My ebay experiment Year One

Craigslist, computer forums, and many other places you can sell goods.

I know what your saying, but..eBay is not the only option for people. Yes it's the most known, but there are other places one can sell their product.

Each to their own. Your not wrong for using eBay, nor are mike, me and Olddude or others for not using it. One may have to work a bit harder, but one can still sell for far more then scrap value if they look hard enough.

I'm glad it works for some. Others just don't want the headaches involved. YMMV





Sirscrapalot - There's more then one way to skin a cat, or in this case..sell an item.

Mike, you may have heard me refer to it as evilbay in the past. Nothing you have written here changes my opinion.

Sirscrapalot, I will NEVER be one of hose telling you how foolish you are for not using eBay.

Here's the only way I will use eBay today. I will list an item as local pickup only. I will list the starting price as the lowest amount I am willing to let it go for. No matter how much they beg plead or cajole I will not ship. This eliminates the claims of the item not being as described.

I love the pie chart about using PayPal because you have to. In my listing I state I will accept PayPal as a form of payment. (This is a lie.) Because I have to. I would offer the option of cash paid at pickup, but evilbay will not let me. (May they and seven generations of their progeny burn in hell!)

Then when I have a winning bidder I make arrangements for them to pay cash at pickup. Most people are fine with that. No one has refused so far. If they did I would cancel the transaction and refund them anything they have paid via PayPal. With no PayPal transaction they can't f&$) me demanding a refund.

In this way I also avoid the bottom feeders on CL.

Best of both worlds. You attract only more serious buyers and there is less of the fear from buyers about dealing with someone on CL.

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

Mike, you may have heard me refer to it as evilbay in the past. Nothing you have written here changes my opinion.

Sirscrapalot, I will NEVER be one of hose telling you how foolish you are for not using eBay.

Here's the only way I will use eBay today. I will list an item as local pickup only. I will list the starting price as the lowest amount I am willing to let it go for. No matter how much they beg plead or cajole I will not ship. This eliminates the claims of the item not being as described.

I love the pie chart about using PayPal because you have to. In my listing I state I will accept PayPal as a form of payment. (This is a lie.) Because I have to. I would offer the option of cash paid at pickup, but evilbay will not let me. (May they and seven generations of their progeny burn in hell!)

Then when I have a winning bidder I make arrangements for them to pay cash at pickup. Most people are fine with that. No one has refused so far. If they did I would cancel the transaction and refund them anything they have paid via PayPal. With no PayPal transaction they can't f&$) me demanding a refund.

In this way I also avoid the bottom feeders on CL.

Best of both worlds. You attract only more serious buyers and thre is less of the fear from buyers about dealing with someone on CL.

Nice burly!!!!!!!
Ebay fishing. get them hooked then reel them in off site.

Brilliant absolutely Brilliant!