Selling on eBay....Ok/Not Ok???

[MartinD18]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

Go for it. Buy , sell trade , why not.

Its an auction . The market will determine the price. Nobody forces anyone to bid a certain price. You buy or not depending on your own perception of value so why is it gouging?

If there is shill bidding going on or suspected , don't bid.

Right on! Regarding the selling of lures for a profit after someone is gone, come on folks, get a grip. Regardless of what you felt about the person who made them, they are NOT religious artifacts for goodness sake, they are........................................fishing lures! geez...

[Back Beach]

Access to free markets is just one of the many pluses of being an American.
Ask any of the antis if they would like to pay your weekly bills or support you.
Go for it PB, and get top dollar while you are at it.
Capitalism=

[The Iceman 6]

Like most people, I agree - sell it. Why not, it's yours to do with whatever you want with it. Your choice.

[Mr. Sandman]

I don't have a problem with anyone selling gear on E-bay. I do have an issue with someone buying gear retail only to resell it the next day on ebay. Particualy if the item is difficult to come by or in limited quantities. For example, The edge was selling Beachmaster cowboys this spring at reasonable retail prices...I think around 23 bucks. The quantities sold had to be limited to 2 or 3 plugs because of this buying to just re-sell practice. Now, I would have liked to purchased 6 of them but I bought my 2 and moved on. But then next day guys were reselling them on ebay fo 2-3X (or more) the retail price.

Why should Joe Sixpack have the right to profit on this when the only thing he is doing is making life difficult for all of us more serious guys who actually want to FISH the plug? IMO The retailer or plug maker should be the one selling at ebay, not Joesixpack who just wants to resell for a few quick bucks while driving up the price . In fact there is something to be said for a plug maker only selling plugs one at a time on ebay. I am not saying I support this practice but it will yield the highest cash for the person(s) most deserving.

Again, I don't have a problem with ebay or selling/buying on ebay, I do it all the time but I don't buy from a retailer trying to keep the cost down for his walk in regular clients just to resell them for a few more bucks, it is really a kick in the ass against the good natured retailer and those regulars who actually use the gear.

[RIJIMMY]

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Why should Joe Sixpack have the right to profit on this when the only thing he is doing is making life difficult for all of us more serious guys who actually want to FISH the plug? IMO The retailer or plug maker should be the one selling at ebay, not Joesixpack who just wants to resell for a few quick bucks while driving up the price . In fact there is something to be said for a plug maker only selling plugs one at a time on ebay. I am not saying I support this practice but it will yield the highest cash for the person(s) most deserving.

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jim, your talking $20 plugs, how is this any different than stocks? I used to work for investmetn companies and we would have exclusive rights on IPOs. The stock is issued @ $50 a share, the next few days it was $300 share. Its all market demand. In fact the whole stock market is based on the theory of buying shares and selling them for much more to some sucker, er, investor.

[TheSpecialist]

Like most have said it is the American way. That being said there are certain people who do some things that rub me the wrong way, as was mentioned, buying up a stores stock of hard to get plugs then reselling them for a profit. Why not just contact the maker, and set up an account and sell em that way. Or the noob's who crawl up everyones ass to get in real good with certain people, spending tons of dough buying %$%$%$%$loads of their product, never using it and then when the time is right selling it off as high prices. YOU PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

I bought a full size lathe from a member here at a great price. I never got to use it and probably could have sold it for more than I p[aid for it. I chose not to, and only to recoup my investment.