Have You Sold Anything Online?

I am a PC entusiast.
When i upgrade i sell all my parts online.
I use Ebay hardware review sites have for sale forums and i use craigs list
i have doen about 300 sales/purchases and have never had a proble

I am a PC entusiast.
When i upgrade i sell all my parts online.
I use Ebay, hardware review sites also have for sale forums and i use craigs list.
i have doen about 300 sales/purchases and have never had a proble

I am a PC entusiast.
When i upgrade i sell all my parts online.
I use Ebay, hardware review sites also have for sale forums and i use craigs list.
i have done about 300 sales/purchases and have never had a problem

I sell used PC parts, car parts, outgrown baby clothes etc using Ebay, Craigslist, Cheapcycle.
its a great way to get a large audience for items you are selling

we have sold over 5 million dollars worth of real estate and over 1 million dollars of accommodation plus around $60000 of flowers, thousands of limo rides and much more.

I'll second the notion on Craigslist - it's so easy that you forget it's an online sale. I've sold one car and bought three on it, will be selling at least one more.

Hom many people know Craiglist? Not many. I bet. This web page is advertising Craiglist.

Marilyn,

This is the IRS. We need to talk!

I have sold the family farm (and then some) online but the greatest story I have heard in the last week is from Craigslist. A woman found the owners of not one but two lost dogs. Seperate owners! The owners did not have the money to place a lost ad in the local paper. With the help of Craigslist I have read stories of pets found, heck even some surfboards found their rightful owners last week. CRAIGSLIST RULES!!!

I am a small publisher, Apex Publishing Services, in Apex, NC.

I sell a songbook, "How I Praise You! 150 Little Psalms in Song," via my own website, Psalms in Song: Music Book and Teaching Resources, http://home.earthlink.net/~apex_ps. I've sold approximately 300 books via website orders.

I've also sold online through amazon (140 books), Barnes & Noble (13), JW Pepper and other music companies (78), online resellers (48), and music wholesalers (66). I've done online marketing resulting in sales to physical independent bookstores (71), and music stores (18). Sales through traditional wholesalers (Quality Books, Brodart, Ingram) added 78.

These sales came at no cost to me except time.

No. I buy everything except groceries online but have suprisingly sold nothing. My used stuff goes to wanting friends and family, neighbors, etc.

The "PC entusiast" needs to learn how to use spell check!

I sell computers and computer services viz my EBAY STORE
http://stores.ebay.com/Computer-Cuckoo_W0QQsspagenameZMEQ3aFQ3aSTQQtZkm

It's been a lot of fun and I've made a little bit of loot

Cheers,
Evan

We have recently sold memory that we had purchased online for a computer we later decided we didn't need. The memory was tested before it left, the buyer contacted us after using it for a month saying his computer no longer works and it is our fault. He has become quite belligerent and has been driving us nuts with emails.

This is going to be the last online sale, it's not worth the aggrivation.

Our entire business is run on the Internet, and its our only real income! It does very well and we have the most amazing clients. All via Ebay, we have grown slowly and it suits us perfectly... We love it.

We sell wigs, hairpieces, eyelashes and shoes:
http://stores.ebay.com.au/Playwith-Hair

Selling online and buying online is my reason why eliminating the Income tax in favor of a national sales tax will not work. If a national sales tax were to go into effect, people would just buy direct from the UK and have it shipped over to avoid paying the 26 % sales tax that would be imposed in the US. "Everybody" either buys or sells or BOTH online! I love it!

I usually go for most computer equiment on ebay. I once purchased 5 HP printers on wholesale and sold 4 of them back on ebay ending up almost paying nothing on my $400 printer. But things were very smooth and gotta love the mass of varieties you get in one place

I survived my last year of grad school by selling textbooks online. (a $100 physics book will get you 600 packs of ramen!)

....dusnt it make sense that for people to be buying alot online...alot must also be being sold online....

To the folks who are using this section to spam their web-stores: Get a Life!

I enjoy eBay but you've gotta watch yourself--there's too many crooks online and not enough regulatory management of the web to prevent and prosecute FRAUD.

