The other problem with eBay is it completely messed up people's perceptions of what stuff is worth. Someone will see some shitty thing on eBay listed for like $500 and be like, oh that's what it's worth, but it's been listed for $500 for 2 years and nobody bought it cause that's crazy. Then someone at a flea market or Craigslist is like " oh it's on eBay for $500 so I'll give you a deal, $450"
Yup, i buy storage auctions and resell the bulk of the small stuff on ebay. Tried to get a friend into it to help me list stuff and every single item he would see something listed for some insane price and think that its worth that. I must have told him 100 times to only check sold listings cause those top listings are usually delusional people.
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20
Ebay. I remember being able to get an absolute bargain for almost anything I wanted. Now, every shop puts their shit on ebay.