Just wondering which current members who sell on ebay have good listings, which can be copied as a template?

returning member wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Just wondering which current members who sell on ebay have good listings, which can be copied as a template?

Packripper is a great seller on eBay and his or her listings have a straight-to-the-point informative style.

Skullhammer wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:

Packripper is a great seller on eBay and his or her listings have a straight-to-the-point informative style.

I will respectfully disagree, I have found packripper to be a bit of a dodgy operator who regularly racks up negatives and neutrals. I had a bad experience and have not bought anything from him since, but to be fair others have had a different experience.  

As regards a good listing template, I would however definitely not copy him. The ALL CAPS! style is off-putting as is the grubby yellow blanket backdrop. Also he tends to just use one or two pics. This is I suppose fine if you are selling a lot of low-priced items but will put people off if you are selling anything expensive.

Ebay has plenty of good examples, here is just one I looked at today.


** expired/removed eBay auction **

(nice that he cites the Acaeum)

And here is an example from our very own dbartman

** expired/removed eBay auction **




All the very best of luck with your selling!

Fwiw, before you "copy" anyone's listing, please consider asking them. Not only can it be taken poorly by the copied, it can also be viewed as an eBay violation, which if you don't ask permission and the seller reports you(which would be alleviated by asking first) leaves you open to having your listing taken down by eBay.

red_bus wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
I will respectfully disagree, I have found packripper to be a bit of a dodgy operator who regularly racks up negatives and neutrals. I had a bad experience and have not bought anything from him since, but to be fair others have had a different experience.

FYI... Packripper is an Acaeum member and is quite active (though it's not me.)

MadCatUSA wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
FYI... Packripper is an Acaeum member and is quite active (though it's not me.)

He's also one hell of a nice guy (though it's also not me).

I was watching a fairly new movie last night called "THE SONG OF SWAY LAKE". Not doing a recommendation here, though I didn't think it was bad. Very Art House so...

Anyhow, the plot was about finding this record album that was unique and then they were fighting over whether or not to break it out of the shrink "because it would seriously hurt the value of it if anyone ever opened it" so they could finally listen to it.

Also funny was that someone had rated the album 5 out of 5 stars when no one had ever listened to it.

Felt a little related to our shared hobby

No judgement here, there's WAY TOO MUCH I could be judged on when it comes to entertainment.

red_bus wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread: .. and she storms in and shouts "Sell your shit"  8O  8O

Oh, I think most of us can relate to that one - that's hilarious!

red_bus wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:
Haha! Once you start seeing it you see it everywhere. I was watching an episode of Big Little lies (Season 2 if you must know, go on, judge me!).. The wealthy couple are going bankrupt and the husband is holed up in his collection room, drinking whisky and playing with vintage toys (plenty of glass display cases etc..) .. and she storms in and shouts "Sell your shit"  8O  8O

My family plans to dumpster my rpgs, miniatures and wargames. I wouldnt mind if they sold everything but they arent the types to go through the process.