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I'm selling a lot of my prized 40k stuff, as I never touch it the armies and times are hard, not finding any jobs, so it pains me to sell a lot of stuff. Any advice on selling on ebay and getting the most out of my cash? Im selling them squad by squad. Im selling all my sisters and a lot of chaos(both types), and my white scars army. After Grey Knights come out I might be ridding myself of the inquisition troopers too :(

P.S
My final armies I'm keeping is my dual lash nicely painted by me, and the Grey Knights/ Blood Angels converted so I can use them as either with sanguinary wings and paint scheme but need 3 drop pods, Dante, and a Librarian Dread =/ so I hope to break even/ get enough money for some beers

All i can say is it interest's me more if theres a buy i now thing also i might be interested in this

If you absolutely need the money within a week go with ebay. If you can wait a while then you may want to try opening a trade thread here or on bartertown or both.

Ebay takes about 10% of the final sale price in addition to any listing fees which is why a lot of people tend to at least try to sell on forums like this first.

Also Ebay is a land of extremes. If you have something desirable or rare you will get top dollar but if you have 50 bolter marines you might only get $5 for them.

"Buy it Now" is a good idea. Put a reserve on something if you are afraid it might sell below a price you find acceptable. "or Best Offer" is also a good option as it allows people to haggle with you a little on the buy it now price. Always put at least one picture. Make sure you list it in the correct category. Make sure your title is spelled correctly. Try to think of questions people might ask about the items and answer them preemptively in the description.

That's about all I can think of right now.

heres a funny thought. why not post what you have here matbe we can buy some

Or I can just give you a link to his current e-bay listings.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Space-Marine-Khan-bike-painted-/280621607844?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415659eba4

Your better off selling your army all together. Thats how i normally sell mine. You'd probably get quite a bit more if its mostly painted.

Here's a good piece of advice. If something isn't OOP, then DON'T list is as such.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440271a&prodId=prod810030a
I don't care how cheap something is, if the description is misleading, then I have to wonder how trustworthy the seller is.

I would've suggested selling as a lot, too... I've tried both ways, listing basically everything separately (which is a huge pain), selling as one large lot, and selling as several medium lots.

I've done best with medium lots... basically dividing auctions up into chunks that make sense, are desirable, and do not compete with each other. I sold a wood elf army in about 7 lots that way (with a few characters separate, so perhaps 10 lots total). However, each lot retailed for at least $150 or so.

Any smaller, and I feel like you start to compete with yourself when selling multiple units... that's what I would see the current auctions linked to above doing, unfortunately :-/

I've learned the hard way, especially about this:

TheLastEmperor wrote:Also Ebay is a land of extremes. If you have something desirable or rare you will get top dollar but if you have 50 bolter marines you might only get $5 for them.

All too true... sold hundreds of old static-posed high elf spearman for a pittance. Should've just kept the bastids, darn it . Still upset about it... on the other hand, my last auctions did pretty well, so I can't complain!

It seems to me that ebay is pretty advantageous to buy from, as you get near immediate results. I tend to look in the swap shop or on bartertown first, then head there... and similar for selling. If you have more time, you can look around for a sale/trade, but ebay will give you great turn around time.

The only other thing to remember is that if you're a new seller, they take a while to clear your payments via paypal. So although you *technically* have the money, you can't touch it for a month or so. I believe this goes away after you have 100 feedback or thereabouts...

I am interested in the Grey knight stuff you may have. I would Like a list and pics if possible.

J'santai Khan wrote:Here's a good piece of advice. If something isn't OOP, then DON'T list is as such.
http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat440271a&prodId=prod810030a
I don't care how cheap something is, if the description is misleading, then I have to wonder how trustworthy the seller is.

Thanks for the heads up. But just to clarify the models spear is gone, i glued a sword on instead, so used him as khan. He is nnot oop and I apologize to anyone who thought otherwise