Yep completely understand where you're coming from Lee. Still a good avenue though for a while to sell things you want rid of.
However I know about 5 or 6 big sellers, more than £100k a month, and 2 have stopped completely and all but 1 have more than halved their listings. They're all migrating over to Amazon etc, where there a different type of clientel,
People on eBay expect a bargain and he buyers are generally quite ignorant, whereas with Amazon you get a place where people don't expect bargain prices and are more understanding towards your situation. (For example, not expecting 24hr delivery even though they haven't yet payed, got that more than once while selling on ebay
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Cheers,
Ben