The Ebay Goldmine Thread

derbylady

kathfisch wrote:

You can also do a search for 'items by bidder' and include 'items where not the higest bidder' - this will show you everything that someone has bid on in the last while, not just that they have won and received feedback for... can make interesting reading!! :think: :rotfl:

what a good idea ive brrn bidding on some things that i suspect were being bidded up by someone else on purpose, how do i search for items by bidder???
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found it now thanks very very interesting

grandslamgirl

Try the following link

http://search.ebay.co.uk/ws/search/AdvSearch?sofocus=bs&sacat=-1&catref=C5&fbd=1&sspagename=h:h:advsearch:Uk&from=R6&nojspr=y&fswc=1&fss=0&saslop=1&fls=4&floc=1&sargn=-1&saslc=0&salic=3&saatc=3&sadis=200&fpos=CB9%209HE&sacur=0&sacqyop=ge&ga10244=10425&saslt=2&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saaff=afdefault&fsop=1&fsoo=1&fcl=3&frpp=100&sofindtype=3&pfid=

grownup1

The weirdest thing for me was a solitaire game (marbles on wooden board) in battered original vintage box. Marbles didn't seem all to be original. Offered for bids over £2.99 and someone paid me £65 to end early. He paid - no problems - but I've always wondered what he thought others would bid for it and WHY?

yummymummy79

My best one, my boyfriend's dad found some books and cassette audio books in a skip. I put them on Ebay, the books made a few quid but the tapes went for £72.00 in the end !!

More recently, bought some shoes for £5, they were collecting dust so put them up for sale and they went for £7.50 plus a but of profit on postage. Not so great as the tapes but still a bonus.

Jenny_S

Floxxie wrote:

Teletubbies Tubby Toast cutter - a freebie from a magazine 3/4 years ago - sold for £11.00

Thanks for this, my little sister definitely used to have this, so ill have a look through the kitchen cupboard when I next visit my parents house!!

EagerLearner

I almost scrapped a box of 50 Michael Jackson tapes once - as had moved over to cd etc - then put it on e-bay as a bulk lot and sold it to german girl who paid another £15 ontop for postage... £65 when I would have got £0 at the skip!

Also got an MJ bootleg CD with rare songs on it at a CD fair for £10 and sold it for £72 on e-bay 2 months later with a huuuuge bidding war...

Joolzr68

Hi,

I once bought for 50p in a sale a pair of tacky hoop earrings that had 'chav' written through the middle.

I bought them to go to a fancy dress party but after the party I decided I would probably never wear them again so I listed them on Ebay.

As the days rolled by to my astonishment these earrings went up in price and finally sold for £15.50 ! :j

I was a very happy bunny....lol :rotfl:

tsharp

There's no accounting for bad taste, which is why ebay rocks!

tallullahbelle

Perhaps it's best not to know! My friend is always on the look out for ladies shoes and underwear in large sizes as she has a theory that men who want them for themselves are more likely to buy on ebay than in the shops!
When the celebrity on ice was on tv I bought a pair of ice skates in a charity shop for £5 and sold them for £25. I also bought a baby dress which looked like a christening dress for 99p and that sold for £15. Had no luck recently though...It seems to be a common thing that the items you expect to sell either never do, or they sell for peanuts.

tsharp

Maybe we should have a different thread for crap that you bought but cannot sell!