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The eBay Auctions / Facebook / Gumtree / Shpock 2025 thread

lukewells said:
This is the dumbest way of doing fees. Now I am going to have to go through and edit 100+ listings to manually edit the price down so that the total is back to what it was before the bolt-on fees. It would have been more sensible to just go back to taking their cut out of the total if that's what they want
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Yep. It’s farcical .
I usually have about a dozen things listed and it’s usually smallish value stuff , books etc that need to be competitively priced to sell - so I’ve now got to lower my selling price so eBay can add the buyers fee to get back to the price it I had it at originally.
I’m close to saying ‘f*vk this can’t be bothered’ as I’m sure many small value item sellers will now.

The killer blow for small value items is that the flat fee is now 75p + whatever the % is . Under the previous sellers fee system is was 30p.

At least with the old sellers fee system you got the reduced fee listing weekends which made lower value items viable .
 
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Sgt GrizZ said:
Yep. It’s farcical .
I usually have about a dozen things listed and it’s usually smallish value stuff , books etc that need to be competitively priced to sell - so I’ve now got to lower my selling price so eBay can add the buyers fee to get back to the price it I had it at originally.
I’m close to saying ‘f*vk this can’t be bothered’ as I’m sure many small value item sellers will now.

The killer blow for small value items is that the flat fee is now 75p + whatever the % is . Under the previous sellers fee system is was 30p.

At least with the old sellers fee system you got the reduced fee listing weekends which made lower value items viable .
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Ive removed all my stuff off ebay, it's too much hassle.
The good news (for me) is I managed to sell a load of very high value stuff on there just before the changes. Got good prices and no fees. Ebay realizing my sales value mega-spiked, and they'd missed out on £££'s, decided to look at my account, and they determined I now need to be a business seller, not a private seller. (I'm happy with that as I have been selling stuff I make and pinball spares etc, - which in ebay-world means you are a "business seller"!).
My account has to be upgraded to business seller status - once they've tagged you - it's a non-reversible one-way street!
Instead I'll offer stuff on here, then the tip.
 
AlanJ said:
Ive removed all my stuff off ebay, it's too much hassle.
The good news (for me) is I managed to sell a load of very high value stuff on there just before the changes. Got good prices and no fees. Ebay realizing my sales value mega-spiked, and they'd missed out on £££'s, decided to look at my account, and they determined I now need to be a business seller, not a private seller. (I'm happy with that as I have been selling stuff I make and pinball spares etc, - which in ebay-world means you are a "business seller"!).
My account has to be upgraded to business seller status - once they've tagged you - it's a non-reversible one-way street!
Instead I'll offer stuff on here, then the tip.
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Watch out for the tax man. Last I heard ebay pass on details of those selling more than a certain number of items per year. I remember the figure being as low as 30.
 
Ebay currently hopeless. Depending on where you looking the figure you bid could be either what the buyer is going to get or what you will pay. One machine I bid on magically bought up the reserve price as a bid which was £800 over the current bid; that auction then got pulled. Impossible to judge where someone elses top bid is liable to be or to bid sensibly just over a certain figure. A total shambles. Needs to go back to seller fees then we all know where we are and preferably reduce them to a sensible level and do away with the 80% off at weekends which was a pain too.
 
colin7070 said:
Ebay currently hopeless. Depending on where you looking the figure you bid could be either what the buyer is going to get or what you will pay. One machine I bid on magically bought up the reserve price as a bid which was £800 over the current bid; that auction then got pulled. Impossible to judge where someone elses top bid is liable to be or to bid sensibly just over a certain figure. A total shambles. Needs to go back to seller fees then we all know where we are and preferably reduce them to a sensible level and do away with the 80% off at weekends which was a pain too.
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Listing to sell a shambles too currently . As you have to click on preview to see what the total will be presented to buyer. Then go back and adjust if you want to get it to a sensible figure.
And even then that doesn’t always seem to show correctly.
It’s like a masterclass in serving up a dogs dinner.
 
Sgt GrizZ said:
Listing to sell a shambles too currently . As you have to click on preview to see what the total will be presented to buyer. Then go back and adjust if you want to get it to a sensible figure.
And even then that doesn’t always seem to show correctly.
It’s like a masterclass in serving up a dogs dinner.
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I haven’t used EBay for years. Tried listing a Fishy topper that I’ve had kicking around for years. Gave up in the end.
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colin7070 said:
Ebay currently hopeless. Depending on where you looking the figure you bid could be either what the buyer is going to get or what you will pay. One machine I bid on magically bought up the reserve price as a bid which was £800 over the current bid; that auction then got pulled. Impossible to judge where someone elses top bid is liable to be or to bid sensibly just over a certain figure. A total shambles. Needs to go back to seller fees then we all know where we are and preferably reduce them to a sensible level and do away with the 80% off at weekends which was a pain too.
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If an auction has a reserve price and you put in a bid above the reserve it will set the bid to the reserve.
 
That topper is the sort of thing ebay still good for as needs a global audience and is light enough to post
As it was made in the US , US bidders wouldn't pay import duties
 
Lovely, and not cheap to add the manny can, chromed bits, colourDMD, Brian Allan art etc. But I'm struggling to see past that big decal slap bang in the middle of the playfield! If someone had the patience to add a new playfield to this is would be one of the best around
 
Hi Jonathan this is my machine and I know what you mean about the decal hate it myself I did think about a new playfield but it worked out to be about £1k to buy and I just never saw the machine as one I would keep, you are right a new playfield put into this and it would be up there with the best about maybe not as good as ant-h restore he has done as that's another level again.
I didn't put it on the forum for sale as a FT just got sold the other week so thought it might be to soon to post another one.
Cheers Brian
 
I had a manny cab fishy once. Couldn’t shift it for love nor money. Ended up being haggled down to £1650 😩. That was around 2016 /17. Come back those prices……. COME BACK.
 
