It all depends on what you're selling. If it's something normal and not overly high value do it locally. Otherwise these days I'd probably use bring a trailer.
There still seems to be a lot of stuff on ebay that's sold for higher prices but there's also a lot of re-listings.
Mine was over 60K 3 years ago. the buyer sent a 5K deposit overnight. When it cleared I overnighted the title. he sent the remaining $$. When it cleared he had it picked up. having an established business may have helped as well as a clean background if he checked. I did check his
