Third time's a charm

Bought: $1.1 Sold: $13.21 Fees: $2.19 Profit: $9.91

So, I picked this CD up at VV early on. I was with Robin, and she asked me why I was buying a CD. Now, while normally CDs are pretty hit-or-miss to resell - you really need to know what to look for - and while I am not only NOT an expert on what CDs sell well, but this one was lying in between books, only cost $1 and it was a live event recording. A quick eBay search showed that it sold for about $10 US, and so I figured it was worth a shot. I clearly made the correct guess, because not only did it sell, with a nice small profit, but it sold three times!

That is right - I sold this item three times! The problem is that the first two bidders never paid! The first person who bid said she was having trouble with shipping, eBay's shipping calculator wasn't working. So I sent her an invoice with what shipping would be. This took me less than a day, and within 30 minutes of her telling me the issue, which she didn't raise until I asked why she hadn't paid. She then informed me that she had bought another copy, and wasn't going to pay for mine because it had been too complicated to figure out. She didn't even ask me why it wasn't work! I wish buyers would communicate more with sellers. Anyways, when a buyer doesn't pay, you have to wait four days, then open a ticket with eBay, they then contact the buyer and they have another four days to pay. So that is 8 days you don't have your listing up. I listed it again, and this time put in a pre-determined amount for shipping to the states. This meant I may lose money on shipping to some states, but I didn't want that problem to arise again. Within a day of putting it back up, someone made an offer of $8US and I accepted, being glad it was going to finally sell. Despite making the offer, which is a promise to pay, she never paid either! Never responded to any of my messages either. Another 8 days later, I listed it again. This time it was bought for the listing price and from a guy named PearlJamMann, so surely this guy was going to pay right? It took him 4 days to pay! I'm glad he finally paid and it is finally leaving my house. This item has been my most difficult flip yet! I think I am going to avoid CDs, too much hassle.