why separate buy/sell accounts on eBay?

I understand that it isn't a good idea if what you are selling was acquired through them. Starting a selling account would mean from scratch with zero feedback, and we always hear about what a "red flag" that is. My personal account has been there for quite awhile, but still has less than 100 transactions. I've bought and sold from this account in the past. Just wanted to hear some advantages and disadvantages to having separate accounts. Ps. I'm not in a position where I need to hide any transactions from my better half

 

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At one time I had two separate accounts on eBay and why I did that was to keep my sales separate from my purchases solely because it was easier to keep track of each. I was doing enough buying and selling it made it so much easier to keep track of what I needed to pay for and who I needed to collect from and ship to. When the time came where it was no longer practical to keep two accounts I merged them into one.

I regularly bought and then resold items purchased from other eBay sellers when I had a single eBay account and never worried one bit if the person I bought something from relisted it for sale on eBay or not. I did not care what they did with what they bought from me.

 

I have a buy and a sell, because I do not want people to see what price I paid for what they are buying from me. If I sell it for more, they might be upset if they see what I got it for.

 

There are some crazies out there that will try to exact their revenge on you if they feel slighted in any small way. E.g., you leave them negative feedback, they will do the same, hit you with a SNAD, etc.

 

With eBay's new policies a person cannot see what other bidders have bought or what a seller has sold as they used to so, now having two accounts is not necessary.

I bought a large quantity of NOS Capital Plastics holders from an antique dealer buying up all of his BIN listings. I even asked for a list of what else he had left and he knew I was buying them for resale. He did not care, he was making his profit and I got inexpensive flea market inventory.

 

I search for serial numbers of graded coins before I purchase them to see what that EXACT coin sold for in the past. I guess your method works on raw coins though.

 

I do mainly buy and sell raw. I occasionally buy graded for my own collection, and might sell if I find the right buyer. Where do you search the serial number to see what it sold for? I never knew you could do this.

 

Interesting. I knew they have been changing feedback, but I did not really realize this. I will probably still use separate names, because I still think some people would not be happy if they saw me buying and selling both with the same name. If they realize I bought the coin I just sold for less on ebay (in other words, they could have bought the exact same coin for less a couple weeks earlier) they might not be happy. Which is silly, but some would not like it.

 

The "less" you know about a seller and where s/he acquired their inventory, the better off the seller is.

 

I guess that's the way this politically correct society is now, so worried what other people think that they are so paranoid. Back in 1998 when I first registered on eBay and you could see the buy/sell history of everyone and knew exactly who your competition was when bidding. Very few people cared about the sort of things people are so afraid of now. I bought a LOT of stuff, no coins, on eBay and then relisted it on eBay within days after receiving that stuff and I never got any sort of "revenge" from buyers or sellers about what I paid for or sold those things for. No one cared, it was all part of doing business.

 

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Years ago I sold a bunch of vintage Bullard hard hats . A local guy had offered dirt to buy them. He also sold them on eBay. After a dozen or so very successful auctions, all of a sudden the next half dozen or so were all won by new users with no feedback, were never paid for, and I had to petition for a return of the fees and all that crap. It really killed the experience for me. Pretty sure it was that local guy (competition) messing with me.

Again, these items were mine to begin with. I did not buy them on eBay to resell.

 

Many have two separate accounts to do their buying and seller like many have mentioned here. It is also good for preventing customers seeing how much you paid for an item if you plan to resell it.

 

Thinking of trying it out ....