I agree with the advice in this post about buying some cheap ponies /other items that you want and gaining a bit of feedback from them  first -  because as well as gaining you some feedback ( doesn't matter that it's for buying rather than selling) and  adding to your own collection, it will help you learn how things work on ebay .

When it comes to selling on ebay - you can't avoid the delay in getting your money - unfortunately that's something ebay does now, but you can get your money released more quickly if you do get good feedback from sales in the meantime so definitely worth it to sell off some cheap ponies quickly first and gain what feedback you can from that   . That way you also gain more buyers trust because you won't be a zero feedback newbie , but to be honest since buyers are pretty much covered now on ebay, it's much less risky for them to buy from a low feedback /no feedback seller than it used to be. Everyone has to start somewhere. Low feedback new sellers don't put me off.
Adding a personal note to your buyers with their pony does encourage them to leave you good feedback - I do that myself with any items I sell (I send a small thank you card) . It makes a difference.
Good descriptions and plenty clear pics make a difference too. Your potential buyers will prefer it if there are no "surprises"- so list any flaw from dry hair to factory flaws, to ingrained dirt or fading- whatever it is, always mention it no matter how small. Buyers will appreciate a longer description of anything like that that rather than just a few pics and a one line that says something like" G1 mlp Apple Jack . good condition see pics". (I tend to not buy from people who do not describe properly unless it's very good deal for a HTF item that I wouldn't mind if it was flawed. I prefer the sellers who take the time to properly describe the pony and any tiny flaws)
Any other help you need when you do come to selling your ponies - ask here and we'll always do out best to help you

*hugs Cherry*   What a stressful situation    I do think that Mimic will turn up eventually. As mentioned it's rare for an item to not show up at all unless the address part of the packaging is completely messed up (both addresses, otherwise the pony will either go to the buyer eventually or make her way back to you in the US .. it may take a couple of months. 2 - 3 months I've known it to happen in the past 
The post here in the UK is not being affected by the  (*shudder* ) "B" word    unless as Loona suggested it's especially busy due to overseas buyers buying from here in case of possible disruption caused by (that word I hate) . As far as that's concerned at least there is a 6 month delay now but any time of the year when there is more post than usual causes delays as you know.
Personally I always ship with tracking now. I like to ship internationally and buy internationally , but I understand that to keep both buyer and seller covered in cases like yours, it's much better to pay the extra for shipping tracked, and ask my buyers to do the same.  If you offer to sell to international peeps with tracking/insurance only then it is their choice to make, it covers you in case anything goes amiss in the post, but doesn't mean anyone loses out. Hope that makes sense?   With HTF /expensive ponies and customs people are usually more than willing to pay a bit more to make sure their pony arrives safely
For example : I'd still like the option to buy from you another time  but I'd happily pay  insurance/tracking. Just as I ask other international people who buy items from me  to pay for the tracked service too

Mine all still have their scents   . The G1's and the G3's .. I don't think there's one who lost it (lol , you know what I mean   )   
 but some of them are still really reeeeaaaally strong  (coconut grove and cocoberry   --->  )

 Now I think about it she is actually my fave FIM pony  -  although I'd prefer show accurate colours on her pony toys than most of the designs for her - I'm not keen on the bright pink, but I like the purple wings- the older G4 is prettier than the G4.5 version .
I chose army though it's more of a posse when I compare it to my real armies    

My first Macau pony was my childhood Lemondrop with showstable. My grandparents bought it for me (MIB new)  here in the UK when I was little, but it was all UK packaging. I wondered for years why I had a weird lemon drop and all my friends had normal ones, but I always liked mine better -I  didn't know what she was until I joined the Arena  
I didn't know her real Macau name was "Folly" until now!
Still laughing at Bluebelle getting called "Belly"    

Welcome back kingluke     

Sorry I'm late the party when it comes to commenting , but I love these!  
I also think baby sea pony shells would be fantastic!   I've always had problems displaying baby sea ponies

Have and love!!    I think they're so cute!!!  actually I have more than one set of these     My PB pics are all over the place though so I can only find these pics at the moment. None of them on their own  (**siiiigh* I really need to be more organized!!) 
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