- Discounted prices on Amazon (ie different suppliers, optimizing for taxes, using coupons, etc) combined with Gyft discount and high purse fees meant that Purse often was more expensive - or at least not as much cheaper as needed to make the effort worth the while
- An annoying experience with a buyer who started nagging to release the escrow the minute the package arrived - he sent me numerous messages while I was asleep and I woke up to a dispute report. This was my indication the package had arrived.
Both reasons combined caused me to say: it's really not worth my while.
But now I am ready to try it again, after seeing many positive posts by ronnieb. And because discounts are now much higher - It may even be worth my while to deal with the occasional annoying buyer.
Here is my order, in the Amazon wishlist:
To see what Amazon would charge, including taxes and shipping if I ordered it directly, I completed the order right up to the last step. One more click and I would have paid. That is the only place where Amazon really tells you the correct price (that I know of, at least).
The order would have been $48.57, but as I would have paid with Gyft for a 3% discount, my payment price would have been 97% * $48.57 = $47.11. That's what I am looking to compare purse with.
So I imported the wishlist into Purse. I chose 45% discount (which will give me a much lower discount after costs).
And then I placed the order.
I'll update once anything happens to the order. I have learned from ronnieb that these higher discount orders may take some time to complete. And if they fail that you just try them again. So I'll be doing just that.
