Join the 2009 Ebay Challenge!

[Pitman]

If I was selling my sneakers through eBay, I would join in on this eBay challenge, but I sell my sneakers through forum/buyer listings sites, which allows me to sell numerous sneakers with no charge at all. I just sold two pairs of sneakers for $540 shipped with absolutely no finance charges against me.

Good Luck to everyone.

[Investing First Steps]

I wish I'd done this challenge when I moved 2 years ago. I gave a TON of stuff to the Salvation Army because I didn't want to move it. I'm sure I could have gotten a fair amount of money for it on E-Bay.

Steve, do you find that E-Bay sales are as easy as they were a few years ago? I had heard the shops on there were doing well, but the auction craze was dying down.

[disneysteve]

If I was selling my sneakers through eBay, I would join in on this eBay challenge, but I sell my sneakers through forum/buyer listings sites, which allows me to sell numerous sneakers with no charge at all. I just sold two pairs of sneakers for $540 shipped with absolutely no finance charges against me.

Good Luck to everyone.

Join in the fun. I included ebay, half.com, craigslist and yard sales because that's all I could think of. If you want to include the site you deal with, that's fine, too. Do you have a goal for the year?

Steve, do you find that E-Bay sales are as easy as they were a few years ago?

Definitely. In the early days, ebay was a gold mine for sellers. I used to get crazy prices for many of my items, not that I was complaining. Initially, ebay was mostly populated by people like me who were already dealers. I used to sell by a mail-order catalog and at antique and collectibles shows in several states. The problem is that ebay made it easy for everyone to become a dealer. So what used to be rare and hard to find became commonplace. If a collectible is issued in a limited edition of 100, the day after the release, at least 50 of them are on ebay. Gradually, the live shows dried up. There are only a handful that remain. Everything is done online now. The sheer volume of buyers and sellers has brought down prices.

Still, it is a relatively easy way to make money so I'll keep at it.