Selling on EBay Q

[amellis2]

Do you do research before you sell? I saw a listing for just the chargers for dishes I want to sell for nearly $50. Of course, that's just one listing, and I can def. undersell that, but I was wondering...what kind of research if any, do you use to sell stuff?

[sara76]

H does all our eBay stuff but he just gets an idea of what things are going for on eBay by searching through the sight. He doesn't always make out on auctions but more often than not he will. Don't forget to add shipping separately and that eBay charges a percentage of whatever you sell. H just sold about $700 worth of stuff so he owes eBay about $60. So there's also Craig's List, but then you have people calling and trying to talk you down in your price and with eBay that's all taken care of.

[amellis2]

Yeah, the books I am selling I am selling through craigslist. It was weird that this guy found me so long after I had posted the books, though. I had given up and sold them to bookholders. I guess he needs this for an ethics class or something.