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Nothing too great nationwide as far as I know- eBay/Amazon still.
Offerup is decent for local- never tried shipping but seems like if you use a credit card you won't lose your money in a scam. I still troll craigslist as well.
I hear there's lots of action on Facebook marketplace but again probably just local.
Facebook Marketplace- pretty much did not exist when this thread was first started as far as legitimately selling stuff the way FB allows today. Fees for Ebay have driven some away, plus the split of Ebay and Paypal as far as no longer one in the same companies. Craigslist was the alternative for deals that people wanted to do local meet up and now that is again sometimes Facebook Marketplace also. There are deals on Facebook Marketplace that will ship items, but rarely have pursued and tried that.Quote:
Originally Posted by dunfree
Fuck Fb marketplace, bunch of scammers and assholes. Offer Up is like a dead zone, I've had a few responses but no sales.
Are the golden days of unloading used shit to strangers gone for good?
I’m in a phase of life where I’d kind of rather leave it in the basement for a few years then eventually drop it off at Goodwill.
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I've had bad luck with CL lately. Not even scammers or low ballers are replying and that's with prices that are very low on stuff that is in good condition. Any lower and stuff gets into not worth bothering with territory. Right now I just have a box in the garage I put stuff in. I've been selling maybe one item a month. Just keep reposting and eventually the right person comes along. Might try FB marketplace but that would require signing up which I really don't want to do.
That may be the problem- I'm not signing up either.Quote:
Originally Posted by evdog
I've got lots of good stuff laying around that 20 year old me would love to get for a deep discount. But it will eventually go to goodwill since Offerup and CL are pretty lame. Too many scammers and morons to bother with eBay and the fees suck.
I feel like the options are very geographically dependent.
Up here in the metro PNW I've found Craigslist to be effectively dead. Occasionally I'll make a sale through it (maybe 1 in 10?) but it is great to pick up items on the cheap from people who, for one reason or another, only list their stuff there so it never moves. I tend to set search alerts for things I'm interested in and just forget about it until I get pinged.
FB Marketplace has decent movement and turnover but their search function is absolute garbage and pollutes the results to the point of unusability.
Great for mindless browsing in a general topic, terrible for finding something specific. Prime example of how garbage "user engagement" can be as a metric.
It isn't that they'll just continue listing marginally related items after they run out of what you're looking for, they'll interspace the actual results amongst garbage so you have to hunt for it. One has to find local buy & sell groups for crossposting to have any chance at selling, but that does work.
Offerup is the place to be up here though. Majority of my traffic is through that, both buying and selling. Search is still frustratingly non-specific but at least they don't fill it up with unrelated items like Facebook does.
Rules for selling are always the same though: no shipping, unretracteable digital payments in person for larger items, meeting place in a public spot a few bocks away from work/home. Give me an ETA and I'll arrive a few minutes before.
There's the obvious flakes and hagglers, but each individual transaction is such a low commitment it is no problem if someone ghosts or you need to walk away. Funny how that $20 they didn't have magically appears when they get a flat "nope" on a last minute attempt at a price reduction.
EBay's exclusively for trinkets from China when I want more buyer protections than with AliExpress and, strangely enough, clothes. Lots of sellers who flip thrifted items and new old stock and if you know the size, brand, and model you want, easy to set an alert to pick up stuff for pennies on the dollar.
The only good thing about eBay anymore is new car parts and accessories as long as you're not overly concerned that it's genuine OEM. I've just about given up on selling any of our old shit anywhere other than at flea markets, ski/bike swaps or to someone I know.
Yep. I don't think I've looked to buy or sold anything except for one time in the last 5 years. And that one time I got screwed with some weird fees on selling. Fuck eBay.Quote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
I use ebay quite a bit. Got a brand new in box garmin Fenix 5s plus watch for $180 shipped.
Sold a fancy Sony stereo tuner, sell some custom designed PCBs, buy bike parts sometimes. I like ebay.
I also use opera browser to crawl craigslist nationally, but it's not as good as it was 4 or 5 years ago. I mainly use this for searching for cars.
I browse Craigslist Daily. I’ve found tons of good deals on there. Skis, cars, snowblower, etc. I have sold 3 or 4 cars on there. Sold one car on ebay years ago, went okay but I wouldn’t use it again. As for selling/buying skis I always start on the Tgr, if that doesn’t work I make the rounds to the local resale shops. My entire ski quiver has come from TGR and resale shops.
