TutuTaxi

I have bought and sold on eBay. I started buying audiobooks for my long taxi drives for tutugirl. After listening to the audiobook, I would resell it on eBay. I have purchased sold out concert tickets, Frette bedding, pictures, sterling, china, books, Tupperware, memorabilia and ……………….……. I have sold all types of things too. I just sold a cell phone last week. Just be aware that buying and selling on eBay requires a great deal of time. Good Luck!!

gadad

Four few years ago, I lost 50 pounds in 5 months. The challenge in doing this is that in a short period of time you go through several different clothes sizes en route to the one at which you stop. Out of necessity, I got second-hand clothes on eBay for the sizes that I expected to be at for only a month or so. I got so proficient at it that I now buy virtually all my clothes and shoes there for a small fraction of the retail cost. The key is to find lines and brands whose sizes you can trust.

laxmom

Bought and sold on eBay. Actually sold my Longaberger basket collection 7-8 years ago to pay the first year of tuition to my son's private school. Hubby buys Marklin trains and NASCAR memorabilia.

anxiousmom

birkenstocks. New and used. many pairs for all members of the family! I've been meaning to figure out how to sell on Ebay, but haven't got around to it yet.... Is it hard???

HarpMania!

We buy and sell just about everything on ebay...books, collectibles, musical instruments, car parts, cell phones, garden supplies, clothes....

lspf72

We got lucky and found a fantastic deal on a gigantic old karastan wool rug.

ellemenope

My old (and I do mean OLD) printer died and I would have bought a new printer, except I had 3 brand new print cartridges that would have gone to waste. So I bought the same printer on ebay (and keep a much smaller inventory of ink on hand).

I bought an excercise video (the kind that is advertised on TV, but if you google the name of the video, you read all sorts of horror stories about how the videos come really late and the company sets you up for a monthly consult fee that you never agreed to). So I got the video without having to worry about the other shennanigans (no I haven't really gotten into the exercise yet).

I find that I am terrible at bidding...getting so frustrated at losing at the last minute all the time.

Melsmom

Wall tapestries for my daughter's college apt. Prettier than pictures & cheaper too!

lje62

I used to buy on Ebay quite a bit. I bought a lot of nice linens. I love Pottery Barn and have changed my bed linens as well as my kids. Not as much on there as there used to be.
I find this true with a lot of name brand items. We used to buy Birkenstocks too, but it isn't easy to find them anymore.
My last couple of purchases were not very smoothe.
I bought a quilt and duvet set , but the seller lost track of my payment and I had to track it down. She was a big seller, but ( and this is my mistake ) had a rather significant negative feedback , mostly for not sending the items once she rec'd payment..that and not responding to emails.

A few months later , she contacted me and basically tried to pressure me into leaving positive feedback. I had opted to not leave feedback for her at all after reading the nasty comments she had left for her numerous dissatisfied customers. She knew I was not happy . I told her to leave positive feedback for me first , which she didn't do.

Having bought things for years, I think that there are a lot of shady sellers there now so I am reluctant.

On the plus side, we used to sell a lot of our items from our store there, which was great in the winter months. That has dried up because suppliers have stopped allowing their products to be sold there.

We also sold a few used cars, which was great !!

audiophile

I mostly buy OOP music & books. Recently, I needed a new cell phone and my contract was not up yet. Bought one for about $100 from one of the "power sellers" on Ebay. When I went to activate at the store, they told me it was stolen, immediately confiscated it and recommended I file a police report. Figured it was an honest mistake from the seller, contacted him and he immediately refunded plus a little extra for my trouble. No threats or anger necessary (though I would have filed the report if he hadn't made good). Wound up leaving positive feedback for him and he replied in kind. I find most sellers are honest, but I am very diligent in reading the feedback before I place a bid.

toledo

lje62, you are right about people retaliating with negative feedback. If you want to give negative feedback, do it at the very last minute. I believe that is 90 days after the transaction.

ellemenope, try eSnipe - Bid on eBay Automatically - eSnipe 3.0. They will place a bid for you in the last seconds of an auction and you pay them a small percentage. I've used it on big ticket items where I expect a lot of bidding.

3togo

For a few years I only bought stuff on ebay ... mostly sports memoribilia (cards, yearbooks, media guides, old magazines, etc) ... and then I had way too much stuff. So over the last year I've started selling off a bunch of the memoribilia.

Overall 99+% of the transactions go great ... and then every once in a while someone is a total jerk. As a seller the most common issue is people choosing to not get shipping insurance and then complaining about the item getting lost even when provided proof that the item was shipped.

I only deal with things that cost something like $1-$20 so it's all low risk ... I can't imagin buying a car or a wedding dress or anything like that over eBay.

NorthEastMom2

My H sells stuff on ebay - pretty much anything we find in our basement. Mostly books, legos, small electronics. It doesn't take up too much time. He has a system - he won't list anything until he has a box for shipping, so most times he ships same day. Gets lots of good feedback. It's a fun hobby, and those small transactions add up.

dadx

I bought a set of new factory repair manuals for my SUV at a fraction of the cost from the dealer.

I've also bought a few "collectible" type items that have almost no value to anyone but me. They were priced accordingly.

I've noticed in some cases (for antique or vintage items of certain categories) what I believe to be shill bids and transactions. No direct evidence, only observation.

I think you can get some decent deals there, but you need to know what you're doing , and use your head.

TutuTaxi

I bought a Coach key chain from a big eBay seller - it was a total fake and came broken. I tried contacting the seller several times and failed to get a response. I left negative feedback and they then left negative feedback for me. Saying I never tried to contact them (not true) . We agreed to mutually withdraw our negative feedbacks. I now rarely buy from big business-type eBay sellers - especially if they have a lot of mutual feedback withdrawals, and I never leave feedback for any seller who does not leave immediate feed back for me (the buyer), after I have paid. As a seller I leave positive feedback immediately after the buyer pays. I feel once the bidder/buyer has made their payment they desire positive feedback. When I leave feedback for a seller (after I receive the item), I usually say “Great eBay seller, ships quickly, good communication, leaves immediate feedback.” Hopefully other seller will see this and do likewise.