ebay blunders

[Meatwad]

I sell a lot on ebay, and it is totally screwed now like how AKHog says.

Basically ebay caters to the bidder and will bend over backwards for them. The seller is screwed on anything and everything from outrageous fees and their crappy feedback policy now.

Then ebay says you cant pay with money orders anymore and it isnt allowed in the description. Thats cause their bed partner paypal cant rape you on outrageous fees also.

Wish there was a better site to sell on in the US.

[DJ111]

Craigslist 

[Shuffler]

Ebay is a cheaters paradise. Stear clear of buying or selling there.

[Fulmar]

Craigslist 

I find more scams and overpriced stuff on Craigslist than anywhere else.  Mainly I browse computer parts and I'm amazed how many people are try and sell 5+ year old computer parts for 50-75% of their original value.  But then again, Craigslist is free (is most areas) and is like the classifieds, so people aren't really competing to sell products.

[Ghosth]

Buyer beware, its up to you to know what your buying, to know what it should be worth.
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

[DJ111]

I've bought my car, a cell phone and my wife's cat on Craigslist, and I've sold a PSP and another cell phone on it.

No problems.

[AKHog]

The reason I canceled accounts over one negative feedback is they were usually low feedback accounts at that point. -1 when you only have 100-500 feedback points is enough to lower auction prices. I list everything I sell at $.99, even thousand dollar camera setups and stuff like that. One negative could affect the final price by 5-10%.

Because of ebays new policies its fairly easy to set up a new account and become a 'power seller'.

100% feedback is not needed for a personal account, but for my business its crucial. Almost every item I sell with my 100% powerseller account is sold at a higher price than the ebay average for that item, sometimes significantly higher. This is partly a result of the $.99 listings, that leads to a lot of early on bidding and higher search results (becuase of ebays new fluffied up search system), and in turn generates more "watchers" and more interest, leading to last minute bidding wars. Its ridiculous, sometimes people will get in bidding frenzy at the end of auctions and pay 100% of full retail, or more! This is the reason my few customers pay me a good commission to sell $10,000's worth of their gear rather than doing it themselves.

[Simaril]

Wondering if Amazon Marketplace might end up being an alternative to eBay. Found an out of print book there -- but mint condition, never sold -- when I couldn't even track down a used copy (short of a ridiculous "I've got the only one" price). Ended up corresponding with the seller about how she managed that, and she waxed eloquent about how Amazon Marketplace made it easy...to the point of letting her list for free.

[Reschke]

I stopped selling things on eBay a few years ago and now my wife and mother in law only use it to browse for great jewelry deals. They have bought several watches, rings, bracelets, etc... with just one problem and that is on my wife's Rolex she bought on there. It was certified by the seller and once she got the watch she took it to the local Rolex dealer here who said she got a great deal. She paid $300 for a $1500 watch and got in a bidding war with a lady and the only reason it stayed under $400 was time ran out on the other bidder. She even had an email from the other bidder asking if she would take $900 for the watch AFTER we bought it. Anyway the problem was that inside of 30 days the watch stopped working and the seller agreed to pay to have it fixed here locally and that was the end of it since they had listed it as having a 1 year warranty when she bought it.

[CAP1]

i've bought and sold quite a bit on ebay. never had a problem selling, but then i describe things agonizingly accurate, and back up the description with boatloads of pics. if something i sold wasn't what was expected, then the person had the mentality of a houseplant. i only ever had one bad feedback, and that was an r/c airplane starter....that i forgot to pay for. it was my fault alone, and it was years ago.

 i've bought r/c stuff and sold r/c stuff. sold the unsmashed parts off of my totaled gt, sold some of my archery stuff, bought some archery stuff......gonna buy some easton stalkers next week.

 you just need to be careful.....read the description, check feedback.

[texasmom]

I've never checked out craigslist. Maybe I will. Thanks for the suggestion