What are you using for that nowadays? I used to use IFTTT but it kept breaking and I gave up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ørion
Craigslist, in a rare nod to modernity, now has a mobile app which allows for notifications for new results for any saved searches. Response lag seems a little faster than their email notifications.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garbowski
Offerup, same deal.
Facebook, I've never actually received a "search alert" I've set with them. No idea why.
I've had good luck selling skis locally on CL. No shipping is the best part. Listed a helmet on there this fall and forgot I even did so, and then out of the blue some guy gets ahold of me, says he wants it, and the next day I meet him by the ticket window at Big Sky and he buys it. I like Craigslist. It's easy to tell the bot texts and emails, and just immediately block them.Quote:
Originally Posted by easyrdr
I just outfitted my granddaughter in Rossi skis, Roces boots, Bolle helmet and a tether pack - all in nice shape - for $160 off Facebook Marketplace. Plus about 50 miles of driving.
CL had nothing. Nor did this place. eBay is usually crap
What indeed?
https://youtu.be/yUf9ID2Gnfw
That was a rather crazy story tonight.
I just bought m3 sway bars off eBay. Low communication hassle, and lower price than i got in a forum. Stuff showed up from Friday nicely packaged and in good shape. I feel safer buying from eBay than forums often filled with scammers, and better than Facebook sellers.
I bought my Garmin Fenix watch new in box off eBay for a huge discount, cheaper than any of the local classifieds, Facebook, etc.... Works great. On my wrist now.
I'm a fan of ebay. Attachment 453356
Just sold something on Ebay, sent the seller an email to confirm the item he ordered was correct and got no response.
Now I'm all paranoid that hes a scammer and I don't want to lose my non-trinket item to some dumb scam. Is this going to happen, or am I being paranoid.
Don’t you get paid first?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yukonrider
eBay is great for golf clubs. Picked up a lightly used PM Grind 60 wedge for 50
[QUOTE=irul&ublo;6832196]Don’t you get paid first?[\QUOTE]
You may have to ship before money is in your bank now.
funny, 3 of the 4 lowest price items I looked at recently were scams from china
I use eBay to sell mid-grade sports collectibles and its been great. The selling experience has degraded over time, but it's hard to deny the amount of eyes that see the listings. My sales have been lower this past year, but the volume of new listings has been lower, too.
If there is anything out there close to eBay I haven't found it yet. Etsy, Mercari, OfferUp, CL, FB Marketplace all suck from my experience.
It was good back in the day but too much of a good thing and the hammer comes down.
Pun intended.
what the fuck are you babbling about ignoramus? eBay has been treading water for a decade. With few levers to grow their business they make life shittier for currentQuote:
Originally Posted by SB
I'm selling a couple of bicycle frames on ebay right now. I've bought all manner of junk over the years and I've generally been satisfied. As a seller, I can say the fees are steep, and the paperwork is extensive. When I sold items in the past, my paypal account showed a payment and I shipped. For my current sales, I had to submit a bank account and ss number to ebay for verification, and it looks like they will release funds to me in about 10 days. If there's an upside to this, it feels relatively safe for the seller (me), but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little concerned that the buyer might cancel payment once the item is shipped.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiHOG
For my other item, I have an offer from a guy in the Philippines, but he's asking I send it to a USA address. This seems reasonable as it could be a friend or family, but ebay is definitely not the place it used to be.
The one thing I learned the hard way is to never make an international sale on ebay without using their overseas shipping program. Once the item is delivered to ebay they assume all the risk of delivery in the foreign country.Quote:
Originally Posted by steeznutz
I'm done as a seller on ebay, getting rid of old junk always turns into a clusterfuck.
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The timeline to ship doesn't start until you've been paid. On top of that I set my "handling time" to two days to give me a little extra buffer and typically I have the money deposited by the time I ship.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
I've been selling for 20 years and agree that eBay's continued to slide in the wrong direction, but it hasn't got that bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiHOG
I totally agree that dealing with CL or FB for the most part sucks. I have no interest in responding to 30+ FB messages of "Is This Still Available?" and then the lowball offers. Maybe it would be easier to get from tire kicking to purchasing if I lived in a bigger market, but for me Ebay is very easy, detached and straightforward.
