Not going to spend any time on this, all I will say is I DO sell a lot, but will freely admit that if I hired an emplyee I could adjust old stuff a little better. I sell "old stuff" every day though and people make offers and if its been sitting long I always take less so while some may disagree with my business model, I am NOT a "blow it all out at all costs" seller and would rather not sell something than sell it for a fraction of its value. Every successful business model has some people who will disagree with what you do, in all walks of life. The fact that I am successful enough to have a whole thread dedicated to my business practices (without once questioning ethics) means I am doing something right.
As a side note, I have NO (ZERO) enemies in this hobby and I think if anyone has a problem with me, they just dont know me. I donate stuff everyday to museums and institutions and give stuff away for free to relatives and descendants and will always help anybody in this hobby at any time and never charge for it. Finding good homes for the items I have is very important to me as well.
Having said all that, I will make this blanket statement and hold firm to it.
I WILL GIVE A 15% DISCOUNT (OR MORE) TO ANY FORUM MEMBER AT ANY TIME ON ANY ITEM I HAVE ON EBAY!
Fact of the matter is, I could go to a nice car dealership at the end of any calendar year and write a check for mid-sized sedan and it would be LESS than my ebay/paypal fees every year, and those are not the insertion fees that are killing me. It costs a HUGE amount of money to sell things on ebay and as a seller you absolutely have to factor that into your costs or you are dead. I would MUCH RATHER sell something to a forum member at a 20% discount than sell it for full value on ebay and watch them take their cut.
If anyone ever has an issue with anything I have, or a question please e mail me.
Thats all I am going to say, and I recognize that you cant please everyone all the time, but I really do my best
Rhys