Make a note of all serial numbers before dispatch. Photograph them, showing their condition, with a proof of the date in the image (newspaper?). Photograph them in their dispatch packaging, and send recorded delivery at a minimum. Then cross your fingers.

 

The only one that's affected me adversely was Paypal's random tendancy to withhold funds until you've received positive feedback from the buyer. Only hit me once, but it was very annoying as I'd only sold the item as I needed the money quickly. If I'd have known that was going to happen I wouldn't have used Paypal on that occasion.

 

Dont sell anything high value that can be damaged during installation, processors with pins or motherboards with socket pins, for example.

 

Find out what the ebay fees are going to be, as they have put them up recently, and it almost makes it pointless to try and sell anything on there for the hassle.

 

Basically start with small low value items and build up the experence to bigger more expensive stuff....

My real advise is just not too really, there's always a horror story about ebay and some of us have just gotten lucky around them

 

Ebay are massive rip off merchants , thats all you need to know. By the time they take their listing fees and final valuation fees you may as well have thrown whatever you are selling in the bin.

 

Agreed. Ebay for selling sucks now!

 

This, also be wary of people asking for discounts off postage trying to get you to sent via non-trackable means.

Also people that pm you to end the auction early and do a 'deal' outside eBay

 

With fees and postage it's almost worthless selling cheap stuff on there any more, expensive stuff is a possibility but watch out for scams.

For example with the cheap stuff. I sold a couple of small things on there recently (a network card and fan or something). Got £8 in all (for postage and sale fees), postage fees were almost more than the sale fees an only just covered costs. Then there's the £1.60 fee along with that, so in all I made about £3, after spending half an hour photographing and listing, and another half an hour at least packaging and walking to the post office. Not really worth the while tbh.

 

As has been said, the main risk when selling pc parts on ebay is making no money at all.

 

I would suggest getting a few more posts and using the OcUK MM. There's very few problem sales all in all

 

True, but the reason I didn't use it was because I have no idea how much the things I am selling are worth.

 

That's what price checks is for Or just search For Sale for similar items.

 

Yeah I just remembered there was a price check forum.. Only problem is some of the stuff is more exotic lets say (old xeons for example) that I thought would sell on ebay but not here, turned out they wouldn't sell on ebay either...

 

It's sad to say don't use ebay. It was once a great tool now it is full of people wanting items for free thanks to paypal.