Ok Dionne here goes lol
I perosnally would always offer delivery as you say, even bargins don't go if there pick up only due to the fact of people being lazy and only offering to 20% of the ebay population that way.
I use parcel2go for large items as hypersaid. You just need to create an account with them, and you book the collection and delivery online, simple as putting in the weight & the collectiona nd Del addy and arranging a collection time and its the cheapest company. The van will be a DHL on (they always have when ive used them) but its 1/2 the price of using DHL online!!
You will need to go to Stapels or some other large stationary store and get a big role of bubble wrap and a role of brown paper (like brown wrapping paper) and just wrap it in that making sure plenty of protection with the bubble wrap as delivery men NEVER take car of anything. You may need to wrap it up in 2 seperate parcles, but its will only be £8-£12 per parcel at the most so not expensive. I sent 4 alloy wheels with a cost of £24 and some side skirts with a cost of £12, wrapped as above, and they all got there fine, no problems, next day del as well even though I think it states 3 days.
Make sure you put on your adver Postal Insurance not offered, that way if the company break it or something its not your responsibility and you wont have to give a full (if any) refund. This happened to me on an item and for all I know the guy did it as the del guy said he didnt drop the item, ebay confirmed I didnt have to give a refund as I didnt offer insurance so its at the buyers chance! That entirley up to you how you would handle the situation IF anything happens thoughj, just put it on just incase.
Urm, fee's there worked out like this :
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/fees.html
and paypal, well I would advise to get one with it being such a large amount, its free anyway and doesnt cost that much to withdraw a few quid or so and again should increase the selling chances by 50% as if buyers pay by paypal and you dont deliver the item they are covered up to a certain amount for refund so it gives them peace of mind I guess.
Also put on your advert you will accept cash on collection if they wish to collect the item instead as it will entice buyers also who dont wanna pay £30 del!
Lat but not least, make your advert attractive with as much info as possible and detailed pics, it make all the difference
