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<p>[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 3753438, member: 147"]My meager 2 cents...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have been selling on eBay for over 20 years off and on. I think the most expensive item I have ever sold was in the high $200s and it wasn't jewelry. I don't sell much gold on eBay because I just don't want to risk it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny, but over the years I have found it's the inexpensive items that get the trouble buyers. I had someone accuse me of scamming them on the purchase of a $12 piece of electronic equipment. This was early on when buyers could see a seller's phone number so he called to yell at me. I calmed him down by saying "No one is going to get rich by scamming you on a $12 item. Send it back and I will be happy to refund including return shipping."</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never had anyone claim a package arrived empty or return an item where they altered it like replacing a stone with glass. I can count the number of returns I have had on 1 hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sell lesser or bulky items on Craigs list. I had a shop for a while on Ruby Lane but I couldn't devote the time necessary to making it pay. I am not on Facebook so no Marketplace for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sell now at about 8 or so antique shows a year and at our local flea market on weekends from April-October. I like the face to face of selling and those are the places where I sell my better jewelry.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if any of this helps but it is another county heard from <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 3753438, member: 147"]My meager 2 cents... I have been selling on eBay for over 20 years off and on. I think the most expensive item I have ever sold was in the high $200s and it wasn't jewelry. I don't sell much gold on eBay because I just don't want to risk it. Funny, but over the years I have found it's the inexpensive items that get the trouble buyers. I had someone accuse me of scamming them on the purchase of a $12 piece of electronic equipment. This was early on when buyers could see a seller's phone number so he called to yell at me. I calmed him down by saying "No one is going to get rich by scamming you on a $12 item. Send it back and I will be happy to refund including return shipping." I have never had anyone claim a package arrived empty or return an item where they altered it like replacing a stone with glass. I can count the number of returns I have had on 1 hand. I sell lesser or bulky items on Craigs list. I had a shop for a while on Ruby Lane but I couldn't devote the time necessary to making it pay. I am not on Facebook so no Marketplace for me. I sell now at about 8 or so antique shows a year and at our local flea market on weekends from April-October. I like the face to face of selling and those are the places where I sell my better jewelry. I don't know if any of this helps but it is another county heard from ;)[/QUOTE]
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