I Will Never Sell On eBay Again

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by raulus

Welcome to the party, pal!

Pick your poison in terms of selling venue. If eBay doesn’t work, then I’m sure the BST here will be much better. At least if you sell through a non eBay AH, then you don’t have to deal with whining from the buyers.

Agreed! I will do so. I rarely sell anything. BST is the way to do it going forward.

[raulus]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Agreed! I will do so. I rarely sell anything. BST is the way to do it going forward.

My guess is that your collecting habits will align nicely with the crowd that is looking to buy on the BST. So while the audience is smaller, your material probably plays fine with that strategy.

[Yoda]

Trading rocks!

[ALBB]

But yet, I and ( ? thousands of other guys ) are on ebay looking and buying...multiple times a day..every day

[jingram058]

Aside from selling, perhaps it is only unsubstantiated perception that there is dramatically less of the actual vintage things, other than baseball cards, I search for on eBay, and far more modern things attempting to capitalize on the vintage things...metal signs made to look vintage is just one example. For the last couple of years, vintage railroad timetables, I find British and European en masse, modern Amtrak and the like, and far less pre-war American.

For selling and buying vintage collectibles alike, with fee percentages and holds when selling, and far less vintage stuff when searching to buy, with so many other venues, Amazon and Etsy, etc., I wouldn't think eBay's future is bright. But I am a true pessimist.