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Are you trading collectibles? I’m just genuinely curious what someone would buy with 2-3 transactions a month.

id 5mo ago
Probably Pokemon or sports cards.
chromadon 5mo ago
I use it for non collectible stuff. I’m always buying weird interesting things. Old computer stuff at least once a month. I buy most of my physical games from eBay too
- happymellon 5mo ago
  > Old computer stuff at least once a month. So, collectables...
  - sushid 5mo ago
    How did you determine that? As someone who also buys old computer stuff from time to time, I wouldn't say they are collectibles.
    - benj111 5mo ago
      There's collectables as in over priced stuff and collectables as in what ever you like to collect. I think the former is more useful, and the latter could be anything. The GGP was probably thinking the former, the GP being pedantic used the latter.
      - happymellon 5mo ago
        > the GP being pedantic used the latter. I was aiming for sassy.
    - Finnucane 5mo ago
      If people are collecting them, they're collectable.
    - happymellon 5mo ago
      Sorry, a bit cheeky but if you are regularly buying old computer hardware then you are collecting. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I still have my ZX Spectrum 48k, Atari ST and the Archimedes my parent acquired when the school was dumping them for PCs. It's a collection.
at-fates-hands 5mo ago
I'm the same way as OP. I'll go clean out my basement, find a load of old tech and just put it up in a bundle or sell it individually for dirt cheap. Likewise, I buy a lot of stuff like minimal wallets, micro-electronics like charging cables, dongles for my work laptop, phone cases. Just typically a lot of knick knacks or older tech stuff. There's a booming economy for old walkmans and cd players. Same thing with higher end audio stuff like older DAC's, speakers, amps. A lot of unique stuff you can't find on Amazon or elsewhere.
HPsquared 5mo ago
It's great for used car parts (both buying and selling, as a hobbyist)
- qrush 5mo ago
  I backed into my garage stupidly and broke my RAV4's side mirror. I found a guy in Japan who was selling the exact part I needed (the cover for the mirror matching my paint color), OEM for $50. It's like Craigslist but global on eBay. Never change.
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nolok 5mo ago
Not parent, if you want to sell an old original video game you know has value, it's either the proper collector channel (slow, super involved, higher pay), the generic resale channels (fast, no effort, lowest amount possible) or ebay (relatively fast, a bit involved but not too much, pay depends on how good you defined the product). I had some old stuff around that Mr everyday might find (eg pristine original Gameboy Pokémon cartridge without box), and quick resale would give me 10 euro, involved resale would ask me hours and hours of work ebay allowed me to sale for 120+euro spending 1h on the description and picture (to show the scratch etc). Another case is "oh you have the msi ge77vx4 laotop and you look for the plastic keyboard map in azerty? You can pay a 500e rma if they even allow it or buy the piece for 20e on ebay and fix it yourself" Ymmv but it has a specific place that no one really have right now
boldlybold 5mo ago
I frequently buy project car stuff on Ebay. You can find OE stuff with the part numbers scratched off that must have "fallen off the assembly line" pretty easily. Easily a few items per month between that and computer parts!
- Scoundreller 5mo ago
  > OE stuff with the part numbers scratched off I’ve gotten those off rockauto. Impossible to say if they’re seconds or the OE just has 1 mould and finds it easier to sand off the excess logo weight.
MSFT_Edging 5mo ago
Literally anything that isn't actively manufactured anymore. Even a lot of specialty stores will just sell through their ebay account.
qrush 5mo ago
I was selling NES/SNES games + boxes. After ~2 years of sporadic sales, I ended up just offloading them to a guy who has a huge used games outpost at a flea market. I buy a mix of things: clothes, watches, and usually tiles from my favorite pottery in Michigan: Pewabic.
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cucumber3732842 5mo ago
There's a lot of low volume and niche stuff sold by industrial ecommerce (grainger, Mcmaster, etc) and sites specializing in a given niche that those sellers cross list to eBay (the higher volume stuff is typically sold on Amazon)
as1mov 5mo ago
I use them to buy refurbished enterprise machines -- laptops & mini PCs, books and DVDs/BluRays. Works pretty well actually, never had any issues with the quality as long as you stick to reputed sellers.
NortySpock 5mo ago
(a) used books. As a Midwesterner I love that can directly order specific technology books (the ones everyone recommends), literally from a Goodwill in San Francisco, for the price of a good meal (b) dodging Amazon co-mingling of inventory. Do I trust Amazon doing whatever it wants in a warehouse, or some eBay seller with a few years of built-up-reputation to lose but who specializes in the part I want? Let me tell you I have gotten a lot more handwritten thank-you-for-your-purchase notes from eBay sellers than Amazon. 3D printer parts, used computers+parts for the homelab, laser printer replacement parts, etc. (Yes Amazon said they would stop recently... Not sure I believe it's fixed yet)

id 5mo ago

Probably Pokemon or sports cards.

