Buying and Selling Equipment Between personal and school purchases, I have bought and sold an insane amount of stuff online

Locally - Market Place – be sure to subscribe so that you get postings of when stuff is posted.

SETexas Classifieds One free ad for everybody. Good place to sell, fast – People like Face to Face, resale prices tend to be a little higher than ebay. Buying not as good…people tend to ask too much.

Texas Photo Forum Subscribing with daily will give you first debs on some really good items being sold on TPF on a regular basis.

Ebay Great for buying and selling – Only 2-3 purchases gone awry…but all resolved in the end. Don’t mess with “auction” auctions for either – Use BIN (Buy It Now) for buying and Selling Especially when selling…prevents snipping (last minute buyers purchasing with 3 seconds left in an auction) When buying, you MIGHT save a few bucks trying to win an auction, but if you can find a BIN, you will save time, which in the long run is money. When buying – Look for solid feedback – Write the person first for big ticket items

Henry’s – Good Value, but check Amazon first. Ebay lowest price, plus shipping is almost the same as Ebay with full USA warranty.

Ebay Selling Is a bit more complicated these days. – Paypal is pretty much required. Which means you are going to pay Ebay to sell, then PayPal to receive the money. – Have to make sure it is a BIN, or somebody can come along and take your item for next to nothing. If you put a reserve price, you pay extra. – Cost to list an item even if it doesn’t sell. Amazon…no charge for listing

Amazon Excellent for buying Excellent for selling – Search for time, then click: “Sell yours here” Sells very quickly, very easy to post using special Amazon account at Amazon handles the payment…sends you the money – You can set your price to a $1 under the next lowest person and your item will usually sell within a day. Set the price a few dollars higher, and eventually it will sell…just keep up with the price (easy to do in the seller central).