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Selling a video card on ebay: Safe again? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 1 year ago by ja2 to c/pcmasterrace

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A year and a half ago, selling a video card on eBay was basically the same as paying someone to punch you in the face. It was as likely you'd get an INAD and eat the loss as anything else. So when I had one to sell, I sold it on FB Marketplace, and meeting in person for that much money didn't feel a lot less sketchy but at least it was in public and I could count the money.

Now, I want to replace a Nvidia card with an AMD one and that leaves me selling the Nvidia. It would be extremely convenient to sell it on eBay, but I'm looking for some perspective on whether the buyer protection scams have died down for video cards over there now that the shortage has passed, or if it's still basically a waste of time.

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[–] Neosnc 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Nothings changed, it’s still a shit show where buyers have all the protection and small sellers are easily screwed over. That’s not likely to change at eBay.

[–] ja2 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

That sucks.

[–] Neosnc 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It does. I haven’t been willing to risk selling any of my gadgets there for years. Who wants to go through the hassle. You might have better luck on a place like https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/ .

[–] ja2 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apparently they are using discord now, and I might give it a shot. Might not be a bad idea to link that in the sidebar here.

I wonder if it's worth the extra cost to ship. Will have to investigate more.

[–] RichardButt89 3 points 1 year ago

I've nothing but good experiences with that subreddit.

I'm not well versed in discord, but I may have to check it out.

It's one of the subreddits I was most sad to see fall to reddit's nonsense.

[–] Neosnc 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, I didn't know that. I know reddit is dying so good on them for migrating. I would think the buyer would pay shipping? If they have a good reputation system, seems like a better option than eBay.

[–] ja2 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sure that the buyer can be expected to pay for shipping, but at the end of the day for any buyer the "price" is inclusive of all fees, and for the seller the "profit" is minus expenses. So if it's cheaper to ship using eBay's discount, that means the buyer pays more or the seller makes less.

In the end it's probably worth it for the peace of mind, though. I've personally never been screwed on a big ticket item and I don't mind selling stuff for under $100 on ebay. If I lose, it's lost, right? My feelings about eBay so far are that I'm selling there as much for altruistic reasons... I don't want the material to be landfill, someone can get a deal (I do it all the time), and I'd like to recoup some cash as well to spend on hobbies. The couple times I've been hassled and lost money on ebay, it totaled less that $50.

I'd be super upset if I got screwed for several hundred.

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