it all day since I read the post!!! Grrrrrr

Jaqy