The Great 'Recycle it for cash' Hunt. Make money from old stuff you don't want.

Cheap_Chic

I found a brilliant site to recycle,buy & sell books and it's enviromentally friendly too! I sold 3 of my daughter's text books from uni for £3 each minus the 50p postage it cost me.
I suggested she sell them at uni but that seemed too difficult,this was the perfect solution.I've made her £7.50 from something that would have been discarded otherwise.
It wouldn't be suitable for all books.For these I think this beat e-bay and i'm really chuffed with the result.Have a look at https://www.GreenMetropolis.com and see what you think!
This is my first time writing and i'm nervous but I hope I've got this across alright! I might try again!

Judy5

Dear Newbie Money Saver,

Thanks for that tip about Green Metropolis!!

Judy

RevOnline

lustydog wrote:

Hi Eric
Don't want to put a damper on your exuberance, but the Tax man has currently got a limit on the amount of articles you can sell on ebay or Amazon.
You are restricted to 60 items a year, and then they regard it as a business which of course is taxable.
I myself sold a similar number of books and specialist videos last year, but gave it up as it wasn't worth the hassle of keeping records and filling in forms.
Of course as there are millions of people doing this, and they may never get round to you, but with these computer thingys who knows what wonders they can perform. Regards lustydog

Have you got some proof of that?

It seems wholly bizarre that I could sell 70 items for a penny each and the taxman would want to know about it. Obviously I'm not saying you're wrong, but I'd like to see something official saying so.

lynzpower

If you have any bikes or bike parts, you might want to think about these chaps

ReCycle is a charity dispatching bikes to the developing world.
They also sell cheap bikes to students.
More details at http://www.re-cycle.org/
Unit A, Global Park
Moorside, Eastgates
Colchester CO1 2TW

Tel 0845 458 0852
or 01206 863111

E-mail: info@re-cycle.org

new

:money: thanks for the tip!

OddjobKIA

Three words

CAR BOOT SALE

OddjobKIA

Apart from that why do we only give to charity that we no longer deem worthy to be in our house. Ive seen some stuff GIVEN to charity and it is disgusting it needs to be chucked in the bin. Not saying that thousands of items that are given in love and near perfect condition dont outway those that aren't. But the attitude that says ' oh they would die for this over there' is wrong they are normally dying anyway.

please just ask yourself a question lets say an orphan who has lost his parents and family to aids has not eaten for a week and is wearing clothes that you wouldnt put in your dog basket, knocks on your door and asks for some clothes would you open your wardrobe and say help yourself I can replace them over time or would you say hang on theres a bag up the loft i will get it now you can rumage through that.

I have always lived by the saying 'GIVE UNTILL YOU NOTICE IT'

Being anonymous on these boards I can say that I only earn 12500 a year I have 3 young kids(7-4-and 7months) and a beautiful wife and we count every penny. But we give away alot of our stuff to people who need it more than us. For an example we only just finished paying for our 3 pice suit after a year it went to a family who's parent were very ill had 5 kids and sat on the floor (we still have a mis match of charity brought stuff). We brought a small car for £350 pounds to see us through for a couple of months spent a bit on it but gave it away to a single mum who had passed her test but could no way afford a car ( she lived miles from anywhere because of probs in her past and thats where she was put)

Im not saying IM better than you in any way I am still selfish in many ways(mainly food) but why dont we give our good stuff away and make do with the stuff in the garage that 'peolpe out there are dying for'


sorry to hijack this thread martin i got a bit carried away touched a nerve.

urban_spirit

If you want to recycle some books and a cash return isn't important, you could consider donating them to your local library.

fertler1

Hmmmm .... well thats seems to off p#@sed on every one's fire .... ok ... back to how we can recycle and earn some extra dosh !!!!!
..... ebay ebay all the way i say. I just stick to it for my clothes .... when ever I want something new I just sell something old .... I dont have an awful lot of money and cant afford great luxuries like that .. though this little deal with myself works out fine and often have something new(ish) on then.

ktorient

Being a moneysaver, I actually use https://www.ebid.co.uk as it does not charge to start auctions and there is a lot less reliance on paypal which I hate.