I raised enough money to buy a house through ebay, selling stuff I had around for years and not knowing of their value.

Selling (and buying) textbooks online is a great way to bypass the school bookstore, who will sell you a textbook for $100 and buy it back for $20. If you go online and sell it to someone for $60, both seller and buyer win.

I sell certain things regularly through eBay: computer hardware that has life left in it, clothing that I've gotten too, uh, thin for (yeah, right!). Interestingly, the one time I tried to sell something via Craig's List, the only reply I got was from an artist who wanted to trade a painting for the wireless router I was selling. I almost took him up on it! This makes me wonder: could going online with our "garage sales" bring barter back into our (U.S.) economy in a big way?

I have never sold anything over the Internet.

I sell stuff online all the time. I've been downsizing for the last year, first with my parent's things, and now my own, and since I can't do yard sales, online selling works perfectly.

I've used e-Bay for a few things, also Bidville.com, and Craig's List. In fact I did barter/trade with my folks' furniture last year through Craig's List. I traded furniture for groceries, packing help, etc. But mainly I sell from my own web site. No fees to be paid that way!

I've used both eBay and CraigList. I've sold and bought thru both including sofas, power tools, furniture, etc etc..

i've sold custom made themes (skins) for bulletin board software.

when i first got connected to the net, i never would have imagine that i would ever be able to make any money from it, but as i became more exposed to internet culture and all that makes up the net, i found a nice little niche selling a product that only exists on the internet and one i never knew i had a talant for.

I am not sold on the idea of online "auctions" like Ebay. I will not part with a single $1 bill without the goods within eyesight. Quality or conditions of an item is subjective and one can be burned rather quickly.

Also there seems to be alot of inflated shipping costs involved with such purchases.

BTW... I hope the person (above) that portrayed himself as being a government entity can be in deep water for such impersonation.

sold junk on ebay. a couple scooters on craigslist. custom software though our own online business. i've probably sold more than i've bought online (and i do buy groceries online!)

I've bought and sold on Craigslist, eBay and Amazon. The used books selling feature on Amazon is brain dead easy. I've also used online resources heavily when buying/selling a house (including posting on Craigslist).

Per the comment about fraud: actually, with all the info available online, it can be easier to avoid or report fraud than it used to be.

My biggest fraud ripoff wasn't online; it was back in the early 90s when I lost $1000 to a known, established mail-order stereo place. They had been around for a few years and either ran into financial trouble, or decided to scarper with the money, right when I had an order with them.

Without the internet, it was much harder to find out the various authorities (police etc) and report the problem (and of course it was impossible to ever track down the offenders).

Online transactions aren't perfectly safe, but neither are offline ones.

I bought my most recent car from Craigslist. The fact that I could google the prior owner's name & email address and search the VIN online was a big plus -- frankly I felt more comfortable buying that way than from the dealers. I got a great car for 20% less than the dealers were asking.

Inflated shipping is a RAMPANT problem on Ebay. I've been selling there off and on for years. Many sellers of less-expensive items build ALL of their profit into the shipping costs in order to both make their item appear cheaper and to avoid the fees ebay imposes based on the sale price.

We (JustinTymeSports, LLC) have sold our mini basketball hoops to customers around the world. We sell some through eBay and some through our website at justintymesports.com.

In addition to selling a number of things on ebay (old games mostly), I have also participated in something called 'Freecycle', which are usually set up as local groups where people post stuff that they don't need (and don't want to go through the trouble of selling) for others to claim. Then just arrange a meeting (usually in a public parking lot) and give away the stuff.

Of course, scheduling to meet someone is also a bit of effort sometimes, so I've gone back to just donating things to the Salvation Army store if they might be useful to someone else, but aren't worth enough to sell on ebay.

The 17% selling number seems suspect, only because the vast number of folks I know claim to have never used eBay or even HEARD of Craigslist. Maybe there's an extrapolation problem with multiple sales being counted as singles? In any event, I have both bought and sold on the Internet, with great results and 100% satisfaction. Mark my words: I predict this Internet thing will catch on...

