[midiwiz]

Originally Posted by kenlor

I have an assortment of what might be considered "collectibles" or "antiques" that I would like to sell on Ebay. I am looking for an individual who would be interested in selling these items for me.

So you expect someone to incur all the expenses? Shipping,etc? not to mention the tax burden? holy cow that's simply amazing.

[LonnyP]

Ebay is a larger audience than Marketplace but it really is a pain estimating prices and shipping costs. I used to do it quite a bit but pretty much use only Marketplace now.

[DonnaNi4os]

Originally Posted by kenlor

I have an assortment of what might be considered "collectibles" or "antiques" that I would like to sell on Ebay. I am looking for an individual who would be interested in selling these items for me.

eBay makes it so easy to sell your items. Take photos and give description. If you want AI can put in the description. Start at your bidding price or buy it now price. It’s easy.

[Wondering]

Originally Posted by kenlor

I have an assortment of what might be considered "collectibles" or "antiques" that I would like to sell on Ebay. I am looking for an individual who would be interested in selling these items for me.

Put them on Craig's List.

[Deden]

I would not trust anybody you don't know with your goods. You ever hear the term, buyer beware well seller beware. Try a table at Marion market on 441 in Summerfield or how about a Garage sale. Look for someone who is having a yard sale and ask if you can sell your stuff too. There's an antiques shop in Wildwood, see if they do consignment. Good Luck!!!

[rsmurano]

I used to sell on eBay for over a decade and have been selling on many other sites now. eBay is a ripoff now, they charge too much now and when they demanded that I linked my bank account to eBay in order to sell, I stopped. Now I use marketplace, Nextdoor, Craigslist and some other specialized places that I sell stuff around the world.
Watch out when you are the seller, all the PayPal like pay systems are for the buyer not the seller, so protect yourself. For example, always ship with a buyer signature required when delivered. I have had a few buyers claim they never received the product when in fact I went online and showed them they or their wife signed for them. Also make sure you take a picture of the serial number because buyers will buy something that they already have that is broken and try to tell you that your product was broken and they will keep yours and send their broken 1 back to you which you are stuck with. I’ve caught a few people trying to do this and when I mention to them that the product they ship back must have this serial #, it never comes back. What happens if there is no serial #, I put 1 in myself inside the system and take a picture of it. Then when they think they can ship a defective 1 back to me, I tell them it better match the #? I have put in it.
A couple more things: PayPal friends and family isn’t as secure as it used to be.
I ship all over the world expensive stuff, so if I pay for tracking/confirmation, they will take your money but they don’t cover that overseas. So when i ship overseas, there is no return policy from me, I can’t track it after customs.
Also it’s best to meet the buyer at a firehouse or a rec center so they don’t know where you live and they are less likely to rob you when there are other people around.

[Wcmmaureen]

Are you a dealer? I bought a home filled with things.

[kenlor]

Thanks for the many and varied suggestions. My intention when posting this question was to find someone/ a business that does this for a living. When I lived in Sarasota there was a company that provided this service.

[CarlR33]

How did you find the one in Sarasota? BTW, might consider auction companies as they post online also?

[JGibson]

Ebay takes 14% from the sale which also includes shipping costs.

I understand they have a huge platform but 14% seems high.