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alanw15
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[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EVER-U-WANT-MUG-P ... 900wt_1139]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EVER-U-WANT-MUG-P ... 900wt_1139[/url]

Any photo / text BIN £0.99p £4.00p&p

How can he be making any profit??????????
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JSR
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You're never going to be able to compete with shysters who put copyright-protected images onto items without permission. All you can do is report them.

He's easily making some profit because he's selling it for £4.99. Take off £2 for postage and that's £3 he's got. The cost of the mug can't be more than £2, so he's made £1 profit.

The only reason he's priced it at 99p + £4 postage is to defraud eBay from their fees, which I believe are less if the item is 99p.

Do you really want to compete with a shyster, or would you rather build up a good reputation for your business?
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Probably not dishwasher safe and the mugs might even be seconds, that stack looks wonky to me. The only other suggestion I have is it is a lose leader to attract potential future customers
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1st class postage on a mug is around £2.24 + the cost of bubble wrap and the box then an 11oz mug would set you back approx £1.00 including vat. Paper and ink + ebay listing, final value and paypal fees and its lucky if hes clearing 50p - 60p per mug.

There's no way you can compete against guys doing it for beer money or doing it cash in hand behind their bosses backs.
alanw15
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and that's if he don't make a mess of a mug then his on a complete lose. Beats me why they bother
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Just continuously report them to Ebay for selling fakes or whatever. They do take action eventually. He's likely to have the cheapest quality mugs and non- sawgrass ink so will be making a profit...... even if it is hardly worthwhile. Might even be a member of this forum!
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Andrew wrote:Just continuously report them to Ebay for selling fakes or whatever. They do take action eventually. He's likely to have the cheapest quality mugs and non- sawgrass ink so will be making a profit...... even if it is hardly worthwhile. Might even be a member of this forum!
Yes Andrew i`ve done just that
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Blooming unregistered business seller to boot, grrrr
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