I have met someone ONCE for some shu eyeshadows! It was outside a supermarket in the day and I could check everything beforehand. Otherwise I really wouldn’t recommend doing this unless its a pick up only item (like a sink!) and go with someone.

Yeah some prices are heavily discounted – I would say 50-60% is common for some brands. Sometimes it just doesn’t feel right – for example a product that is popular and always in demand (example – ysl touche eclat) – will always retail even on ebay for a decent price even if the seller got it for cheap because the demand is there.

Yeah fab price for LV hehe

You will get your money back, don’t worry BUT its annoying because you have to wait for it.

Unfortunately theres nothing you can do if a seller wants to open a shop then close it right away. Just pay using paypal and check feedback – that way at least you can claim your money back.

A touch of luck there I think!

When I started on ebay i ended up with SO much crap and was too scared to complain! not any more!

Thats so bad! I am very anal about things like that. Someone sent me a blush just htis week which had a broken case. She had put ‘sold as seen’ in the listing but DUH! I can’t see its broken from the picture because you arranged it like it was still in one piece!

Luckily It was for a large palette so I didnt need the case and she refunded 50% . I was happy with that but people really need to watch out!

Thats soooooo funny!!! whoops! You have to check your sources so many fakes about

eBay isn’t for everyone I think but if u ever do u know what to look out fot!

Thanks so much for your comment

Its true – I am a seasoned ebayer but I am a little scared of selling too. Ebay have made it very expensive to sell anything, with listing fees, final sale fees,paypal fees. It adds up CONSIDERABLY and of course, buyers can leave a negative for the most crazy reasons, like “I didn’t like the texture” – things which are out of our control.

Ebay sales are falling and I can see why – I bet less people are selling too.

I will look into doing some more guides too

I have been selling things on eBay too but this was before the final value fee jumped from 5.75% to 10% but most importantly before the feedback system changed. You are right “It is primarily a buyers market, not a sellers”.
I don’t know if they have changed the system again (I hope so) but this business of a buyer, taking a month to pay something, while I have their envelope ready to ship, and that I can’t even leave them a neg feedback for messing me about has totally put me off. Worst, I am now actually petrified of selling, and having my current pristine 100% positive reputation tainted by some loser who leaves neg feedback cos some shoes I’ve sold them might not fit. Not fair.
In fact, I feel that whatever new thing eBay comes up with, it’s always goes in favour of the buyer and not the seller.
The thing is they carry on like this, no simple mortal individual (i.e your typical person who accumulates junk & wrong impulsive purchases) is gonna want to sell anything! Is there any other websites, out there by the way, were one could use to sell stuff? Is amazon any good, or is that just for books?

As a corollary to this post, I would love to know your favourite sellers on eBay, let’s say, I don’t know, a person you trust for buying a particular brand of products. I have just discovered myself a seller where I buy some nyx from, omg, she’s just so reliable!!! I would definitely fancy other shopping guides, for example a checklist of things to consider when buying stuff from a international website (not Ebay) and issues like royal mail handling, customs, the paypal adventures when you bought stuff from strawberry.net (I forgot what it was, and what we need to be careful of).