The turn £100.00 into £10.000.00+ by the end of 2010 official thread

bella2121

Hi everyone hope someone can help, how do i check on ebay what items have sold for in the past because i have a dvd to list and the same ones are only listed as buy now between £12.99 and £14.99 I want to know if this is realistic or not by checking previous sale prices hope this makes sense lol

Eyesparky

perthman wrote: »

I would have a brew and relax for a while before getting back to it.:D

Excellent idea ... ketle on .

kosma1

This thread has got me all excited, and slightly confused as what i should allow in my challenge, can't wait for the stock to arrive that i have ordered to re-sell on ebay, have decided to keep all income from it in a seperate bank account, and will use only money made from my initial £100 as part of my challenge (so no longer going to include bingo/lotto wins (unless tickets bought from profit) and private sales on ebay. I quite like baking and have read about a woman who has made a business baking cakes and selling them at night clubs?? No doubt i will change my mind about what i will allow though as the year progresses if it helps me reach my goal, lol. Another friend makes home made cards, she is very good at them, she just makes loads in bulk, and her family take them into work and sell them for say £2 each? Useful if you are the crafty type? (unlike me)

catflea

bella2121 wrote: »

Hi everyone hope someone can help, how do i check on ebay what items have sold for in the past because i have a dvd to list and the same ones are only listed as buy now between £12.99 and £14.99 I want to know if this is realistic or not by checking previous sale prices hope this makes sense lol

If you do an advanced search there is an option for "only search completed listings"

Eyesparky

bella2121 wrote: »

Hi everyone hope someone can help, how do i check on ebay what items have sold for in the past because i have a dvd to list and the same ones are only listed as buy now between £12.99 and £14.99 I want to know if this is realistic or not by checking previous sale prices hope this makes sense lol

Click on Advanced Search (small link next to the search button) and then tick the box for completed listings (obviously type in the search details too ). Good luck.

Edit: catflea beat me to it

carkeyz

Im very lucky really my parnter is an Antique Restorer and although we are only 20 and 24 we both think Antiques should make a come back and everyone should stop buying Ikea furniture - Didnt say that to offend, just my opinion -

perthman wrote: »

Antique selling sounds quite good although i would not have the first clue where to start:rotfl:

perthman

Eyesparky wrote: »

Excellent idea ... ketle on .

I am off to do the same and sort out lunch think my plans are on hold will get back to it when the kids go bed will update later nice having spoken to you I am full of ambition now thanks:rotfl:

moneymakestheworldgoround

M tip re Amazon - I too buy a lot on Amazon when I am browsing through the site researching prices or listing items !

What I do now is relist the book I buy back on Amazon straight away. This forces me to read them. This then gives me at worst 2 days to read it, at best 5 - 6 months !! But it has stopped me buying books and leaving them in the cupboard.

One time, I sold a book and I finished off the last page in the post office queue before putting it hurriedly into a jiffy bag !

Obviously no good if you buy a book for reference or for keeping !

skintbint_2

perthman wrote: »

Antique selling sounds quite good although i would not have the first clue where to start:rotfl:

perthman, have a trail round the old aerodrome at scone,(faint at the prices) then out to rait, and up to Abernyte,also think there is a barn brtween burrelton and kinrossie have a good rake round then pop into loves auctions or lindsay burns and get a copy of their catalogue and compare completed listings on ebay.

i used to have a cabinet at Abernyte which i rented at about a tenner a week - one bonus is that Perth & Kinross do different dealers licences which a lot of councils dont as you will need one if you go down the antiques dealing route. find out who does the Police Auction in Perth - Dundee its Curr and Dewar and start dealing in bikes - summers coming people dont have the money to buy new or as my son (aged 11)was going to do and your in the perfect location- he was going to do them up and chain them at the end of the road with a for sale sign with his mobile nos. the thinking behind it was there were a lot of polish and estonians working at the outlying farms and they were always trudging in and out the road with their shopping.

Eyesparky

moneymakestheworldgoround wrote: »

One time, I sold a book and I finished off the last page in the post office queue before putting it hurriedly into a jiffy bag !

That's funny :rotfl:. One of the books I bought today I will likely keep as I have wanted it for a while (original price £55 that I couldn't bring myself to spend ... bought for 98p plus postage) and the other I will read and likely give to a friend who has an interest in the subject matter ... at 1p it is a bargain and pointless re listing. Otherwise, I will be doing plenty of speed reading too .