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Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
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02/05/21 11:13 PM
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Uncle Zeek
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I get it, they're a business and they have to collect enough in fees to make a profit. But their latest fee increase puts it over the top for me, and it's rather annoying because a big chunk of my sellers fees go towards paying fraud losses on the part of unscrupulous buyers and sellers.
Guess it's time to hunt around for a different selling platform. It's the interwebs, there's surely plenty of places to sell, right?
"Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries --but it is a force stronger than crime" ~ Robert A. Heinlein Artim Law Firm, PLLC Estate planning & tax attorney 2250 Morriss Road, Suite 205, Flower Mound, Texas 75028 972-746-0758 mobile zac@artimlegal.com
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875678
02/05/21 11:19 PM
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Joined: Jan 2006
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Scagnetti
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What do you typically sell on eBay?
I just read a looong article about the scams run by both buyers and sellers on eBay. Some pretty sophisticated stuff.
I’ve bought and sold stuff on eBay and have had only one sour transaction. I’m lucky
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875707
02/05/21 11:35 PM
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Gusick
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875709
02/05/21 11:36 PM
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hopalong
Pescador Loco
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" Hop, set the hook"! hopalong 99,999 TexDawg 99,999 FJB! not my president by a long shot!
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875716
02/05/21 11:41 PM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 7,275
Beer Money
TFF Celebrity
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Have you looked at Bonanza? I really don't know anything about it, but I have recently heard that a lot of folks prefer it over ebay.
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
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02/05/21 11:43 PM
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 19,756
Huckleberry
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I had a guy who was highest bidder for three days in a row and then all of a sudden his bid disappeared. I get a message that says the bidder has retracted his bid. Reason: Entered wrong amount.
I didn’t know they changed it to where people could just change their mind after entering a bid.
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Huckleberry]
#13875725
02/05/21 11:47 PM
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outfishdya
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I had a guy who was highest bidder for three days in a row and then all of a sudden his bid disappeared. I get a message that says the bidder has retracted his bid. Reason: Entered wrong amount.
I didn’t know they changed it to where people could just change their mind after entering a bid. Set up a fake account, use your real account to low bid something. Then use fake account to really high bid so no one else bids. Then drop the fake bid and only your low bid is left
Woke up this morning Got yourself a gun....
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: outfishdya]
#13875728
02/05/21 11:49 PM
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Huckleberry
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I had a guy who was highest bidder for three days in a row and then all of a sudden his bid disappeared. I get a message that says the bidder has retracted his bid. Reason: Entered wrong amount.
I didn’t know they changed it to where people could just change their mind after entering a bid. Set up a fake account, use your real account to low bid something. Then use fake account to really high bid so no one else bids. Then drop the fake bid and only your low bid is left Ahh! Then why would eBay allow them to retract bids?
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Huckleberry]
#13875731
02/05/21 11:50 PM
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outfishdya
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I had a guy who was highest bidder for three days in a row and then all of a sudden his bid disappeared. I get a message that says the bidder has retracted his bid. Reason: Entered wrong amount.
I didn’t know they changed it to where people could just change their mind after entering a bid. Set up a fake account, use your real account to low bid something. Then use fake account to really high bid so no one else bids. Then drop the fake bid and only your low bid is left Ahh! Then why would eBay allow them to retract bids? If they cancel the fake account it doesn't really matter
Woke up this morning Got yourself a gun....
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875745
02/06/21 12:00 AM
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Jeff From Iowa
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I sell on fb now exclusively, I got rid of my website and ebay adds at least 7 years ago.
Its a bit of a pain, you have to post your adds on fb groups, I post them usually on sunday or monday and make a few sales that day or the next day or two it seems like.
I sell ford 9 inch third members mostly to circle track racers but can build them for street cars hot rods also but those guys ask too many questions and waste my time, circle track racers want to race and need the part, most call and order zero other questions. I have a guy that builds them and ships them for me, if I had to touch them Id be done. Every time I post my add in a hot rod group or such I regret it.
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875754
02/06/21 12:06 AM
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Smurfs
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offer up has worked good for me along with Facebook
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Scagnetti]
#13875760
02/06/21 12:12 AM
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Uncle Zeek
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What do you typically sell on eBay?
I just read a looong article about the scams run by both buyers and sellers on eBay. Some pretty sophisticated stuff.
I’ve bought and sold stuff on eBay and have had only one sour transaction. I’m lucky Most of what I sell is coins & bullion related items. Also any odds & ends that find at garage sales for cheap - comic books, toys, fishing tackle, etc. But it's cool. I can take a break for awhile.
"Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries --but it is a force stronger than crime" ~ Robert A. Heinlein Artim Law Firm, PLLC Estate planning & tax attorney 2250 Morriss Road, Suite 205, Flower Mound, Texas 75028 972-746-0758 mobile zac@artimlegal.com
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875762
02/06/21 12:13 AM
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Hard Rain
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Facebook Marketplace is pretty good we have bought and sold on there no issues.
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: Uncle Zeek]
#13875804
02/06/21 12:48 AM
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SteezMacQueen
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Didn’t know eBay was still a “thing”.
Eat. Sleep. Fish.
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Re: Done with selling on Ebay for awhile
[Re: SteezMacQueen]
#13875853
02/06/21 01:31 AM
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tmd11111
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Didn’t know eBay was still a “thing”. Or Craigslist
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