Seeking Advice to Protect Myself as a Seller on ebay.

[SneakyStuff]

Hi Gang,

I think this is pretty off-topic but please feel free to move if there's a forum better suited for this.

SUMMARY:

-I noticed that the price of the Radeon RX480 has skyrocketed recently due to the 580s being OOS nationwide and their immense popularity with Etherium/Bitcoin farming.

-I want to sell my current card (An XFX Radeon RX480 GTR 8GB) on ebay where the bids seem plentiful and the prices seem more or less realistic, given the demand.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html_from=R40&_sacat=0&LH_Auction=1&_nkw=XFX+radeon+rx+480+GTR&_sop=1

-The ebay "buyer guarantee", combined with PayPal as the transaction method is scaring me a bit.

-I worry that even if I put a "no returns", "shipping to continental US only", and ship only when payment is confirmed with PayPal that I will still run into problems (i.e. the buyer claims I shipped a defective product and ebay comes after me, they somehow get a refund from PayPal, etc...).​

I've known the members of Anandtech to be quite savvy so I am seeking your opinions on the matter!

As always, thank you!

 

[DaveSimmons]

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play"

Search "ebay" here for threads listing the many scams and what you can try to do to stop them. As a seller the odds are against you.

 

[Cappuccino]

Record the whole process like packaging and you physically posting it in the post office. Wear a GoPro if you want to be 10000% safe lol. Also, make sure it's signed and tracked and if you wanna be safe again I insure the item. When they say 'My item not received' you can show video proof + the signed signature you will win 99% of the time.

Check seller rep but then again rep means nothing at all because you can just buy and never sell and have 1000000000000000000 reputation and no neg feed back. The feedback system on eBay is corrupted and stupid. When you sell you can't leave bad fedback to buyer. It's ridiciolous!!!!!

I sell alot on eBay but not expensive stuff mostly books. I have sold around 100 items this year and 5 of them claim item not recicved and I won all case because I have proof like signed signature and tracking.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Skip ebay sell it someplace else.

 

[highland145]

I say you only sell to the witch.


Good advice.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

I say you only sell to the witch.


Good advice.

Buy it for me since you missed my bday last month.

 

[highland145]

Buy it for me since you missed my bday last month.

That effing hosein birthday guy.

Bastard.

To make it right, I am sure that I had 1 beer in your honor. The day ended in a y, right?

Yep, I covered you.

If you and zin would drop by, I'd ply both of you with suds and the stripper pole. What a deal.

 

[eng2d2]

Ebay is a risk. When you sell expensive item you just pray hrd that no one will file a charge back. You can put all the disclaimer you want but ebay doesnt care. It is best to put insurance and tracking. Buyers are on the other hand protected.

 

[esquared]

Nothing wrong with selling on eBay. Just make sure you have pictures of what you're selling.
In your case, a pic with the serial number from your VC. If someone ever tried to scam you and then return your item,
and it was something than what you sent them, you have pictures as proof.

I have sold hundreds of items on eBay since 1998 and I have never had anyone scam anything from me. I have probably over 700 positives, no negs and never been scammed.
And most of my sales have been from computer parts. I never sold junk or sketchy items. I gave honest descriptions of my items with real (not stock) photos of my items.

I also don't run them as auctions. I have a set price that I expect and I sell as buy-it-now, without the best-offers that many sellers accept.
That prevents the douchey lowballers that try to get something for nothing. No accepting best offers gets rid of most of those folks. Although
even with my set, buy-it-now price listed, I'll still get the occasional email from an ebay buyer who wants to offers me less that I want. I just ignore those people.

I also run all my listings sold as-is. No returns accepted. I've never had any issues regarding the no return policy, because everything I sell/sold worked perfectly. Again, no junk sold.

If you're afraid that buyers will scam you then, don't sell on eBay. It just means you're not comfortable with the system.
I am in the minority here I know, but I think eBay is a great resource for selling.

 

[highland145]

And Dad shows up...

 

[crashtech]

It a game of odds. Some people are dishonest, and as a seller you must grin and bear it because, generally speaking, ebay finds for the buyer. All told, as a seller on ebay, the percentage of sales I've had a problem with has been very low. Good communication, honest and detailed description, documentation of the item, good packing, and rapid shipping all contribute to success rates. Don't give a marginal buyer a reason to complain, and most problems are stopped before they appear.

 

[Cappuccino]

Also wtf is eBay? Do you mean feeBay?

 

[highland145]

http://www.ebay.com/

Stay away Capp.

 

[Cappuccino]

http://www.ebay.com/

Stay away Capp.

I don't know if you guys have this in the US or not but feebay dishes out £1 and 50% final value fee every 2 weeks (Most of the time its the end of the month) and people just wait for the offer, and they sell their high-value items. Sell something £100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 = £1 FVL = profit? + you defeated feeBay + Free ipods for everyone.

 

[highland145]

Yeah, no idea what that is.

 

[Cappuccino]

http://www.ebay.com/

Stay away Capp.

What is eBay.com?
I use eBay.co.uk

 

[highland145]

Ask @WelshBloke

 

[Cappuccino]

Yeah, no idea what that is.

Everything you sell on feebay takes 10% and PayPal take 3% so altogether 13% but when you have the £1 or 50% final value fee offer people re-list everything that is worth more than £10 so in other words seller makes more money and feeBay loses money.

 

[Cappuccino]

Ask @WelshBloke

I miss Crono he dead

 

[highland145]

I miss Crono he dead

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[Cappuccino]

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rest in pepperonies

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[WaTaGuMp]

Ebay is a risk. When you sell expensive item you just pray hrd that no one will file a charge back. You can put all the disclaimer you want but ebay doesnt care. It is best to put insurance and tracking. Buyers are on the other hand protected.

I sold my Rolex in 2013 on CL, now that's a nightmare. It took a year and a half to get it done. I heard ever story around, can you ship it to me, I want to buy it for my son who was injured fighting in Iraq, etc etc.

 

[Cappuccino]

I sold my Rolex in 2013 on CL, now that's a nightmare. It took a year and a half to get it done. I heard ever story around, can you ship it to me, I want to buy it for my son who was injured fighting in Iraq, etc etc.

IMO CL is a waste of time because it takes like 3 years to sell 1 item and it's not worth waiting 3 years for 1 item lool.

 

[rstrohkirch]

I can't say I've ever had any issues with CL. I sell around 1 motorcycle a year on there and usually have an ad running less than 2 weeks before it's sold. Sold a sub on their a couple of months ago that took about 3 weeks and sold on first response. Sold a cpap machine for a relative and that took about 3 weeks with it selling on the second inquiry. Guess I've never really had the issues others have.

 

[RossMAN]

Even if you follow eBay/Paypal's policies 100% and document everything, the buyer can still screw you and get away with it.

Google "ebay will always side with buyers and screw sellers" and best of luck!