selling parts on ebay?

[fordson major]

anyone sold parts through ebay? have a bunch of david brown and case parts that are cluttering up the shop, things like power steering, clutches, pumps et al. ,have too make some room for other parts so was thinking ebay but is it worth the hassle or should i just dump the parts?

[OntarioMan]

If your parts are rare, expensive or in demand - you'll probably make out fairly well on Ebay.

Ebay, like any other form of selling, can be a hassle. With Ebay, most buyers are not local, so you're left to deal with shipping, which is never fun.

[clovis]

Do your research first, then decide to sell what you have. Just look at the completed sales.

I cleared out a bunch of junk on ebay, and it brought over $800.

Ebay is great...list it if the items you have are selling.
Clove

[Ken Scharabok]

Problem with eBay is if you do regular listings, and items don't sell, then it can be somewhat expensive. If you already have an eBay store, then they can be parked there for not a lot per month, but here you have to set a price, rather than letting it be bid against.

As noted above do some searches on open and closed listings to see what might be selling.

[Ken Scharabok]

If the part(s) will fit in a priority mail flat rate box (two sizes available) or a priority mail flat rate envelope shipping doesn't need to be difficult. USPS will also provide the boxes free.

Currently rates are $4.60 for the envelope and $8.85 for the boxes. Up to 70 pounds in either to any U.S. Zip Code (which includes AK, HI, FPO, APO and U.S. Terrorities).

Box sizes are 3.5 x 12 x 14 or 5.5 x 8.5 x 11. Boxes are not very strong and thus need to be reinforced inside or well taped outside.

USPS will also furnish free some other sizes of regular priority mail boxes. While technically a violation of the agreement to receive the boxes, UPS doesn't seem to have any problems in accepting something put in a USPS PM box.

[Esteban29304]

Maybe contact these guys first to get ideas..

http://www.dbtc.co.uk/