Ebay VS GeekHack for selling unwanted Keyboards

[LiquidEvilGaming]

Any thoughts as to the Pros/Cons of each and general recommendation?  Will be unloading some excess 60%'s soon and finding trades i want seems to be fairly difficult lately so straight selling may be a better option.

[jdcarpe]

Straight selling is almost always the better option, then use that money to buy what you want.

Selling on GH/MechMarket is better, IMO, because you don't have to deal with eBay's fees.

[fohat.digs]

Ebay is generally the better place for selling, even with their 10% tribute.

Enthusiasts on forums know what they want and keep a close eye on prices.

Ebay probably exposes you to a lot more high-rollers and international buyers, although they may not know as much minutiae regarding highly specialized items.

[ideus]

My experience, instead of an opinion, is that GH has been a great venue to get and sell keyboard items; besides, GH members are experts in keyboard stuff and prices tend to reach their top value while people are selling.

[fohat.digs]

My experience, instead of an opinion, is that GH has been a great venue to get and sell keyboard items; besides, GH members are experts in keyboard stuff and prices tend to reach their top value while people are selling.

My experience has generally been the opposite regarding price.
Ebay has consistently yielded higher prices.
 

[tp4tissue]

Advertise on Geekhack..

SELLLL on EBAY...


Everyone is insured...   Nothing bad can happen..

[muon]

I hate ebay, buyer protection is pretty ****ed up imo

also when you sell on ebay there's always a chance that a board/artisan leaves our community

[LiquidEvilGaming]

I hate ebay, buyer protection is pretty ****ed up imo

also when you sell on ebay there's always a chance that a board/artisan leaves our community

Artisan keycaps and or custom boards i would never sell on Ebay out of principal(Not that i have any insanely valuable of either but still).   Generally, anything i resell at all honestly is commercial stuff such as pok3r's,KBP V60's and easily obtainable Keycaps. 

[noisyturtle]

Well the biggest difference is here on Geekhack if you try to sell a Clack that you own and paid for people will bully you until you give up and throw it up onto eBay.

[ideus]

Talking about the Artisan's market is to discuss a very twisted thing, beyond any rules of Economy and most of the basic human wisdom. I always had a hard time trying to understand this bizarre phenomenon, of grown up guys and girls that want to spend hundreds in some of the most extreme examples of so called art, even worst, people being proud of display such convoluted figures on a keyboard.

[GL1TCH3D]

If anybody has read my complaints about ebay they know what I'd choose

[fohat.digs]

I always had a hard time trying to understand this bizarre phenomenon, of grown up guys and girls that want to spend hundreds in some of the most extreme examples of so called art,

What I have trouble with is the fixation on a couple of artists/shops to the exclusion of all else.

While a click-clack skull face is the "classic" that commands huge premiums, other artists are producing exquisite work that gets some small attention but nowhere near the dollars.

And the fact that it is overwhelmingly Cherry- and Topre-centric is particularly frustrating, although personally I would never even consider spending 3 digits on a key cap unless it was cast in a precious metal with an intrinsic value of at least half of the selling price.

I applaud Gloyz for keeping her prices in the $25-$50 range (still too high for me) even for her extraordinary work.

Booper is doing some nice things as well, but her volume seems pretty small.

[ideus]

I always had a hard time trying to understand this bizarre phenomenon, of grown up guys and girls that want to spend hundreds in some of the most extreme examples of so called art,

What I have trouble with is the fixation on a couple of artists/shops to the exclusion of all else.

While a click-clack skull face is the "classic" that commands huge premiums, other artists are producing exquisite work that gets some small attention but nowhere near the dollars.

And the fact that it is overwhelmingly Cherry- and Topre-centric is particularly frustrating, although personally I would never even consider spending 3 digits on a key cap unless it was cast in a precious metal with an intrinsic value of at least half of the selling price.

I applaud Gloyz for keeping her prices in the $25-$50 range (still too high for me) even for her extraordinary work.

Booper is doing some nice things as well, but her volume seems pretty small.

Popularity equals advertising, I have seen a couple of artisans, maybe the same you are referring to, that have been involved in controversies that just help their status to grow, I wonder if those were actual controversies or a very cleaver way to being noticed by the community.

[digi]

While a click-clack skull face is the "classic" that commands huge premiums, other artists are producing exquisite work that gets some small attention but nowhere near the dollars.

A good analogy would be old rare baseball cards, eg. Yogi Berra, Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, etc. They're always going to fetch a higher premium regardless if you liked them as players..