Seeking Advice to Protect Myself as a Seller on ebay.

[RossMAN]

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.

You are listing items in the correct section, right? Actually I guess it depends on what you're selling/looking for.
https://london.craigslist.co.uk/search/sss

instead of here (NSFW)
https://london.craigslist.co.uk/i/personals?category=cas

 

[WaTaGuMp]

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.

I got it sold at the price I wanted, so hardly a waste. Not like it cost anything to post and bump it every few days.

 

[SneakyStuff]

I appreciate everyone's responses. I'm going to give CL a shot and see if I can avoid a colossal headache. Not too many positive things to say about ebay it seems!

 

[RossMAN]

I appreciate everyone's responses. I'm going to give CL a shot and see if I can avoid a colossal headache. Not too many positive things to say about ebay it seems!

Most of the items I've listed on CL have sold eventually. From a buyers perspective here are some suggestions:

* Post in the correct category.
* Use a relevant and descriptive title.
* Quality pictures with decent lighting from different angles including box, up close macro shots, etc.
* Detailed description on it's features, specs, condition, what's included, if it's sold AS IS, warranty, receipt, etc.
* List a phone number but don't use your real phone #, get a burner cell, Google Voice or other VOIP number.
* Meet somewhere other than your home or work, police station, Starbucks, etc.

Best of luck and let us know if it ever sells?

 

[FeuerFrei]

* Meet somewhere other than your home or work, police station, Starbucks, etc.

RE: Craigslist
Some towns have designated "digital marketplaces" - areas where people can meet and pay for items purchased online. Police station is one of them around here.

 

[SneakyStuff]

Well... My card sold for $320 within 1hr of posting on my local CL this afternoon. Met the buyer in my community leasing office and that was that. After an entire evening of mulling it over and using my old GTX 750 as a temp card I just purchased a GTX 1080 soooooo happy ending! I might have missed out on an additional $30-50 going the ebay route but between the shipping costs and possibility of needing new ibuprofen I think this is a fair compromise.

 

[John Connor]

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!

This right here^.

PayPal gives the buyer a 6 month warranty period now. And here I thought 45 days was bad.

But it's not like you will get ripped off. The risk is there though, but with risk comes reward. Now where you can really screw up is if you sell "As Is, broken or needs repair" items. People are so stupid. They buy the thing thinking it acctully works despite you labeling it as such. The best way to prevent that cluster F from happening is to say right in the title, "BROKEN AS IS."

 

[Cappuccino]

Most of the items I've listed on CL have sold eventually. From a buyers perspective here are some suggestions:

* Post in the correct category.
* Use a relevant and descriptive title.
* Quality pictures with decent lighting from different angles including box, up close macro shots, etc.
* Detailed description on it's features, specs, condition, what's included, if it's sold AS IS, warranty, receipt, etc.
* List a phone number but don't use your real phone #, get a burner cell, Google Voice or other VOIP number.
* Meet somewhere other than your home or work, police station, Starbucks, etc.

Best of luck and let us know if it ever sells?

I this is why i dont sell on CL

I have books to sell and you think people will search 'books' on CL? lol am I missing something here? CL is basically sex/drugs