Have you ever bought or sold anything on eBay?

[The_Equalizer]

In permie world before I went contracting I had a little ebay thing going with old motor racing memorabilia that just sort of developed as a sideline. In the third year I had a turnover of about £20K with about 45% profit. It was mainly photos and posters and was rather enjoyable.

On the buying front it's good for hard to find things and second hand items that sell at silly discounts over new. I got a very nice second hand Dawes Galaxy bike for £200 and various bits of hi-fi like a Marantz amp which was £2600 new for £400.

There's a fair bit of tat too. Just check the seller's rating and number of items sold. Any rating below 95% and I would avoid.

[minestrone]

spent 450 quid on bike parts last night.

[Scrag Meister]

In the last couple of years I have bought 2 cars and 1 motorbike on Ebay. No issues, same as buying from the paper but with better cover on the financial side of the transaction.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

In the last couple of years I have bought 2 cars and 1 motorbike on Ebay. No issues, same as buying from the paper but with better cover on the financial side of the transaction.

Better how and for whom?

[d000hg]

Better for the buyer, because you didn't just bung some guy a bunch of cash in an envelope.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Better for the buyer, because you didn't just bung some guy a bunch of cash in an envelope.

As it happens that is exactly what I did when I bought a car off ebay

[vetran]

saved myself £2000 on Bricks. £500 on Slabs. £500 on bits of bath furniture.

Love eBay but you have to be choosy.

[mudskipper]

I buy a few bits and pieces - mostly parts for my son's motorbike.
Sell a few bits and pieces too - sometimes just stuff I want to get rid of, and sometimes for the sheer entertainment factor of seeing how much someone will pay for your tat - although the postage thing is hassle.

Best sale was over £30 for some free MaccyD's coke glasses.

Not a heavy user though - still under 100 transactions, and I've been a member for years.

[d000hg]

As it happens that is exactly what I did when I bought a car off ebay

In that case you've no real protection... they heavily push everything through PayPal much more than they used to.

[blacjac]

Once sold an old MP3 player that was worth around 40 quid I reckoned.

It went for 120!

2 new ebay users got into a bidding war on it about 10 mins from then end, I thought they'd back out of the deal when they realised they'd paid around 3 times what it was worth, but nope, paid in full and left positive feedback

That was about 6 years ago now though, very rarely use the site now as it's become too full of scammers when selling and you just can't get the bargains you used to on the stuff I buy. I've even seen some stuff 2nd hand stuff on it go for more than the price new...