I haven't tried Craigslist yet, but will. As for ebay, I'm finding that increasingly more sellers are displaying very inflated shipping and handling charges for some of the most mundane (and inherently cheap) items. This obviously is a ploy to make up for low winning bids, but it's nevertheless quite off-putting.

I never use the Internet, I don't even have a modem. My computer is broken anyway.

I have bought and sold items online. Does anyone think Craigslist is doomed now that Google Base is online?

I just threw away around 50 computers and a couple hundred boxes of obsolete software because selling it on ebay and shipping it is too much of a hassle. The stuff cost a couple hundred thousand dollars originally but it was just junk at this point.

I sell nothing online! Period!

I resell my textbooks on Amazon, and haven't had any problems. You get a lot more money selling them yourself than from selling them back to the campus bookstore.

I sold some antique Arts & Crafts chairs on Craigslist for $960. That's the most money I have ever made selling online, and the recipients were thrilled to get those special chairs (we were also thrilled to pass them along to someone who'd fix them up--since we weren't able to do so).

A friend of mine likes to buy new electronic 'toys' on eBay (MP3 players, digital cameras etc.), play with them until he's had enough (short attention span) and then re-sell them!

I sell stuff online regularly - only through ebay though. I wish there was an alternative auction site but most are overshawdowed by ebay monopoly. The only hope for competition with ebay would be google - they have excellent brand name recognition and would succeed in raising a formidable competition to ebay - which is desparately needed to stop ever-increasing ebay greed.

Oh, and to the poster above who wrote: " I hope the person (above) that portrayed himself as being a government entity can be in deep water for such impersonation" - CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'RE A (HUMORLESS) AND AVERAGE BUMPKIN IDIOT WHO IS AN IDEAL TARGET FOR "PHISHING". LOL!

I sold one thing online and got less than half the price I expected at the same time that others were selling the same item for more. I'm not keen to try it again.

I've recently started a small web development business and bought software and all used hardware through ebay. Two large dual pentium servers, two laptops, cisco router, cables, and other various switches and goodies. All is up and running like a charm with no problems. Total around 10K worth. Maybe I'm just lucky but I haven't had any problems purchasing online. You just have to do a little homework on what your buying.

I sell everything online!

I've sold computer hardware (ebay) and books (Half.com and Amazon). Overwhelmingly, I've had good experiences with these sales.

Back when I was unemployed a few years ago, I used to sell money I collected from 'Everquest' the online MMORPG for real money to other gamers with more money then time. It paid the rent and fed my family until I got a new career.

In China, there's a whole economy based on this. Special websites are devoted to the buying and selling of virtual items and money. Do a google search for 'gold seller + WOW' (for World of Warcraft, the current 'hot' mmorpg) and see what you discover, it's a fascinating read for social science buffs.

I Sell your soul :P

Ah but if WoW catches you selling thier virtual gold don't they shut you down totally? Like ban you from the game?

I'm a fairly light eBay user - I use it to get rid of stuff I otherwise would have given or thrown away. I've sold about 15 items online, all via eBay, since 2001 and have never had a problem.

The most recent item I sold was a PlayStation2 console with 2 controllers. I had owned it for more than 4 years but hadn't used it for at least 1 year anyway. Including all eBay seller's fees, I recouped about 25% of my original cost.

what is this craigslist sh1t
a load of bull

Yeah, I've sold computer parts online after I upgraded my system. Although I don't use eBay I just post on message boards when selling video cards and such.

I've bought stuff on eBay - mostly camera equipment and a new computer when I was starting my online travel magazine abut 5 years ago. I've sold household items on craigslist and bought things like a TV stand there. I sell photographs and travel related products and services on iNeTours.com

I want to sell a used pool table with sticks, balls, and rack. The brand is a valley. I paid $800 a year ago and have only stored it and not played it. I'll sell it for 600$

I've bought and sold many items on Ebay and Half.com, and have had only one bad experience: I accepted a PayPal payment that wound up being charged on a stolen credit card. Not only did I lose the item, I also had to pay the credit card company back AND pay Ebay a high fee. The lesson I learned it ... never accept an offer from someone overseas.

