To add to what I said earlier about freinds and money..........I just had it happen to me, but on a smaller scale. Good friend of mine asked me to sell his boat on Ebay for him because I have done it a bunch of times for myself, and he doesn't know how to do Ebay or even have an account with them.

I spent a Sunday afternoon taking the pictures, getting all the info, and that night I listed the boat. I asked him and his wife what they wanted out of the boat, and he said $ 9,000.00, so I set the reserve at that figure, and if it went over it would be gravy. He asked me what he would owe me for doing all this, and I told him all I wanted was him to pay any Ebay and Paypal fees I incurred on my account. He is a friend, and I just wanted to help him sell it.

During the sale I got a zillion questions from bidders, etc., and finally the boat closed..........at exactly $ 9 K. The winning bidder showed up next day with cash and left with the boat. When I asked my friend if he was happy, he said "oh, I wish I could have gotten more." I reminded him he told ME what he wanted. Anyway, it has been over a month, and I have not heard word one about my Ebay fees, which amounted to $ 89.00. Not a big deal, and I will chalk it up to experience and friendship, but it just irks me because if the shoe were on the other foot I would have been at his door the next morning with the cash to cover these expenses. I'm just going to wait and see how long it is before he calls, and rate the friendship from there.

So hotroddaddy, make sure you get this thing in concrete up front, or you will be doing a whole lot of work for very little profit, or none at all.

Don