I have two computers, a laptop and a netbook, I want to sell. So far I've only tried local, and failed to come up with any buyers. So I'm thinking of listing it on ebay. However, I have no experience selling, or even shipping, stuff cross border. I know some of you have, what are the logistics involved?

E: Also if any of you are interested in a gateway atom netbook, or an HP laptop...

Maybe try http://www.gazelle.com/ to see what they will offer you first. I wouldn't expect much on eBay but maybe anything is better than nothing? I don't know.

figure out the packaging first... measure and weigh the packed laptop then use shipping calculators to figure out shipping costs

EBay charges you to list your sale, even if it doesnt sell. Its crap.

Um yea not much. And you get a buyer group you would never obtain. Works for me. I've made plenty money off ebay I would not have made otherwise.

Further more...it's effortless. Take a minute to post something. Wait the week. charge some thing stupid for s&g and mail the damn thing

Be careful. Buyers have all the power, sellers get screwed REGULARLY on eBay.

I used to sell everything on eBay until I tried Amazon & haven't looked back since. The only difficulty is when the item you're selling isn't in their database (you'll then have to pay for a seller membership but this has only happened to me 2 times out of almost 100 sales).

How much were you thinking about letting them go for?

This.

Ebay is a pretty horrible place to sell right now, espc. for something like a laptop.

I recently helped a buddy sell his desktop system, and the buyer couldn't assemble the system properly and damaged the cooling unit. He returned it at my friend's expense (over 150 in duty/brokerages, plus 150$ for the cooling unit) and the system ran fine as soon as my friend replaced the cooling unit.

Buyer invoked buyer protection, and Ebay's resolution was to refund everything, including initial shipping charges. So the buyer pretty much cost my friend almost 400$.

Keep it local, and make sure you don't accept any returns. Note that even if your auction on Ebay says "no returns", Ebay may still side with the buyer.

I've also had a lot of luck with Craigslist. I've sold just about everything that I've posted there without much trouble.

Also make sure that you require the AUTHORIZED RECIPIENT SIGNATURE when shipping. This way only the person who's listed on the package can sign for it and you will never get burned with the, "I never got it, seller scammed me." A friend of mine sold his MBP a few years back for $1400 and the guy renigged on payment claiming he never received the laptop. eBay reversed all charges and blackballed my friend as a scammer.

True. But the buyer can easily get the laptop, break it, claim it came that way, and you will be forced to return his money and accept the broken laptop. If you want to purchase postal insurance you must do so on your own dime and it's against eBay policy to charge the buyer for it. In the end you will have a broken laptop, you will be out what you paid to ship the item, and on your way to the post office to make a postal insurance claim assuming you bought it.

If there is a problem and the buyer asks eBay to review the case and eBay favors with them (which they will) you won't get your eBay fees back which are going to be around 15% of the selling price. eBay wants you to instantly refund the buyer on the first word of a problem so they won't have eBay review the case. Then you'll get your fees back.

Sellers cannot leave negative feedback for buyers. Only options are positive or don't leave feedback. Buyers can leave you negative feedback for just about any reason and there's almost nothing you can do about it.

I absolutely despise that company with a fierce bloody passion. They have no real competition because of the number of buyers that go to that site for anything and everything so they can treat their sellers however they want and they screw sellers on the word of a buyer on a secondly basis. If another company could offer me the customer base that eBay offers I'd ditch them in a nanosecond and pray to a god I don't believe in every single night that the company (and PayPal too) burns all the way to the ground.

But I digress.

Well I sold it to family, so case closed I guess.

ARRRGH!!!

I was asking how much you wanted for it... I am in need of something myself. I Hate shopping (online or in store or otherwise) for a laptop or netbook because of all the hassle and all the bells & whistles so to speak.

I pretty much need just something small that I could do word processing on and maybe go online every now and then to post something or read up on some news. Mainly the online part would be Massassi & Facebook, so nothing major.

Everytime I go someplace to find one they either try to sell me some huge over powered piece that I don't want or need. Even the small freakin netbooks are more than what I'm looking for and even they are over priced. As mentioned previously in the thread, shopping online kind of sucks. Ecspecially with technology. Never know what you're buying until you get it. Half the time it doesn't work or it's so packed full of viruses and other junk it's not worth it. Typically, secondhand computers suck. But sometimes I might make an exception. Tibby, in all the years I've spent on Massassi (When I posted before and even lurked), seems trustworthy enough for the exception.