A guy here at work asked me if I'd want to list an outboard motor for him. I hedged a bit due to the weight, but he said it'd be for local pick-up only. But the more I think about it, the more I'm tempted to decline. He's offering to give me all the fees plus a percentage of the selling price, and I did already sell another item for him (a new radar detector, so that was easy to take possession of to photograph and ship, etc.). But I keep thinking...I'd have to go to his house to take the pictures of it (he doesn't have a digital camera), he'd give me all the specs on it so I could write a description. But once people started emailing, they might want to check it out in person before they bid, and I don't want a bunch of people coming over to my house, so I'd rather keep the motor at his house, but then that creates a whole new situation, where people, or the winning bidder, would want/need to come by HIS house to see the item that I have listed, and the winner would have to go to his house to pick it up but yet write the check out to ME. It just seems more hassle than it's worth.
I did suggest before putting it on eBay, to list it on a local radio show called the Trading Post, and see if anyone buys it that way (no auction, just a set price). Otherwise, I'm tempted to just set him up with a basic listing and take/host the pictures for him, but let him list the thing under his own I.D. (he has one, but has only ever bought things) and he can worry about the people coming over and payment, etc. Then that way, too, he wouldn't have to cut me a commission.
What do you think?
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