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I'm leaving ebay as a seller...where should I go for better protection?
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Ablation Steve

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(bringing this over from the wrong forum I started it in)

Been on ebay for 23 years, and they've finally pushed even me away. There is zero seller protection; you can ship somebody a $1,000 slab, get ripped off, and not be able to contact ebay by any method. I can take the "just the cost of doing business" risk on hundred dollar slab, but anything more and the risk is too high. (I'm not a business, anyway, just a guy who occasionally finds something like a West Coast Avenger #45 in his long box).

I'm looking for feedback about how other slab sellers feel when they sell on comic link, MCS, Heritage. Is there one that protects the seller better than any other? (MCS puts the slab up on ebay concurrently, so I'm not sure who's taking the risk there).

Thanks!

S

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Depending on what you sell, you might want to investigate Mycomicshop.  If your books qualify, they will do all the work and you'll get more than selling yourself on ebay.  You can ship them a bunch of books at once and sit back and collect weekly checks.  No paypal hassles, no shipping, no returns, no dealing with anyone.

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On 9/2/2021 at 3:59 PM, shadroch said:

Depending on what you sell, you might want to investigate Mycomicshop.  If your books qualify, they will do all the work and you'll get more than selling yourself on ebay.  You can ship them a bunch of books at once and sit back and collect weekly checks.  No paypal hassles, no shipping, no returns, no dealing with anyone.

To quote Renfield from the 1931 Dracula: "Be guided by what he says".

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Only reason I haven’t gone the way of MCS, for raws anyways, is because they under-grade so much. I mean, I love it as a buyer, but not as seller. I can consistently, no joke, see a listing on eBay, look at the pic and title, and think “this must be MCS”, and 95% of the time it is… That’s NOT a dig on MCS, just a respectful observation. 

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I’ve been an eBay seller since 1998. I have watched the site go down hill for years. Issues, protection, high fees, theft, “managed payments”, taxes ect. Then there is PayPal  which is another issue.

I sell old toys, sports items, advertising and antiques as well as comics. Sadly, there is really no other good avenue for the other stuff. 

I sell VERY little anymore. A real shame.

As far as selling comics, MCS sounds like a good idea. Instagram might be good too. I hear all the cool kids are doing it. And there is always here on the boards. My favorite place to buy and sell comics. 

Now if someone can recommend a good place to sell Aurora monster kits, old political buttons, magazines, advertising tins, early baseball gloves ect. I would be grateful.. :roflmao:

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On 9/2/2021 at 5:52 PM, Callaway29 said:

Only reason I haven’t gone the way of MCS, for raws anyways, is because they under-grade so much. I mean, I love it as a buyer, but not as seller. I can consistently, no joke, see a listing on eBay, look at the pic and title, and think “this must be MCS”, and 95% of the time it is… That’s NOT a dig on MCS, just a respectful observation. 

 

On 9/2/2021 at 6:22 PM, Robot Man said:

I’ve been an eBay seller since 1998. I have watched the site go down hill for years. Issues, protection, high fees, theft, “managed payments”, taxes ect. Then there is PayPal  which is another issue.

I sell old toys, sports items, advertising and antiques as well as comics. Sadly, there is really no other good avenue for the other stuff. 

I sell VERY little anymore. A real shame.

As far as selling comics, MCS sounds like a good idea. Instagram might be good too. I hear all the cool kids are doing it. And there is always here on the boards. My favorite place to buy and sell comics. 

Now if someone can recommend a good place to sell Aurora monster kits, old political buttons, magazines, advertising tins, early baseball gloves ect. I would be grateful.. :roflmao:

Most of the sellers know all copies are undergraded by MCS so they intend to sell at high prices. About 80% of the books were sold instantly. It's safe to sell your books through MCS. I like their seller's fees.

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On 9/2/2021 at 4:22 PM, Robot Man said:

I’ve been an eBay seller since 1998. I have watched the site go down hill for years. Issues, protection, high fees, theft, “managed payments”, taxes ect. Then there is PayPal  which is another issue.

I sell old toys, sports items, advertising and antiques as well as comics. Sadly, there is really no other good avenue for the other stuff. 

I sell VERY little anymore. A real shame.

As far as selling comics, MCS sounds like a good idea. Instagram might be good too. I hear all the cool kids are doing it. And there is always here on the boards. My favorite place to buy and sell comics. 

Now if someone can recommend a good place to sell Aurora monster kits, old political buttons, magazines, advertising tins, early baseball gloves ect. I would be grateful.. :roflmao:

early baseball gloves???? like from the 1800's?

I can imagine it would be tough to find a non-ebay place to sell those.  Maybe open a store in Cooperstown if you have enough old baseball stuff?  Your best bet is to be the focus of one episode of a Netflix documentary series on esoteric sports collectibles.  I'd watch the hell out of that, although I wouldn't buy an old glove.

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On 9/2/2021 at 7:22 PM, Robot Man said:

Now if someone can recommend a good place to sell Aurora monster kits, old political buttons, magazines, advertising tins, early baseball gloves ect. I would be grateful.. :roflmao:

Esty? I had to google to see what Aurora Monster kits were and a bunch of listings for sale come up on Esty...

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On 9/2/2021 at 2:46 PM, Ablation Steve said:

(bringing this over from the wrong forum I started it in)

Been on ebay for 23 years, and they've finally pushed even me away. There is zero seller protection; you can ship somebody a $1,000 slab, get ripped off, and not be able to contact ebay by any method. I can take the "just the cost of doing business" risk on hundred dollar slab, but anything more and the risk is too high. (I'm not a business, anyway, just a guy who occasionally finds something like a West Coast Avenger #45 in his long box).

I'm looking for feedback about how other slab sellers feel when they sell on comic link, MCS, Heritage. Is there one that protects the seller better than any other? (MCS puts the slab up on ebay concurrently, so I'm not sure who's taking the risk there).

Thanks!

S

Recently shipped 17 books to mycomicshop and very happy with the results.  Planning to document my results in a thread soon.

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Just sold a book tonight on the exchange using Clink.  They take a smaller percentage than eBay because they only charge a percent of the sale of the book unlike eBay which takes a cut out of the book and shipping. 

Yes, you are responsible to ship it to comiclink so figure that into your cost.  $7.96 using Pirate Bay for me. 

And the best part is... they review the book.  If the buyer acts like a tool after CLink verifies that I sent in the book that was described then after that it is between the buyer and the Clink. 

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E-Bay is still the way to go for people who have a bunch of books to sell.  I'd sell books valued at over $600 on ComicLink or possibly ComicConnect (depending on the book) but for books under $500 I've had no issues at all with E-Bay over the years.  The last 12 months have been the best I've had by double in terms of sales so I'm not going anywhere in terms of the old E-Bay.

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