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Not exactly sure the reason why we only allow stuff for sale on here and not elsewhere, but I’m happy with that personally. I think it might go some way to reducing the amount of ‘sellers’ selling here, keeping it more community-based.
I’m selling some records on here at the moment. I’ve tried to keep everything ‘forum prices’ and in some cases I’m second guessing myself, thinking ‘hmmm maybe I shouldn’t let that go so cheap’. But then I work out what I’d actually get for it after fees if I sold on eBay and it’s the same. More than happy for someone here to pocket the difference rather than eBay, Plus it’s sooo much nicer buying and selling here! I’ve yet to have a bad experience here - or at least I’ve never had an issue that wasn’t easily and amicably sorted. I cannot say the same for eBay!
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It's certainly making things far more difficult. Despite ebay claiming that we'll pay less fees, the opposite is true for most private sellers. I sold a Thomson post last week for £50 which netted me about 38 after fees and postage. Some guy messaged me asking if I'd sell for £40 and I had to explain that I'd rather keep something I didn't need than make £28 back! But I can see from his point of view £40 still isn't such a bad offer. I'd have happily sold on here for £40.
Don't know if it's covid related but recently I've had zero to very little interest in my ebay items and some really poor offers.
Does anyone know why LFGSS has the rule about not advertising on here and ebay? I appreciate that things don't move as quick on here but taking fees into account I would happily sell most things for 25% less on here knowing I wasn't getting constantly lowballed...