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Marcel

Marcel

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Guys,

Just a thought, but it is free to list on eBay and try your luck as a seller, why would sellers pay £10 to take a chance here?

To my mind, it would be better to charge £5 or less to enable people to post anywhere else where they may tap the wealth of knowldege this forum offers. Must admit, I am sure you all know the background stats better than me, but they seems a lack of games for sale here and there are 93 on eBay with a start price over £1,000.
 
Personal choice.

I'm more than happy to pay £10 to keep this forum going and sell to and buy from people I know.

Never had any time wasters on here. Always been paid promptly and received what was as described.

Haven't sold on ebay for what must be 10 years now. Too much of a **** on.
 
Depends what you want out of the sale, if its just as much profit you can make, go the ebay route via one of there zero seller fee's promotions. But if you want to help keep the forum/community alive and offer someone here a decent priced game then try and sell it here for a nice price and pay the 10er.
 
Marcel said:
Just a thought, but it is free to list on eBay and try your luck as a seller, why would sellers pay £10 to take a chance here?
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I’d say you’re taking more of a chance on eBay than here by a long shot.

I’ve sold other things on eBay and been messed about no end.

Don’t see how it would be any different with pins.
 
Dex-Jay said:
I'd rather buy through here. There's nothing on eBay. £18,000 Muhammad Ali, £6K JD. Virtual pinball & everything else priced dpuble what it's worth that's been on there since the beginning of time.

Closing fees and messers factor into eBay too.
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Me too, but my point stands.
 
Marcel said:
Guys,

Just a thought, but it is free to list on eBay and try your luck as a seller, why would sellers pay £10 to take a chance here?

To my mind, it would be better to charge £5 or less to enable people to post anywhere else where they may tap the wealth of knowldege this forum offers. Must admit, I am sure you all know the background stats better than me, but they seems a lack of games for sale here and there are 93 on eBay with a start price over £1,000.
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The contrast in quality of machines and quality of sellers between here and eBay is worth way more than a tenner!
 
Andydn said:
The contrast in quality of machines and quality of sellers between here and eBay is worth way more than a tenner!
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To my mind, the wealth of knowledge this forum has also has a monetary value. As it is, buyers benefit the above suggestion by being able to respond to adverts without paying the donation.

Like I said though, you guys know the stats better than me, and maybe it is a mute point.
 
Marcel said:
Me too, but my point stands.
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If they're pinball people they'd be signed up and paying £10 annualy.
If they're not pinball people how would they find the place for starters, secondly they'd rather get the most they possibly could and ebay it anyway.

What you're missing here is scammers. £10 should keep them away, make it free and they'll flood the place with non existent games, just like eBay from time to time.
 
Maybe this forum it is not all about buying and selling machines... I see that the tenner / donation goes a long away on here not just because i sold a machine.
I don't get people messaging me on ebay asking if i found XYZ that i was looking for a month or so back when i am a buyer.
I like most of the people on this forum - cant say i like anyone on ebay.

Hey you know what, you can do both :-)

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I did a thread about a week ago about pricing expectations. I'd noticed the prices pins went for on the forums here were lower than I'd found on the 'open market' and, also, people felt pins *should* be worth lower prices than they actually cost to purchase (https://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/underpricing-pins-is-harming-the-hobby.52564/).

I gathered from the thread that the sales here are for the benefit of the UK pinball community. Thus, they tend to encourage exchange of pins at a 'friendly prices' where people can often vouch for the identity of the seller. Sales tend to happen extremely quickly and it's a great way to get pins for a competitive price, but not your choice of pins.

Obviously, some people aren't keen on that model and take pins to eBay or retailers, such that they are no longer being transferred between known buyers/sellers within the community.

So.... going by the opinions I elicited on the thread, the £10 is neither here nor there, to be honest...
 
There is certainly value in the information here, and it obviously costs to host and maintain the site, not to mention the unpaid moderators. I choose to donate for this reason regardless of whether I buy or sell on here (as many people also choose I suspect). Adding another tenner for selling or buying a machine to a vouched for member is cheap for the peace of mind in my opinion. Would much prefer that to ebay
 
I think the site should just charge everyone £1 a month and then do an optional donation if you sell a machine.

Yes - ebay is free to list. But if you sell on ebay. Loose fees. Yes you can risk pulling it off and doing a deal of ebay but they are not daft now. Messages are screened.....

Or stick it on facebook - free to sell, no fees. Just more idiots to deal with.

In all the time on here - I think I have only been messed about twice. Have sold quite a few things, and happy to contribute.

@Paul doesnt have deep pockets and why should he personally subsidise this forum?
 
I've had a very recent disappointing sales experience on FB Marketplace which I definitely don't think would happen on here but lack of supply/choice on here made me look elsewhere.

I did however buy a nice TZ in January through a forum member, great experience, me and seller happy and later donated. For the advice you get on here I'd just pay your tenner and choose to sell wherever you wish - but if you do sell a pin don't then go and sell it to someone else on Ebay. Sorry, I know I said I was going to drop it... still too raw... **** ******* **** ********** ******! 🤬🤬🤬
 
Banzaipinabll said:
Ebay is not free, free to list but charge I believe 10% on final price unless you list when there is a promo on or just use eBay to highlight and never intend to complete auction. Pointless thread.
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Currently 12.8% for the first £2500 then 3% thereafter so a £7000 pin, for example, would cost £455 in final selling fees but I think most are savvy enough to wait for the £1 max selling fee offers on the high ticket items.

What pee's me off is those that list on eBay then insist on bank transfer rather than Paypal so you have zero protection.
 
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DanSeldon said:
Currently 12.8% for the first £2500 then 3% thereafter so a £7000 pin, for example, would cost £455 in final selling fees but I think most are savvy enough to wait for the £1 max selling fee offers on the high ticket items.

What pee's me off is those that list on eBay then insist on bank transfer rather than Paypal so you have zero protection.I've hjeard stories of
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I've heard stories of Paypal being a nightmare selling big ticket items. Buyer pays you, buyer collects pin, buyer raises Paypal/ebay dispute saying goods never delivered, Paypal sides with buyer.
 
Remote selling of high value items between individuals is a right pain in the rear with a minority of scammy ******** making anything other than viewing in person quite risky. This place perhaps being the exception.
 
DanSeldon said:
What pee's me off is those that list on eBay then insist on bank transfer rather than Paypal so you have zero protection.
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I don't think you get any protection with Paypal 'Friends & Family' so if given the choice would you pay the additional Paypal fees (2.9%?) that the seller would be hit with to receive the money?
 
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