eBay for selling things?

[wez]

I’ve got a few bits & pieces I would like to sell; books, clothes, CDs, DVDs. Is eBay the best place? If not, where else is worth thinking about? Used to do car boot sales so haven’t sold online before!

[Minniemou]

I use ebay as i find local selling pages hard work as people dont turn up etc. I do find Ebay take a lot off you but if you have loads to sell you can still make loads. I have 2 young daughters and have been selling all there old clothes and made quite a lot.

[Some Banana]

Theres always gumtree

[Megandllsmum]

I'm quite new to ebay but we have had a massive clearout lately and I sold loads of stuff on there, enough to book an extra holiday for us this year, it was a lot easier to do than I thought, I've had the odd non payer but I just report that to ebay and let them deal with it. I sold mainly clothes, bags, shoes and childrens clothes

[novocastrian]

odds and ends like cd/dvd/books will be more hassle than they are worth

personally i'd put in gumtree as a job lot , cash on collection

[Pupbelly]

The fees on eBay plus the cut that PayPal take make it not worth the hassle. Facebooks Facebay type thing is free and usually stuff goes within hours.

[Rac20]

Have the fees gone up recently on eBay? I sold a bed for my FIL on eBay and he got £50 for it. I was shocked that eBay charged me £7.40 in fees. I don’t remember it being that much before.

Edited to add: Are PayPal going to charge me as well?

[WhereIBelong]

gumtree is owned by ebay but offers non of its protection.

[Pupbelly]

Originally Posted by Rac20

Have the fees gone up recently on eBay? I sold a bed for my FIL on eBay and he got £50 for it. I was shocked that eBay charged me £7.40 in fees. I don’t remember it being that much before.

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Exactly, the fees are crazy now, plus like I said the fact PayPal take 10% (?) just for you to receive the money from the buyer. It was once a good place to sell but the costs are very prohibitive these days

[Froggy88]

Unless they're exceedingly rare you're not going to get anything for CDs/DVDs on eBay. Facebook buy and sell groups are your best bet for that sorta stuff