NO LONGER SELLING DUE TO SIMPLE DELIVERY

[rugbyguy1960]

AS OF 15TH APRIL MY DAYS AS A PRIVATE EBAY SELLER WILL STOP AFTER 19 YEARS.

I AM FED UP OF THE GREED OF EBAY AND I HOPE OTHER EBAY SELLERS DECIDE TO NO LONGER LET THE EBAY CONTROL FREAKS HAVE THIS MUCH CONTROL OVER PRIVATE SELLERS.

[johnwash1]

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@rusty2bob67 wrote:

Extremely easy to list and upload details, I managed to take photos of my Cycling Tops and list 30 within an hour. The first sale is always the hardest on a new site but you've got to start somewhere.

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Glad it's working out for you.  I joined a while back but need the push of SD to get me fired up (had a couple more ebay sales today, looks like I'm still not on SD yet).  Meanwhile I'm doing what I always do on any site, buy a few very cheap things that will be useful, e.g. batteries, paper clips, cycling tops... to get familiar with what my buyers will see and to get my feedback up a rung or two.  I hate feedback importing from other sites, it feels so naff.

Let us know when you make your first sale.

[akemp1]

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@johnwash1 wrote:

Let us know when you make your first sale.

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It's a great feeling when you make your first sale elsewhere as you realise that you are not a slave to ebay and a victim of whatever new draconian and poorly considered change they next announce in their noble efforts to kill their own platform.

It confirms you have real choices and if ebay are determined to make themselves an unattractive PITA then they will just suffer the commercial consequences from the business going elsewhere. It's dog eat dog now there's no point being loyal to ebay anymore as there is no payback they are happy to unnecessarily inconvenience and load excessive costs onto users for their own selfish gain.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

thanks, more useful tips!   Hopefully it will not take me as long to get au fait with the site like it did with this one.   

[honeymonster007]

Maybe its the warm weather, SD or slow sales for some but this place is like fight club.

[akemp1]

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@honeymonster007 wrote:

Maybe its the warm weather, SD or slow sales for some but this place is like fight club.

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The first rule of ebay club - don't mess with the postage on my listings.

[kateybuns20]

I’ve been trying to sell a stereo on eBay for months, dropped the price a few times, to £20 and I still get stupid questions! I popped it on Facebook this morning for 25 and it’s gone!, along with another item with the same issue. But eBay claim to be the masters of local sales?……..,, I know fb can be a bunfight as you need to be Jonny on the spot, but worked for me today, might be the future.
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[akemp1]

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@kateybuns20 wrote:
 But eBay claim to be the masters of local sales?……..

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Really? I find ebay's pretty poor for selling locally and I didn't realise they claimed otherwise. The social network is the place to go for local sales. I've got a few stagnant collection only listings here that are on my list to move across to there some time when I can be bothered.

[kateybuns20]

Agreed, it’s just being bothered for me too, but I’ve only just realised what really works
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[johnwash1]

@akemp1 

I think there's some TV ads at present bigging up their local collection.  BICBW.  I try to mentally switch off during ads or fast forward.  Haven't seen a really good ad since those cats with thumbs advertising milk.  Cravendale.  Evidently ads do increase brand awareness.  Though I've never bought any.

I'm disappointed to learn FB may be a good alternative.  I loathe the idea of signing up for FB.

[suelel1968]

Facebook Market place is very good for local sales. Don't worry about signing up, it's not compulsory to post a picture of your dinner anymore, and you don't have to add friends, but it does put a message up saying "johnwash has no friends". 

The main thing to watch out for is the scammers. I haven't actually worked out what the scam is, but they ask if it's still available, then ask if you will post... a fridge. You start to get a feel for it, I usually ask them where they are coming from when they ask where i live and don't hear from them again.

[fantailsforme]

A one-off off topic for me but I couldn't resist.

I loved the 'cats with thumbs' advert too.  All time favourite though was the dog and the cat and the mouse in front of the gas fire (showing my age).