Selling on ebay

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Anyone ever made money doing this?

Moving soon and selling a few things.

Seems easy with the iphone app
 
Its easy. I just recently started selling my old electronics.

If youre a new seller they hold your funds for like a good week or so after the buyer wins. You shipping fast speeds up the process a bit.
 
Not sure about make money buy it's a good way to move smaller stuff. Think Craigs List is better for big stuff.
 
It's just annoying that you have to pay to list things even if you end up not selling them.

I've sold loads of tshirts on there. Currently selling some MMA hoodies which are going for about
 
beware bro

bebop22k said:
yes, fuck ebay.


it's so easy or sellers to get fucked over on ebay.


I sold a laptop, & the fucker never paid even after messaging him - fine. the fucker pays at the last second (before I could open a claim) & opens one himself against me saying he paid & hasn't heard an answer from me. I was away in NC that weekend, & even though I had one more day to ship out the laptop, I made it on time. I provided the tracking info etc, case closed.

WRONG. although FedEx said they shipped the laptop successfully, the asshole never bothered to close the claim & was instantly refunded his money, & I was left being stuck to pay ebay back. after hours & hours on the phone with ebay, the fucking bitch "claims specialist" concluded that this whole issue falls into a grey area & that I'd have to be the one on the losing end (they couldn't get a hold of the guy because he supplied them with a fake number).


ebay ONLY cares for buyers, no sellers.


btw I still never paid them, & never will.
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XalexinchainsX said:
I thought the second they "win" the auction the funds get deducted from their paypal.
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nah, after you win or commit to buy it's on you to choose which method to pay within paypal (credit cards, from your savings etc.)
 
XalexinchainsX said:
I thought the second they "win" the auction the funds get deducted from their paypal.
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No they still have to log into their paypal and everything, it's not just instant.
 
I was actually doing pretty good selling laptops on eBay before that whole bullshit incident. I'd buy laptops for cheap, fix them up & add any software desired from the buyer/winner & make an extra hundred or two after each one sold. I had a system going, extra parts, boxes. appropriate shipping styrofoam etc. my apartment looked like a ghetto PC shop & my girl used to get to pissed at me. she still does. to this day I shit you not I have PC parts/hard drive racks on top of my fridge. I feel like such a fool for ever confiding in eBay.


eBay is best to sell shit you've gotten for free or to just get rid of things. otherwise the buyer is always more likely to benefit over the seller.
 
Currently been selling personalised gifts

Stock was free and I made
 
bebop22k said:
nah, after you win or commit to buy it's on you to choose which method to pay within paypal (credit cards, from your savings etc.)
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Ah, i havent bought anything on ebay in a while, i just know when i sell, their funds are usually sitting on a "hold" in my paypal.

Thats bullshit that you got burned like that. Seems bizarre that it happened even after the shipment confirmation.
 
I was a seller on Ebay, and I agree with lots of the posters here. It's a good way to get rid of stuff, but not really a good place to make money. Ebay charges all sorts of fees, hidden fees, monthly fees, whenever you sell something. They also want you put your items up for bid, and to make shipping cheap or free. I don't like Ebay, but it does reach out to lots of customers all over the World. I use to ship items to Spain, Germany, Puerto Rico you name it.
 
I sell costumes on Ebay, and it works out pretty great. I know going in that shipping will be about $10 bucks, and Ebay takes 20%. So I factor all of that into what I charge.

I probably could make a living off it if I put more time into it, but it's just a side hobby for me, and I get a little lazy. But the extra money is nice.

As far as how you should go about selling stuff, it depends.

If you want to move something quick, put it on auction. You will risk not getting what you want for it, but it'll have more chance at selling. You could put a reserve, but at that point I would probably just put it as Buy It Now.

There's also an option to have people Make Offers, which is pretty cool.

If you're worried about people not paying, which realistically will happen every once in a while, you can put an option that forces people to pay before they"win" an item. That pretty much solves that.

As far as selling stuff, the stuff that sells the best are the things with lots of good pictures, and a good description.
 
I've sold some stuff.
Used cellphone, batteries.
Never had a problem. I'd imagine expensive items are the problem.

Bought stuff as well.
The only issue I've had is while buying stuff.
Beware the item description.

Sometimes the item i received would be considerably from the description.

This can be solved just by returning the item to the seller and they will refund.
 
I don't do it to make money, it's more for guitar stuff - one comes in, one goes out etc, so I keep a general slush fund. I need to do a big clear out soon to pay for a new kitchen.

Be upfront, do all comms through eBay not by personal emails, package well and get stuff shipped quickly. As others have said, you'll need to wait until you receive positive feedback before you get the funds available, as you won't have the prerequisite seller rating yet. Cash on collection or PayPal only. Don't accept transfers or any of that shit.

Also, in virtually ANY dispute, eBay will always side with the buyer. I've been lucky but plenty of my friends have got stung.
 
I've sold a quite a few items on eBay, send everything by delivery which requires a signature, some people are genuine others are bent.

Been done out of around
 
Just started selling on ebay, myself. Pretty cool stuff.
 
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