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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 85118467 02/03/2023 05:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So, disclaimer, I’m one of those people that still makes money selling things on eBay. I’ve been doing it as a *cringe* “side hustle” to make a little extra cash on and off for the last 10 years. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51281220 I’ve sold electronics, musical equipment, kitchen equipment, automotive parts, furniture, hand/power tools, basically anything that I think I can flip. Sometimes I make a little, sometimes I make a lot. It really depends on the item. Now, before I go any further, I realize that less people purchase off of eBay than in years past. I get that. However, more people do than might be expected. That’s more or less why I still sell. During the start of the pandemic things were going great. I mean, REALLY great. So great, in fact, I converted one of the bedrooms in my home into a tiny warehouse with isle shelving. Within just a few weeks, I emptied the entire room. I repeated this about 4 times in around 5 months. It was pretty cool and amounted to around an extra 1500 per month on average. Fast forward to the tail end of 2022. I can’t get ANYTHING SOLD. ANYTHING. I’ve literally been sitting on the same items forever. Items that would have flown on the shelves two years ago are collecting dust. Right now, one of the items I’m trying to sell is a husqvarna 20 inch gas powered chainsaw (new in box). Retail is around 450. I listed it for 325 with free shipping. To me, that seems like a pretty good deal. 6 weeks on line. No buyers. A few days ago, I get an offer. Fifty dollars.. FIFTY DOLLARS. I was so annoyed, I pulled the listing. I still get all the views I did but NOBODY is buying ANYTHING. In ten years of doing this, I’ve NEVER seen it this bad. I’m fairly certain that this economy is going to collapse in a few years. I sell things on craigslist and you’re 100% right. Everyone tells me straight up that they can’t afford this or that even if i lower the price by 40-50%. Difficult times ahead My clients today actually LIED to me about the measurements. My bid based on the measurements they gave was $435. It turned out to be only 1/4 of the job. They lied so hard that they left out 3/4 of the entire job. I drove an hour and actually primed the whole room before I realized that they had lied to me. I confronted them, told them that job would normally be $800 and neither one of them ever once said that it wasn't intentional. Thats what happens when the economy gets bad, people like this end up stiffing hard working laborers. Fuckers. I told them to pound sand as I don't want yo work for liars. I only got $150 for the priming but at least I didn't stay there all day long busting my ass for half pay. They didn't even have enough wallpaper because they were so stoopid that they didn't shorting me would also short them on wallpaper as I was the one who figured it out for them Best yo use your intuition and pay close attention to it going forward mates. Why piss off your paper hanger? There are only a few of us and some of us actually KNOW each other. Stoopid |
Avenger1
 User ID: 83723344  United States02/03/2023 05:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a very interesting thread since I was going to ask around about the selling conditions on eBay. Dave Ramsey has said the average household has about $2,000 worth of stuff around the house that could be sold. Personally I think that's high, but I guess it all adds up, especially if you're a pack rat. I was going to start the purge, but now I'm not so sure. "Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes" "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear" |
| XJDUB
User ID: 2610017  Canada02/03/2023 05:23 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78950047 United States02/03/2023 05:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83962627 United States02/03/2023 05:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I've done a lot of shopping on Ebay over the last 15 years, and it all stoped when I retired a couple of months ago, because I'm living on savings now. No SS because I was always a private contractor, and never paid SS taxes. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78181801 Because I have no income, other than a little bit from my CDs, I get free healthcare, and 40% off of my electric bill. I can NOT get food stamps because I have way too much in my savings. Food stamps requires bank statements. I still pay about $3,500 a year in taxes, so I get as much free shit as I can, to get that money back from the government. I really miss shopping on Ebay. Go to food banks. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84803247 02/03/2023 05:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| DrPunch
User ID: 80886406 United States02/03/2023 05:31 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | OP... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 82311453 TRY THIS: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS INJURED, MAIMED, 'LONG COVID', DISABLED TENS OF MILLIONS DEAD  THIS While one can still vote democratic while dead is hard to buy and sell items while dead DrPunch |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83938670 United States02/03/2023 05:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my wife does the ebay thing do she has like 500 items listed at any given time so nothing big just a side mission for side cash. slow as hell right now. it was only busy during covid because everyone was scared of the fake virus and got free stimulus checks while they sat at home. people who use ebay aren't dumb they will go for the cheapest listing of the same item so if you aren't the cheapest they will buy the one thats cheaper as long as the seller has good feedback. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83938670 United States02/03/2023 05:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Trio
