Do You E-Bay?

[Ringfinger]

Well, I seem to be sorting, listing, packing, selling, etcetera more than I spend time reading and organizing my own books. I am wondering if I am the only one. I mean really, I can't even find the time to read the new books I have purchased. I would love to take the time to cull out of my collection what I will never read (that is most, but I collect for completeness). So, am I the only one?

[Darrell F]

Yes

No

No

[FourthWorld]

I sell on eBay...But NO comics (or any collectibles)....been there since the middle of '99....when I started there the "old timers" would always refer to the Good Old Days of 2-3 Years earlier, and how much different/awful it had become (in 1999)....makes me laugh now.

[Hobgoblin]

I sell on eBay...But NO comics (or any collectibles)....been there since the middle of '99....when I started there the "old timers" would always refer to the Good Old Days of 2-3 Years earlier, and how much different/awful it had become (in 1999)....makes me laugh now.

 

I've been on eBay since about '99 as well. Back then I really only used it strictly for upgrading my computer and buying event tickets. I've sold some items, including some comic sets, but I'm not making a habit out of it. I'm just not good enough at it and I was barely breaking even, so I stopped.

[Fan4Fan]

Well, I assumed (when purchasing) that I would want to read every book I bought.

 

That it hasn't happened yet is the big reason for slowing my purchasing.

 

Those that I have read have caused some drastic restructuring of my want list.

 

As I've said before, wife, kids, house, and a liberal city government have done wonders for my completionist tendencies.

[innocuous]

Yes - cleans up the books I get through various sources that I don't want/need

 

Yes - Scan, write description, upload, package...but not much time

 

Yes - that's why I buy only 1 or 2 moderns, and, I take great joy in cracking the CGC case

[Comicdey]

Y

N

N

[comicdonna]

Yes

Yes

No

I sell collectables other than comics, and use the proceeds to buy comics.

[Hobo]

Yes

Yes

No

I sell collectables other than comics, and use the proceeds to buy comics.

 

[skybolt]

Yes

Yes

No

[DKB]

I don't read the old stuff, I collect em. I buy all kinds of new stuff to read.

[Wally's Comics]

I'm not rich enough to sell on FeeBay.

 

 

[Rob]

I live on eBay. I think of my eBay sales as a VERY small, VERY part-time business. Yes, they have fees, but it's the cheapest way to sell that I know of. September 8th (my birthday) of this year will be my 10th anniversary on eBay. I sell anything and everything. I love selling comics. What better thing to sell, than what you're knowledgeable and passionate about? Oh, and I love PayPal too!

[divad]

Is the Pope Catholic?

[-cryptkeeper-]

yes

yes

no - because of that computer,

[Norrin_Radd]

Yes.

Yes.

For the most part, yes.

 

I'm selling off what I don't enjoy reading or owning.

[nik]

Yes when I have free time.

 

Yes when I have to reply to idiotic questions and low-ball offers

 

Yes I read every book but not the dupes

[Scheradon]

Yes

Yes

No

I sell collectables other than comics, and use the proceeds to buy comics.

 

Ditto this exact answer

[Ringfinger]

I guess I am not alone.

[Ringfinger]

So, I guess my question now is what do I do? Cut back on selling so I can enjoy and catch up with my own books? What would you do?