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The GreenM Challenge - can I make £50 a month?

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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Sold 2 books this week!!!!!! :j :j :j :j Bringing it to a stunning total of.....




    wait for it.......




    3!!!!!!:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Still, cost 10p each, so to quote Mr Wogan, mustn't grumble!!!!!
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • roxy7699
    roxy7699 Posts: 1,067 Forumite
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    well done u - maybe xmas will spead things up
  • Oh another sold but not very good on this one! Didn't charge enough postage, didn't realise it was so heavy. Sold for £5.50 and postage was £6.30! :mad:

    Oh well!
  • webitha
    webitha Posts: 4,799 Forumite
    hi
    have anyone thought of swapping book instead of selling as selling seems to be slow try
    https://www.readitswapit.co.uk
    it costs nowt to join and you swap books with other members all it costs is postage around £1:50 and youve alsways got something new to read then you just relist is nyone else a member as noone i heve spoke to has ever heard of it and i think its a fab way of getting new books for practically nothing i got martins books from there but i wont be swapping those back lol
    If we can put a man on the moon...how come we cant put them all there?

  • My GM drought is over. Just sold my first book of 2007. YAY!!!
    My mantra is "Never pay full price!" ;)
  • Annie021063
    Annie021063 Posts: 2,570 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    My GM drought is over. Just sold my first book of 2007. YAY!!!
    Well done - I've yet to sell one this year but I'm hanging in there.
  • teapot2
    teapot2 Posts: 3,781 Forumite
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    Have only sold one book on GM if I don't count the second one I forgot to de-list as I already sold it on Amazon :o:o - better now at taking them off GM as was quite excited I'd sold a second one until I realised.........

    Got about 45 listed on Gm, some are books with loads of Amazon listings, have been weighing them when it looks like the postage will be quite high but I wonder if high postage puts people off a £3 book? Oh well, just have to wait and see what happens.....
  • katchambers
    katchambers Posts: 1,129 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Sold my first of this year too. That's another £3 to my tiny total. I haven't even reached £50 yet in 2 months, let alone 1!

    Well done everyone else who have sold.

    kat
    My darling boy born December 2011

  • I agree about the mind body books. I sold those on Amazon very quickly at a good price, probably more than the £3 GM fee. However I have just had an email from Amazon today saying that some of my books are now past their 60 day listing, so I will try them on GM.

    Can you include this DFWlurker in your GM challenge? I have listed gawd knows how many on there and am still waiting my first bite.

    I will aim for the £50 challenge as I need it to help towards repaying my cahoot loan ASAP. The lovely people they are increased my rate from 6.9% to 14.9% in the space of 3 weeks!
  • tsharp
    tsharp Posts: 1,532 Forumite
    I discovered a pool of cr@ppy paperbacks in a cupboard in the office, which are dumped there by staff who don't want them any more. I might list the whole on GM and if one sells grab it from the pool. Sneaky, but no one will care/know.
    "I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something."
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