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>A big problem with casual selling on ebay is you don't know what you don't know until you've already been screwed. Most of the big online sites (Paypal is the
by hcayce 14y ago
>A big problem with casual selling on ebay is you don't know what you don't know until you've already been screwed.
Most of the big online sites (Paypal is the worst offender, but the others aren't much better) favor buyers over sellers. Amazon certainly works that way, and, as a result, I'm mostly use Craigslist to sell computers and cameras/lenses. I don't sell all that much stuff, though I do it for family members, but I'm familiar enough to have an opinion.
Craigslist has its own dangers, but those can be mitigated through meeting in public or in police station lobbies.
- bduerst 14y agoMan, how eBay has fought Craigslist tooth and nail over the years.
- micro-ram 14y agoeBay now owns a stake in Craigslist http://www.craigslist.org/about/press/ebay.stake http://www.craigslist.org/about/press/ebay.stake
- fafner 14y ago> or in police station lobbies I've never used Craigslist. But is it really common or advised to meat with the buyer/seller in a police station lobby?
- jlgreco 14y agoI think the standard method is coffee shops in the good part of town.
- vl 14y agoCommon thing for a large transaction is to meet in a bank.
- toddn 14y agoIt wasn't the lobby, but I sold a motorcycle for cash in a police station parking lot.
- acedanger 14y agoI've bought, and sold, many things via Craigslist. I funded a cross-country move by selling the things I couldn't fit into my truck and u-haul trailer using Craigslist. Having said that, I dislike the meeting-up aspect of Craigslist. For all of the money I've "made" by selling my stuff through them, there have been countless times where the person on the other end of the phone never shows up and leaves me there waiting. Overall, it's been a positive experience. I'll continue using them for the foreseeable future.