RH | 5,196 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Well, I took the time to finish setting up an Amazon seller account so that we can sell some of our kids text books. After it was done, the process of adding items doesn't seem to bad, but I've obviously not sold anything yet. I'm curious, do you guys strictly do FB/Ebay sells or does anyone try to deal with Amazon. I've never bought vintage games from Amazon. No one posts photos and, usually, there's no pictures and you're lucky if you get descriptions. Who'd buy that?! But I have noticed that people list items all the time and I have heard of several people buying used games and stuff from Amazon, so my questions are, do any of you sell your old games or related items and, as a seller, how does the experience stack up against eBay? How do customers treat you as a seller? Are the fees, generally better? Is it even worth it? No one really talks about selling on Amazon. I'm just curious if it's worth it, especially if the typical Amazon buyer is willing to pay more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 346 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 As a seller, I tried it out twice over about 15 years time, and both times Amazon would take more fees from me than an item would actually sell for. Example, game sells for $20, total Amazon fees would be $23+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,127 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 15 hours ago, SilverspoonGaming said: As a seller, I tried it out twice over about 15 years time, and both times Amazon would take more fees from me than an item would actually sell for. Example, game sells for $20, total Amazon fees would be $23+. Wait, how did that work? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,323 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 eBay or local for me. Never tried Amazon as I always forget you can even buy used on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,723 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 2 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Wait, how did that work? It can technically happen on Ebay too because they charge fees on tax (although anywhere near that extent): Buyer paid $5.40: $0.99 sale price, $3.96 shipping, $0.45 tax, $1.02 Ebay fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 346 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 4 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Wait, how did that work? No clue. Never depended on price either. $5 game or $50 game, I came out at a loss on every sale for a few months each time so I never went back. Atleast with ebay, I can keep almost 50% of the sale price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xelement5x | 109 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 16 hours ago, DefaultGen said: It can technically happen on Ebay too because they charge fees on tax (although anywhere near that extent): Buyer paid $5.40: $0.99 sale price, $3.96 shipping, $0.45 tax, $1.02 Ebay fee. I had this happen as well a couple times after they changed the fee structure. Even with the ebay "shipping discount" you can still get screwed. I wound up increasing the shipping cost a bit on anything that I was auctioning at a low price just to be safe and not take a bath on it. At this point though there is just so much stuff I don't even try to sell online. I just give it to a friend of mine that does this full time and let him deal with it and he buys me lunch occasionally. Just happy to get the crap out of my house/garage and off my floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,196 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Well, I mean, if you put something up on eBay for a $1 auction and you sell it, I don't care what the scenario is, I think you lose on it every time. @SilverspoonGaming I find it really odd that regardless of the sale price, Amazon was taking over 100%. I'm not saying you're wrong, but it sounds like a bug. Sure, on small priced items, I could see that happen. Anyway, I tried to list one of the textbooks I wanted to sell and when I was done... nothing showed up in my inventory, so I tried again. Still nothing. I put the two books I have up on eBay and then when I went and checked my email, I saw that Amazon had told me that two items had been added to my inventory. What?! Well, turns out there's no notice of it, except in the email, but it can take "up to 15 minutes for your inventory to appear". Ok, fine, I work in IT and I know that that type of thing can happen, but I wish I had seen a notice telling me that when I posted it. I went and just deleted the two entries and decided not to deal with it. But with that said, the inventory did have a nice feature that told me how much money I'd receive from the sale and I think it excluded shipping fees? Regardless, it definitely wasn't "nothing" for the item. I think I was going to get something like $48 on a $60 item? The fact that the inventory tells you how much money you will receive is nice. @SilverspoonGaming, if you think you might like to sell on eBay (if it's financially feasible) you might want to try it again and see what the numbers look like. I'd be interested in knowing how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 346 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 On 8/26/2024 at 9:20 AM, RH said: The fact that the inventory tells you how much money you will receive is nice. @SilverspoonGaming, if you think you might like to sell on eBay (if it's financially feasible) you might want to try it again and see what the numbers look like. I'd be interested in knowing how it turns out. Are you referring to selling on Amazon again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,196 Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 11 minutes ago, SilverspoonGaming said: Are you referring to selling on Amazon again? Sorry, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 346 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 12 minutes ago, RH said: Sorry, yes. Nah. Ive been burned twice already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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