The Great ‘What to Sell Where’ Hunt

trickypockets

I have sold an occasional novel on Greenmetropolis, but what seems to go really well is recently published craft books. I'm a bit of a sucker for Amazon's 'we've noticed that people who bought x also bought y' temptations and quite often get craft books that I'm not that thrilled with. These have sold really well on GM - a £16.99 book in new condition for £4.50 or so is a bargain. Although the basis of GM is the £3.75 flat buyer's fee, the seller is allowed to charge extra postage for large or heavy books, so I always add £1 or £1.50 .
I'm not exactly saving money, as I shouldn't buy books without seeing them in the first place, but at least I'm making the best of it !

A_Star

Has anyone got any experience of selling jewellery? I've got an item that is a bit above the standard ebay items but have no idea where to sell it!

gloucesteroldspot

harryhound wrote: »

Same problem but on old records
Any suggestions?

I've been buying and selling vinyl for years. Although the market has nose-dived in recent years (partly due to the glut inspired by Ebay) there are still a few areas where people pay good money for rare items- things like original issues of British sixties and psychedelic bands, some northern soul items, some jazz (especially early issues by UK artists) and even some classical records. But you do need to know what's what, and condition is vital. I would avoid the published price guides, which are in fantasy land, the best way to find out if an item is worth anything is to check Ebay's 'completed listings ' and see what sells - it's a pretty small percentage of the quarter million or so records on there at any time. You do have to be careful that you are looking at an identical item though - there are often tiny variations that make the difference between £5 and 50p. Anything that's been listed regularly but not sold can go straight to the charity shop. Maybe not best to chuck everything out for 50p at a boot fair though - that's where I , and most of my fellow collectors got our real rarities in the first place!

daz9643

I'll second Gumtree. Free to post, you can add up to 3 photos, all free of charge, no sign up required. Great for selling large items as people view by town/city so will be local. I sold a table & chairs last night for £55. No fees, no hassle packing and posting. I also sold my old bed on Gumtree for £200 which had no takers on ebay.

meanmum

Charity shops are absolutely desperate for donations at the moment, so think whether it's really worth the effort to sell something through e-bay for very little return, when a charity shop would probably make much more out of it. You'll feel so much better about giving to charity, & they will do all the hard work for you.......!

Strapped

meanmum wrote: »

Charity shops are absolutely desperate for donations at the moment, so think whether it's really worth the effort to sell something through e-bay for very little return, when a charity shop would probably make much more out of it. You'll feel so much better about giving to charity, & they will do all the hard work for you.......!

Not very money saving though

JesaRose

A_Star wrote: »

Has anyone got any experience of selling jewellery? I've got an item that is a bit above the standard ebay items but have no idea where to sell it!

Is it gold, silver or platinum? The scrap value is very good at the moment and rising still.

9ct was about £6 per gram about 6 months ago so will be more now
18ct would be double that
21ct triple and so on

If its a particularly nice looking piece it would have good commercial value too. I would recommend getting it valued by three or so jewellers for both sale and scrap values and possibly an auctioneers too, especially if its old

bumblebee86_2

jacand wrote: »

Probably the cheapest way I have sold stuff, was listing in the local shops. Cost about 20p for a few weeks, or in my local Spar free. Large items sell well here as they are usually all local buyers. Supermarkets also have notice boards, which can be quite decent.

hi i didnt think this would work but after your advice i am gonna ask around the shops as i have some exercise equipment and i dont think it would sell well at boot sale as its quite big to take home will give it a try thanks

paulofalus

I've used ebid a few times. It's like ebay but it's BRITISH - Hurrah!
And you have the option of doing a standard auction for free.
Free to sell, free to buy.

Kirri

JammyJam wrote: »

Hullo,
I vaguely remember, not so many weeks back, getting an e-mail fom Martin with details of a website that would buy piles of CDs for not very much - between say 5-50p. I can't remember the name of the website at all and have now deleted the e-mail, but I DO remember something about typing in the barcode of the CD you want to sell and they then give you a price... Does anyone here remember the name of said site? That seemed a pretty quick & easy way of getting rid of lots of CDs, clearing space and embracing the digital age etc - not the best financial return, but brilliant if you don't have the time to sell every CD you own individually (in my case, that's 800+!:eek:)
Any help will be much appreicated!
Thanks,
Jammy

You will lose loads of money selling on Music Magpie compared to Amazon though as some cd's on Amazon sell for quite good prices - so even if it takes you longer and is a bit more hassle having to sell them individually, list them in say batches of 50 a weekend on Amazon, it's quite quick.

Then for the few cd's that are fairly worthless on Amazon, list them on Music Magpie as only then is it worth getting the odd 25p's etc.