4 minutes ago, isetta said:

...One of my records sold for over £1000 (I bought it new for 75p in the 1970s). Paid £1 to eBay in fees .

OK, what was that?? I was given a 'Prince' sampler CD in the 90s, a very rare limited edition, and thought I did well to pass it on for £300!

10 hours ago, isetta said:

I don’t know if they still do that ever.  One of my records sold for over £1000 (I bought it new for 75p in the 1970s). Paid £1 to eBay in fees .

They do.  I sold a laptop for about £300 last year, and only paid £1 in fees.  I've also listed most of the recent items with 70% or 80% off final fee's...however that doesn't affect the 'fixed 30p' part of the fee so doesn't make much different on low value items now.

 

10 hours ago, StephenFord said:

OK, what was that?? I was given a 'Prince' sampler CD in the 90s, a very rare limited edition, and thought I did well to pass it on for £300!

Got anything interesting left?  I've bought a few rare promo vinyls/CDs...but I'm pretty tight.  Certainly wouldn't spend £300 on one.  

28 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Got anything interesting left?  I've bought a few rare promo vinyls/CDs...but I'm pretty tight.  Certainly wouldn't spend £300 on one.  

Dad use to own a 'record' shop (70s, 80s & 90s), then unconnected, I use to manage a music 'superstore' in the 90s so have always had interesting 'samples' and signed copies of stuff. My whole vinyl collection got destroyed in a flood in mums house after a leaking water pipe took it's toll.   My saddest loss was a 1st edition 'Pink Floyd, Dark Side fully signed by them!) I still have the odd signed CD but more sentimental value now rather than 'investment'...

4 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

My whole vinyl collection got destroyed in a flood in mums house after a leaking water pipe took it's toll.   My saddest loss was a 1st edition 'Pink Floyd, Dark Side fully signed by them!) I still have the odd signed CD but more sentimental value now rather than 'investment'...

That's a shame.    It's only this year I've started collecting again.  Used to average a couple of CD's a year to capture a 'moment' in time and act as a memory for certain events but hadn't done so since about 2017.  Purely started again for sentimental reasons, as we can stream any song immediately though YouTube or Spotify nowadays.  There's just something about the album artwork on a physical copy, and especially when signed and/or limited edition as well.  As with the coins, I'm buying some of them with a belief that they'll retain value, if they ever needed to be sold in future.  However I have had some modern ones personally signed/dedicated with no intent to sell.

Just now, TomsFocus said:

...There's just something about the album artwork on a physical copy, and especially when signed and/or limited edition as well...

Tom, it is sad that many young'uns will never know that pleasure. I still remember sitting on the floor in mums house, listening to the newly purchased Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, opening the double gate sleeve, admiring the beautiful artwork, and singling along with the provided lyrics! I lost all interest in music when it was streamed.  I use to love a double gate sleeve! LOL

I have a singles box of Northern soul and Motown plus odds and sods eg Police on blue vinyl. It can sit and rot rather than give it away on eBay.

 

I usually list stuff on eBay in the winter, but decided to offer a couple of pieces of paper ephemera today. What with the scanning, certainly not worth my while, but they might interest someone. I discovered that a few months ago eBay had introduced a new listing system that was meant to be simpler but it wasn't for me - and judging from the wails on forums other people found the same. I think that it might be for the benefit of mobile-phone users.

The new system "remembered" some of my input from my last listings, but the letter size and postage didn't apply to what I was trying to do. And I never did see a choice for how long the listing should run.

 

3 minutes ago, Marlburian said:

...And I never did see a choice for how long the listing should run.

With an auction, you should see length options, with a 'buy it now', the duration option has now disappeared and it'll run till sold or until you remove it. But I agree, I've been on Ebay for over 20 years now and it's nowhere near as intuitive to list as it use to be, I rarely use it now as I genuinely find it difficult, and agree, it's now aimed at 'phones'...

On 7/23/2022 at 10:45 PM, StephenFord said:

OK, what was that?? I was given a 'Prince' sampler CD in the 90s, a very rare limited edition, and thought I did well to pass it on for £300!

It was 7inch ep by the joy division called an ideal for living. The original issue , not one of the many reissues

5 hours ago, StephenFord said:

With an auction, you should see length options, with a 'buy it now', the duration option has now disappeared and it'll run till sold or until you remove it. But I agree, I've been on Ebay for over 20 years now and it's nowhere near as intuitive to list as it use to be, I rarely use it now as I genuinely find it difficult, and agree, it's now aimed at 'phones'...

If that's the case, then more dross than ever will linger. Usually I've let my stuff remain for eight re-listings, sometimes dropping the price, then haven't bothered after that. As it is, there are some items offered by other people that have been there for five years or so.

Surprising what sells and doesn't. Last winter I listed some fine engravings that twenty years ago an auctioneer had valued at £400, but had no interest even when I was asking £89. One of my listings today was a tatty two-page newspaper article about the Ealing train crash of 1973 (which I was on). Within hours someone is "watching" it.

It is indeed very odd what sells.  I had some fairly 'standard' highstreet toiletries bought as a gift a few years ago.  They'd just sat in the cupboard, just not the sort of thing I use at all.  Chucked a single bottle on ebay at 99p start and it went for £30 at the end of the week!   I then listed a set of brand new towels.  Bought from Dunelm in the sale but arrived the wrong colour and I couldn't be bothered with the returns...they sold for £6.

I think part of the problem there is that when you search 'towels' on ebay, it's just a mass of annoying adverts with multi-listings.  Offering something for 99p-£40, and then once you open the listing, the 99p item is completely irrelevant.  SIM card removal tool etc!  But there are ages and pages of these to wade through, so unless people search very specific items, they won't see private adds for things like this.

Also worth noting that final fee reductions only work for the first listing.  So if an auction gets relisted, you're liable for the full fee afterwards.  I'll have to check if there's a time limit on reductions for fixed price listings if they're now endless.

I put up a L/h acoustic guitar, had no takers, but wasnt prepared to give it away, so it sits gathering dust. eBay is now mostly chancers looking for 99p with free delivery.

I also have a Daisy .177 BB pistol 40+ years old immaculate that i cannot sell n there, cowboy stylee not modern 45 gloch type

2 minutes ago, Jimpster said:

...eBay is now mostly chancers looking for 99p with free delivery.

Yep, that'll be me 🤣

14 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

Yep, that'll be me 🤣

Me too.