My brother makes a pretty good living selling on eBay. He deals mostly with WWII memorabilia so he has pretty specific market. He spends his time at garage/estate sales picking up "stuff" and cleaning it up and selling it on eBay. He's come across some pretty rare finds.

One was an authentic Samurai Sword that was received as a ceremonial gift. He did some research on it and realized that it was worth more than he could insure it. He actually found the original family to whom it belonged and offered it back to them. They live here in the US now and it ended up in my brother's museum display for a while and I believe it is now on loan to a Japanese cultural display as the family did not want it back.

He's had some back luck on eBay, but also some pretty good sales. He has learned over the years what to do and what not to do.

I have sold some things on eBay, got burned once and learned my lesson on shipping. I buy on eBay but do my homework first to set my upper limit on pricing.

My husband buys a lot of rolling train stock on eBay as it ends up better price and better quality than what he can get in the local hobby store.

For those interested in discipline on EBAY for fraud sellers:

The Neil Entwistle trial is having an EBAY witness to explain
how he defrauded people and why he was unregistered with them. Estimated time is this afternoon. But it may be earlier,
or delayed to Monday. It is on TruTV --cable-- aka Court TV.
If it goes beyond 3pm, TTV stops coverage. It will then be on YouTube. I'll get that link if that happens! The whole trial is on YouTube for those who missed it so far!

I will be watching in any event!

I googled information on Entwhistle. There is much on him but a short version of what I found. He was a jobless computer programmer from England. (So you know he knew how to use the computer to get what he wanted).

He hosted a pornographic website that offered to make people millionaires in return for upfront payments. This was separate from eBay. Then he moved porn thru different eBay ID's. They aren't sure if his wife was also involved in this.

You do not have to accept a second chance offer. eBay does not say that you have to accept a second chance offer. If indeed it said that, it was probably a scam. And, granted some are scams. I have gotten lots of second chance offers and that's just normal. Some I've accepted and some not. Only if I want the item do I accept it. Numerous second chance offers have been used on items I sell. Some accept and some do not. It doesn't matter to me.

I do not bid on items I might want that the starting bid is more than I want to pay or the shipping and handling cost isn't realistic. If the shipping cost isn't listed, I either ask about it or just don't bother with it and go on to another.

And, as you know, you do not get feedback for items you do not win. It's only after a successful completion of a transaction that you get feedback.

I have seen where a seller's ID was hijacked and the person who did it was selling porn - blatantly. Also, I was hijacked by someone selling an expensive motorcycle and they spared no expense on the listing fees. I reported it to eBay and it was taken care of quickly.

eBay is all over the world and so you are going to get some of this stuff as a seller. Maybe not often but it certainly can happen. As a buyer, of course you do not have to worry as much.

Just my experience and thoughts.

I have TRIED to BUY on EBay but I can never get in. There is such a hassle with my Password it won't let me in. There have been Many things I wanted to buy but couldn't. I am SAD.

I could sell some things too, that'd sure help but I can't work EBay.

You could get change your Password. Or get a new ID and Password. Also, you can ask for help if that doesn't work.

I tried that. It still gives me the same trouble.

Wiix, have you contacted eBay for help? There's Live Chat on the site and also customer support by phone # 800-322-9266

eBay store owners also get an dedicated Stores Customer Support number to help with all things related to sales and setting up a store.