A year and a half ago, selling a video card on eBay was basically the same as paying someone to punch you in the face. It was as likely you’d get an INAD and eat the loss as anything else. So when I had one to sell, I sold it on FB Marketplace, and meeting in person for that much money didn’t feel a lot less sketchy but at least it was in public and I could count the money.

Now, I want to replace a Nvidia card with an AMD one and that leaves me selling the Nvidia. It would be extremely convenient to sell it on eBay, but I’m looking for some perspective on whether the buyer protection scams have died down for video cards over there now that the shortage has passed, or if it’s still basically a waste of time.

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    Can’t say from a seller’s perspective but I was purchased my vid card from eBay so there are legitimate buyers.

    Does eBay do more for buyer protection than seller protection?

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      I’ve been told eBay will always side with the buyer. That said, I’ve sold a lot of stuff on eBay and have never had any issues.

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      Yes. If you are a buyer and you submit INAD, you can say anything you want and ebay will side with you. 100% of the time. Even if you lie. And if they initially don’t, just keep it up and they will. Then, when you “return” the empty box to the seller, there’s nothing they can do about it.

      There are stories all over ebay about it. And I’m not a big seller btw, I’m just a dude who sells odd stuff to pay for new stuff. When I get screwed, which I occasionally do, it hurts because every time it feels personal unlike if it were my job.

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    Nothings changed, it’s still a shit show where buyers have all the protection and small sellers are easily screwed over. That’s not likely to change at eBay.

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          Apparently they are using discord now, and I might give it a shot. Might not be a bad idea to link that in the sidebar here.

          I wonder if it’s worth the extra cost to ship. Will have to investigate more.

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            I’ve nothing but good experiences with that subreddit.

            I’m not well versed in discord, but I may have to check it out.

            It’s one of the subreddits I was most sad to see fall to reddit’s nonsense.

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            Interesting, I didn’t know that. I know reddit is dying so good on them for migrating. I would think the buyer would pay shipping? If they have a good reputation system, seems like a better option than eBay.

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              I’m sure that the buyer can be expected to pay for shipping, but at the end of the day for any buyer the “price” is inclusive of all fees, and for the seller the “profit” is minus expenses. So if it’s cheaper to ship using eBay’s discount, that means the buyer pays more or the seller makes less.

              In the end it’s probably worth it for the peace of mind, though. I’ve personally never been screwed on a big ticket item and I don’t mind selling stuff for under $100 on ebay. If I lose, it’s lost, right? My feelings about eBay so far are that I’m selling there as much for altruistic reasons… I don’t want the material to be landfill, someone can get a deal (I do it all the time), and I’d like to recoup some cash as well to spend on hobbies. The couple times I’ve been hassled and lost money on ebay, it totaled less that $50.

              I’d be super upset if I got screwed for several hundred.

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          I was going to recommend r/hardwareswap but I’m not sure how it’s faring since 3PA’s we’re nixxed.

          Sad, because I’ve bought and sold several GPUs there with no issue.

          Was actually looking to sell my Ayaneo2 in order to partially find an ROG Ally but didn’t have the time before July.

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    I sold my 1070 on ebay very recently. No problems there and it seems like the price inflation has died for the most part

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    I’m on my third repost. I keep having scammers and people that don’t pay when they win. Maybe this time my 3090 will sell.

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      Better they don’t pay at all than they do, you ship, they complain, then return you an empty box or a broken card for a full refund.

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        Oh they pay. Then I have to do a refund and wait for that to go through before I can relist it

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    Make sure to require immediate payment and do buy it now. Competing sellers will place bad bids on your item and you waste 2 weeks. Other than that and fees its fine.