The other thing that I’ve noticed is that I tend to be buying and selling bigger things, and E-Bay doesn’t work very well for that. I recently upgraded by treadmill and sold the old one on Craig’s list. It was a good model (Landice) that might have brought a couple of hundred more on E-Bay. But the thing weighed about 200 pounds. Who’s going to build a crate to put it in and get it to ashipping company etc, etc.
In the end it just seem simpler - take a couple of hundred less and have the guy come look at it, pay for it, and then haul it away.
Selling stuff on Craigslist saved my butt last year. The added bonus is that they are sinking liberal newspapers all over the country.
I am going to try Upillar.com that Beck pushes and see what happens. I have some Link Belt crane bearings listed on Ebay and they look like they are going to go nowhere. I would like to find something better than Ebay/Paypal that offers a little more functionality than Craigslist.