Ebay rant

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Maybe this will give a little insight on EBAY. I am selling some of my slides and prints on EBay to reduce the size of my collection. I am selling off doubles that I had in my collection and items that have little interest to me. I can tell you first hand by the time paypal and ebay get their cut you don't make as much money as you think you would. There are some shillbidders out there. This is causing a huge problem. I don't play those dishonest games. I try to keep my start prices as low as possible to make bidding easier.

 

I have found as a seller there are some people willing to spend lots of money on photos and slides. Example I posted some prints (not a set of 25 or anything) I am talking about individual prints. I saw two buyers in a bidding war and one print went for $25. I was in shock and figured there was no way the buyer was going to pay but he did. He was an overseas buyer. He must be loaded because I would never have paid that for the print.

 

There are some regulars on Ebay buying up as much stuff as they can. I have one ebayer that spends a substantial amount of money on slides and photos on a weekly basis and talking with some others he buys even more from them. With that being said there are guys out there willing to spend these crazy amounts of money on items, and have the money to do so. 

 

I feel your pain Micha I have had the same thing happen to me on numerous auctions. Not a heck of lot you can do about it except spend the money of the item means that much to you. I hope this gives a little insight.