Ancient history now with how much eBay has gone downhill over the years.
But I had some amazing buying and selling experiences 15, 20 years ago that never would have occurred if it wasn’t for the great online flea market it originally was.
I used to find parts not well described that I was buy cheap to flip or use myself. My T/As NOS 9171 master cylinder dated a couple weeks before its build date was an eBay buy it now for $60 in 2004. The used rear 854 shocks on it were purchased from a listing that said “used shocks removed from AAR cuda” I took a chance on for something like $20.
I have a 70 Challenger promo model that one time a listing on eBay came up for an original box for it, marked for the same color as my model. I won the auction for $40. Later an original decal sheet auction came up on eBay, and I bought that, so my promo model is now complete with box and decal sheet.
Where else would I have ever found these items?
I had many other eBay auction wins back then that made my day!
I miss those days!