quote:Originally posted by JeffS:
Might be nicer to have a little less competition. I remember in the "old days", yessir, when you found something unique at a garage sale, you were most likely the only one who had that item listed. You sold it for a lot. Today, nothing is unique. It's amazing. Find the most unique item you can think of, and there are ten of them listed, with twenty closed in the past 10 days (with maybe 1 or 2 sold).
Yes, I remember those days, I started selling on Ebay in 2001. I sold some amazing cool stuff and made more money on each item back then. Now I don't bother with the kind of stuff I used to sell because as Jeff says, "Nothing is unique." I am lucky that I found a niche that is profitable and interesting to me because it would not be worth it otherwise.