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I use this.
http://www.freeebaycalculator.co.uk/
I can't be bothered with auctions as if I'm unlucky then I loose £'s.
I usually at best offer, so I can know a fiver off. I did have someone offer me £20 for a £140 pedal... chancers.
And then I just leave it and wait - someone will buy it if it's priced OK who can be bothered waiting for an auction to end.
That said If I have something I want shot of, and is worth very little I just chuck it on 99p no reserve.
Use BIN but state that you'll consider a discount for cash on collection and invite offers. List your item for 20% more than you'll actually take.
As a buyer I also don't want to wait for up to 10 days for an auction to end for it to be pulled by day 8-9 when I could have purchased elsewhere in the meantime
Thing is, I reckon for really desirable things, auction is the way forward.
Is there that much difference in fees?
How can you get the fees down? They're crippling!
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Agree BIN on purchased consumables
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
I simply consider ebay a cheap advertising site to a worldwide audience, so the format employed is irrelevant.
Do people still actually use it to sell things? How very last year.....
I'm the reverse when I'm buying. Almost all BIN items are overpriced. When I do a search I often restrict it to auction only.
If its a bit more specialised then BIN but allow offers and make it obvious that I'll take a deal direct.
I'd also wait until I get one of discounts on fees they sometime send out.
Gassage said: Try using Reverb. I've had sales on there. People tend to be more aware about item prices over there ie. they won't pay over the odds as you get on eBay.
It's been a while - too long - since I sold anything, but I like BIN or Best Offer.
I only use auctions for things where I have no real idea about a selling price e.g. guitar necks - start it at 99p, there's loads of interest and you always end up with a good (or good-ish) result. I wouldn't take that approach with a guitar because you never get anywhere near what you think it's worth.
As I buyer I also much prefer BIN or best offer. It's tedious waiting for the end of an auction, they often end at stupid times and then there are those fuckers who decide to pull their auction a few hours before it was due to end just because there's not as much interest as they hoped.