pretre wrote:

 Polonius wrote:
Selling used GW is a hassle. Nobody wants everything you have, everybody wants to pay the lowest possible price, and shipping is both costly and a hassle. I try to break lots into $40 or bigger chunks, but that doesn't always work out. The smaller the auction, the greater the gross return, but the more you pay in fees and shipping. As always, you have to factor in the time you spend.

If you are committed to selling (not trading) and want to get as close as reasonably possible to market price, eBay is the only practical option. I love bartertown or the Swap Shop here, but your lots are going to be competing against guys doing blow out fire sales. When you can buy full armies for pennies on the dollar, it lowers the market price. there's nothing wrong with blowing stuff out on the Swap Shop, it's often a convenient way to get rid of stuff, but it's not the best return.

I dunno Polonius. I've spent the last 2-3 years or so buying 40k lots and flipping them through Bartertown, Dakka's Swap Shop and a local forum in Oregon/Washington. So far, on the deals I've made I've put out about a 45% profit (not including all the trade goods I get out of the deal for myself). That may not sound like much, but basically it has paid for every hobby related purchase (40k, video games, kickstarters, etc) for the last couple years. I specifically do not ebay anything. Do I end up with some dregs? Yeah, but if I'm patient someone buys them eventually or I throw them in with another lot as a bonus which keeps my rep up.

From a pricing standpoint, I generally start at 50-60% depending on condition and work down the longer I have it. I make my money back on a lot in 2 weeks on average (record was 2 days) and I've only had one downer (which I'm still 70 bucks down on a month out).

TLDR: If you put some time into it, you can easily move stuff without eBay and make a profit.

 Polonius wrote:
If you're describing large lots and parting them out, that's been a pretty decent, if labor intensive, way to make some cash. Things get tougher if the original stuff was bought at or near full retail, of course.

But that's part of my point: I don't have a ton of free time, and I have to keep in mind what my time is worth when selling my lots.

 Mecha_buddha wrote:

Maybe, but ebay has buyer and seller protection built in. I have had some sour trades on dakka and bartertown and there is really no recourse other than publicly shaming them in the bad trader section. If you are a new trader with a lower rep your story gets discounted.

I have used ebay for years and and now that i am selling 40k stuff I get non-pay bidders constantly.