I've found eBay to be a great outlet not only for finding great deals but making a little extra cash.
As far as selling, I've made over $2,000 in the past 18 months. Most of it has just been random stuff: t-shirts, small electronic items, etc. I've also unloaded a few high-priced items as well. Here's an example of one of my eBay success stories: I'm a scuba diver (expensive hobby, yeah) and last year I bought a basic underwater camera for $170. I got about 6 months of good use out of it. Eventually, I posted it on eBay for $90, it sold within a few weeks, and I put it toward a slightly fancier underwater camera that I'd had my eye on. I always set items for a fixed price with the buyer covering the shipping- no haggling, no weird Craigslist exchanges, only a simple trip to the shipping store at the end of my street. Sometimes it takes a few months, but nearly everything sells eventually. Better yet, selling on eBay scratches my anti-hoarder OCD compulsion about not accumulating things I'm not going to use. The only items that don't sell well are books. There's much money to made there either, but I post them anyway.
eBay is also great for finding deals, especially on clothes. I like clothes shopping on eBay because I can find- for example-a name-brand shirt in nearly new condition for a fraction of the retail price. Now and then, when I buy something that doesn't fit, I just re-post it for sale (usually for a few dollars more) and it usually sells pretty quickly.
Yes, there are some seller fees and eBay does take a small cut of the money you make, but overall I highly recommend it. In addition to reclaiming some value of the stuff you're not using, you can buy some nice stuff at bargain prices as well.
June 06, 2017 at 01:50AM
