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"Joshua Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> > Actually Josh, the first thing I sold on EBay was an old set of Mopar
long
> > ram manifolds. I have a feedback of 1 at the time. These things were
selling
> > for about $3-400 at swap meets at the time. The final bid on them was
$665
> > dollars. Not bad for something that was given to me, and had been
sitting in
> > the basement for about 15 years. I didn't even have the carbs or linkage
for
> > them, which are the hard parts to find. Of course I was instantly
addicted
> > to EBay. :)
>
> Did you sell those via local pickup? I have found people to be more
> trusting with low feedback users when they can pick up the item in
> person because you can verify everything before handing over the cash.
> If you shipped it by mail, I bet you would not have found someone to
> pay that much to a zero feedback user.
>
> Of course there are always exceptions to the rule... but my
> experience as both a buyer and a seller has been that all else being
> equal, generally the higher the feedback of the seller, the higher
> the ending price of the auction.

Actually, I shipped these. I think the overall trust of EBay users has
changed somewhat. Mainly due to the fact that people have found ways to scam
buyers, and in some cases, sellers. Even though I have over 300 positive
feedback, I still find people aren't nearly as trusting as they used to be
in regards to EBay transactions.

Chris