eBay/ebid 10 a day challenge - any joiners?

JesaRose

Have a look at the Royal Mail website rictus - you can put in the weight and it will tell you how much postage will be. Then be sure to add enough to cover packaging materials too

Thats assuming you have scales, if not you really should get some before listing much. Just a cheap set of kitchen scales will do

rictus123

I put £3 first class recorded?

ThunderCat

mrscmr wrote: »

welcome too, thundercat [great name!] you will get all the support and help you need on here... good luck and hope you do well!

Thanks for the warm welcome mrscmr

I listed 16 items earlier this evening with a load more to go on tomorrow :cool:

I have decided to list all my CD's and books on Amazon, as, like others I find they sell better on there than they do on eBay.

In an ideal world I'd like to make £2,000 from my wares by the end of the year thus being able to clear my evil Lloyds TSB credit card balance (£1,800) which has been hanging over me like a bad smell.

Good luck to all my fellow eBay challange participants. Keep the faith (and the money rolling in:p).

FairyShazza

Personally I would charge between £2.75 - £3 postage for that Fred Perry top thats 2nd class recorded.

Most tops cost me around £2.60 or so to post 2nd class recorded so that should be adequate.

mrscmr

yikes im under charging?

JesaRose

I charge roughly £1 on top of all postage to cover packaging unless its something really cheap to post

rictus123

Just put a few on at £2. 11 items on so far

rictus123

Well thats 11 items on, last 2 havnt got photos, wouldnt let me put them on so will do first thing. 1 has a watcher so far, thats it. Put 10 days for them all.

Floxxie

Just popping on...I'm shocked at the postage you lot charge!

I charge 15p on top of the actual postage. I never use recorded (if lost I claim against the PO). If it is an expensive item i.e. over £36 I use a courier service.

Have only had 5 lost items in many years and only 2 which I would consider genuine.

And extortionate postage costs is the reason why eBay are bringing free p&p in.

Might try adding a bit more on to mine but always feel guilty especially when the postage is 6 times the actual price of the item!

St0lli

I always add a max of 50p on to my postage to cover the cost of the bags I buy, the printing of labels, time to get to post office etc. I always have a look to see what similar items postage costs are as well.

On the rare occasions I buy from eBay I always take in to account the postage cost as it affects the max I am prepared to bid or pay for an item so I assume other people will do the same when bidding for my stuff

Very excited... listed a pair of nine west shoes and they received a bid straightaway of £3.99. Usually anything I've been listing recently doesn't get bids until the last couple of hours or even seconds in some cases! :rolleyes: