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The most frustrating thing about selling

The most frustrating & disappointing thing to me, about selling online, is finding rare items and not being able to sell them even though there is 0 competition for the item(s).  It's one thing not to sell it or them but, not even to receive offers.  ??  Sometimes, having only 1 other similar item online & seeing it sell for MORE than your asking price.  My complaint of the day.  lol  Good luck to all.   🙂

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What are you selling?  What we may think is "rare" or sought after may not really be that sought after today I am finding.  I don't think people are really shopping much for collectibles these days.  Now, if you have some Lululemons well....they can snag a good price!  🙂

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"Rare" does not mean desirable.  There might be only 100 of a given thing in the world, but if people aren't interested in buying it, it wouldn't make a difference if there were 100 or 100,000 of them.

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The most frustrating & disappointing thing to me, about selling online, is finding rare items and not being able to sell them even though there is 0 competition for the item(s).  It's one thing not to sell it or them but, not even to receive offers.  ??  Sometimes, having only 1 other similar item online & seeing it sell for MORE than your asking price.  My complaint of the day.  lol  Good luck to all.   🙂


Yeah, that's why 0 competetion. No one was able to sell them... Now if you had an Iphone which is not rare, it'll sell in a minute.

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For me the most frustrating part of selling is that our overseas competition is getting subsidies from OUR postal service.

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@sakic92710 wrote:

The most frustrating & disappointing thing to me, about selling online, is finding rare items and not being able to sell them even though there is 0 competition for the item(s).  It's one thing not to sell it or them but, not even to receive offers


Manny sellers simply continue to park items on ebay, until sold.

 

I see items that have been  continuously listed for years.

 

Someday, someone may just come along, make an offer or buy.

 

 Patience is required.

 

 

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I used to be able to sell all my collectibles within three weeks, often within three days. eBay used to be THE go-to place for collectibles, but now there are many sites for collectibles, so it's a different corner of the market.

 

It sometimes takes two years for me to sell a collectible these days, but they do eventually sell, as long as I know it is something that is in demand.

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