Selling on the forum

I know OGR likes for us to consolidate multiple items in a single listing. Nick

Post in the for sale forum.  

Put everything in one ad.

You may attract hesitant buyers by having multiple items they want.

Look at your items on eBay.  Refine the search to completed sales.  Look only at sales with multiple bids,  the more bids, the more likely it actually sold.

Price your stuff aggressively under ebay if you want it to sell quickly.  Current stuff that a lot of people can use like the Ross switches will bring good money especially if new.  The more obscure road names will need a deep discount.  Whereas NYC,  PRR,  UP , SF, Southern,  NS, CSX, etc will have far more buyers.

If you're moving in Nov I'd say you better get busy now

Pictures help sales.

Sorry you have to go through all this but I got dibs on al CB&Q stuff!!!    Not kidding.

lol

I see your email is in your profile.  That's a good start.

Doug N posted:

Pictures help sales.

They sure do.  No photo no sale.

As for protocol, first of all, do not try to post items for sale on this 3-rail forum. That’s against the terms of service. 

Second, follow the rules in the for-sale forum. Information is listed there.

Concerning a sale strategy, I would list items separately by category — for example, locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars and track.

If you are not already set up with PayPal, you may want to consider that for payments.

I sold roughly 90% of my collection consisting of nearly 300 pieces. Trainz took the majority and a local eBay seller the rest.. I did sell a batch of individual engines myself on eBay prior... 

I have sold a few things here and bought a lot.    I think it is a good site with a more focused audience than Ebay.    I personally feel uncomfortable dealing on Ebay.    I read some of the ads and it is obvious that the seller has not knowledge of what he is selling or is flat out lying based on the photos.

Thanks to you all for your help!  Its been a busy several days packing for staging the house but I plan to get a listing up this weekend.  Also lining up help to “surgically” separate my 21 x 8 ft table into sections that can be moved. Will post some pics next...

My experience is that selling stuff on the For Sale forum can be hit or miss.

One exception, though, is Ross turnouts and Gargraves track.  Priced fairly, this sells really quickly.

I listed my Ross turnouts separately, but bundled the track, curves, and bumpers into separate lots.  I think I sold everything within a week.

I even sold spools of unused wire as a lot and all of terminal blocks (had a lot of these as I set up the layout as a conventional layout) as a lot.

Jim

Go for it.  I have been listing here on the OGR with good success. Picture are a HUGE help. Its a buyers market out there so best of luck.