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I use eBay for anything of questionable value, i.e. could be higher than you expect, tough to determine the market. I'm selling a TON of stuff next week, probably 30-40 USPS boxes of it, and most of it is going to eBay. Comics, comic cards, old retro video games (one alone is $600), all to eBay because I want the bidding and the market price is determined by the bids. There's no point that I see, though, in selling my 3 old Xbox 360s on eBay. For one, I don't want to pay the shipping and obviously the buyers don't seem to want to pay fair shipping, either. For $50 or even $70 per console, it's simply not worth it to pay eBay's 17% fee or whatever it is now plus maybe take a hit on shipping costs. I can put them on OfferUp and list them at $50, get rid of them, and call it a day. Same with my two older iPhones (mine and my GF's) because they have a pretty established market rate and it's easy to figure that out.
If the value is in question, you're better off going to eBay. I also do that for bulk sales, like a giant box of old Star Wars-related magazines, maybe each one is only worth $1, but maybe someone would pay $10 for that 1977 People magazine, and so the whole box of 60 of the things or whatever it is goes for $100 because there are some gems in there. Not worth shipping them in any smaller quantity, but worth it when it's a giant load of them.
I use eBay for anything of questionable value, i.e. could be higher than you expect, tough to determine the market. I'm selling a TON of stuff next week, probably 30-40 USPS boxes of it, and most of it is going to eBay. Comics, comic cards, old retro video games (one alone is $600), all to eBay because I want the bidding and the market price is determined by the bids. There's no point that I see, though, in selling my 3 old Xbox 360s on eBay. For one, I don't want to pay the shipping and obviously the buyers don't seem to want to pay fair shipping, either. For $50 or even $70 per console, it's simply not worth it to pay eBay's 17% fee or whatever it is now plus maybe take a hit on shipping costs. I can put them on OfferUp and list them at $50, get rid of them, and call it a day. Same with my two older iPhones (mine and my GF's) because they have a pretty established market rate and it's easy to figure that out.
If the value is in question, you're better off going to eBay. I also do that for bulk sales, like a giant box of old Star Wars-related magazines, maybe each one is only worth $1, but maybe someone would pay $10 for that 1977 People magazine, and so the whole box of 60 of the things or whatever it is goes for $100 because there are some gems in there. Not worth shipping them in any smaller quantity, but worth it when it's a giant load of them.
Good info, thanks for sharing. I'll probably go for Offerup and other sites with no fees.
I several items in my garage that I need to get rid of. Beside Craigslist where else online can I post my stuff for sale?
Facebook marketplace, LetGo, Ebay
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