My first evil bay posting, Anyone have horror stories? Options

[fuch toy]

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Since the demise of the old 914 club site.....man I used to sell a lot over there....and the slow selling of stuff on this site....YEAH I know the format is anti spam, I have posted my first Evil bay sale.....

I swore I would never do it.....but hey, I said I would never have kids either. I hope I don't get hooked and start selling Mom's jewelry and stuff.

On my third "buy"....I feel like I am buying a baggy of herb..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
my bank issued a flawed money order.....it was an error on the teller but they issued a stop on a $8.30 cent MO.....I bought a stupid antique sticker for a gas pump I was restoring. Guy blasted me without even emailing me and asking WTF.......

Put me off the bay for a couple of years.....

Anyone else have any horror stories?

[anthony]

I've done a lot ebay selling lately and I find it to be a huge PITA. You will get lots of stupid email questions, a slow payer, and dead beat bidder from time to time.

Each auctions can also easily eat up quite a bit of your time. I only sell stuff where I make a decent amount of money per transaction to make it worth my time. For example an auction could easily suck up 15 to 60 minutes of your time when you factor in taking pics, making the ads, answering the emails, taking the thing to be shipped, etc. So for me I don't sell stuff that sells for $5, $10, or even $20. It's not worth the time and effort.

The only thing I would caution you on is when you take Paypal only ship to the buyers "confirmed" address. Only ship to a non-confirmed address by exception. You lose seller protection if you ship to a non-confirmed address. From those outside of the US I only take money orders (basically cash).

Other than the time involved eBay can be a great way to sell stuff. In many categories, ebay is still a seller's market. People there will pay much more for stuff than they would at swap meets.