My wife and I have been part-time sellers (as eclectables .. see feedback) on ebay for the past ten years. This provided our kids with a chance to earn spending money while in college. Now retired, ebay is our primary play & travel funding source.
My wife is a retired elementary school teacher. I am a retired high school / community college band director. Before my wife starting teaching, we owned a retail gifts and apparel store for 10 years. Ebay has provided us with the opportunity to continue selling items without the costly overhead and headaches of a traditional small business. We have had fun communicating with buyers worldwide. For us, the excitement of a buyer finding, bidding and winning an item that they have been searching for is one of the joys of ebay!!