Will I pay 10% or £75 final value fees?

Crowqueen

You need to stick to advertising it on one site - you can't list something on eBay that you have for sale elsewhere, otherwise you end up with two buyers and one item.

Don't list it on eBay until you have had some sort of result from the other site.

soolin

Crowqueen wrote: »

For that sort of value I would use a specialist auction house or dealership. I agree, from the buyer's point of view I would only use an electronic method to pay for something like that, particularly from eBay (though highly doubtful I would trust eBay for something of that value anyway), but that is risky for a seller, particularly one inexperienced with eBay.

This is the kind of sale where I would just avoid eBay as both buyer and seller. Too much risk on both sides.

I agree, I don't think I would sell it on ebay, I'm not so much worried about scams but about damage in transit and claims of SNAD if this is a used item.

Crowqueen

Yes - as a buyer I'd be more worried about things not being up to what I could get for that money elsewhere.

I guess it comes down to how much you trust eBay sellers - as a buyer. I've never had much luck with anything other than cloth or paper. Cloth I'm very careful about even still, as there's the issue of very subjective quality, but I happily buy books, possibly more expensive than I might otherwise spend on eBay.

Since I had a number of poor vfm items a number of years ago, and endured ridicule from my mother for buying cheapo stuff off eBay, I've largely stopped buying anything with moving parts. I took a few gambles at the beginning of this year on a few inexpensive trinket watches, but was let down a few months later when one broke and one turned out not to keep good time at all.

I wouldn't risk over £30 or so on eBay - I find Amazon much better for electronics, though even then I'd only ever buy new and from their own stock or their promoted sellers rather than marketplace sellers.

Nevertheless, when dealing with large value sales, keeping the buyer safe is paramount - even if you make them pay by cash or bank transfer, for that sort of value they would be well-advised to pursue someone who sold them a faulty item and wouldn't accept a return through the courts.

bris

soolin wrote: »

This is an ebay sale though so OP must accept paypal if offered. If he refuses then he'll pay the FVFs regardless of whether sale goes ahead or not- also seriously, as a buyer would you not want protection if spending that sort of money on an item?

I know exactly what you are saying, the risk for both buyer and seller are high for such a high value item.
As a buyer would you want to part with that kind of money without seeing and testing it? As a seller would you want to accept Paypal knowing how easy it is to have it charged back as a SNAD?
Ad trader and Gumtree would be my preferred selling options on this item, face to face is the way to go.