ebay help

[Green_Fairy]

i'm not sure if this is the right section for this, but we'll see.

so i'm looking to sell my manga collection on ebay...but i have no idea how. does anyone have some advice on selling stuff on ebay?

[MadMike]

We have a rule on CS against using the site to sell stuff, so please don't discuss that. I was going to close the thread, but I'll leave it open as long as the discussion is only about help with Ebay.

[Green_Fairy]

it's just that i no longer read them...they're collecting dust. i'd rather they go to a good home where they'll be properly appreciated.

i have:
Bleach 1-5
Ranma 1/2 1-6
Deathnote 1-8
Hellsing 1-3
Chibi Vampire 1 and 2
the Kingdom Hearts box set
KH chain of memories 1 and 2

and they're all in pretty damned close to perfect condition. no cracked spines, no folded pages, no stains, ect...

[Amina516]

Ebay is pretty good at walking you through step by step on listings. They do charge a fee for listings, Im unsure if its a percentage or set rate, but its a pretty small one.

Also look @ half.com. They sell a lot of books movies etc and are affiliated with eBay.

ETA: Also check out the Amazon.com marketplace.

[Aethian]

Oooh, may I suggest going through one of the book sites to sell? Or perhaps a manga site?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

^^^What she said. Ebay is a complete, screw-the-seller mess and not worth my time or yours. You'd stand a decent chance of dealing with some PITA claiming your items weren't quite as described or trying to pull something else, and Ebay would side with them almost automatically.

[lupo pazzesco]

Honestly? I'd try a local craigslist, maybe. Simply because selling manga on ebay very rarely works. I know. I've tried. Amazon may be a better bet as well, if you're looking to go national, as it were. But ebay and manga, not so much, just from personal experience.

[draftermatt]

One big problem with eBay now (and why I use Craigslist only) is that if you aren't an "established" seller (and I have no idea how many sales you have to make to become one) you can only accept Paypal, and that means unless you can get people to do a bank account transfer you're going to have to accept credit cards, and Paypal charges you for that.

And last time I looked into it (which was a while ago) that was a regular monthly charge, not a one time fee. Maybe you can cancel it when you're not selling, I had no desire to get into it so I stopped using eBay.

[dendawg]

To the OP:

Have you considered selling on Amazon? IMHO, Ebay is heavily biased towards buyers, and on Craigslist you're just as likely to get scammed.

[trailerparkmedic]

I've used half.com to sell a lot of books, and I've had no complaints. It's pretty easy to get started and the fees are pretty reasonable.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

One big problem with eBay now (and why I use Craigslist only) is that if you aren't an "established" seller (and I have no idea how many sales you have to make to become one) you can only accept Paypal, and that means unless you can get people to do a bank account transfer you're going to have to accept credit cards, and Paypal charges you for that.

And last time I looked into it (which was a while ago) that was a regular monthly charge, not a one time fee. Maybe you can cancel it when you're not selling, I had no desire to get into it so I stopped using eBay.

When I used to sell on ebay, Paypal just took a small cut of each payment I received. That must've changed then.

[draftermatt]

When I used to sell on ebay, Paypal just took a small cut of each payment I received. That must've changed then.

Maybe, the last time I sold something I told the guy to pay me with a money order (back when you could do that) but he kept trying to give me a credit card payment. Paypal was going to take a small cut, but for me to transfer the funds to my bank account it said I needed one of their "premium" services.