Yes,
Ebay has great potential but beware of the price you pay to sell on ebay and the shipping responsibility. You have to take all that into account before you decide what to sell.
I have two other fun ebay stories.
1) One day I was at an auction and they were auctioning off this really gaudy vase, at least that was my opinion. I suppose in the right setting it would be beautiful but sitting on a table in that auction house it just wasn't appealing. Well they were auctioning it off and no one was bidding, they started at 25.00 then down to 15 dollars then lower and lower and still no bids so I thought this is a real piece of junk and everyone knows it, that is why no one is bidding. Well, I am sure you know what is coming next..... it got down to a dollar and I bid on it. I don't know why but something came over me and I just put my hand up ant then it was mine. I thought to myself as they were bringing it over to me - great, now what in the world did I do that for - oh well, it's a buck and I'll just donate it to somewhere and get on with my life.... well you also know the next part of the story..... I checked around on ebay and found a couple more that had sold so I put mine up for auction..... $75.00!!!!!! Boy was I ever happy!!!!! One of the best dollars I ever spent.
2) I had some old plastic polymer paint in some old tubes, all were used, some were even dried up and I posted that in the auction. I had these paints in an old wooden cigar box and the cigar box was all stained, weather ruined and oiled up from the paint being stored in it for so long... maybe 8-10 tubes of old paint. For fun I put it on ebay... and it sold .... $25.00!!!!! I was so worried about a "bad" feedback rating from the customer when he received the old paint and the ruined box... so afraid (since the auction was only as a joke anyways) that I ALMOST wrote the customer and told him that I could not complete the transaction. BUT I didn't. I reread what I wrote on the auction and I took another look at the picture and sure enough, I had stated things just as they really were and he bid along with some others so I took the chance and sent the paint and the box..... I got a wonderful review from that customer. I was so happy...it taught me never to prejudge and tell the truth and don't second guess what I am doing. I do things out of my heart and with never a bad intention and I tell things as it is. My feedback is 100% and I have had over 600 feedbacks. Over 1000 ebay customers but not all of them give feedback. Onward I will go.
Connie
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