Learn to buy and sell antiques and collectibles

About
Terry Gibbs

Terry Gibbs has been buying and selling collectible trains and toys since he was in grade school. Terry put together this web site so he can share the collectible finding strategies developed over the past 28 years with others.

Since 1998, Terry Gibbs has been teaching people how to buy and sell antiques and collectibles. He has taught over 11,000 people how to sell on eBay, and ran over 12,000 eBay auctions.

Here on IWantCollectibles.com, you will learn how to buy and sell antiques and collectibles.

Use the links to the left to read more of Terry's Strategies for running a successful antiuqes and collectibles business.

Terry has built magnificent train layouts that are wonders to behold and has a another web site devoted to toy trains. Check it out here: Toy Trains

Terry Gibbs with some of his trains.

A few recent articles about Antiques, Collectibles and eBay by Terry Gibbs

eBay's Detailed Seller Ratings Reexamined
I wrote in February about ways to improve your Detailed Seller Ratings to insure you'll get a Final Value Fee discount from eBay. In this article, I reexamine this issue based on two months of results.

My last negative for a buyer.
I left my last negative feedback for a poorly behaved buyer earlier this week. Call me petty, but it felt good.

More On eBay's 2008 Changes. . .
During February I sent out a series of articles about dealing with eBay's changes. In this issue I'll look at the results of the changes I made to my auctions.

Overcoming eBay's New Digital Download Prohibition
You can no longer list downloadable items in categories outside everything else > information products, and must use classified ads rather than auctions or fixed price listings. This article explains four ways to get around this new rule.

Why Have Multiple eBay Accounts?
This article exp

lains why you need more than one eBay account.

IWantCollectibles Private eBay Forum
Click on this link to see all the bonuses you'll get when you join the private forum.

New articles about Antiques, Collectibles, or eBay are regularly added to this section of the site. You can see previous articles in the column on the left. This is not a replacement for my regular emailed newsletter. The newsletter is usually two to three times as long and focuses on making money on eBay and/or achieving success in the antiques and collectibles business. Only about a third of the articles sent out as newsletters are posted on the site, so to avoid missing an issue sign up now using the blue box in the upper right hand corner of this web page.

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Terry Gibbs has taught over 7,000 people how to make a good living on eBay. Terry's most recent eBay instruction manual is The Auction Revolution . The Auction Revolution is your guide to eBay and beyond. Here on Iwantcollectibles.com, you will learn about buying and selling antiques and collectibles, and about eBay.