I have a fairly new Robbie Dick shaped longboard for sale on Ebay for the second time in less than a year. I get lots of “hits” but no buyers. Since it’s only been ridden twice, I don’t want to take a great financial loss on the board. This was my first non Greg Liddle surfboard in over 30 years and,no disrespect to Robbie, who is a great shaper, this board was not for me. My question is, how do you go about selling a clean, functional, used board? Are there better resources than Ebay? Mahalo, Paul
put an add and a pic on swaylocks.
i would show more views…ie- deck ect… 
I would show more pics, but last time around on Ebay, I posted 10 pics and still no buyer. So I felt that if anyone had any ? they would e-mail me. So far, no ? PJ
Before selling the board you might want to try a 9.5" Greenough 4C fin with trailing edge at the base of the fin up 7 5/8"-7 3/4" from the tail.
Don’t know for sure… seems like collectable surfboards fall into trading ranges much like the stock market. Boards were selling for very high prices when the Nasdaq exchange was at it’s peak. Now that the major exchanges have fallen on hard times, spare cash has dried up and people don’t seem to be putting out as much for luxuries like old surfboards. Historically, E-Bay has actually been a pretty good indicator of what people are willing to pay for a board and bottom line, that’s all they’re worth - exactly what someone is willing to pay.
Thanks for all of the advice. I’ll ride out the auction and see what happens. I have tried different fins, but a longboard does not do it for me vs. a displacement hulled mid-length.I am driven by the flow factor with feeling! Once the auction ends, I’ll post it here or take it to Malibu, put it against the wall, and wait for those rich locs to scoop it up.PJ
I’ve had luck both buying and selling boards at www.craigslist.org. Just type in “surfboard” or “longboard” into the search field and find the “for sale/wanted” button. There are versions for both Los Angeles and San Diego as well as San Francisco where I am. Some of the descriptions that non-surfers put up about their boards are lame to the point of giving you a good laugh, but there are occasional good deals and knowledgable inquiries. Plus, because it’s relatively local, it’s all face to face dealing and no delivery hassles.
A while back, I asked George Greenough about a similar situation, i.e. which fin to use on a longboard, considering a comparable height Greenough 4C fin vs. a Greenough PaddleFin. He said to try both, but in his opinion, the Paddlefin would be faster and function much better.
There’s some controversy over what some selling agent sites call a “hit”. Lots of them count hits for every component of the seller’s ad page. If your ad page has 3 pictures, a PayPal link, some descriptive text, and 10 tech links, each time a shopper opens the page, you get credited with 16 hits. Each link which a customer opens has a similar potential of adding multiple “hits” to your record. Bottom line, your “hits” are probably vastly less numerous than reported.