no advertising but I'm nosy, I mean, curious!

rdwarr

soolin wrote:

I did sell sci fi stuff many years ago, but the market really dropped out of that once ebay became well established in the UK.

Just hope for another Blake's Seven revival
I remember Mat Irvine coming to our school and bringing all the models he'd made for the series. I bet they'd go for a bit now.

greenpixey

The best thing I ever floged on eBay was a wafflemaker,I got three times more than I paid for it.
Most of the time I'm just trying to shift things we dont need no more. Im de-cluttering out attic, or trying at least, got to make space for our kids stuff. This time however nearly all of it is going to a carboot sale since I dont think it would pick up enough interest on eBay.

meerustar

I accumualte so much rubbish over a year its mad. I usually sell on ebay between January and May to help pay for my season ticket, then don't bother for the rest of the year apart from the odd thing.

I list items and if they don't sell after listing twice I carboot them a week before payment is due (season ticket has to be paid in 3 weeks), so now I'm waiting for my listings to sell or finish by next week then that's it.

I sell CDs, DVDs, books, toys, clothes little 'un has grown out of and stuff I've picked up over the course of the year ... like I say, it's all rubbish. But I do manage to make about £250 after fees, plus about £100 at car boot, so leave me having to find £250 more for my season ticket rather than the full £600 ... so I'm happy with that.

So, who sells as a living and who sells to make a spare few quid???

nads

soolin wrote:

most just turned in several weeks late in an envelope with nothing to identify the sender.

Soo

That's my pet peeve when selling on ebay, buyers send payments and even sellers send item with no address on it or packing slip, so f??? knows who sent me somethin :rolleyes: :mad:

juno

nads wrote:

That's my pet peeve when selling on ebay, buyers send payments and even sellers send item with no address on it or packing slip, so f??? knows who sent me somethin :rolleyes: :mad:

I had one like that this morning! And most of my items go for about the same amount.

Buddhabellybutton

I sell books, That is it mostly.

As far a using a different user name goes I have found being honest works better for me, So I use the same name everywhere.

Peace and Love.

Buddhabellybutton

ksh123

I am reallyenjoying reading these replies, thanks everyone
Meerustar: I sell to boost my otherwise every diminishing income!

cazmanian_minx

I started off selling classical CDs which I bought at car boot sales (I used to be a classical music buyer for a large music retailer, so had a good idea of what to look for) but it was a helluva lot of work typing up all the track listings and getting decent pictures, and didn't make a lot of money, although I did sell 95% of everything I listed.

While I was having a de-clutter, I sold some old jewellery making bits and pieces I had kicking around in a drawer from projects I'd never finished and they went really well, so found a wholesaler who was willing to supply me and I now sell beads and findings.

Caroline

princessmoneysaver

I just sell items that are de-cluttering the house mainly although with baby no 2 on the way & a 7 year gap between them I have had to start from scratch buying stuff so have relunctantly had to start selling some of my better stuff :-(

ksh123

That's a shame Yvonne. Still maybe you can prepare for baby no 2 by nabbing some eBay bargains. I hope so anyway! Hope all goes well for you.
I am currently selling some jewellry which I bought new for presents for another family (lonnnnng story) but never used (not the family, the presents!).
Anyway I have had no interest in the stuff at all at auction or BIN, even with Best Offer, so I am now offering these items at substantially less than I paid. Its very depressing.But I have told myself - these things are paid for already, I need money now, so there's no point crying over the proverbial milk. Still sticks in my gut tho!