Quote Originally Posted by Daffy427 View Post
...Now selling there(fee increased by over 50%) is not as good as it was but it's still a decent deal for buyers....
I think that depends in part on the car being sold, and in part on your expectations. I was pleased to see their new "flat rate" program. $125 fee only applies if the car sells. That wouldn't be too good on a $1000 clunker (but then why would you put that on ebay when craigslist exists with "free" ads.......other than it didn't sell on craigslist and now you're praying for some out of state buyer). It's possible to advertise your car for no insertion fee if you want the bare bones ad/picture format. I took every photo option except I had only 14 pictures instead of the max 24, and my insertion fee was $12...........pretty cheap for an "ad" that goes round the world. I also was posted in three more local car ad sites that only yielded one real interested potential buyer. With ebay I had many prospects, including one who asked most of the "right" real buyer questions and multiple emails, from Switzerland. The car ended up selling to a guy from California who wouldn't have likely (and actually didn't)have seen the ad otherwise. And if you think about it, in a situation like brother Youther describes, the seller would likely have not even paid the selling fee..........not exactly fair to ebay, but that's the gamble they take.