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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Bengus81

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4. I sold operating systems (Windows XP) on there around 2006-2008

Reply to Vinca (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 1, 2026, 08:05 AM

5 hrs ago

It wasn't seller friendly back then either. The buyer was king,if they "claimed" they didn't get something ebay would yank the money of your account and you had no say in it.

USPS tracking was there but still in it's infancy. There were a lot of times the delivery people just couldn't be bothered to scan the bar code so it would show up as delivered. I sold my last XP and got the hell out in late 2008

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Ebay is updating User Agreement. Lots of changes, expensive ones. [View all] bucolic_frolic Thursday OP

ebay started out as seller frirendly. now it's just another corporate greedhog. and they charge a % on your shipping msongs Thursday #1

Ebay has always been like this. Their "improvements" are a disaster. I threw in the towel long ago. Vinca Friday #2

I sold operating systems (Windows XP) on there around 2006-2008 Bengus81 5 hrs ago #4

Selling on eBay was my main job in the early 2000's and not only did I make quite a bit of money, but it was fun. Vinca 5 hrs ago #5

Agree - I joined in the late 90s when it was really new. TBF 3 hrs ago #6

Ebay is updating User Agreement. Lots of changes, expensive ones. saif 11 hrs ago #3