Can anyone recommend.....

[JustTheTip]

......an alternative to eBay? I've seen some through Google, but wondered if anyone has used any other auction sites.

[vescovo]

Never used it, and don't know what the URL is, but there is a police auction site

[MilnerR]

vescovo said:

Never used it, and don't know what the URL is, but there is a police auction site

Bumblebee auctions run by the rozzers....

[burnt]

Bumble bee auctions, or something like that.

[Ribol]

I have sold loads of items on ebay, any problems I have had have been with the buyers. No matter where you go you will always have problems dealing with dipsticks.
The more people that attend any auction the bigger the chance you have of getting more for your item. There is nobody bigger than ebay, nor is there ever likely to be in the future. They have it sewn up.

[PetrolTed]

www.ebid.co.uk

www.qxl.com

[mxdi]

Depends what you are selling/buying.
Market place at Amazon is another way of buying cheap second hand stuff, just limited to types of merchandise- i/e good for books, dvd etc.

[Pigeon]

There must surely be a place for a simply buying-and-selling-stuff site, like free-ad newspapers, for people who want to, er, buy and sell stuff, at an advertised price, without going through all that auction bollox.

[vescovo]

Loot and FindIt

[simpo two]

Pigeon said:

There must surely be a place for a simply buying-and-selling-stuff site, like free-ad newspapers, for people who want to, er, buy and sell stuff, at an advertised price, without going through all that auction bollox.

eBay 'Buy it Now:

Free papers are read by tramps. Newsagent windows are read by gossipy housewives from a 2 mile radius. Mind you I did sell a second-hand toilet that way....

[Ribol]

Pigeon said:

There must surely be a place for a simply buying-and-selling-stuff site, like free-ad newspapers, for people who want to, er, buy and sell stuff, at an advertised price, without going through all that auction bollox.

The difference is I would not have had the front to advertise at some of the prices I got for items on ebay. They sold for more than they were worth, I got paid, ebay got their bit, everyone's a winner.