***Make Us Money in 2010 with Ebay Challenge***

JesaRose

I would open one now JohnnieStar - one week is plenty of time to pay if using PayPal and if they are using another option they should have let you know by now. You can actually open a dispute after just 4 days now

too_much_debt

No sign of my stock yet, weather is bad again today so will probably be delayed a bit due to the weather.

Was on the computer last night and heard scratching noises down under the sink cupboard, was really loud so must have been in close proximity, I heard the same outside in the alley the other night about 1am when I was on the computer in the office and banged on the back door and saw a rat or mouse (couldn't tell it was too dark). I've heard things a few times, told OH about it last night but he was asleep so he'll have to have a look later

Our house back onto the park and next door said earlier when I saw him that he has heard noises in his loft and has had rats in his shed. Certainly don't want to be hearing those noises late at night when I'm downstairs on my own, put me off doing my Ebay stuff and I went to bed instead in case it came into the kitchen.

mrscmr

ooo tmd... scary... we have mice in the garage and sometimes hedgehogs come in and they are really noisy rustling about.

JesaRose

Ooh yuck - we had rats in the garden a few months ago. They were attracted by the bread next door were putting out for the birds. We tried humane traps with no luck and eventually had to get someone in to rid the garden of them. We also had to dipose of our compost bins as they were found to be living in there:eek:

JesaRose

I spent the last 4 hours taking photos of most of the stuff I need to get rid of. Still more to do but the light has gone now so I'll start sorting out the photos now ready to finish the photos tomorrow and hopefully complete some of the listings ready to go

mrscmr

i read somewhere a tip on taking good photos... not that i have used this idea yet... but...

you have probably all heard of lightboxes - which are used by professionals well you can recreate your own lightbox if you have a white bath.

put your item in the bath [obviously a clean empty one!] and it gives a great background to photos.

jaynemaria

spent most of the afternoon in bed feeling yuck so have only done 15 relists and no newlistings, and feel:mad:cause I havent done any,could I be addicted to ebaying;)

Sold another five items today, so looks as though I am going to do my Jan and feb target in one month:rotfl:

too_much_debt

OH keeps putting bread out for the birds, he chucks it on top of the Annex, I keep telling him to stop doing it but he continues (really annoys me), he also has a compost 'bin', a black rubbish bin that he chucks things in and I keep telling him he shouldn't do that. I told him he should get rid of the raised borders as last year there was a tunnel going under there and a rat went in there, he just put a brick in it, the Environmental Health guy put some poison in it too. OH is now referred to as 'Dork Boy' or 'Dork Face' I can't stop calling him it when he's not around.

too_much_debt

Oh, and my stock turned up earlier, luckily before Dork Boy came in from work, I had to lug the bix box up the stairs, empty it, bring it downstairs, took me 5 mins to try and open the back door as it was stuck, took it down the Annex and chucked it in there on top of all the other stuff in there, so he is none the wiser, he doesn't know yet that I've gone back to being Self Employed. I had my National Insurance bill through, I have opted to pay it (like I did last time) even though I could be exempt from it but then it affects pension and stuff if you don't pay enough contributions.

Anyway, back to Ebay, I am going to go and do an inventory of stock and have a bath and then I shall be back later when the kids are in bed listing it all.

too_much_debt

jaynemaria wrote: »

spent most of the afternoon in bed feeling yuck so have only done 15 relists and no newlistings, and feel:mad:cause I havent done any,could I be addicted to ebaying;)

Sold another five items today, so looks as though I am going to do my Jan and feb target in one month:rotfl:

Hi

How do you work out what your profit is, do you have a spreadsheet that you enter it all in, I just can't be bothered to keep checking for FVF when I sell anything and Ebay is my only income so I use that money for food and stuff as well as for my credit card bills.