Ebay sellers

[huntducks]

There must be a lot of dumb people buying reloading stuff there just looking at the overall prices.

I can't fathom what some of these sellers are asking for stuff i'm looking for a set of either RCBS or Redding FL dies in 338 there is a seller there asking $90 in BIN for a set of RCBS FL dies + shipping.
 
Midsouth is $27.73+ ship.

Give me a brake.

I go back as a seller on ebay to 1997 boy has that place changed.

[SHOOTALL]

A friend of mine buys tools on sale at Lowe's and resells them there most of the time he doubles his money.

[stimpylu32]

I quit even going to flea-bay after they stopped the selling of brass & bullets , at one time you could find some great deals , BUT not anymore , it just seams that about every seller is tacking on outrages shipping & handling charges to the few gun related items that they do allow .


Stimpy   

[huntducks]

I use to have access to buckets of brass for free I made a lot on ebay will never forget when Ruger came out with the 375 mag I got my hands on 500+ cases 1x fired this was before the gun hit the market FS, guys were bidding the Hornady brass to $1.50 a round and I sold it in lots of 50 starting at $9.99 if it only sold at that price it was fine with me.

I have no problem with guys over bidding that's part of the game, but these guys listing stuff at outragous prices on BIN just aint were it's at people just start getting turned off to using the site, guess they figure there is a fool born every min.

I pert much quit selling when the bullets and brass was done away with.

[huntducks]

Stimpy

Man back then there were some killer deals on bullet auctions if you hit them at the right time some cases it was 10 cents on the $ once I got 500 rds of Norma 77gr SP bullets in .264 for like $10+ship they shot so well in my 260 i'm still hording the last few hundred rd.

[Dezynco]

...and there were boatloads of Contender and Encore barrels at reasonable prices!  Now I just poke around on there to look for stuff that I can't find anywhere else.  Usually not there either!  I purchased a toy for my daughter for Christmas because all the stores around here were out of stock.  Fortunately, I actually SAVED about $15.00, but that's unusual.

[john keyes]

I used to like ebay and bought alot of stuff but now they are all paypal or nothing and there is no way in hell I will ever have paypal. so that was the end of ebay for me. 

[necchi]

Paypal works great, I have no political agenda and I don't care what there's is.
If and I mean If, I find a bargin I'll use it, Members buy and sell here with paypal, CLICK and it's done.     

[hornady]

A couple years back I sold off a bunch of reloading stuff. I had bought a couple box lots of stuff at an auction, for pennies on the Dollar, the stuff I had no use for I sold on E-bay. I actually felt sorry for some of the bidders. Most of them must have no idea what this stuff sells for new. I would check the sale price, and 9 times out of 10, they took the bidding up higher than you could get the same stuff on-line new.

[Grumulkin]

I recently perused Leupold Mark 4 scopes on eBay.  There were a couple of obvious Chinese fakes one of which I reported to eBay.  I received an e-mail from eBay saying something like "thank-you for letting us know, bla, bla, bla."  Did they pull the add?  No.  Now someone out there has a piece 'o feces fake Leupold they bought for $700 that has NO warranty.

[rdmallory]

Buyer beware, Just like a gunshow or real auction.

I have bought and sold over 1000 items on e-bay.

They no longer allow the selling of barrels, brass or bullets on Ebay. you might see a BP barrel ever now and then but even those get removed at times.
There is someone selling some nice looking Encore stocks on there now and they are going at so decent prices. Their Dillon presses seam to sell for more then what I can buy new for.
In the past if I saw something on sale 90% off I wold pick it up and list it. But now with shipping, e-bay fees, paypal fees, it is no longer worth it. One big advantage to E-bay is someone will usually have what you are looking for. Back when you could not find .380 ammo I bought a set of dies at new price off e-bay. But no one else had them in stock at any price.


Doug

[dickttx]

About 6 months ago, when I started getting back into reloading, I checked e-bay for items I needed.  I never found a single case where e-bay was cheaper than Midway.  And the shipping was more than Midway also.

[telebasher]

I was looking at some ingot moulds, guy wanted 30 bucks plus 15 shipping  so I asked him why so high, for the same money I could get TWO brand new from any mail order house.  He would't reply, probably to busy counting his money or looking for another way to scam somebody.

[lakota]

I picked up 2 lube sizer dies over the weekend one was was 14 bucks shipped and the other one got bid up to 20 bucks shipped.
Pretty good deal considering the big reloading houses wanted $14 alone just to ship one and then special handling fees and blah blah blah.

[scootrd]

I like armslist

[teddy12b]

...and there were boatloads of Contender and Encore barrels at reasonable prices! 

^^This

Many years ago I bought my 209x50 stainless encore barrel with forearm, and a red dot for just over $200  barely used.  At the time it would have cost me well over $300 to put that same package together.

It's like anything else in life though and you have to do your own homework before buying anything.

[huntducks]

When I first joined ebay 1997 I bought a box lot of old outdoor life Mag. there was something like 143 magazines from about 1903 to 1926 I paid about $40 for the lot and another $15 to ship many of them had the cover signed by the artist I listed and sold about a 100 over a years period of time 5 years ago, many went in the $70-$90 range for each I saved the money and went to Argentina dove and duck hunting.

