but the real thing is to me - STAY AWAY FROM EBAY! between there fees and pay pal theres very little mark up, i would suggest craigslist, or put a listsing on ebay to look at ur craigslist page, ebay just eats up ur profits,
I highly disagree with the above statement.
Besides the fact that I have found craigslist a major waste of time, and tonz of SA scammers.
You are paying eBay for them hosting your items, the public exposure, and the safe buying enviorment for buyers. Even if you had your own site, and were newer established there is no chance you will get as many sales as what you could so on eBay.
If you are a occasional seller - then its much tougher - as your fees will be higher. But its not a business for you (as you aren't selling often)
Once you sell often, with having an eBay subscription, Top-Rated seller, and Lowe Paypal fees for a Merchant - then the total fees is not that high.
I have been selling on eBay for years, and as much as I hate all the fees I can't complain. I have sold thousands of items - that without eBay there would've been no way for me to make this amount of sale.
Edit: I have actually used craigslist a handful of times for buying selling cars and bikes, which I have did well, but I have never been able to sell an electronic item. I either got low ball offers, or a scam + you gotta factor in the time it takes to meet the buyer.