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@supermussolinibros wrote:

for stuff like ribbons or nigella seeds or other cheap junk that can be found on 2 dollar shops i guess ebay definately has the edge - i was thinking more along high value items like laptops, maybe some apple tv's or apple gear, gps's,general electronic goods collectible retro items - you know stuff that is worth big money or gets big money (in comparison to $1.75 pieces of ribbon) - talking to a young guy at work who recently needed a motorcycle jacket and a graphics card for his computer he went to gumtree for the motorcycle jacket and facebook for the graphics card - didn't even look at or consider ebay in looking for either - this young fella is one who thinks justin bieber and katy perry are talented musicians so it gives you an idea of his age (low 20's).  If you want to buy cheap $2 junk then i guess best stick around here - the effort, the DSR's and the threat of negative feedback over an 0.80 cent piece of ribbon is enough to make me spew just thinking about selling here -- however i guess some people eventually make a profit out of having 1000 listings for 1 metre of ribbons, 200 listings for different coloured buttons, $1 alligator clips, and 2000 listings for different coloured wool - horses for courses but me i'm more interested in big ticket items and actually selling them hassle free/paypal free/feedback free/fee free - best of luck to you - i've gotta go cos i just sold $400 worth of collectible vintage books on gumtree

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If Gumtree or Facebook works for the things you sell.....Go for your life........If you want to wait around home for two hours for someone who may or may not turn up, only to have them offer you half the price you discussed before they got there,  thats great. Personally I cant be bothered with all of the time wasters and tyre kickers on Facebook and Gumtree, but thats just me. 

As for big ticket items, I sold a single book on ebay yesterday for nearly $300 ( I paid $5 for it ) and also a Motor Cycle part today for $240. As well as those two items I have sold a number of cheaper items in the last couple of days in the $30 - $80 price range. I didnt have to contact or negotiate with any of the buyers, Didnt have to haggle over price, they have all just clicked and paid for their items and some even sold while I was asleep last night. Unfortunately Facebook and Gumtree simply dont stack up against that sort of efficient sales system and as for trying to run a proffesional, efficient small business on the other sites.... Forget it !!!

So by all means, if you like the other sites and they work for you, stick with them, ( all the more buyers for me ) but dont assume that just because you havnt got the business skills to make ebay work, no-one else can either.