Pharo said:
Hi Jonathan this is my machine and I know what you mean about the decal hate it myself I did think about a new playfield but it worked out to be about £1k to buy and I just never saw the machine as one I would keep, you are right a new playfield put into this and it would be up there with the best about maybe not as good as ant-h restore he has done as that's another level again.
I didn't put it on the forum for sale as a FT just got sold the other week so thought it might be to soon to post another one.
Cheers Brian
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Horses for coures. Once was the case you'd do very little to a pin but maintain it, now the market dictates you pamper it like a pomeranian since they're concentrated in the hands of people with money.

Decal is a small price to pay to keep a nice machine £1000 cheaper.
 
thejefu said:
Horses for coures. Once was the case you'd do very little to a pin but maintain it, now the market dictates you pamper it like a pomeranian since they're concentrated in the hands of people with money.

Decal is a small price to pay to keep a nice machine £1000 cheaper.
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Just because you spend £1k on a new playfield I dont think it immediately relates to adding £1k to the sale price.
 
Fantazia2 said:
Just because you spend £1k on a new playfield I dont think it immediately relates to adding £1k to the sale price.
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Not automatically no; the more trashed the playfield the more you're just investing in the condition deficit to restore it. You're also going to get a decent chunk of change for the old one. I would say that when you're putting a new playfield on an already nice machine, the buyer will stomach a big chunk of that new playfield. Gotta look at it in comparison to buying any other machine that might have knocked around cabs but has a nice playfield. You're likely paying a lot more per shiney inch, and why not since it'll have a much better coat. Maybe not £1000, but I'd want pretty close to it in this case.
 
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Fantazia2 said:
Just because you spend £1k on a new playfield I dont think it immediately relates to adding £1k to the sale price.
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I agree! If it's fitted? It should add MORE than £1K! Especially with the labour and time involved in swapping it over (plus other new parts). It should also depend on who fitted it and whether it was done to a high standard. If everything was removed and refitted to the new playfield still covered in rust and muck then I'd agree with you. 😃
 
Highlnder00 said:
I agree! If it's fitted? It should add MORE than £1K! Especially with the labour and time involved in swapping it over (plus other new parts). It should also depend on who fitted it and whether it was done to a high standard. If everything was removed and refitted to the new playfield still covered in rust and muck then I'd agree with you. 😃
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Maybe if it was fitted the day before sale and the pin never used after fitting, once a games been played it becomes a used playfield again, adding a new playfield is never going to add the cost of it to the sale price IMHO.

Its similar with mods, people shouldn't expect the price of the mod and their time to fit it to be included in the sale price over a pin without the mod, they should expect to loose an amount, but mods are also subjective and a buyer might see them as adding no value to the sale price if its no their thing.
 
Fantazia2 said:
Maybe if it was fitted the day before sale and the pin never used after fitting, once a games been played it becomes a used playfield again, adding a new playfield is never going to add the cost of it to the sale price IMHO.
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Well that wasn't what you originally said, you said "Just because you spend £1k on a new playfield I dont think it immediately relates to adding £1k to the sale price". Under some circumstances it would add that value or more. There are many differing factors involved.

Fantazia2: once a games been played it becomes a used playfield again
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Surely it would need playtesting before it was sold? I know HEP does and I would think most restorers would test it before selling it. That wouldn't make it a used playfield? It would be a necessity before selling it or returning it to the owner?
 
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In my opinion, unless you refurb pins for living and are very proficient at it, its incredibly hard to expect to get anything like what you’ve put into a pin back when sold.
A new playfield doesn’t automatically add a grand to the value and when factoring the time and parts it becomes even more unlikely that you’ll break even.
High end restorations work for well known restorers. But I think that is the exception.
Just my thoughts.
 
Bobbdobalina said:
In my opinion, unless you refurb pins for living and are very proficient at it, its incredibly hard to expect to get anything like what you’ve put into a pin back when sold.
A new playfield doesn’t automatically add a grand to the value and when factoring the time and parts it becomes even more unlikely that you’ll break even.
High end restorations work for well known restorers. But I think that is the exception.
Just my thoughts.
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As I said it depends who did the work and to what standards.

They work out for the restorers usually because someone is paying for the work to be done in the first place. I agree, if you had never done it before you'd be mad to do it yourself and expect your money back, especially if you F it up 😄
 
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Saw this on the bay earlier
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Gorgar Pinball Project | eBay

Gorgar pinball machine Sold as seen Untested usa imported machine Complete game untested avalible as a project (or we can get working and supply workshopped if required for a set fee ) No warranty given Listing projects to clear space for new stock Lots of machine being listed Tons of Arcade and...
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Seems a lot for a project ? I mean if it at least worked.. but says its untested and a US machine...
 
HomerRamone said:
Saw this on the bay earlier
www.ebay.co.uk

Gorgar Pinball Project | eBay

Gorgar pinball machine Sold as seen Untested usa imported machine Complete game untested avalible as a project (or we can get working and supply workshopped if required for a set fee ) No warranty given Listing projects to clear space for new stock Lots of machine being listed Tons of Arcade and...
www.ebay.co.uk
Seems a lot for a project ? I mean if it at least worked.. but says its untested and a US machine...
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Its Retro Davids, been on there for a while.
 
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