On 23 Feb 98 17:48:34 +0100, "Marco" <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Lun, 23 feb 1998 9:51, Gary Schloss <mailto:schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>>I have yet to try selling anything myself on eBay, so fellow Zuiks
>>who are no longer "eBay virgins" are hereby encouraged to share their
>>carnal knowledge with the rest of us. Soooo, any "eBay tarts" out
>>there? :-)
>>
>
>imho it is a better place for sellers than for buyers. It takes much time
>to find what you want and at the price you want to pay. Neverthless, I have
>been making a lot of buyings on it and the average level of realability of
>the sellers is quite fair. The use of the "search" function may take a very
>minimal amount of time and by repeating it every three days you are sure
>the item you are looking for shall not pass unnoticed. FVL is our last word
>here.
>
>Marco
I (FvL) certainly hope I am not. But I agree with Marco, to whom I
sold twice through eBay ;-)
I also made a lot (about 25 items) of purchases during the last year.
I must say that for buyers the site has become less attractive with
time. Too many of them, I guess. For selling it has improved, because
of the same fact. I sold a few 'OM-bodies for the tinkerer' thru
eBay, and I was pleased with the number of bids. The selling fees are
very low.
And another thing: if you have no idea of the value of an item you
want to get rid of, eBay is most helpful: The buying market is large
enough to set a good and realistic value for your item.
eBay also helps in building a network of people who do have the odd
Olympus item for sale, which they now offer privately since they know
I am a collector. This happened 4 times to me already. And I do the
same, the other way around.
I would like to have a system like eBay running in Europe, but it just
isn't feasible until we have one currency here. Transatlantic shipment
fees are way too high.
Frank van Lindert.
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