My local Wal Mart sporting goods dept was my best friend for years buying marked down ammo and close out fishing lures and line when thet quit carrying guns in Ca. I bought a large number of Remington chokes for 25 cents ea needless to say ebay saw the most at BIN for $5.99 to $9.99ea.

I also sold many a gun on ebay.

At first I would get a little nervous when stuff went for more then retail figuring this is going to be a neg FB but out of over 800 sales I only got one I sold a gas trimmer (Echo) local sale only the guy picked it up at my house and it was running and working just fine 2 weeks later a neg FB said it would not start on the first pull.

[Swampman]

I've made a barrel of money on eBay and I've bought hundreds of gun related items there.

It's just a matter of figuring out how to work it.

It allows me to support my habits for free.

[scootrd]

I also sold many a gun on ebay.

I thought ebay did not allow firearms sales ??

[Bigeasy]

Its amazing how people get caught up in the biding on e-bay.  Just a few days ago, I looked up a particular Nikon teleconverter I wanted.  Someone had purchased a lot purchase of photo gear, and had 4 of the converters I was looking for, ending in about an hour.  I bid $200, and let it ride.  Standing bids were at about $95.00.  When I checked back later, all had sold in the $325.00 range, plus $15.00 shipping..

I went to the B&H Photo site, and found the same lens, new, with a one year warranty, and free shipping, for $299.00.

I have used e-bay quite a bit in the past to sell old farm hand tools purchased here in PA to "collectors" for 3, 4, 5 or more times then I paid.

Larry

[rdmallory]

I thought ebay did not allow firearms sales Huh??

At first you could sell just about anything. I remember someone selling a Kidney before they stopped it.

It is in East Bay Ca so in understand about the firearms.

Doug

[huntducks]

I also sold many a gun on ebay.

I thought ebay did not allow firearms sales ??

I think they stopped guns about 1998 then sellers started taking them a part and selling barrled actions with a wink and nod that you could buy other parts is you won the auction.

I sold a lot of collector ammo box's after they stopped allowing ammo sales my catch line was simple box has never been opened or it does not come with loaded rounds as pictured due to ebay rules.

[Swampman]

You can still break down traditional muzzleloaders and sell the parts.  Don't list the barrel and stock at the same time.  Most stocks are still permitted.

[Richard P]

If you are a pure Capitalist with no political agenda, that is your personal perogative. However, if you are a gun owner you had better adopt a political agenda or you wont have guns and then, of course, no need for an agenda. 

[necchi]

If you are a pure Capitalist with no political agenda, that is your personal perogative. However, if you are a gun owner you had better adopt a political agenda or you wont have guns and then, of course, no need for an agenda. 

just because your paraniod, doesn't mean their not out to get ya,,,

[shotgunner]

The problem with ebay as a seller is that you might get a good bid price, but you don't get to keep much of it. They charge you to list an item, they charge for pictures, they charge for a reserve. They require that you use PayPal and they charge you to use it. On GunBroker there is a small fee that is paid when an item sells, and not until it sells. You can deal in money orders. If you sell something and take PayPal the buyer can get his money back even if you did nothing wrong, it is called a charge back. Sellers can not leave negative feedback for buyers, and some people try to extort money threatening a negative feedback. All shooters should get off of eBay and use the sites that support the shooting sports. Shotgunner

[Swampman]

Often I sell items for 10 to 100 times what I paid for them in a junk shop or flea market.  I can afford to pay a little.

[Grumulkin]

The problem with ebay as a seller is that you might get a good bid price, but you don't get to keep much of it. They charge you to list an item, they charge for pictures, they charge for a reserve. They require that you use PayPal and they charge you to use it. On GunBroker there is a small fee that is paid when an item sells, and not until it sells. You can deal in money orders. If you sell something and take PayPal the buyer can get his money back even if you did nothing wrong, it is called a charge back. Sellers can not leave negative feedback for buyers, and some people try to extort money threatening a negative feedback. All shooters should get off of eBay and use the sites that support the shooting sports. Shotgunner

Most of what you say is true but:

1.  You're not charged for the first photo.
2.  Many times there are extended periods with no listing fees.

I do have political agenda and though I do use eBay and PayPal occasionally, it's a LOT less than back in the day you could buy gun barrels there, could leave negative feedback on a buyer, could get paid with something other than PayPal and ALL feedback both good and bad was posted FOREVER.

[rdmallory]

It is just like Craigslist.org on large items If it is too good to be true it is probably a scam. Even if the person has good feedback. They will sell hundreds of low dollar items cheep to get their feed back up then post a high dollar item with a buy it now about 1/2 price. I have purchased and sold Cars, trucks, bulldozers, motorcycles and a lot of other items. Just look it over good before you pick it up.


E-Bay Member since: Oct-22-99

Doug 

[wreckhog]

The problem with ebay as a seller is that you might get a good bid price, but you don't get to keep much of it. They charge you to list an item, they charge for pictures, they charge for a reserve. They require that you use PayPal and they charge you to use it. On GunBroker there is a small fee that is paid when an item sells, and not until it sells. You can deal in money orders. If you sell something and take PayPal the buyer can get his money back even if you did nothing wrong, it is called a charge back. Sellers can not leave negative feedback for buyers, and some people try to extort money threatening a negative feedback. All shooters should get off of eBay and use the sites that support the shooting sports. Shotgunner

Try buying or selling something at a real auction. The fees will make Ebay look like a gift.