Amiga items on eBay

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sun Apr 29 11:48:32 2001

I had a person from the PS/2 newsgroup want to pay me for a floppy drive for
his portable and the need for speed was there, so instead of putting it on
closed auction I just simply told him what the cost was, sent him a PayPal
invoice, and waited for reply. PayPal showed the item paid for within the
hour and I shipped it that afternoon. Paypal charged me 30 cents for the
transfer which wasn't bad (about 3%) and he got the drive way before he
would have had his money order reach me. Another good side to this method is
that people can use a check or credit card, they don't have to pay expensive
money order fees, I don't have to screw with bad checks, and the item ships
asap, with a receipt from PayPal for the transaction. I also sold a Compaq
with EISA to a hospital lab in Boulder and they paid by credit card without
the item needing to be on auction. It was also shipped same/next day. I make
a buck or two on the items but I'm not getting rich with it, and the
reciever has the convenience of not having to get and mail a money order and
wait until it gets to me to ship, plus I clear my area much quicker this
way.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jeffrey S. Sharp
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:03 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Amiga items on eBay
>
>
> Quoting Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>:
> > I find it distastefull to sell in this fashion to your friends,
> > and that is how I see the people on this list.
>
> I don't know; that's a gray area. I have had a friend bid and win
> on an auction (not a classiccmp item), and he was completely
> satisfied. But then again that was only one guy, so not even I'm
> convinced.
>
> Like I have said before, I would offer something to the list before
> I would sell it on eBay. Not that I have much to offer, but you
> never know, I might just run across the motherlode someday.
>
> --
> Jeffrey S. Sharp
> jss_at_ou.edu
Received on Sun Apr 29 2001 - 11:48:32 BST