How does anybody sell anything anymore??

Brooker_Dave

theonlywayisup wrote: »

Loot was ok, do you recall QXL (that was the name wasn't it?).

I remember QXL, and even letsbuyit.

Perhaps I'm just old, but it all seemed so much easier and more profitable back then.

I thought about selling on Amazon, but the margins some of my competitors are getting are pitiful

ballisticbrian

I remember the days on CompuServe. If you sold something on there, you know it was only to another geek and was something IT related so everything was generally ok.

robatwork

pinkshoes wrote: »

Second person who was desperate for it who had said "yes please next in line xxxxxx"

If I even get one "x" in a message from a stranger, I hear the Looney Tunes theme. Red Flag - avoid the huns.

This many x's may as well be your new stalker.

pinkshoes

I'm pleased to say person 4 turned up! Hurrah!

forgotmyname

ballisticbrian wrote: »

I remember the days on CompuServe. If you sold something on there, you know it was only to another geek and was something IT related so everything was generally ok.

Yahoo auctions was similar. I used to be very trusting, sent money through the post and hundreds of £'s via bank transfers etc.

But since they started to let anyone on the net its gone downhill

C_Mababejive

The likes of gumtree and facebook market place are filled with those who get a thrill from personal fulfillment and the feeling of "winning". A bit like gambling. Freecycle in the same.. They say they want something, that makes them feel good that they have "won" the item,,and then the thrill is gone and/or they suffer buyer remorse so they back track,crawl under their rock for a day or two then repeat the whole process to get that shot of adrenalin at winning again...

charlies_mum

The charity shops are getting as bad. Had loads of boxes of Manila window envelopes, they didn't want them despite being a massive charity with lots of offices. Also a M & S bookcase top, heavy and lovely quality that we've had standing on a low base. Nope, they don't want that either.

They have a massive warehouse, so it's not that they don't have the space.

motorguy

C_Mababejive wrote: »

The likes of gumtree and facebook market place are filled with those who get a thrill from personal fulfillment and the feeling of "winning". A bit like gambling. Freecycle in the same.. They say they want something, that makes them feel good that they have "won" the item,,and then the thrill is gone and/or they suffer buyer remorse so they back track,crawl under their rock for a day or two then repeat the whole process to get that shot of adrenalin at winning again...

I'm inclined to agree.

The guy who offered me £100 for the XBox One "cash mate" - if i'd said yes thats fine i've no doubt he'd never have bought it anyway. I'd probably have got the "can you deliver it mate?" message next....

motorguy

charlies_mum wrote: »

The charity shops are getting as bad. Had loads of boxes of Manila window envelopes, they didn't want them despite being a massive charity with lots of offices. Also a M & S bookcase top, heavy and lovely quality that we've had standing on a low base. Nope, they don't want that either.

They have a massive warehouse, so it's not that they don't have the space.

We really are in a consumer society where people must have brand new right now at whatever price. It seems people will happily take on £200 of debt rather than pay £20 in cash for the same item second hand - they "deserve" new even if it puts them further in to debt, dont they?

TrickyDicky101

I used to list stuff on freecycle (have never sold via eBay/FB or whatever) but got fed up with the number of sob stories asking me to deliver because they couldn't drive/had a disability/were ill. I stopped listing things in the end.