As I recited (in excruciating detail in my article on eBay seller punishment fees), I spent a year in the surcharge doghouse and basically sold next to nothing on eBay. That ended on the 1st and I started selling immediately. My sales absolutely exploded after I started listing again. There is nowhere else I am aware of where I could have turned out a mix of items like this and had them sell quickly and for top dollar:
--1977 Topps Star Wars sets, display boxes, stickers
--Sports cards
--1st edition hardcover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
--1959 NBA program
--1950s-1960s Oldsmobile postcards
--Mutoscope pin-up cards
--Academy Awards tickets
--WWII photos
--Rock and roll memorabilia
Yes, the fees end up as high as AH fees when it comes to lower end items, and it is annoying as hell to pay a final value fee on sales taxes and shipping costs, but if you have good items and price them well, it is a hell of a marketplace. I sell a lot of esoteric items and cards that would be lotted into 'shoeboxes' in most auctions to generate the minimum per lot that AHs like. Some were even turned down by AHs. There is also the friction of it; some eBay buyers are dweebs and others are obviously need major mental health care, but dealing with the occasional non-paying bidder or jerk is worth it.
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