eBay/ebid 10 a day challenge - any joiners?

credit_crunch

my fees just come out of my paypal balance once a month - i just get th invoice from ebay, and it is taken automatically.

i have just photographed about 25 items so hopefully will get most of them on turbo lister 2nite, and do the same for the next 2 or 3 nights, so I will hopefully have quite a few listings to upload on Thursday evening.

i have very little motivation but am soo p****d off with having no money and no car I really need to keep going! on the plus side it is payday on Wednesday so that will cheer me up until the bills need paid lol!!!

Floxxie

Stay positive cc and you'll get that car and rid of the debts before you know it!

I've been very naughty and agreed a sale. They have just come and collected and I am now £125 richer which is really good but it means that I have wasted an evening not listing as I was waiting for them to arrive.

Am going to celebrate with a chinese takeout and then prepare some listings.

benbenandme

I've read this whole thread from start to finish over the last couple of days and would like to join you all please. I have got 10 items on there so far, 2 of which I bought at a car boot yesterday for £1 and 50p and they currently have bids of £4.99 and £7.49 respectively :beer:

Floxxie

benbenandme wrote: »

I've read this whole thread from start to finish over the last couple of days and would like to join you all please. I have got 10 items on there so far, 2 of which I bought at a car boot yesterday for £1 and 50p and they currently have bids of £4.99 and £7.49 respectively :beer:

Hello benbenandme, I read your diary so am very pleased you can join us here;)
You clearly have a good eye for a bargain! Well done and good luck for your challenge.

P.S. Impressed you managed to read the whole thread!

Vicster5

Morning everyone

Just a little tip in case anyone struggling, the thing I find hard when listing is getting sat down and started (used to have same prob at Uni with essays) so what I used to do was before I finished my writing session I'd write down in note form the 2 or 3 ideas that I was about to write then next time I thought about sitting down it was easier cos I knew where to start. So, sorry - waffling is a bad habit of mine with Ebaying I do something similar. At the end of a listing session I take my photos of what I am going to list the next time and get them all ready and turned round/cropped etc. That way next time I know I have got to do some listing I already know what to list and that the pics are ready and waiting. I can sit and get on straight away rather than have to faff (spelling?) around findings items, photographing them etc etc.

We all have our own ways but if it helps someone somewhere then it's all good

Congrats to benbenandme with successful car boot spotting! Perhaps you could give us some tips?

Floxxie Not naughty to agree a sale as you pay plenty enough in fees! Hope you enjoyed your chinese!!

C_C Keep going - it'll all be worth it when you are going beep beep in your new brum

Getting everso slightly addicted to the mse forums!.....


I have never been able to get to grips with turbo lister - any advice anyone?

china-doll_2

i got an email though saying there is a free listing day on Thursday 25th, this is what it said:


[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]£ 0.00 insertion fee for auction format items [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]All Final Value Fees and optional listing upgrade
fees still apply [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Discounted fees will be immediately reflected on
the site if the Sell Your Item form is used[/FONT]
I listed 30 items last night through turbo lister, wish I had waited now...oh well I still have a suitcase of stuff to work though!

mrscmr

@chinadoll - yes i got that too.
@benbenandme - welcome
@vick - yes i am the queen of procrastination... and i have great plans and then end up not listing... just think you will feel sooo great when you have done it!

have a great day alllxxxx

Floxxie

Hmmpphh, I haven't had that email on either of my accounts.

vicster5, I have photographs going back to 2005 ready for eBay listing! I now have a separate pile of today's items for listing. Will get them ready on turbolister and see if the email comes in before I list.

Turbolister is easy - download and then set up an account. It asks for your eBay username and if you want your current listings synchronised with turbolister. I can't imagine adding listings directly on as I tend to stop and start - lots of interruptions in my house.

Right off to get DS2 from playschool and then hopefully we can all have a little nap (I've been up with him since 3.45 and don't function at all without enough sleep)

Vicster5

Floxxie - 2005, that is impressive! lol my sister and I always say procrastination is the thief of time, some really old quote makes us sound intelligent when we're not really!!
Thanks for turbo lister tip - will try that later. Hope you get some sleep. It's a shame that those people who list things for you on ebay only take higher value items. Is there anyone in your family who would list some stuff for you if you offered comission? Guessing as you're an ebay pro you've thought of everything already tho...

Have currently got 25 items listed (my most ever!!) and hardly any bids or watchers
Thinking may try some cd's and books on amazon...

Vic

St0lli

Vicster5 wrote: »

Have currently got 25 items listed (my most ever!!) and hardly any bids or watchers
Thinking may try some cd's and books on amazon...

Vic

Vic: I feel your pain on the items listed with hardly any bids or watchers....

I've just managed to make the most spectacular loss on amazon.... To be fair I didn't research the fees etc before I started listing so I merrily listed the Graham Norton autobio for .01 as that was what lots of other people had it listed at. In my [STRIKE]naivity[/STRIKE] stupidity I assumed that it would be ok as people wouldn't list if they didn't make money (not knowing that powermerchants pay less fees)..... Needless to say my postage costs didn't cover the cost! :eek:

I'm such a numpty at times :cool: