Not sure how to find out how long I’ve been selling, actually. I’ve had my account about 15 years. Got me beat.
Member since: Dec 08, 1996
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Member since: Oct 03, 2011
But that’s my current account for comics related stuff mostly. I had an account prior to that probably around the time eBay debuted in 1995 when I sold misc stuff and mostly computer related stuff back in the late 90s. But that account got abandoned, I think it was with an email that just no longer exists as a domain more than likely with an old ISP during those times.
Member since: Feb 04, 2000
I’ve been a member since 2000 but I can’t remember the exact date. Last year they sent me a congratulatory email for being a member for 25 years. That’s how I know my particular situation.
I have been a member longer than that but this is my selling time.
I joined in January 1998. Where do you find the selling time?
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Remember back in the early days of eBay you didn’t even have to have a picture of your item with your listing, lol? Wild times.
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I used to sell a lot on Yahoo Auctions before moving to eBay. That was wild back in the day
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April 1997
Ya, it was the wild west back then. Like someone else mentioned I was mostly selling computer parts on there.
That’s me, and I think to date I’ve still sold more computer parts and tech stuff than comics over the past almost 30 years I’ve been on the platform. I guess it helped back in 2016-2017 the company I worked for was basically going under and me and the manager at the time struck a deal for all the hardware they didn’t need when downsizing as incentive to stay as retention bonus as we were told we’d be losing our jobs more than likely in 4-6 months. We sold well over 60k worth of stripped down servers and equipment in about a 6 month span. It was nice supplemental income and it paid for several vacations. 
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Early on I was buying pallets of decommissioned systems and parting them out. Later I had a few situations like you did as well. I got away from selling electronics probably 20 years ago. In the end I like selling comics and toys more.
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Yeah, computer parts can be tedious and just like comics where some claim buyers likely swap out a damaged book with a new one they bought, people would try that crap with computer parts. It was always fun to ask them to send a pic of the serial number so I can match… “Ooops, sorry, I got this mixed up with another seller!” was the very likely reply to excuse themselves for trying to get that free part. 
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I loved half.com
I sold so much there. Could walk into a bookstore or thrift shop and make so much money. Really miss half.
Ya’ll been using Vinted much? No seller fees and I don’t have to pay shipping. A great place to put my $5 or $10 books, or these little movie promotional pins I got a sack of for $2 each.
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I haven’t tried it. I saw the ads on TV and it made me think it was more for clothing and shoes?