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Buying from charity shops and selling on Ebay.
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Brooker_Dave wrote: »Smelly underpants, old socks, stained knickers and laddered tights seem to be worth a small fortune on ebay, if another recent thread is to be believed.
Especially if personally worn in the ebay picture :rotfl::hello:"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing it doesn't go in a fruit salad0 -
I once bought two Strawberry Shortcake mugs from Oxfam, and then decided to stick them on eBay. One went for £3.24. The second went for....£78. I was SO gutted that two other mugs broke on the trip home.0
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I think it depends on the charity shop really and the item, i live in a town where there are loads of charity shops! The town centre ones are too pricey most of the time but i have found the odd gem but had to take more of a risk as it was more pricey in the first place.
We used to have 3 local cs that were really cheap, they did all clothes for £1 but in the last few months they have started selling the carp labels at £1 and the branded stuff at whatever they see fit! You can still bag a bargain though if you know more than the person who labeled it up
I only go in 2 local cs now as the others have just priced themselves out.
Boot sales are your best bet but i do find i end up buying stuff for myself/kids kind of defeats the object.0 -
I know a couple of people who buy collectibles cheaply and sell it on for a living.
They mainly buy from auctions, car boots, eBay itself, not charity shops.
The skill it takes to do that is remarkable, you need to know your stuff, be able to spot the valuable items, but also know what your customers will want to buy.
One does better than the other, but it's taken her years to learn the trade.
It makes me laugh when people think they can just buy stuff cheaply and sell it and make money without knowing anything about it.
Good luck to you.0 -
You might like to consider a joint venture if you know anyone with expertise in a certain area. A mate of mine is very into books and ephemera so he looks out the good stuff and puts them aside for me, I put them on Ebay and we split the profit, works for both of us. He usually sells at local boot fairs and book sales but knows he can't get a good price for some of the rarer stuff.0
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It does need expertise. I've found quite a few bits at boot sales which I knew would sell well on ebay (and did), but that was getting up every week at 5.30am getting home at 11am after scouring every stand in my area of knowledge.
There's so much rubbish on ebay you need to go for one area, do lots of research into the sold prices and then do your costings.
If you can make it work, good luck!Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
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I picked up a thin knitting pattern book a few years ago for barbie sized dolls type thing. It was for a complete wedding package from four poster bed, wedding gown suit mother of the bride. All knitted It was fairly amusing and cost 50p and my mum said i am not knitting thatwhen i showed her lol. Stuck it on ebay and it went off to America for £10-15 quid :O. Odd vintage knitting patterns do well apparently.0
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Nice_Username wrote: »Those collectable teapots perhaps?
Personally I'd avoid anything labelled as 'Collectable' ,especially if they're part of a 'series' or collection rather than actually being collectable (if you see what I mean?).
For instance a large pottery made replicas of Claris Cliff and other well known plates and jars as miniatures and sold them as a collectors series. Great if you actually collect the series but useless if you're expecting real Claris Cliff. No I didn't buy one it was in a job lot I got from my local auction.0
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