Anyone else that has never sold on ebay?

@Marcola (2774)
United States
April 13, 2008 9:13am CST
I never have. It seems like a hassle. I know there are people that will help you with it, but they of course, want their share. Well, I don't have that many things I want to sell.
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@reene0225 (351)
• United States
13 Apr 08
I have but you have to be careful though. You have to be very descriptive and make sure that it's completely understandable. Cause someone might think something about the item and it wasn't clarified in the description and they don't ask you about it, then they'll act likes it all your fault and they leave you bad feedback. Then you have to watch putting the word cash in there cause they'll remove the item. They've done that more than once to me and it was an accident. I stopped selling on ebay cause of all the hassle and having to be real careful. I'd sell on craigslist if I were you. It's free for one and there is no hassle at all. Plus you get to put a set price and negotiate if you want to with whoever contacts you about the item.
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
13 Apr 08
Yeah, I hate it when the item description isn't clear enough. I've heard of craigslist before. Thanks for the suggestion.
• United States
13 Apr 08
I would sell, but their are way to many fees now. Just putting an item up cost money. The starting price of your auctioned item goes up, and they take a % out of it when you sell the item. For detailed descriptions and more pictures to better explain and promote your item, it has more fees for that. Ebay has to many fees, and thats mainly why I wont sell anything on it.
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
13 Apr 08
Thank you for the reply.
@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
13 Apr 08
I love to buy off there but to sell i tried and it was too much work so I gave up.
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
13 Apr 08
Yeah, it's too easy to buy things off there, isn't it? I've only bought, never sold. It's addicting!
@luvstochat (6907)
• United States
13 Apr 08
I have sold a few things on ebay. I bought a set of ER dvd's off of there and when I watched them all I resold them on there I got more than I paid for them out of it. I have also sold some of my kids clothes on there but now it is easier just to take them to my local consignment shop.
@Marcola (2774)
• United States
13 Apr 08
Thanks for the reply.
@jbrooks (264)
• United States
21 Apr 08
it is good to sell your items on even if you do not have a lot of items in your home. you can find some wonderful items through a drop shipper, like myself. i will happy to send you the information if you are interested. also if you buy on ebay also there is a site that gives you back money on all your purchases. it is free to join. i also have the information if you would like.
• Canada
20 Apr 08
i have tried many many times to sell stuff on ebay. i get emails from them from time to time with deals so you do not have to pay a fee for listing. i have never sold a thing and most items do not even get "viewed". i think ebay is much to large of a community for me to see any profit or even get a little interest.
• United States
14 Apr 08
I do sell on ebay once in awhile. I do not worry to much about the fees as when I list something I try to figure about how much all of that will cost and add it to the item so that I can still make some money. It is not something that I do for a living but it is something that I do on the side for extra money now and again. I have found that electronics seem to sell the best on there and clothing goes pretty good too. I can not say that I would want to have a store on ebay as that would probably be more work then I am able to give but part time selling is fun.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
20 Apr 08
i've sold and bought a couple of stuff on ebay already. however, with all the fees that they are charging, it seems that there are a lot of uninterested buyers that interested ones. after all the seller has to cover those expenses and the seller does that by jackign up the price of the item that he is selling. it's somethign that i don't want to do that's why i don't avail of any of those extra features that ebay is offering.