I have been meaning to sell my toys on Ebay for a long time but never got around to actually doing it. Well trying to figure out what in the house I could sell was not an easy process, I have lot’s of junk according to my wife that I should get rid of. What is junk to her is precious to me.Â
Being a techie I had collected many computer and network equipment over the years. In the back of my mind I have this vision of putting together a massive complex network of switches, routers and servers at home. But most of the stuff just sat in my basement collecting dust as I could not bear to part with them. I have HP, Cisco, 3com, Dell, Dlink, Linksys, Nec and other brand routers, switches, servers and more.
Well I did it, last week I finally decided to setup an Ebay account. I created an account on Ebay and spent some time reading the informational documentation on the site. Registering for an account was straight forward, in order to verify my authenticity I had to enter my home phone number on Ebay. You cannot enter a cell phone number it must be a land line. I tried my cell number and Ebay was smart enough to recognize that it was not a land line, I was certainly impressed.  I then submitted my home phone number and within a minute I received an automated phone call from Ebay. I jotted down the verification number and then proceeded to enter the number on the website. Voila, I was registered and confirmed.
The next step was to create a Paypal account in order for buyers to pay me or if I wanted to buy something myself. To complete the registration I had to submit my credit card information on Paypal. I now had the means to get paid online through Paypal.
I picked a Cisco 2501 router as the first item to sell on Ebay because it was the lowest model of Cisco I had. The rest were Cisco 2514 and 2611 routers. I took photos of the router with my digital camera, and selected the one that did the most justice. I then proceeded to post the router on Ebay, it was pretty easy and intuitive. I simply followed the step by step wizard to complete my posting. For 30 cents more I added the show enlarge photo feature and selected 10 days posting. I selected only ship to United States and Canada option. Since this was my first venture into online auction I did not feel brave enough to venture beyond North America. My first item was now posted and online for auction on Ebay for $19.99.