I use it for non collectible stuff. I’m always buying weird interesting things. Old computer stuff at least once a month. I buy most of my physical games from eBay too

happymellon 5mo ago
> Old computer stuff at least once a month. So, collectables...
- sushid 5mo ago
  How did you determine that? As someone who also buys old computer stuff from time to time, I wouldn't say they are collectibles.
  - benj111 5mo ago
    There's collectables as in over priced stuff and collectables as in what ever you like to collect. I think the former is more useful, and the latter could be anything. The GGP was probably thinking the former, the GP being pedantic used the latter.
    - happymellon 5mo ago
      > the GP being pedantic used the latter. I was aiming for sassy.
  - Finnucane 5mo ago
    If people are collecting them, they're collectable.
  - happymellon 5mo ago
    Sorry, a bit cheeky but if you are regularly buying old computer hardware then you are collecting. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. I still have my ZX Spectrum 48k, Atari ST and the Archimedes my parent acquired when the school was dumping them for PCs. It's a collection.

at-fates-hands 5mo ago

I'm the same way as OP. I'll go clean out my basement, find a load of old tech and just put it up in a bundle or sell it individually for dirt cheap. Likewise, I buy a lot of stuff like minimal wallets, micro-electronics like charging cables, dongles for my work laptop, phone cases. Just typically a lot of knick knacks or older tech stuff. There's a booming economy for old walkmans and cd players. Same thing with higher end audio stuff like older DAC's, speakers, amps. A lot of unique stuff you can't find on Amazon or elsewhere.

HPsquared 5mo ago

It's great for used car parts (both buying and selling, as a hobbyist)

qrush 5mo ago
I backed into my garage stupidly and broke my RAV4's side mirror. I found a guy in Japan who was selling the exact part I needed (the cover for the mirror matching my paint color), OEM for $50. It's like Craigslist but global on eBay. Never change.
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nolok 5mo ago

Not parent, if you want to sell an old original video game you know has value, it's either the proper collector channel (slow, super involved, higher pay), the generic resale channels (fast, no effort, lowest amount possible) or ebay (relatively fast, a bit involved but not too much, pay depends on how good you defined the product). I had some old stuff around that Mr everyday might find (eg pristine original Gameboy Pokémon cartridge without box), and quick resale would give me 10 euro, involved resale would ask me hours and hours of work ebay allowed me to sale for 120+euro spending 1h on the description and picture (to show the scratch etc). Another case is "oh you have the msi ge77vx4 laotop and you look for the plastic keyboard map in azerty? You can pay a 500e rma if they even allow it or buy the piece for 20e on ebay and fix it yourself" Ymmv but it has a specific place that no one really have right now

boldlybold 5mo ago

I frequently buy project car stuff on Ebay. You can find OE stuff with the part numbers scratched off that must have "fallen off the assembly line" pretty easily. Easily a few items per month between that and computer parts!

Scoundreller 5mo ago
> OE stuff with the part numbers scratched off I’ve gotten those off rockauto. Impossible to say if they’re seconds or the OE just has 1 mould and finds it easier to sand off the excess logo weight.

MSFT_Edging 5mo ago

Literally anything that isn't actively manufactured anymore. Even a lot of specialty stores will just sell through their ebay account.

qrush 5mo ago

I was selling NES/SNES games + boxes. After ~2 years of sporadic sales, I ended up just offloading them to a guy who has a huge used games outpost at a flea market. I buy a mix of things: clothes, watches, and usually tiles from my favorite pottery in Michigan: Pewabic.

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cucumber3732842 5mo ago

There's a lot of low volume and niche stuff sold by industrial ecommerce (grainger, Mcmaster, etc) and sites specializing in a given niche that those sellers cross list to eBay (the higher volume stuff is typically sold on Amazon)

as1mov 5mo ago

I use them to buy refurbished enterprise machines -- laptops & mini PCs, books and DVDs/BluRays. Works pretty well actually, never had any issues with the quality as long as you stick to reputed sellers.

NortySpock 5mo ago

(a) used books. As a Midwesterner I love that can directly order specific technology books (the ones everyone recommends), literally from a Goodwill in San Francisco, for the price of a good meal (b) dodging Amazon co-mingling of inventory. Do I trust Amazon doing whatever it wants in a warehouse, or some eBay seller with a few years of built-up-reputation to lose but who specializes in the part I want? Let me tell you I have gotten a lot more handwritten thank-you-for-your-purchase notes from eBay sellers than Amazon. 3D printer parts, used computers+parts for the homelab, laser printer replacement parts, etc. (Yes Amazon said they would stop recently... Not sure I believe it's fixed yet)