How much misappropriated merchandise do you think passes through eBay?

I sell books and some CDs on ebay, half.com, and amazon. I do it nearly full time. I like making my own hours, getting up when I'm ready, not contributing to the traffic problems, and I am especially grateful to have such great customers. People are much kinder online for the most part, and their emails contribute to the enjoyment of my new life. Best of all....No Boss!

I've bought online and found in most cases there's little savings once shipping and such come into the equation, I've had good and bad experiences, articles not nearly as good as stated and the fact is they have the money first and there's little chance of a refund and again added shipping costs, I have seen so many fraudulant postings on Ebay it's sad so people have to be aware and remember with all the info online of products worth there's little chance one will find a steal of a deal, the price should be reasonably close to it's worth or chance's are you'll be taken........all in all online is good for hard to find items otherwise buy your stuff eye to eye......:)

My uncle recently purchased a graphing calculator through ebay. It turns out that the seller had stolen the calculator and had just gotten caught. Needless to say, my uncle received no calculator and he still hasn't gotten his money back on it. I doubt he ever will. My parents are gung ho ebay addicts, though they really don't buy that much through the system. Personally, I use it more to gauge prices of things that I want to buy or sell locally.

Yep. I have sold about 35 items, all on eBay, and all with satisfactory results. Mostly golf clubs I no longer use, but that are still fairly new and in demand.

I Love Craig's list. I bought my last car and several other items, sold tickets that I
wasn't going to be able to use. and traded
a guitar for a king sized bed! I tell everyone
about the list.

I like to buy stuff on ebay. If you bid on items ending at 3AM you can get good prices.

I started by cleaning out my closets of all of the yard sale stuff accumulated over the years. Now I even buy an occasional used item specifically to sell. Overwhelmingly good experiences. And enough in my PayPal account to cover what I buy on-line. It is recycling and I think it is very efficient.

I do everything online (no, not that) I've sold on eBay & Craigslist and bartered on U-Exchange, and I've had pleasant experiences with all three with the exception of one idiot.

I mostly buy online and have actually sold some items on both Ebay and Craigslist. Everyone that I talk to thinks its a hassle but who can argue when you sell your car through Craigslist in 3 days (after weighing multiple offers)!

I personally use eBay often if I think I can get a better deal online instead of at the mall or in a shop.
I tend to steer clear of smaller "no-name" stores on the Internet..I may browse their stock, but then I go to eBay or Amazon to actually buy.

All that said, I also sell online! My husband and I are involved with a project we call Majestic Mix arranging video game music and selling the resulting albums online! We've done a lot of Final Fantasy music, a track from the game 'Halo' and a bunch of Square Enix tracks..as well as several of the more "old-school" stuff. The originals all sound like "beep beep bloop" and the music tracks we make out of it are totally transformed--everything from orchestral to jazz to dance, yet still retaining the original melodies.
So, yes, I'd say selling over the Internet is a major day-to-day thing for me!

I've sold books on Amazon which is super easy. You don't even need a paypal account. One time I sold a book I had bought for $1.50 for $32.00 (out-of-print) - Just don't tell Mr.IRS - Marilyn, you gotta be more discreet :-).
I'm definitely gonna check Craigslist out more. And thanks to Mike for the 'u-exchange.com' mention. I'll check them out too.

I'm a voiceover artist and I have sometimes supplemented my income by selling custom Windows event sounds on eBay -- for $10 the user gets five WAV files that say whatever they want; some people like their computer to have a sexy voice and call them by name, for example. I have a pretty decent home studio, and I have no shame... I'll say whatever the client wants. :)

I've also sold clothing and home electronics, used books, computer parts -- plus about 60% of my regular voiceover income is generated online.

"Posted by JB on Monday, November 28, 2005, 09:05 AM (PST)

I never use the Internet, I don't even have a modem. My computer is broken anyway."

-- Then how did you post this???

This year (between April and September) I sold thru Amazon.com a big bunch of my used CD and books for $1000 (minus postage and Amazon's commissions).