Do you use Ebay to buy or sell?
By angel19673
@angel19673 (136)
United States
September 16, 2010 10:50am CST
Do you use Ebay to buy of sell if so what do you buy most or sell most?
6 responses
@beavisthecat (13)
• United States
16 Sep 10
Once upon a time I was a Powerseller on eBay. Recently, the fees and headaches have gotten to big. I rarely sell anymore.
@angel19673 (136)
• United States
16 Sep 10
I know what you mean. Back in 2000 I use to make good money but since everybody has gotten into it and there is so much competition it is hard to make sales or find products that are in big demand.
@wiggles18 (2506)
• Canada
16 Sep 10
Just started selling hand forged knives on it. Sold my first one yesterday. Other one will be done in a few days. A tomahawk I forged will be done in a couple of days.
@angel19673 (136)
• United States
16 Sep 10
Sounds very interesting. I like ebay it is a great market and you can find a lot of great deals.
@Rtlsnk316 (1197)
• Mexico
16 Sep 10
Hi angel,
I'm mostly a buyer, I buy what clients of mine ask me for, I don't have a specific business niche, I just go with any offer I can find that's more affordable that the one's on retail stores plus I can get a profit out of it.
Don't do much selling, I used to work with some third parties for who I sold some items but at the end turned out to be scammers and I had to pay the piper when customers were unsatisfied.
So how about yourself?
@angel19673 (136)
• United States
16 Sep 10
I buy and sale on Ebay I have since 1999 I love it, I don't make a lot of money but it is a nice extra income a fun hobby. I usually sale high end jeans when I sale. When I buy I buy what ever I may need that I can find at bargain prices on Ebay. I do a lot of Christmas shopping on ebay a great way to find unique gift items way below retail.
@animegirl334 (3263)
• United States
16 Sep 10
I use ebay for both buying and selling. Sometimes I would find something around the house that I don't need anymore and sell it on ebay and sometimes I would be browsing on ebay and find something I like. I found my old jewelry box for fifteen dollars on ebay and bought a t-shirt there for ten dollars. I think ebay is a good marketplace to sell and buy.
@Downwindz (2537)
• Netherlands
16 Sep 10
I was doing some reselling for other people on eBay, but I had the same luck as you, they turned out to be scammers and I got in trouble - atleast I got out of the problems without suffering big losses...
Beside is eBay now way to competitive to make a decent living on, so I have found other ways to earn my money online :D
@Lauriedk (49)
•
16 Sep 10
I discovered ebay several years ago and have dabbled with it since. I like to buy, sell and trade things and ebay lets me do this. My favorite thing to do with ebay is to create watch lists and then when it gets close to the end of the bidding to make a bid for the highest price I am willing to pay and then I either get it or I don't. I give myself a budget then I go through each category of interest and use free shipping and price less than my budget for the search options. I own and operate a Flea Market that I can sell the items at so I look through the list for items that I can get for less than I can sell them for and put them on my watch list. When I run out of space on my watch list I go to it and sort it by ending soonest and bid on items that I want that are ending soon using the top price I am willing to pay. I do this until I use up my budgeted money. Then I wait. While I am waiting I go through my watch list and delete anything that the current bid is above the price I am willing to pay. This gives me space to add more items to my watch list so I go through the sorting process again. This can keep me entertained for hours.