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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Vinca

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

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 6, 2023, 06:44 AM

Jun 2023

I seem to buy lots of things on there still, but the difference in transactions between sellers who have hundreds of thousands of listings and a mom and pop operation with a hundred items is very apparent. With the first you feel like everything is rubber stamped and with the second you're likely to get a thank you note. The second is the ebay I like.

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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