eBay has been slowly peeling it's skin off for almost two decades now. There was that brief time after they started that it embodied the culture of the web's immense reach, then they started fucking with the system.
I gave up being a seller in 2006.
Yea 98 to about 2002 were good years to be an ebay seller
That's when I made most of my sales. Used to sell surplus electronic components, but things started to get weird about the time you say.
I was selling OOP cds mostly
I bailed in 2006 also
I bought a lot on ebay, but after selling a used guitar one time I gave up.
eBay still is decent enough for buyers. For me, at least, it's the easiest way to get allotments of odd electronics components that wouldn't otherwise be on the market, or would be there at high prices. It's also a great place to get things like OEM branded laptop chargers and other parts that would cost a lot through a retail distributor.
Unless you're a high volume seller these days, eBay doesn't need you.
I still buy guitar parts there occasionally, but will never sell anything there again.
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