FROM SOMEONE WHO PROMOTES SWAPMEETS AND WHO ALSO SELLS ON EBAY--THEY BOTH HAVE THERE BENEFITS---MY EX-PARTNER WAS ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT EBAY,CRAIGSLIST, ETC TAKING OVER ALOT OF OUR BUSINESS--I FIND THE OPPOSITE!! MOST GUYS AND GALS ATTENDING MY MEETS ARE THERE TO "PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE PART" OR BUYING TO LATER RESALE ON THE INTERNET!! A BIG MAJORITY ARE STILL NOT IN THE "COMPUTER WORLD" AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO WERE ELSE TO TURN (I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE BUT I SEE IT EVERY TIME) ALOT OF OLDTIMERS STILL REALLY DO BRING OUT BARN FINDS! AND IT NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME OF WHAT U CAN SEE!! MY MEETS ARE IN HOUSTON AREA WITH 3-4 MILLION WITHIN 100 MILES SO I HAVE REALLY LARGE CROWDS ! ECONOMY SEEMS TO HURT SOME RIGHT NOW BUT MEETS ARE STILL LARGE!! NOW FOR EBAY --IN LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE SOLD 13-15 G'S OF PARTS -MOSTLY MY OWN COLLECTIONS --SOME BOUGHT TO RESALE--I FIND IF U DO YOUR HOMEWORK WHEN BUYING (CHECKING FEEDBACK MAINLY) U WILL NOT HAVE MANY PROBLEMS--WHEN SELLING --U WILL GET SOME SQUIRRELS BUT FOR THE MOST PART I HAVE NOT HAD ANY MAJOR PROBLEMS!! I USE PAYPAL EXTENSIVELY SO U CAN INVOICE PEOPLE AND GET ALMOST IMMEDIATE PAYMENT--THE 3.9% CHARGE IS JUST PART OF THE SALE TO ME FOR THE EASE OF THE PAYMENT AND PEACE OF MIND!! SORRY FOR THE LONG SPEECH--BOTH HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR ME JIM
