Ebay: still a viable $$$ maker for rekkids?
iron_monkey
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haven't really sold more than a handful of records on ebay. Never really got into the whole thing. Is it still a worthwhile thing money-wise? Can you really unload common ass records on the daily? Let a dood know cuz the scratch is gettin kinda low and I need to step up my money game pronto....Give me the sage advice brothers & sisters....How do you do it>?
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i place in lots of 50-100 and start with a low opening price like 13.99
i will have 40-70% of semi decent but common titles[cti/kudu/all the majors /enterprise/hi/stax/motown etc] in vg/vg=/vg- to fair.
i mostly sell these too timmy digalot 101 who just started digging and needs
the basic lps to feel good about himself
after all is said and done i usuually average a buck a record unless the titles are above average
then i charge 30-35 bucks for 100 lps media mail and make maybe 5-10 bucks there as well
but you have to remember it takes 15 minutes to pack and ship it so the extra $$$ is really a handling fee in my eyes.
this works just as well for 45s and is less labor intensive
i only ship these to the us with a confirmation that i pay for and i have never had a problem
yeah it seems like full time professional record dealers with big ongoing auctions/storefronts like 21st century music/disco john always have 300-500 listings up
The problem with crap is that it's crap, and most people know it's crap
If you were to load up 100+ items and start bidding low, like $2-3, I bet you would average $5 (or even $10) a record, that's usually what I do with shwag...
If you've got some good stuff to sell, like Latency for instance, you'll do well, but you might want to consider getting a table at the next swap... you can get better money for most shwag in person and your fees will be significantly less.
If you do sell stuff, having audio clips always helps. The sellers who get consistantly high prices on their eBay shit usually have audio samples.
Oh and Shadow samples = eBay gold.
And then there's the stuff I've put up that goes unsold or for just the opening price. I put up an original of "The Songs Of Leonard Cohen" with an opening bid of $1.99 and it went unsold the first time, and then sold for just the opening bid the second time. That's less than I paid for it! I put up a copy of "The Cactus Album" by 3rd Bass...I've seen that shoot up to $20-30 before, and what did I get for it? The $1.99 opening bid. BAH FUCKING HUMBUG.
So yeah, me and eBay aren't on speaking terms right now. Soon as I get a real job I'm pretty much done selling records on eBay because it ain't pulling in the money right now and it's not worth the hassle. Not only did I not get anywhere close to what I should have for that Cleopatra Jones soundtrack, but as a slap in the face the guy I sold it to in Italy received the item broken and gave me my first negative feedback. Phooey on that!