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Jeff OYou know, eBay is still the best game in town. Complain about the fees all you want, but how are you going to get more exposure and more money for your items?
Think back... long, long ago.... when if you wanted to sell something you had to go to a show, antique store, etc to sell your stuff. Was it better paying $125 for a table at a decent show, so you could sit around eight hours a day, be annoyed, and sell $1,000 worth of stuff? For the average "collector", selling was a difficult task - dealers had to turn a profit on what they bought, so it's not like you we're getting top dollar.
I recently sold a lot of three baseball books on eBay. They weren't vintage - they were new books published by McFarland that I had read and enjoyed. What would I get at the local used book store - $5-10 maybe? Instead on eBay I get $22.50.
I'll gladly pay the fees. If they become way too high, people will stop selling. But an extra nickle for an $8 item isn't going to keep me away.
Jeff