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I've sold a fair amount on ebay with only one non-payer. My favorite story is of a woman who ordered a poster I had. The post office lost the piece for a 3 weeks. After two weeks, I refunded her money AND sent her a second copy of the poster. The second poster was sealed so I never saw it. She said it was damaged upon arrival. Then the poster that the post office lost got delivered - but she said it wasn't quite like the picture. A week later said she was going to report me to ebay. I sent her a note and said, "I paid $24 to send you two posters. You paid NOTHING. What is your case?" The world has some strange people.
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Yeah, I think I'll move to Facebook Marketplace. It's a face-to-face transaction, but it's cash only. THat's worked for me recently.
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I've sold a fair amount on ebay with only one non-payer. My favorite story is of a woman who ordered a poster I had. The post office lost the piece for a 3 weeks. After two weeks, I refunded her money AND sent her a second copy of the poster. The second poster was sealed so I never saw it. She said it was damaged upon arrival. Then the poster that the post office lost got delivered - but she said it wasn't quite like the picture. A week later said she was going to report me to ebay. I sent her a note and said, "I paid $24 to send you two posters. You paid NOTHING. What is your case?" The world has some strange people.
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I've used Facebook Marketplace with some success as well. There's also a neighborhood app I've used with less success. I hope at some point to be able to do a yard sale to just get rid of some carp that's around. And I have a lot of carp to part with.
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Yeah, I think I'll move to Facebook Marketplace. It's a face-to-face transaction, but it's cash only. THat's worked for me recently.
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I've had three items up for sale on eBay in the last month. All three sold, and all three of them had non-paying bidders. One, when re-listed got sold and I got the cash. It was an Apple Watch - Series 2.
I sold an iPhone 6s last month - $70. After fees, etc, I would have netted about $63. Buyer never paid. Sold it on FB Marketplace today - $75 cash.
I sold an iPhone 8 last week - $152. After fees, etc, I would have netted about $137. Buyer never paid. Sold it on FB Marketplace today - $200 cash.
Why even bother?
The only hassle with FB marketplace is dealing with questions and having non-showing buyers. I'm only about a 5 minute walk from where we say we'll meet, so it's no biggie.
F eBay.
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I've only had one non-payer on ebay. I've used FB Marketplace and get a lot of "Is this avaliable" - and then never hear from them again. I was trying to sell a large vintage doctor's office scale. Someone else on FB had an identical one for $200. I offered mine for $60. Didn't sell. Marked it down $45, $30, $25, $20. Finally sold for $20 to someone who probably would have paid $60 - very happy buyer.
I had a toy truck for sale - for a reasonable price of $55. Ebay had it for much more so I knew I had it priced to sell. I had a guy ask if I'd take $45. "Nope." So I raised the price to $65, thinking I'd could get negotiated down to $55. Of course, I had someone pay me the $65 - because it was still a good deal.
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I've only had one non-payer on ebay. I've used FB Marketplace and get a lot of "Is this avaliable" - and then never hear from them again. I was trying to sell a large vintage doctor's office scale. Someone else on FB had an identical one for $200. I offered mine for $60. Didn't sell. Marked it down $45, $30, $25, $20. Finally sold for $20 to someone who probably would have paid $60 - very happy buyer.
I had a toy truck for sale - for a reasonable price of $55. Ebay had it for much more so I knew I had it priced to sell. I had a guy ask if I'd take $45. "Nope." So I raised the price to $65, thinking I'd could get negotiated down to $55. Of course, I had someone pay me the $65 - because it was still a good deal.
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