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After deciding to have a right good clear out I've got quite a fair bit of stuff that I'm going to sell. I've sold stuff on E-Bay numerous times but never quite in these quantities before.

As the stuff I'm selling represents a large amount of both money and time to me I want to make sure I'm taking the most sensible option.

I'm selling a relatively small sized Lizardman army, my excess Marine stuff and a large Dwarf army.

Selling stuff seperately has it's advantages, I believe you generate more money than if you were to sell them all as one lot.

The disadvantages to selling individual bits as I seem them are:

1) Waiting for 20 different people to pay as opposed to a few can be frustrating. I like to post all my stuff in one go and get it done, waiting on a couple of people to pay means multiple trips to the Post Office.

2) Certain items may not sell. I'm looking for a fine balance of shifting my stuff and a reasonable return. Unsold items just means relisting them over and over. Not ideal.

I would prefer to sell my stuff in large lots but I fear alienating potential buyers who may not want to buy a full army and as a result do not bid as they only want one or two component parts.

Any of you have experience selling large lots on E-Bay? Are there enough potential buyers out there to warrant selling them in large lots or am I better breaking them down?

I dislike having Buy It Now prices on stuff so would want to avoid putting them on my items but would feel a little bit paranoid my stuff might go for a ridiculous cheap price. How do people feel about reserve prices? I have never bid on items that have a reserve and would be worried that others may not for my stuff.

Any help is appreciated.

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There are plenty of people who can afford to bid £20-50, but fewer who would want to put down £200-500. As there is less competition at the higher end of the scale, you may only get 1 or 2 bids and there will be fewer people who will "top out" your bids.

For example, I bought a massive 5000 point eldar army on ebay for about £200, split it up and have sold about 3000 points of it for about £400 by splitting it up into smaller lots.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968535.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968535.page GMT

Joking aside I'm happy if someone were to buy it and make a bit for themselves by breaking it up. It's just that I don't want to get stung really.

I'm probably being a bit over anal about it all. I have probably only ever played 3-4 games of fantasy in my life so the models are pretty useless to me. It's just that the Dwarves alone would retail at near £500. Whilst I am obviously not expecting anything like that amount if it all went for £30 I wouldn't be laughing





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(you wouldn't happen to have metal longbeards, or the last classic wheeled grudge thrower in that dwarf lot, would you? )]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968790.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968790.page GMT SM stuff you have an what prices you have in mind. You might not even need to go to eBay.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968854.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968854.page GMT
Yeah was considering putting the stuff on here but there is very little (and pretty specific) stuff I would like to swap. I'll have never traded on here before so might have a quick butchers at the Swap Shop rules and put my stuff on here. Suppose if nothing comes of it I could always put it up on ebay in a few weeks time.

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well, there's plenty of buying/selling going on in swap shop, so good luck]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968935.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4968935.page GMT
But a little advice, when you break down the army in certains groups to sell as one, put the 'high demand' stuff with the 'unwanted' stuff. for example, i had 10 assault marines. Realistically, they would not sell, as assault marines aren't great. So i put them with a LRC and sold them as a lot. Needless to say, they sold. If you dont do something like that, you'll be left with a pile of models you cant shift because they are undesirable.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4974688.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4974688.page GMT
My buddy wanted to buy my Skorne off of me, but wouldn't buy the army as a whole, simply wanted bits and pieces, but basically would have left me with 4 warcasters, 2 light beasts, and a unit or two. Yes it's still a playable army, but it would be a severely gimped army.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4975143.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/488365/4975143.page GMT
Thanks for the input guys.

No-one has yet touched on the point I made about Reserve prices. Whats the general consensus? I have never bid on any items that carry a reserve, what about you guys? I understand the security it poses for a buyer but do you find it a deterrent from bidding? same as BIN prices as well really.

Ta

Boar

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