Things You Never Thought You Could Sell

Hi All
I have been selling on Ebay for about 4yrs and now have a shop..... Its still amazies me what people will buy sometimes there is now way to second guess what will sell and what wont but to be honest nothing gets thrown away in my house , well not unless its really mankie or broken!!! Even friends and family give me all there throw outs now
Best item I have ever sold is a pair of flip flops I got free with a bottle of malibu (I dont like flip flops) well sold on Ebay for £10 + postage
Just because something is broken it dosnt mean it wont sell some people like the parts just remember to add broken or damaged to the listing several time in bold letters ....:)

*KT* wrote: »

I was surprised that people are still buying VHS.

Me too I sold one set of three family movies, some classics like "Annie" and else, don't remember. I've got £2 for it.

I recently scoured the house for all our broken gold jewellry, old rings that dont fit, odd earrings etc, weighed about 30grms, just under an ounce and a half, and got £400+ for it + postage, didnt cost that much new ! :j

I sold the BOX of my early 80's Sindy house - no house just the box, which I found in my parents attic - it sold for £8.

DH sold his old well-used Adidas Sambas for about £15, and the buyer lived in a very nice area of a town my DH grew up in.

Also sold an old Storage Heater we had sitting in cupboard doing nothing - sold for £37.

I often sell free samples of cosmetics (sachets of shampoo, perfume etc that you get free in magazines!). I just wait until I've got 10 or so, bundle them all together and advertise them as 'ideal for holidays/travel' as people don't have to waste valuable suitcase space taking the full bottles. They usually sell too - not for loads, but a couple of quid plus postage which all adds up when they were free in the first place

Probably the strangest thing I sell is used bras... that sounds strange I know, but people do buy them, and not in a pervy way! They are all good makes like Wonderbra etc, and all freshly washed before sending - it's just that I change sizes whenever I lose or put on a few pounds, so I am always buying new ones and it seems a shame to chuck the old ones out when they are £20+ to buy new. I always clearly state that they are worn but freshly laundered before sending. Also I have hundreds of bras, so they are not like really old tatty worn ones - they are colourful fashion bras which have been worn maybe 10-20 times each, rather than manky old plain ones which have been worn every day for 2 years or something, lol. A bundle of 4 usually sells for around £8-£12 (99p start) - again, something which I'd have thrown away, so better than a kick in the teeth!

I have thought seriously about selling my old shoes to the foot fetishists in the past, haha... I work on my feet all day, and regularly replace my work shoes because they are always absolutely minging after a few months and only fit for the bin. There is a certain group of men who seem to pay big money for things like that! I have no idea why? I just can't bring myself to do it though... I don't think it is worth them possibly stalking me forever for the sake of a few quid!