From Trash to Cash: the £100 to 10K Dribble thread

the_cat

Hi all

Hope you are all doing well. Have had a rubbish week with ebay and now have a stupid buyer asking what I think is a bit of a cheeky question. Can I ask what experienced dribblers would do.
Sold an item (for only 99p vastly underpriced:mad:) and stated postage as £3. No contact before bidding but buyer has since asked me to reduce postage by sending 2nd class or 2nd class recorded (price for recorded would come to £3 anyway including packaging) Don't want to mess with my feedback but looking at theirs it is obv a dealer trying their luck.

Please help

nikki2804

victoriaplum1 wrote: »

Could I pm you with just a rough outline of the situ as it is? Not looking for indepth advice so wont take up your valuable time but woudl be great for a thought or too re best course of action....not sure how to PM though...god I am rubbish!

Valuable??:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Just click on my name and select to send a private message. Its no problem, would be a rough idea though, been on maternity for a while lol.

victoriaplum1

I was se for 6 months as I had a shop, you would think I would know about these things! Then again I lost money so maybe not my thing....but wondering if it may benefit me to go se re ebay...I havent been selling on ebay as a business up until now just my own junk and stuff friends didnt want etc and only here and there, is there a lower limit you need to be selling to register se....I did a tax return for my business this year so got to grips with that so could keep records etc....would it be similar for Avon and other se schemes like that surely I wouldt get WTC for doing Avon????!!!

Mrs_Money

the_cat wrote: »

Hi all

Hope you are all doing well. Have had a rubbish week with ebay and now have a stupid buyer asking what I think is a bit of a cheeky question. Can I ask what experienced dribblers would do.
Sold an item (for only 99p vastly underpriced:mad:) and stated postage as £3. No contact before bidding but buyer has since asked me to reduce postage by sending 2nd class or 2nd class recorded (price for recorded would come to £3 anyway including packaging) Don't want to mess with my feedback but looking at theirs it is obv a dealer trying their luck.

Please help

I would just politely tell your buyer what you've said here - that it would come to £3 anyway and if they're not happy would they like you to mutually cancel the bid?
Worked for me in the past!

mambury

the_cat wrote: »

Hi all

Hope you are all doing well. Have had a rubbish week with ebay and now have a stupid buyer asking what I think is a bit of a cheeky question. Can I ask what experienced dribblers would do.
Sold an item (for only 99p vastly underpriced:mad:) and stated postage as £3. No contact before bidding but buyer has since asked me to reduce postage by sending 2nd class or 2nd class recorded (price for recorded would come to £3 anyway including packaging) Don't want to mess with my feedback but looking at theirs it is obv a dealer trying their luck.

Please help

tell em thats the P&P charge as you are happy to send it that way.... if they don;t like it tough.... tell them if they don't pay you'll file a NPB....

victoriaplum1

the_cat wrote: »

Hi all

Hope you are all doing well. Have had a rubbish week with ebay and now have a stupid buyer asking what I think is a bit of a cheeky question. Can I ask what experienced dribblers would do.
Sold an item (for only 99p vastly underpriced:mad:) and stated postage as £3. No contact before bidding but buyer has since asked me to reduce postage by sending 2nd class or 2nd class recorded (price for recorded would come to £3 anyway including packaging) Don't want to mess with my feedback but looking at theirs it is obv a dealer trying their luck.

Please help

I would have said if they contacted you before bidding it may have been something for you to consider but as its after, no way. They accepted the postage costs when they made their bid in my opinion, if I don't like the postage cost on something I don't bid or I ask if anything else possible before I bid...I think that is the sensible way to do it....does sound like trying luck yes!

nikki2804

Avon - yes your technically a business and registered as SE. They wont ask what your business is, only for your UTR number and estimated earnings.

One thing to watch with SE and really low earnings is that they may well look into it if any big payments are due.

Hales

Hi all,

Ive just caught up!!

I will do the commitment board tomorrow evening so please post your commitments for the week/month/whenever!!!! (LilacPixie, JoeyGrey & Ninixi - I have yours - thank you)

Any monthly commitments will be carried over as usual!

Hope your all ok

xx

mambury

victoriaplum1 wrote: »

I was se for 6 months as I had a shop, you would think I would know about these things! Then again I lost money so maybe not my thing....but wondering if it may benefit me to go se re ebay...I havent been selling on ebay as a business up until now just my own junk and stuff friends didnt want etc and only here and there, is there a lower limit you need to be selling to register se....I did a tax return for my business this year so got to grips with that so could keep records etc....would it be similar for Avon and other se schemes like that surely I wouldt get WTC for doing Avon????!!!

yep, as long as you are SE (and can prove that you are actually working, eg tax return etc) then theres no problem.... You dont have to be making loads..... HMRC expect companies to take 3 years to be profitable....

cally6008

sat here with support on good wrist, stupid thing decided to spasm n stiff tonight, i think its eased off now though, time for painkillers

changed 3 things on website earlier n have noticed a small change which i hope will carry on

had an idea brewing - start a new facebook account for my website, add my mailing list people as friends and also start a fan page up, set both of them so only i can start or post new things but people can reply ... good idea or not ? mailing list is about 4000 i think (dont know for sure cos really need to get it sorted out and update background stuff)