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You know you are addicted to ebay when....

soolin
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It is a cheap listing day and you are drawn towards the cupboard where you store your Christmas presents bought early...and you list some just 'to see' :j

I Just sold some Christmas presents bought earlier and made a tidy little profit which wll enable me to buy new Christmas presents and have some money left over to buy extra.

I think I am addicted, so has anyone else done something similar?

Soo
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  • FloFlo
    FloFlo Posts: 32,720 Forumite
    In a word ..... yes.
  • COOLTRIKERCHICK
    COOLTRIKERCHICK Posts: 10,510 Forumite
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    i'm def... addicted.....dont tell the family.... but i said i was ill one day... so didnt go out and about with them....but i only wanted to stay in as i had things finishing on ebay:D
    Work to live= not live to work
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    No,sorry, perfectly normal here--whatever that is.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • rose_sparky
    rose_sparky Posts: 974 Forumite
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    Addicted.

    I cannot go shopping without wondering if there's a profit on everything I see!

    (Even if I'm on holiday).
  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
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    Christmas presents? Bought early? :rotfl:
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 75,002 Ambassador
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    frivolous_fay wrote:
    Christmas presents? Bought early? :rotfl:

    Early for me!

    Soo
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  • Contains_Mild_Peril
    Contains_Mild_Peril Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    My family know not to expect to get much use of our shared computer on eBay cheap listing days.
    I'm definitely an eBay addict!
    I cannot go shopping without wondering if there's a profit on everything I see!

    (Even if I'm on holiday).
    I do that a lot too. On a recent holiday staying with relatives in Reading and London, I wished I had more spare cash to buy things I spotted which I thought would make a profit on eBay.
  • ladysparklexx
    ladysparklexx Posts: 848 Forumite
    im a bit mean when considering what to buy my children for christmas i do consider how much i might get back off them when they outgrow them on ebay, only problem is they havent outgrown last years yet
    If you want the rainbow you have to go through the rain.

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  • vianna
    vianna Posts: 112 Forumite
    I don't know if I can be counted as addicted, but whenever I have to buy anything for any reason, I go to ebay first as I have had a lot of real bargains on there.
    I was thinking of starting to sell things but I might think again if you get that addicted to it hehehe
    Nice to save.
  • Contains_Mild_Peril
    Contains_Mild_Peril Posts: 4,141 Forumite
    ladysparklexx wrote:
    im a bit mean when considering what to buy my children for christmas i do consider how much i might get back off them when they outgrow them on ebay, only problem is they havent outgrown last years yet
    It would only be really mean if you were keeping the money for yourself, and I'm sure you wouldn't be that mean! If you have the srtorage space (e.g. a large attic), you could always put their outgrown toys away until they attain collectable status, by which time they could be a very useful addition to the kids' college funds!
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