Golf clubs about the only thing I ever buy on the flea anymore. Oh and Time atac MTB pedals once a year seems like.
that’s why I still use eBay. If you just want something gone, you list it as an auction and a week later you are sending it off. Oddball items you can do a BIN and wait around for the right buyer.Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinevibes
Hate trying to schedule with FB/Craigslist people.
on the other hand I am starting to wonder if running eBay auctions is leaving a lot of value on the table…how many buyers are really out there watching auctions and bidding? Seems everyone wants instant purchase and fast shipping these days so auctions don’t get much attention.
[QUOTE=alpinevibes;6837654]I haven’t sold anything since late last year after multiple failed sales eBay didn’t do anything about, maybe things changed, but my experience was eBay hold time on funds in your account varied by buyer method of payment and location, and the hold was at least a full business day. So buyer pays Tuesday, funds available to request Thursday, in bank account Friday. I guess you could use The immediate payout that wants a bank statement, which, why would I give to eBay?Quote:
Originally Posted by dunfree
with eBay international shipping my experience with Canada was eBay made it my problem to find out why the item didn’t make it all the way, which was a pita. Also with sone foreign addresses their idiot system wouldn’t take addresses correctly, so you’d have to change the address, which makes you more liable.
fixed price vs auction depends much on what you are selling to whom, how deep that market is, and how patient you are.
As of Jan 1, 2022, the IRS now requires us to file and send a Form 1099-K to everyone who sells $600 or more.
Since you’ve made $600 or more in sales this year, we’ll need your full 9-digit Social Security number (SSN) or Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) to send you your 1099-K.
Please update your information so we can start sending your payouts and avoid other account restrictions.
Maybe relevant to this thread: I just made my first ebay purchase in a few years. Why does it show as my very first purchase ever? Even though you can go to my feedback and see that I have made purchases before.
See orders drop down. It only goes back a couple of years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Anymore the trg forums seems to be a more advanced site than ebay. So I'm annoyed that ebay wants my ss# to get paid for sales. I don't want to deal with flakes on fb marketplace or craigslist either.
So anyone use any alternatives that don't ask for your ss#?
I got minor scammed on eBay recently on a sponsored listing. The price was good so I bought two. When one item showed up in Amazon packaging I contacted the seller and they said I only bought one. Now, the eBay item says only one. It’s a $20 loss so lesson learned. Not worth wrestling with eBay and the seller for $20.
I asked the seller if he was running an honest business he would take my return for refund. Blah blah blah.
Also, it’s next to impossible to actually dm anyone at eBay. The self help menus are a big deterrent.
I rarely sell stuff on ebay but have sold likely 50+ items in the 30 years I have used that site with no issues yet. I mostly buy stuff there and for the most part have had good luck with the exception of a computer likely 25 years ago. I recently purchased new boots there and after I hit the purchase button the seller (ski shop) contacted me to say they could not find the original box for the boots per the listing and there was a small scrape/smudge on a heel (I can barely see it) so would a $100 off be ok to proceed. Fuck ya! There are still good sellers on there IMO, buyers I have no clue.
ebay is so paranoid about selling outside eBay direct messsages are shit, even if you are trying to arrange a local pickup.Quote:
Originally Posted by 4matic
Anybody figure out what this means to the IRS? Seems like if I buy a quiver every year, and sell it at end of season - 5 pairs / $500 each, I'm getting a 1099-K for $2500. That's theoretically $2400 taxable (-$100 in seller fees). However, I paid $1000 each, so it's actually a $2600 loss ($2500 sale - $5000 purchase - $100 fees). How do I file this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Core Shot
Does this mean everyone needs to track receipts on everything we buy/sell? If I sell my car for $25k, I sure don't want to pay taxes on that. Am I supposed to file it as a loss ($40k new - $25k) ? Do I need to save my invoice forever so I can sell my old car?
Am I cheating if I buy a quiver and don't file a 1099-K on the seller?
Should I sell all my old junk to create a tax loss, rather than trashing it?
I get that the IRS is trying to catch independent contractors and small businesses that have been skating on taxes (or didn't see themselves as a business), but it seems like anyone who sells their old stuff is creating a (false) taxable event and a paperwork burden.
Not an accountant, but logically if you bought for $1k and sold for $500 it looks like a loss for sure. I for one would not worry about reporting the K1 in your example unless your doing other questionable tax stuff.