Nothing terribly exciting. I have 29 Star Trek comic books from the 1980s. Each comic book is in mint condition, sealed in a polybag with backing board. Set includes: -Issues #10, 23, 25, 26, 29-31, 36-50, and 52-54 of DC Comics' monthly "Star Trek" series running from 1984-1988 -DC's "Star Trek Annual" #2 from 1986 -DC's comic adaptation of the film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" from 1989 -Issues 15 and 16 of Marvel Comics' monthly "Star Trek" series from 1980-1982 As far as I know, these have never been read. They were a gift some somebody who thought, "Hey! He likes comics, he likes Star Trek... TREKOMICS!" and picked 'em up for me. I have a million other mass-produced, 90s-boom-period comics that I'll probably get rid of at some point, but that's a big job. These were just a chunk I thought I'd get rid of to see how easy it was.
Is it stuff you just have lying around, or do you pick it up here and there and redistribute the wealth?
I buy antique weapons. Before 2001, you could buy all sorts of illegal weaponry, then the government cracked down on Ebay. They even used to sell pr0n on Ebay. I've been a member since 99. I like how all these sellers have found out a way to scam Ebay from their listing costs these days. Innovative ppl.
I knew a girl who payed for college selling used panties on EBay. She even did requests. Those were the dark and dirty days of EBay...
Mostly it's just stuff I buy then I don't have room for, I don't make trips to the store simply to sell stuff on EBay. It really works well for video games, I tend to either finish games really quickly or get bored of them, so if they are fairly new, I'll buy play them for awhile and pop them up on Ebay, for games it's like I'm renting them for a month and getting a large chunk of my cash back, most of the times 95% for games.
I have never tried to sell anything online. My biggest question is: How do you know a person is serious or not when he makes an offer?
On Ebay they have the feedback rating to give you an idea of what the buyer or seller has done, i.e. paid or not / shipped or not, in their past auctions.
I guess that helps. The reason I have the doubt is that I have read a news before about a kid who placed a million dollars bid for a painting, IIRC. Of course he was just fooling around.
DERAIL WARNING: I am going back and forth with a seller who refuses to put the shipping amount on any of his auctions. You have to email him about the shipping. This item. They I got from him for my inquiry for shipping an item that will fit in an letter envelope was "around 3.50". He is a weasel and I called him on it. Last time as got the "around" reply they charged another buck after I won the item. Ebay states that they encourage all sellers to clearly list shipping charges. Is what he is doing allowed? Freakin weasels.
I've run into people like this as well, best advice is just move on to someone else, there are plenty of other sellers on there who will have the same thing
