On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 8:22 AM Jim Brain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 6/27/2024 9:36 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: > > Bill, I empathize with your comments. > > As you note, to successfully realize financial value from these items, > one needs to be willing to put them into the various marketplaces, > potential customers need to be comfortable with you as a seller, and > customers need to find your pricing reasonable. > > I'm a business concern and even I am loathe to try to list items I have > on the various marketplaces, for the reasons you note. Some people on > this list have the "presence" and patience to see good results, but I > don't think many of us do. > Over the years I have more often than not been critical of eBay for one reason or another, but since I re-established an account and began selling off my remaining collection (aside from a slightly rocky start due to PayPal always withholding payments because of the newness of my account, and similar with eBay for sales over $1,000) I've had pretty much nothing but a positive experience with it. I don't know if I've hit the right formula or am just very conscientious with my listings and sales (I am) but it works for me and I really have no complaints. eBay has actually been very good to me with disputes as well (pretty much haven't lost any, even when the stupid buyer in one instance tried to do an end-run around eBay and cancelled the transaction through his bank), especially after I became a "Top Rated Seller" (I only lost that status due to inactivity from being in and out of the hospital for most of the past 9 months). I actually first began selling from my own "website" (the afore-linked Google Sheets "store" I set up) which I would flog here and on VCFed forums, and through which I initially sold quite a bit. I then learned that there was a lot of vintage computing activity on Facebook, so I logged in there and started finding all the vintage computing groups, set up my own page to sell, and started advertising it around, as well as my Google Sheets page, and met with a lot of success there. My terms were always payment through PayPal via "Friends & Family" (based on my previous reputation) and it worked out fine, I never had a problem with anyone. Anything that didn't sell on FB within a certain amount of time I would eventually list on eBay (for much higher). The idea of leaving the se items behind and thinking our loved ones will > see any value from selling is ludicrous, though, and I question the > sanity of those who seriously believe this. While I am sure there are > exceptions to the rule, I do not believe there are many. > I don't think it's as bad as you and Bill make it out to be. But then, I have a vision. > I still say, if you think it is worth something, make sure you sell it > yourself while you are still alive. > Not bad advice at all. Sellam
