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does anyone else here obsess when selling on ebay?
i have a few items (burton backhill, campy record Ti hubs, and campy chorus cassette) listed on eBay right now. i just listed them this morning and i sit here obsessing about the sales....
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I frequently find that the items I really think are a home run fizzle and the stuff I throw on it as an afterthought sell much more then I would of guessed. I sold my brothers 3.2 SSI's a few years back for $1200. I think he paid $675 for them new.:D
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exactly!!!
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I've been one the fence about Ebay for quite a while, who hasn't? Their fees are fuched up, but that's no news flash.
But I'm still a captive of the place. Where else can you find NOS Schwinn Voyageur 11.8 decals? Ebay is still very necessary for vintage stuff. |
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Listed some obviously fuch'ed up front turn signals for a '74 T/A and they went for almost $150. :confused: Do I obsess? No. Throw everything on for $9.99 (no reserve) and let 'em roll. |
Why?? Put them up for sale and if you are concerned put a reserve on them. Go have lunch, get a BJ, or play with the Porsche. Its not worth worrying about...
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Ebay's really irritating to me over the last few years. They force you to accept paypal.
I've got a few hundred sales over the last 10 years - I mostly buy but not that often. Accepting Paypal is a huge pain in my butt - I don't trust them and I don't want to accept it. I rarely have anything high dollar and the one time I did I had to wait something like 30 days to get my money all the while fully expecting the guy on the other end to file a claim and clean me out. Never again. In the past I had always said, money order, cash or personal check only. If it was a money order or check I would either cash it at the bank it was drawn or wait 10 days for it to clear. Nobody ever gave me a bad check or MO, nobody ever complained about it and I was always up front in my auctions about my 'policy'. Most of my sales were hobby related so now I take that business to the hobby related forums I subscribe to. They are FREE and I can usually arrange a local pickup and make a new flying buddy. |
I always obsess about the las 1/2 hour of my auctions....refresh, refresh, refresh. I try to just check in now & then during the week.
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First off I want to say that my EBay experience has been very good.
So far I haven't had any issues. Everything I've bought has turned up. I've only bought about 30 things in total... Mainly vintage tools, camera gear and Campy bike parts. The way I look at it is... If I buy and pay for something then I have to be prepared to kiss the money good bye. It's a bit like lending money to a family or friend. You have to be prepared never to see that money again. If the item turns up, that's a bonus and always a relief. I've never tried to sell anything on E Bay but I dread the thought. All of those fees and BS? No thanks. |
When you sell you have to have an ELECTRONIC Means of payment....which means PayPal..and most of the time the customer uses that PayPal...and they take their CUT.
For selling ART I don't know anyother venue other than using an Auction House to sell your art. If it is the low $$$ stuff I like to buy than 20% commish is the rule, by low $$ I mean under $5000 a copy. |
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I hate PP, but if you structure it right its liveable. Years ago they wanted me to use a bank account with PP and I did. Then there was a problem and they locked up my bank account. Never again! I closed the bank account and left PP on my AmEx card. Never changed it even when they keep sending me crap about "you need to add a bank account to your PP account." Remember that you are the customer. If you do not like the rules you can either try for an exception.... or leave. For now I am staying but forcing them to do things my way. Joe A |
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I sell BMWs on ebay, not often but from time to time when one of my projects is completed. For less than $75 I get 10000 + hits in a week and half of them are from people who are interested in this particular model. The Ebay traffic is the best advertisement and cheapest by far !
Right now I have an 88 M6 for sale on ebay with 64k miles, in 2 days I got almost 30 bids on it and 3000 people looked at it |
that is why i sell, occasionally, on ebay: sheer volume of traffic. none of the stuff i have for sale right now is super high dollar, but i know i will get at least double for it on ebay vs. listing it locally.
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I have sold 400+ items (incl. over 10 cars) on eBay and get anxious all the time and do obsess, the last 30minutes is frantic..LOL! I find when I do not check often and log back in that is when I get a pleasant surprise that the items have jumped in price.
Good luck with the sale of your items! Yasin |
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