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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Grasswire2

(13,737 posts) Tue May 30, 2023, 12:17 AM May 2023

when I was first selling on eBay, I required payment via USPS money order. [View all]

A postal money order can not only be purchased, but also CASHED at a post office.

That way, I wasn't mixing eBay money with other household finances. Clean transaction, as good as cash.

I'm thinking of jumping back in at eBay -- looking around at my stash of collectibles.

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when I was first selling on eBay, I required payment via USPS money order. [View all] Grasswire2 May 2023 OP

Kudos to you! Have sold there in the past, lots of stuff I could get rid of if I'd just get busy PortTack May 2023 #1

I keep putting it off, and putting it off, and putting it off... Ferrets are Cool May 2023 #3

Same PortTack Jun 2023 #10

I have a ton of NIB fishing lures, how hard is it to sell on ebay? dem4decades May 2023 #2

I haven't used it for several years. Grasswire2 May 2023 #5

As someone who just started a few months ago, it is not hard. Chainfire May 2023 #7

I started selling off "collection" stuff about three months ago. $2,200.oo so far. Chainfire May 2023 #4

cool Grasswire2 May 2023 #6

Nice! dem4decades May 2023 #8

I keep telling myself I'm going to start selling on ebay again, too. I haven't Vinca May 2023 #9

eBay changed about 2015 bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #11

I've always had an impression that encouraging the mega-sellers ruined the site. Vinca Jun 2023 #12