engineerkyle
Member
An interesting phenomenom is happening with my eBay and website sales.
Regarding the auctions; I seem to be giving away models these days. I did a lot of eBay sales from 2007-2011 and I got reasonable payment for my listings. My custom weathered rolling stock would average about $40.00 per car. Sometimes I'd take a loss, and sometimes I'd hit a homerun. HO scale scratch buildings could top out for hundreds of dollars, usually averaging around $70.
Now, after taking a couple years off, I am offering models on eBay again. Because my skills have improved, I believe these items are even better than before. I get about the same number of views and watchers, but I've yet to get any serious bidding and I've been taking a bath on every purchase.
Are people not into trains as much these days? Is eBay different?
Regarding the auctions; I seem to be giving away models these days. I did a lot of eBay sales from 2007-2011 and I got reasonable payment for my listings. My custom weathered rolling stock would average about $40.00 per car. Sometimes I'd take a loss, and sometimes I'd hit a homerun. HO scale scratch buildings could top out for hundreds of dollars, usually averaging around $70.
Now, after taking a couple years off, I am offering models on eBay again. Because my skills have improved, I believe these items are even better than before. I get about the same number of views and watchers, but I've yet to get any serious bidding and I've been taking a bath on every purchase.
Are people not into trains as much these days? Is eBay different?