Of selling large items on ebay and not accepting paypal or allowing a courier to pick the goods up , as over the last couple of weeks i have tried to buy alloys but the sellers tell me no paypal and cash on collection most of them are way down south , yet i have followed their auctions over the days , and they don't sell yet they re-list them .. so am i missing something obvious here ….

I understand the paypal charges and such but would it not be best to sell the item rather re-list the same thing every 5,10 days ….  ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Snap Mick! fed up seeing stuff that I'd quite like to see that says "collection only".
I once had a guy tell me he "couldn't be ar5ed with the hassle of packing the stuff up"!!!!  Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Guys if I can help let me know as it irks the hell out of me but it's not just PayPal it's the eBay fees as they will then cancel the sale as well so avoiding fees and the ability to leave negative feedback but each reliant is about 40p so not much overall compared to the fees if you released about 30 times... FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

I think I was pretty lucky there, a chap up north had some wheels I was after, contacted him, asked him if he would be ok if I sent a courier to collect them, he said ok.

I bid and won.

He made such an effort with the packaging and made up address labels, I was so impressed.

I guess some people can be difficult, or they are hiding something hence why they do not want paypal (in case of comebacks?)... who knows.

Maybe a solution is to offer some additional cash incentive, i.e. offering them 30-50£ for their time to package the wheels and cover some of their costs?

I make a huge effort to make sure anything I sell is well packed and labeled and it really pi55es me off when others just don't seem to give a toss!! Got - 2017 SDV8 Autobiography in Loire Blue
Had- 2008 TDV8 Vogue SE in Java black
Had - 2007 S/C in Stornoway Grey

Collection only stuff is great, because it keep the price down.
If you can find someone nearby to collect it for you and send it on everyone's a winner.

I did this previously for someone on this forum who was abroad and the seller would only sell to the UK.

But the cost of the courier is borne by the buyer not the seller so how does that keep the price down ....

And trying to find someone to collect the item , then transfer the money to this so called persons account for to pay cash on collection and forward it on is giving them the hassle of what the original seller should be dealing with especially on purchases over a £1000 .... ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

JOKER wrote:

But the cost of the courier is borne by the buyer not the seller so how does that keep the price down ....

Because of the hassle involved in collecting... If you offer postage on eBay you will normally make a 30-50% better selling price than if you have collect only as you limit your market...


Craig