I had a person from the PS/2 newsgroup want to pay me for a floppy drive for
his portable and the need for speed was there, so instead of putting it on
closed auction I just simply told him what the cost was, sent him a PayPal
invoice, and waited for reply. PayPal showed the item paid for within the
hour and I shipped it that afternoon. Paypal charged me 30 cents for the
transfer which wasn't bad (about 3%) and he got the drive way before he
would have had his money order reach me. Another good side to this method is
that people can use a check or credit card, they don't have to pay expensive
money order fees, I don't have to screw with bad checks, and the item ships
asap, with a receipt from PayPal for the transaction. I also sold a Compaq
with EISA to a hospital lab in Boulder and they paid by credit card without
the item needing to be on auction. It was also shipped same/next day. I make
a buck or two on the items but I'm not getting rich with it, and the
reciever has the convenience of not having to get and mail a money order and
wait until it gets to me to ship, plus I clear my area much quicker this
way.
  -----Original Message-----
 From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jeffrey S. Sharp
 Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:03 AM
 To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 Subject: Re: Amiga items on eBay
 Quoting Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>om>:
  I find it distastefull to sell in this fashion to
your friends,
 and that is how I see the people on this list. 
 I don't know; that's a gray area.  I have had a friend bid and win
 on an auction (not a classiccmp item), and he was completely
 satisfied.  But then again that was only one guy, so not even I'm
 convinced.
 Like I have said before, I would offer something to the list before
 I would sell it on eBay.  Not that I have much to offer, but you
 never know, I might just run across the motherlode someday.
 --
 Jeffrey S. Sharp
 jss(a)ou.edu