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Auke,
I'm sorry to learn of your eBay headaches. Have you thought of advertising your items as not being for sale to buyers from select countries? I recently saw a listing that excluded buyers from Indonesia, Pakistan and Hawaii - an odd combination to say the least. Good luck in your efforts.
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The simple solution is to sell on the forum marketplace.
It is certainly better to sell an item to a trusted collector for $XX than refund an item (and postage) that sold to an "unknown" for $XXX.
The forum marketplace is far more transparent and has some new harder guidelines. Problems can also be aired publicly.
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CtahhR Wrote:The simple solution is to sell on the forum marketplace.
The best advice. :thumbsup
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Theoretically it is, but the audience is just too small - I've sold quite a few items here over the years, but the number of different buyers is less than 10. There are certain items that just 1-3 forum members may be interested in bidding on. That's just not working. Audience-wise this forum just can't beat eBay. I tried to sell a neat group here recently, but there wasn't a single bid. I don't mind selling things here for slightly less than on eBay if that means I can avoid all the eBay hassle, but there just aren't enough interested forum members here.
Thanks for the tip, Slava, I could indeed ban sellers from certain countries. Too bad though that a handful of rotten apples spoil things for the other 1.4 billion.
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The problem with selling award groups on e-bay and such is that You risk that it will be sold to pieces by the next owner. For this reason, the best place to sell the groups is this forum - even if there aren't too many people who may buy it.
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Personally, For the right price, I'll buy anything.
I am a Yorkshireman after all.
Almost all the Soviet awards I've picked up on ebay over the last year (which is a considerably lower number than the amount I've bought here or directly from users here) were almost all under metal value or under $2. Some very nice NarKom produced awards for $1-$2 proving that listing an item elsewhere does not mean it will sell for more.
There were some exceptionally high prices paid for some documents here - higher than I have seen anywhere else.
As I always say; If you are selling, start at 1 cent with no reserve and let the market find the right price.
The splitting of groups is also a serious problem and over the last two years I have put vast resources into reuniting (to some extent) dozens of sets. A few on the horizon too.....
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Auke,
Im really sorry that this happened to you. Even more though that it was someone in our circle who did it.
I hope whoever it is rectifies the situation and redeems themselves even the slightest bit.
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hello all
I have used ebay for many years both as a seller and a buyer. I have set my setting to reduce any problem buyers such as a certain amount of feedback, non payment and also I don't sell to china or Russia as always issues there. I also don't buy from those countries. Ebay can be great but you need to manage your account to reduce any problems and exposure and always send items reg and signed for