User ID: 83835523 United States02/03/2023 05:34 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EBAY has some crazy throttling AI system that only puts your lists forward depending on how much you list. So if you have slowed down creating listings they slow down your visibility. Its ultimately a scam platform and they make you work for them. Last Edited by Trio on 02/03/2023 05:35 PM Your perception of me is a reflection of you. I've got a front row seat to the end of the world. my pronouns are: told/you/so |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 81008324  United Kingdom02/03/2023 05:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| *<3sugar&spice<3*
User ID: 85199126 United States02/03/2023 05:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I just got a promotion and raise at my job at the first of the year. Went from 19 an hour to 26. And don't feel any different. Food prices are eating it all up. "Live each day like it's your last, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one is watching." GO PATS!! :Go Patriots!: |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84872486 United States02/03/2023 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| BrainGuy, NFT FFS OMG
White heteropatriarchal supremacist chemophob User ID: 47627460 United States02/03/2023 05:49 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So, disclaimer, I’m one of those people that still makes money selling things on eBay. I’ve been doing it as a *cringe* “side hustle” to make a little extra cash on and off for the last 10 years. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51281220 I’ve sold electronics, musical equipment, kitchen equipment, automotive parts, furniture, hand/power tools, basically anything that I think I can flip. Sometimes I make a little, sometimes I make a lot. It really depends on the item. Now, before I go any further, I realize that less people purchase off of eBay than in years past. I get that. However, more people do than might be expected. That’s more or less why I still sell. During the start of the pandemic things were going great. I mean, REALLY great. So great, in fact, I converted one of the bedrooms in my home into a tiny warehouse with isle shelving. Within just a few weeks, I emptied the entire room. I repeated this about 4 times in around 5 months. It was pretty cool and amounted to around an extra 1500 per month on average. Fast forward to the tail end of 2022. I can’t get ANYTHING SOLD. ANYTHING. I’ve literally been sitting on the same items forever. Items that would have flown on the shelves two years ago are collecting dust. Right now, one of the items I’m trying to sell is a husqvarna 20 inch gas powered chainsaw (new in box). Retail is around 450. I listed it for 325 with free shipping. To me, that seems like a pretty good deal. 6 weeks on line. No buyers. A few days ago, I get an offer. Fifty dollars.. FIFTY DOLLARS. I was so annoyed, I pulled the listing. I still get all the views I did but NOBODY is buying ANYTHING. In ten years of doing this, I’ve NEVER seen it this bad. I’m fairly certain that this economy is going to collapse in a few years. I sell things on craigslist and you’re 100% right. Everyone tells me straight up that they can’t afford this or that even if i lower the price by 40-50%. Difficult times ahead My clients today actually LIED to me about the measurements. My bid based on the measurements they gave was $435. It turned out to be only 1/4 of the job. They lied so hard that they left out 3/4 of the entire job. I drove an hour and actually primed the whole room before I realized that they had lied to me. I confronted them, told them that job would normally be $800 and neither one of them ever once said that it wasn't intentional. Thats what happens when the economy gets bad, people like this end up stiffing hard working laborers. Fuckers. I told them to pound sand as I don't want yo work for liars. I only got $150 for the priming but at least I didn't stay there all day long busting my ass for half pay. They didn't even have enough wallpaper because they were so stoopid that they didn't shorting me would also short them on wallpaper as I was the one who figured it out for them Best yo use your intuition and pay close attention to it going forward mates. Why piss off your paper hanger? There are only a few of us and some of us actually KNOW each other. Stoopid Summary: Don't do contract work for blacks or whites with lower class regional accents. --------------- Don't care. Still voting Trump!  ---------- |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78950047 United States02/03/2023 05:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Deplorable Zenobia
