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Have you tried a classified ad (though that might work better if you're doing a lot instead of individual items)? Out here I can put one on the news website so it doesn't cost anything. Then set up a pick up point in a public place. Our police station has a "meeting place" that is under video surveillance so they'll know if anything happens during the exchange.
I always going to sell on ebay unless it's a niche item I think I can sell elsewhere. *shrug* It has the most buyers, I can set my price and do immediate payment. Sure there's going to be a bad buyer or two, but that's going to happen no matter where you sell. That said, since that's not an alternative, maybe look into mercari. But since I'm fairly sure that's app too... then that's out.Why not just create an alternative email for yourself, and an alternative facebook account? No one is going to stalk you if you don't know who you are, and anyone can join not "social butterflies". I think that's the best venue for you.
well this is topical - I was just wondering whether to go the evilbay route or try an alternativeyes ebay is big but the whole auction environment actually isn't IMO a good fit for the BIN deal with the "I wanna deal" mentality = I wasn't hoping to do the whole fake-account for FB sales as the hope was to work through boards but the back and forth for just regular G1 US/UK dragged out it does make it hard to accomplish a fair trade some days this is for sure when it comes to MLP
Quote from: banditpony on December 27, 2018, 02:20:57 AMI always going to sell on ebay unless it's a niche item I think I can sell elsewhere. *shrug* It has the most buyers, I can set my price and do immediate payment. Sure there's going to be a bad buyer or two, but that's going to happen no matter where you sell. That said, since that's not an alternative, maybe look into mercari. But since I'm fairly sure that's app too... then that's out.Why not just create an alternative email for yourself, and an alternative facebook account? No one is going to stalk you if you don't know who you are, and anyone can join not "social butterflies". I think that's the best venue for you. That too is interesting, last I heard Facebook wouldn't let you do an alias and it was such a problem that members of the indigenous community were being banned for just for using actual legal names, my mixed family lost it's connection to the tribal communites generations ago but missed them enough to name me for an animal in part as an effort anyway at mantaining that link for me, so I wasn't even sure I could use my full name without facebook turning me down these days.
Quote from: Loreofyore on December 27, 2018, 02:54:04 PMQuote from: banditpony on December 27, 2018, 02:20:57 AMI always going to sell on ebay unless it's a niche item I think I can sell elsewhere. *shrug* It has the most buyers, I can set my price and do immediate payment. Sure there's going to be a bad buyer or two, but that's going to happen no matter where you sell. That said, since that's not an alternative, maybe look into mercari. But since I'm fairly sure that's app too... then that's out.Why not just create an alternative email for yourself, and an alternative facebook account? No one is going to stalk you if you don't know who you are, and anyone can join not "social butterflies". I think that's the best venue for you. That too is interesting, last I heard Facebook wouldn't let you do an alias and it was such a problem that members of the indigenous community were being banned for just for using actual legal names, my mixed family lost it's connection to the tribal communites generations ago but missed them enough to name me for an animal in part as an effort anyway at mantaining that link for me, so I wasn't even sure I could use my full name without facebook turning me down these days.
I'm not sure how applicable this discussion is to me as I'm not in the US (so apologies if I am trespassing by posting here) but I agree that Ebay has become more focused on new stock and bigger sellers rather than being the online attic sale it used to be (which is why many of us joined in the first place).Even in spite of that, when I get around to selling my pony doubles, I will begin here and then probably take them to ebay. A lot of people do sell on facebook, but I'm naturally cautious about social media in general and it's not something I want to do. I think as we;ve seen from other situations the fact that sellers and buyers banned from an online community like this can operate freely and without much likelihood of being stopped on social media, I'm very wary of using this as an option.For international people like me it is more complicated because selling is automatically more difficult and I can't comment on all the other options you mentioned as I am either unaware of them or they don't apply here. But I know a bunch of people do sell on etsy. I believe their support system isn't great either, though, so that is maybe something you want to look into first if you decide to go down that route.If I can clear ponies on the Arena then I will. But for me, I will take the ponies to a local carboot sale and sell them there before I'll do deals on social media, even if it means losing money. Setting up a dupe account is a bit risky as well, but my biggest concern is that there's so little protection from social media sites and they're as you say, not designed for transactions. If they're to be the platform of the future for sales, they need to do a lot more work.I miss the days of ebay as it used to be. There doesn't seem to be a natural replacement as everyone seems to think selling old stuff or as a private seller rather than a business no longer exists. (The irony being that mostly the private sellers selling old stuff predate the big companies and mass wholesalers in terms of online selling, but they've now taken over what was our market :/)It does take a long time to photograph, list etc as well. I think the idea of finding a local flipper if you don't have the time to do that is a grreat one. Or even a not so local one, if there's someone in the community of whatever toy you are selling that is interested in buying in bulk.