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So I decided to flog off my PS4 and games as I just don't use it. I can't get into the games like I used to. Might be old age (44) or the depressive side of bi-polar meaning I don't have the attention span.
Listed on FB no problem. Listed on here no problem. EBay however have a limit of £10 for an item from a new seller. How the hell am I supposed to get enough feedback to allow me to sell the PS4 when I have nothing under £10 that I want to sell, let alone a number of things over a few months. Bloody stupid it is.... stupid I tell ya
You aren’t eBay’s target market anymore.
Semi professional market traders is what they want....
Aaaah... so they want to be baby Amazon now
Isn't it 10 items (to £650) not £10 for new sellers?
List as auction then it go over limit with bidding anyway.
I haven't looked at the rules for new sellers but I would guess, as with 99% of eBay threads, it is the user not understanding stuff rather than an eBay issue.
I haven’t looked at the rules for new sellers but I would guess, as with 99% of eBay threads, it is the user not understanding stuff rather than an eBay issue.
Nope. Wrote the listing with a buy it now price of £200. Pop up message saying this listing had exceeded my limit for the month and I could list £10 more worth of goods this month. This would be my first ever listing on ebay
I would try listing again on March 1st and then ring up eBay if it still says that as having had a quick glance at new seller limits that sounds very low.
Although I can see why you wouldn't be allowed to sell a single item for £200 which is probably triggering it and to be honest I would not go near a £200 item from someone who has never sold anything before anyway so your market may be small relying on the more gullible buyers.
Just sell an accessory for £10... You'll get good money on eBay for the main unit.
Or start one of the games for a tenner and let the price rise. You are better selling it all separately anyway.
Kerley has a point you know.
First item 200quid? Anyone with sense will dodge the shit out of that and you be left with the morons who will dick you about.
Just stick it on as an auction for 99p with no reserve. It's a common item so it'll sell for what it's worth.
BIN £10. P&P £190...
Make sure you take plenty of photos from every angle when you do sell it and keep a note of the serial number. Plenty of chancers who will claim not working or a reason you need to refund then some money.
List your soul for sale for 0.99p start bid, no reserve, free postage on a 24hr auction. Get a friend to bid and pay. Bingo, you're off the mark*
*Don't do this if you're superstition
Swp fr egg box?
I reckon you'll get more joy selling it on a local Facebook 'Items for sale' type of group (and you won't have any fees to pay).
I recently sold an old Wii package for £100 that way - listed it on Sunday afternoon, went for a walk and someone offered what I wanted whilst I was wandering around the countryside, I organised online payment via PayPal and they collected it a couple of hours later.
They're also dropping Paypal in favour of direct payments, which is a pain if you keep a PP account as a bike maint slush fund away from any prying eyes at home.
So I decided to flog off my PS4 and games as I just don’t use it.
Sell all the games one at a time. Auction them.
Then sell the PS4 main console. Lots of documentation when you do, if you do.
Personally I steer clear of Ebay for selling electronics and wouldn't touch phones or games with your bargepole let alone mine, (essentially anything bought and sold by teenagers - sorry to any responsible teenagers on the thread).
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They’re also dropping Paypal in favour of direct payments, which is a pain if you keep a PP account as a bike maint slush fund away from any prying eyes at home.
You naughty boy, you.😁
I wouldn’t bother with eBay for selling a console. I would, and did recently, just sell the console to one of the electronics recyclers and the games to CEX.
Marginally less money, but substantially less hassle, and no chance of some dickhead wanting to fraudulently return it.
Personally I steer clear of Ebay for selling electronics
So do I. Electronics goods are where the dodgiest buyers are. I have sold £50K of bikes, guitars, synths and other stuff over the years with no hassle though. Guess I have always been lucky...
I would not go near a £200 item from someone who has never sold anything before anyway
Same.
Ebay rules are odd.
About 10 years ago I got some free 'Dr Dre' headphones with a phone so I sold them on Ebay.
Dodgy buyer claimed they were fake and got a refund and I got a marker on my account which prevents me selling *anything* related to electricals.
I forgot this the other week and tried listing an audio cable for a subwoofer. It came up with a generic error so I spent half an hour on to Ebay CS trying to establish the problem. Eventually they worked out why and reminded me about the marker on my account. FFS!
I just stick stuff on Facebook nowadays. Less hassle, local buyers so no postage to worry about and no fees.
IMHO I think Ebay has had its day and will be left behind by the likes of Amazon and Facebook.
Just had a rotten ebay experience here. Sold a turntable. Arrived with cover smashed. Returned to us minus cartridge. eBay said they could not judge, we had to refund, that was that. 🙁
Yeah. I had one very similar. Sold a synth in perfect condition. Turned up "not switching on". Price was ~£400.
I didn't fancy trying to process a return because I figured the removable (and somewhat valuable) internal bits would have walked.
Although weirdly, the buyer was more than happy to accept a partial refund. Odd. Because a not-working synth for £50 less than you paid doesn't seem like particularly good value, especially if the cost of the removable internal parts didn't even add up to that new figure.
Unless, of course, it actually did work, you lying toerag.
Never done electricals since.