Before tv shows I would say 4-12 buyers on average. I actually had shown up at auctions and was the only person and they wouldn't sell anything and cancelled the auction.

It's not just about saying USA only in your listing, unless your policies are set to ONLY ALLOW us buyers even if you say US only but have your settings for global your still screwed so check your settings if you don't want to ship internationally.

As for how to handle it, its really up to you. If your ebay feedback is really important to you then take the hit and ship the item and take the loss yourself and take it as a lesson learned. If you dont care as much and are willing to roll the dice tell the buyer what happenned, tel them what hte actual shipping costs are and see if they are willing to pay or maybe split the difference. Can't hurt to ask even if they say no you can still deny the sale if thats what you want to do.

Are you just selling some stuff on the side or are you trying to be a businessman? If your trying to be a business man you made the mistake, you honor the sale and take the loss. If your just hustling on the side and don't want to be a true business then you can back out of the sale

I recently saw someone selling something and I realized the price was listed wrong. I bought on purpose just to see what would happen as it was an item I was interested in. I bought three items, the guy honored the sale and took a $375 loss, I know that for a fact because i know what the cost of his items is because the nature of the items its a fixed price ie silver and currency.

I guess it kinda depends. For a business or service I kinda expect a professional company to have a more professional presentation such as an HTML ad with pics of examples of work, sales, specials, etc. If were jjust talking about someone sellign an old dresser I don't think it's necessary and could possibly see it turning some people off as everyone on craigslist wants bargains and maybe they see a professional ad and think its a store or think it will be priced higher becauese of that or think you may not be as willing to bend on price because of that.

I found a used condom stuck to the bottom of a plastic tote. The guy who's unit it was was obviously at one point in the marines at camp lejune. Does that count as a military item? Dont think the resale price wll be too high though.

I've done some focus panel stuff through gigs. It's about an hour phone call, or you go in and spend an hour talking about a particular topic. Kinda fun, easy $50 when you're in a pinch.

i apply to some of these but either never hear back or its at a time that doesnt work for me. some seem to pay pretty well though

the only method that makes any sense and there's a legit reason to do is paypal. you can pay things on paypal with a credit card so if someone doesn't have cash they can pay you with credit via paypal if you dont have your own merchant processor. that said you'd want to do it as sending cash orpayment for a nontangible good otherwise people can open claim, you wont have tracking since you delivered and they will get their money back

theres a number of documentaries and books not on exactly this topic but same idea, with basically a smartphone and craigslist you can iethe rrely on the kindness of strangers or hustling to make your way. theres a movie called craigslist joe and i think another few small youtube docs about this

Good craigslist post are so simple yet nobody does this. Ask yourself if I was gonna buy this what would I want to know?

Info about product, is it working properly, maybe why your selling it. Clear pictures, pictures from multiple angles. Dimensions if its osmething larger that may not fit in a car.

I cant believe how many ads have no pics or someone takes a pic of a car or motorcycle from inside their garage at night iwth a dim yellow garage light. It's like hey I know what the sillouette of a bonneville looks like I wanna see what YOUR car looks like.