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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

supernova

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11. We might be getting into it this year

Reply to xiamiam (Original post)

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 01:34 PM

Dec 2011

SO used to sell used electronic equipment over ebay (networking switches and the like) and was pretty successful at it.

This time he wants to sell vintage audio equipment. There is a pretty big market in vintage stereos and anything made with vacuum tubes.

He knows what he's doing as far as the equipment goes, but all the changes I'm seeing to ebay and how PP works are makes me concerned that is just isn't as easy as it used to be to make money this way. We would be doing this to make extra money.

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How many ebay sellers do we have here? [View all] xiamiam Dec 2011 OP

I gave up on selling Christmas stuff after mid-November a couple of years ago. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #1

This is a bad time to sell plus read the chat boards on Ebay since many are glinda Dec 2011 #2

yes I agree april Dec 2011 #9

We are occasional sellers brer cat Dec 2011 #3

very occasional now grasswire Dec 2011 #4

please do not post any links to your pages here grasswire Dec 2011 #5

It's the time of year... quispquake Dec 2011 #6

Lately I've been running a museum on ebay. Lots of lookers, no buyers. Vinca Dec 2011 #7

I have been selling on ebay until april Dec 2011 #8

I quit after Meg Whitman did her "magic" tavalon Dec 2011 #10

We might be getting into it this year supernova Dec 2011 #11

Fulltime seller for 14 years. Doremus Dec 2011 #12

What do you see as supernova Jan 2012 #13

Despite its considerable drawbacks Doremus Jan 2012 #14

As a buyer only, it's good to hear all your feedback. pengillian101 Jan 2012 #15

wow..you have no idea how hard it is xiamiam Jan 2012 #17

I miss the old ebay so much. grasswire Jan 2012 #16

Spam deleted by Behind the Aegis (MIR Team) Areyanna Oct 2012 #18

I am not a seller but gave some merchandise to a seller last winter. Paper Roses Oct 2012 #19

Etsy is getting very popular with vintage buyers and sufrommich Nov 2012 #20

Amazon seller here wyldwolf Nov 2012 #21

Sell on Ebay and my own Antique, Vintage and Thrift Store JCMach1 Dec 2012 #22