An Ebay question

[good-shepherd]

Even with all the Ebay fees and possible hassles it still a good way to list items with nationwide, even world wide exposure. Some I make a good profit on, others I'm just glad I got rid of them and they went to a good home.

Overall a mostly win-win situation.

Granted, its not like years ago when it was straight auctions where crazy bidding wars could get going and drive prices way up on items I had for sale, Ebay fees were about 2% and the buyer paid for the actual shipping costs.

Then on the other hand, items could be purchase dirt cheap if there were few or no bidders. I picked up a lot of stuff that way and re sold years later for multiples of what I paid.

Now everything is overpriced "buy it now" Amazon style.

 

[good-shepherd]

Porch Pirates...I like it!

Oh, thats a big pastime here in places like Jersey City, Hoboken, and the like.

 

[lorainfurniture]

I would never sell the volume of parts if it wasn’t for eBay. Don’t get me wrong I think they are just below extortionists, but a necessary evil.

Perfect example would be Larry from modern parts house. Dude had a million bucks in vintage parts In That place. Maybe I’m exaggerating but definitely hundreds of thousands. What little I pulled out of the dumpster I sold for a few thousand immediately on eBay.