Selling on ebay

Juliet27
Nope.
I've never found it from that day to this, and I am in the process of gradually sorting, tidying and organising every nook and cranny of my flat, so you'd think that it might have shown itself.

If you are on Facebook there is something called Marketplace, where you can upload pictures of things you want to sell. You choose the price, though often people will haggle. It isn't an auction, you generally sell to the first person that asks and comes round with the money. You don't have to post stuff, and people can come and see it and buy. I have used eBay, some people pretend stuff hasn't arrived or that it was broken and want there money back, I feel much safer on Marketplace

Try your local Gumtree first ...I have bought and sold on Gumtree, without any hassle. One piece of advice , stipulate 'cash only'

Sold a Hostess trolley I hadn't used for many years, to make way for my piano.
It was in v good condition but we were still surprised when it was quickly snapped up for £80!

A dd uses Gumtree a lot and has found some fantastic bargains locally, esp. a really nice big kitchen table, like new,
and a set of v nice kitchen chairs for relative peanuts.

EBay takes a very small cut of whatever you sell so ask for cash on collection otherwise uiu can use Gumtree or sphock we have sold lots of items on sphock really easy as well

I quite often sell things on eBay but only clothing. It’s quite straightforward as they pretty well tell you what to do. I’m not sure about selling such a large item. You’d need to do some careful homework on the cost of posting or limit it to collection only. I would probably use a local selling/auction site to make it easier but then I like an easy life.

For someone as astute as you, @GabriellaG54, I am surprised at your lack of knowledge. It's a well-known fact that if an item is collection only,then cash on collection is the only safe method. While a seller is obliged to offer PayPal on listings, cash on collection is always preferred, in order to protect the seller from scammers, who could claim a refund for non-delivery when there is no proof of such.
(From a long time seller/buyer).

Nanthewiser is correct. I have sold loads of stuff on ebay. An item like a bike should be collection only, and insist on cash on collection. Have a receipt ready for the buyer to sign and date and give them a copy. If they pay by PayPal and then collect, at least you will have proof they collected. Some people do pay with PayPal and then after collection claim they never got the item. If that happens, eBay and PayPal will refund them from your account and you can't appeal against it.

I always pay cash when I buy and collect - and get a receipt. Similarly when I sell and say collect only.

If the object is really desireable purchasers will travel some distance. DD recently sold a 'collect only' object to someone living in Devon (she lives in Bedfordshire and we have journeyed from Oxfordshire to both Cardiff, Honiton and Hereford to collect things. When it is a distance we treat it as day out, we will take in a stately home or similar and have a nice lunch out.