Don't Buy Wholesale List On Ebay
I noticed recently there are a whole bunch of listings on wholesale list of all sorts being sold on ebay for really ridiculous prices like $0.99 or $1.99. I recently brought one of the xbox360 wholesale list thinking since it is the holiday season, I could make a few bucks selling xbox360 on ebay.
Want to know how I fared? It was a scam. The seller sent me a list of over 50 wholesale suppliers who carried xbox360. Some had a website and some only a telephone number.
Let me tell you none had of the wholesale suppliers were true wholesale suppliers. The most funny part was through some searching, I found the ebay seller listing his website as a wholesale source on the list he/she sold me.
Here why I said they were not true wholesale suppliers. First, I have to tell you even though I had a list of about 50 wholesale suppliers, most of the contacts were outdated. I was only able to contact about 10 of them. Most of these suppliers either have a website that had expired or does not exist, or the telephone number was not valid.
1) One wholesale supplier who had a website would not even allow me to know the prices they were selling without me paying $24.99 to access their price list.
2) Another supplier price their Xbox360 so high that I would be better off buying a Xbox360 from a retail store.
3) Through some investigation, I found some of the suppliers were actually middlemen who have already marked up the prices and in turn reselling it to me.
4) Some suppliers only carry a limited quantity of Xbox360 and if it was sold out, I was told I would be placed in a waiting list with 3 to 4 weeks turnaround time. How am I supposed to sell these on ebay? Even If I managed to sell one xbox360, I will no idea if the supplier have the stock at the time I ordered and if it runs out of stock, how am I going to tell my customer he/she has to wait 3 to 4 weeks?
5) Another supplier charge such a ridiculous price for shipping that no one on the planet will buy it.
6) I contacted another supplier who seems to have reasonable prices but when I asked for a sample or I would buy it for a sample, they told me it was not possible. Their customer service person was rude and not responding to my emails and 90 percent of the time, I could not contact them. I�m certainly not going to do business with someone who does not treat their customers well.
I�ve learned my lesson and definitely not going to buy any wholesale list on ebay again. I did though after some research find a reputable source which I trust and has a great reputation.
