E-bay Sucks, Where Else To Sell?

FoxMustangLvr · May 15, 2014

My E-bay auction for my Lakewood struts & Eibach drag launch springs just ended and I thought I got a fair price for some used suspension. Tried to sell locally that didn't work, tried Stangnets classified and somebody wanted my dog instead lol. I hadn't sold on Ebay in a long while but I've been happy in the past and have 100% feedback over a 10 year period so I listed my suspension there. 10 days later my auction ends and they sold for $300 + $30 for shipping. Now the crap hits me. I guess I should read the fine print cause things have changed.

Final Value Fee on ShippingUS $3.00
Final Value feeUS $30.10
Insertion feeUS $0.30
Gallery Plus FeeUS $0.35
Special Duration FeeUS $0.40
Gallery Plus FeeUS $0.35
Special Duration FeeUS $0.40

Current Balance owed:US $34.90 (ebay fees total)

Plus Paypal took another $10 for their bend over fee. Also on top of that they are holding my $$$$$ for 21 fuken days!!

$300 for auctioned items minus fees ($44.90) equals $255.10 to me in 21 friggin days!

Can anyone else recommend a good place to buy/sell online where you won't likely be scammed by people nor fleeced by the company hosting the site?? I don't do this very often but i'm not liking this one bit.

madspeed · May 15, 2014

craigslist or my facebook parts page

http://www.facebook.com/groups/FoxbodyMustangParts/

Onefine88 · May 15, 2014

Have you tried the classifieds over on Corral.net?
Very active buying and selling going on there. I've had great results buying and selling used parts.

FoxMustangLvr · May 15, 2014

I tried craigslist which I typically have decent success with but I wanted to sell them all together and all I got were emails about buying the front struts only.

FoxMustangLvr · May 15, 2014

Onefine88 said:
Have you tried the classifieds over on Corral.net?
Very active buying and selling going on there. I've had great results buying and selling used parts.

I didn't really think about that. Honestly I pretty much only stay on Stangnet, I have not posted on any other Mustang sites.

FoxMustangLvr · May 15, 2014

It just sucks that this guy will have received his parts, could install them and be enjoying them many days before I even see a penny.

tannerc91gt · May 15, 2014

Facebook is great for it anymore honestly. Selling car parts is such a PITA these days

Killa · May 15, 2014

lol ebay is rip off, if you selling single item, if you selling 100+ item, then it good.

madspeed · May 15, 2014

agreed, its a buyer market, and a volume sellers market

FoxMustangLvr · May 15, 2014

I agree, the small people are getting pushed out

hoopty5.0 · May 15, 2014

FoxMustangLvr said:
I didn't really think about that. Honestly I pretty much only stay on Stangnet, I have not posted on any other Mustang sites.

I never post there, but 99% of the used parts I buy and sell come from there. Always have good luck

bentley429isBAC · May 15, 2014

Corral. I sell almost everything on there. Basically just look what others are asking for a part and ask slightly less. Yes its a cutthroat operation but the parts sell within a few days some times hours. My record is 6 minutes from post to PayPal payment lol.

Noobz347 · May 15, 2014

I watch the classifieds numbers for both sites pretty regularly (it's one of the things that I do)... The classifieds here get approximately three times the traffic and views of nearly all other auto-related forums.

Examples:

http://forums.corral.net/forums/mustangs-sale-wanted-2005-present/

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/forums/s197-mustangs-for-sale/

Look at thread age vs. the number of times viewed.

Most their April old posts are between 1200-1800-ish views.

Mustang5L5 · May 15, 2014

FoxMustangLvr said:
Final Value Fee on ShippingUS $3.00
Final Value feeUS $30.10
Insertion feeUS $0.30
Gallery Plus FeeUS $0.35
Special Duration FeeUS $0.40
Gallery Plus FeeUS $0.35
Special Duration FeeUS $0.40

Current Balance owed:US $34.90 (ebay fees total)

What format are you using to have all those extras? There are basic auctions that don't have the extra fees and such. Granted it's only $2 or so in your total.

Ebay double dips anyway. They pretty much restrict the average casual seller (you know..the person Ebay was designed for) to using Paypal only, and then charge you to use Ebay, and then to get your money from Paypal...even though they are the same company.

mikestang63 · May 15, 2014

corral
yellowbullet
racingjunk
craiglist
stangnet

2000xp8 · May 16, 2014

Ebay has turned into a racket.
Although you didn't help yourself with adding all that extra crap to the ad.

I used to try and squeeze every penny out of items i sold, now i care less about the bottom line and more about simplicity and speed.
Craigslist priced below value with a little attitude in your ad usually yields a quick easy sale and keeps the tire kickers away.

FoxMustangLvr · May 16, 2014

madspeed said:
craigslist or my facebook parts page

http://www.facebook.com/groups/FoxbodyMustangParts/

I cancelled my FB account a couple or more years ago. Tired of senseless status updates and retarded "selfies". I have a slue of parts still left to sell over time and will try the classified for Stangnet and Corral and avoid all the ridiculous fees.

revhead347 · May 16, 2014

I thought about this a long time ago. I sold a bunch of stuff on ebay awhile ago, and it's a complete racket. Ebay and paypal make all the money for doing nothing. The person selling does all the work and doesn't get squat. There needsto be another website just for selling car parts.

Kurt

jAEded · May 16, 2014

It was a lot better 10 years ago. Now, not so much.

7991LXnSHO · May 17, 2014

jAEded said:
It was a lot better 10 years ago. Now, not so much.

Exactly! Then if you do not use it for 6 months, it is like starting over. They want the big sellers money. Little sellers' items do not pop up near the top of search results on purpose.
We sold our van on Craigs List in 48 hours or less. It took me longer than that to detail it and get our stuff out.

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