Help getting started as an e bay seller.

[peter]

HELP!!!!!
Hi Guys, Need some advice as to how to start selling on e bay but how not to loose money in the process. Heres the problem. I have some fairly expensive items to sell on e bay of which there is a fair likelyhood they will not sell - particularly if I set a high reserve on them to stop the risk of giving them away. But whenever I try to put them on with this reserve the fee's for selling go right through the roof. Question - will I have to pay these fees even if the item does not sell. If so it looks like a no no since as I say the non sale is the most often likely result.

Any selling tips you guys can give would be really appreciated - I (sob) don't know who else to ask

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Sorry, I dunno anything about it. But I'm pretty sure a few Watchers use it quite a bit, so maybe they'll have some answers for you.

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[sgt.null]

if they are antiques - go to an auction house.

if they are specialty items - try adverting them off of ebay.

[Vraith]

It's been a while, but if it's normal auctioning [not a fixed price, or a store set-up, or commercial/industrial/automobile stuff]:
You have to pay the "insertion fee" whether or not it sells. But that should have a maximum of $2.00 per listing. [which kicks in, and stays flat, at $200. whether that's your starting bid number, or your reserve number...there's a scale for things less than $200.]
None of the other fees should be payable unless it sells.

[Orlion]

Patience. Sometimes you have to wait for the right buyer. In the mean time, try selling unwanted DVDs and other such cred to raise your credibility.