User ID: 77763575 United States02/03/2023 05:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I use to make bank selling on eBay back from 1998 to 2012......around 30K a year.....stuff I got from estate sales, thrift shops, curbside finds, and clean out services..... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73847342 But Ebay/paypal got greedy and wanted a big cut and lots of BS fees.....not worth my time nowadays.... Saw eBay/Paypal change up their rules-n-regs and that was when I gave up reselling. Used to handle consignments, made a lil' bit of money but made a lot of customers happy w/ their purchases. And thought struggles against the results, trying to avoid those unpleasant results while keeping on with that way of thinking. That is what I call 'sustained incoherence.' ...David Bohm “How, O Zenobia, hast thou dared to insult Roman emperors?” ...Aurelian, 44th Emperor of the Roman Empire |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77716310 United States02/03/2023 06:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So, disclaimer, I’m one of those people that still makes money selling things on eBay. I’ve been doing it as a *cringe* “side hustle” to make a little extra cash on and off for the last 10 years. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 51281220 I’ve sold electronics, musical equipment, kitchen equipment, automotive parts, furniture, hand/power tools, basically anything that I think I can flip. Sometimes I make a little, sometimes I make a lot. It really depends on the item. Now, before I go any further, I realize that less people purchase off of eBay than in years past. I get that. However, more people do than might be expected. That’s more or less why I still sell. During the start of the pandemic things were going great. I mean, REALLY great. So great, in fact, I converted one of the bedrooms in my home into a tiny warehouse with isle shelving. Within just a few weeks, I emptied the entire room. I repeated this about 4 times in around 5 months. It was pretty cool and amounted to around an extra 1500 per month on average. Fast forward to the tail end of 2022. I can’t get ANYTHING SOLD. ANYTHING. I’ve literally been sitting on the same items forever. Items that would have flown on the shelves two years ago are collecting dust. Right now, one of the items I’m trying to sell is a husqvarna 20 inch gas powered chainsaw (new in box). Retail is around 450. I listed it for 325 with free shipping. To me, that seems like a pretty good deal. 6 weeks on line. No buyers. A few days ago, I get an offer. Fifty dollars.. FIFTY DOLLARS. I was so annoyed, I pulled the listing. I still get all the views I did but NOBODY is buying ANYTHING. In ten years of doing this, I’ve NEVER seen it this bad. I’m fairly certain that this economy is going to collapse in a few years. A few years???? Lmao boy are you in for an abrupt surprise... |
| crystals forever
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| BrainGuy, NFT FFS OMG
White heteropatriarchal supremacist chemophob User ID: 47627460 United States02/03/2023 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 85196240 United States02/03/2023 06:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This started about a month ago in earnest. I was fairly easily able to sell things up until early January and then like a switch it all turned off. We are burning through money like crazy in my house even watching what we buy so I can imagine how bad it is for average people. We do pretty well compared to most so I’m not sure how the fvck people working in service jobs are surviving unless they share a house with 4 roommates. Ultimately those people are usually young and voted for it so I’m not shedding too many tears. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84986517 United States02/03/2023 06:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Feathery
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| peterpeccary
User ID: 73847342 United States02/03/2023 06:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There's been a shift in my locksmith business.... residential customers are drying up but my commercial and special projects side is booming.... Early during the covidian daze, I was upgrading a lot of people's security....BLM riots and covid scared people....sold and installed safes cuz people were storing cash at home.... Now residential customers are calling handymen to install locks (badly) to save money.....however the commercial side is picking up from all the businesses moving or closing up.....the special projects are from rich folk that are insulated from the downturn.... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 84043316 United States02/03/2023 06:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| tahoe21
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 83957089  Turkey02/03/2023 06:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I got sick of Ebay when every time I saw an item I wanted, the seller would have "Best offer" enabled, and I'd make a best offer of maybe 20-30% less than the buy it now price, and they'd almost always just act hugely offended and usually put the price UP. Screw Ebay, I haven't got time for that nonsense. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 80386913 United Kingdom02/03/2023 06:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Stihl, hell yeah. Ryobi, maybe. Hell no to everything else. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74735201 There's your problem OP. No one wants a cheap Chinese chain saw, especially in a 20". I'd be skeered to work it tbh. Husky's are great fool! Husky stuff is a tad underrated imo A step up from the garbage at Harbor Freight anyways. |
| Jumping Jack Flash
User ID: 84211235 United States02/03/2023 06:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I sell clothes on Amazon $1M+/year last 8 years. Same pants that sold quick last year for $70, I can't $30 for them now. Not just clothes. Prices have tanked 50% and sales still way down all categories. Don't take my word for it; check any item Keepa graph same thing across the board. |
