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  • wantabetterlife
    wantabetterlife Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    Listed 16 items on ebay yesterday....one has a bid of £20 already :j. Hope to get about another 10 things listed today.
    Am loving the peace in the house this morning, OH is away to golf and dd1 and dd2 are still upstairs in bed and DS has feel asleep in his bouncer......so its just me and the laptop:D...very unusual in this house.
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • wantabetterlife
    wantabetterlife Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    I have listed another 12 things on ebay bringing me to a toal of 28....this is a record for me. I usually list 4 or 5 things at a time, but i am getting much quicker at it.
    I actually copped on that i should copy and paste the bit at the end of the listings about pet and smoke free home and no returns etc. I actually used to write the exact same thing individually in each listing :rotfl::rotfl:
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • Ayeshalush
    Ayeshalush Posts: 636 Forumite
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    Well done or your ebay listings!! You put me to shame!! I just never got around to doing it this weekend. Will definately take the photos I need tonight. At least it will be a start, even if I have missed out on the free listing weekend.

    A
    xx
  • wantabetterlife
    wantabetterlife Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    Thanks Ayeshalush, my old broken laptop has been bid up to £10.50...the exact same one that is also broken sold last night for £52.99....OMG i would be estatic if mine went for near that.

    There is a thread on here somewhere about weird things people sell on ebay..it was after reading some of the posts that i decided to sell the laptop, it never occured to me before that anybody would be interested in a broken laptop!

    Total bids are up to £30.50 :D

    Hoping today will be a NSD.....just remembered i need to buy a birthday present.
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
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    I got £16 for a dodgy digital camera that made all our photos turn out pink. It is amazing what will sell as long as you list the fault. Fingers crossed for £50 for you.
  • wantabetterlife
    wantabetterlife Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    Hi Michelle, it is unreal what people pay a lot of money for. I have just listed our old digital camera starting at 99p...i dont imagine it will be worth much but anything is better than nothing!
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • wantabetterlife
    wantabetterlife Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    ebay bids now up to £46.00 :j:j

    Have been so good this week with the spends....OH had a tenner back from golf on sunday and i had a few pounds left in my purse, and i have made it last. The only spends were £6 for drama, £4 in iceland to stock up on bread, £2 for mums and toddlers and £2 in local shop for milk and potatoes :D
    Do need to get a few bits in mrS later but have a £2 off £20.00 spend :j:j
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    Good luck for the ebay sales. Trying to earn the daily interest each day is a great idea. We are just about to get under £10 which is a nice milestone for us.
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • wantabetterlife
    wantabetterlife Posts: 1,296 Forumite
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    Thanks CathT. I read your post on froggys diary about your friend going through ICSI and it worked :j. My brother and has wife will be doing there second round of this soon and i sooo hope it works....the dissapointment is so hard and it doesnt matter how much you try and not get your hopes up...enevitably you always do.

    BTW ebay bids now up to £74.28 :D:D and i still havent went to the bank machine yet :D:D:D
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Thanks CathT. I read your post on froggys diary about your friend going through ICSI and it worked :j. My brother and has wife will be doing there second round of this soon and i sooo hope it works....the dissapointment is so hard and it doesnt matter how much you try and not get your hopes up...enevitably you always do.

    BTW ebay bids now up to £74.28 :D:D and i still havent went to the bank machine yet :D:D:D

    Hey WABL! :j

    OH & I are also going theough IVF using ICSI...Its our third and final round on the NHS..
    Please pass on my best wishes to your brotherand his wife...

    Froggy :D
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
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