I heard you had to pay to upload more than one pic or to add a subtitle is this true?

Forgot to comment on this part.

They do charge .50 cents for a subtitle but they shot themselves in the foot a few months ago when they expanded the available number of characters in the main title. You can often say everything you want right there.

I DO use the subtitle when I am selling something for LOCAL PICKUP ONLY as this helps some prospective buyers decide whether to even open the post and look at the item. If they live in New York and I am selling it for local pickup in California, it's just a waste of their time.  I have even gotten thank you's from people for including that line..."Local pickup only in 'Podunk', California".

On the other hand I have also gotten emails from folks who say..."I'll pay the shipping, can I go ahead and bid?"
One fellow bought a rustic, cabin-oriented, American Handicraft lamp that way. He only lived 400 miles away and went ahead and bought it. I told him before he bid what the shipping would be. He bought it but a WEEK LATER he backed out and I had to relist it. I immediately put him on my blocked bidder list. The next guy was better. He lived 1500 miles away but the $140 shipping didn't stop him and he got a one of a kind item.




This was a great lamp and well worth the $500 plus shipping he paid. All four panels of the shade and all four surfaces of the upright had different hand-carved nature images.

I was planing of posting some ads on eBay this weekend to get rid of inventory for the first time. Can anybody give me the basics/tips that can help me from making newbie mistakes. Dose eBay charge you by ad or commission? I heard you had to pay to upload more than one pic or to add a subtitle is this true?

1) Jump in !
2) They might charge you up to $1.00 or so for the listing (or may be free)
3) If you sell an item they will charge you roughly 10% of the selling price as a final value fee.
4) You will want a PayPal account as that is what most buyers use to pay with.
5) You can tie your PayPal account to your checking account for easy transfer of your earnings.
6) Charges to you will go to your credit card (if that's the route you take).
7) Use calcuated shipping...your zip to theirs based on size, weight and zip code.
Use UPS and USPS. You can print labels right from your home printer.

Just jump in. Sell a few things  in the $10 to $50 range to get the feel of it.

The "high fives" are back after winning a unit (I love how excited newbies get).

Now THAT'S funny !

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Meanwhile, pretty dry all right. I go to one set of auctions tomorrow (Oct 18) and next week auctions on 4 of the 5 weekdays...surely I can get SOMETHING !  (and don't call me Shirley)

I would guess "washed" and if the clothes are anything like the ones I found last Saturday in a unit it should really saw "TOSSED"  

You would be right...on both counts !

Also, the word on the top of the box says "drity".  No child left behind !

Went to one of 4 auctions by the same auctioneer on Friday the 12th. Didn't bid on any of them. Crowd was about 30 with half of those being newbies....never seen any of them before !

Next place I never go to as IMO they steal stuff from the lockers AND set up the others !  Then skipped the next two as well preferring to work in the lkr I bought Thursday.  Will talk to other attendees next week and report back if anything special went on or was found.

Went to 3 auctions Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 all by same auctioneer.

Small crowd (maybe 12 to 15) and better than half were regulars, but it was a fairly quiet scene as the lockers were mainly crap.

First place had 5 I think and I got one of them (a 10 x 10) for $100 and looks like it might net 600 or so.

Second place had 10 lkrs and a good 7 of them were trash. I think 3 of those went for $1. One good 10 x 10 went for $350 and it did look pretty good, but I didn't want to go higher on it.

Third place had one locker...sold for $65.

A theory that there are fewer good (or even average) lockers due to people paying up their locker bills might be right in my area at least. A result of the tv shows might be that lkr owners are seeing that their stuff will be sold if they don't pay. 

LOL! We see the man with a eye-patch ads for Comcast in our area (Atlanta)

for Comcast ?

Here's the actual commercial.

http://www.popisms.com/TelevisionCommercial/49909/DirecTV-Commercial-2012.aspx