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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Vinca

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5. Selling on eBay was my main job in the early 2000's and not only did I make quite a bit of money, but it was fun.

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Mon Jun 1, 2026, 08:16 AM

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Then the mega-sellers started moving in. It was slow at first, then suddenly the individual sellers with interesting, quirky, genuinely rare stuff were put on the back bench. At the same time, postage rates began to climb and eventually it was too much of a hassle to deal with it. I went back to a brick-and-mortar antique shop.

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Ebay is updating User Agreement. Lots of changes, expensive ones. [View all] bucolic_frolic Thursday OP

ebay started out as seller frirendly. now it's just another corporate greedhog. and they charge a % on your shipping msongs Thursday #1

Ebay has always been like this. Their "improvements" are a disaster. I threw in the towel long ago. Vinca Friday #2

I sold operating systems (Windows XP) on there around 2006-2008 Bengus81 Yesterday #4

Selling on eBay was my main job in the early 2000's and not only did I make quite a bit of money, but it was fun. Vinca Yesterday #5

Agree - I joined in the late 90s when it was really new. TBF Yesterday #6

Ebay is updating User Agreement. Lots of changes, expensive ones. saif Yesterday #3