Things You Never Thought You Could Sell

ghirl27

There all from well know chef's and were not cheap most of them have hardly even been opened.I got them gave to me and always intended to get a big book case but have never got round to it, so i just dont have the room for them they are everywhere lol..

bonvonnie

I've been selling now for just over 2 years.
Had a new baby, and needed to make some room. Sold thing lying around the house and mad around £2k, mainly old car magazines, half used perfumes/aftershaves, a 10year old Ted Baker Tshirt, 1st generation game boy games, used make-up, used handbags (more that what I'd paid for it), broken mobile, used baby bottle steriliser, used breast pump, all my used gym-wear (didnt have time to go after 2 babies), broken badminton racket, faulty Sony digital camera for £80!!!

......... and the list goes on!!!!!!!!

ayla261

tsharp wrote:

Two things;
2000 books! Your house must be like a library!
&
£338 for your wedding! now that is cheap!

we did have £500 more saved but the car mucked up so it's all down to the wire with the wedding...invites & favors all handmade, ebayd the dresses and boss sorting cars but at this rate i'll be using copies of all the guests photos & we'll be having origami flowers!
And yes i do have an entire room devoted to books

Sea78

ghirl27 wrote:

There all from well know chef's and were not cheap most of them have hardly even been opened.I got them gave to me and always intended to get a big book case but have never got round to it, so i just dont have the room for them they are everywhere lol..

If you put them under celebrity tv chefs they might well go well. One Rick Stein book (original price£4.99) is now going for £6.50 with a couple of days to go. Have another look perhaps?

Sea xx

tsharp

ayla261 wrote:

we did have £500 more saved but the car mucked up so it's all down to the wire with the wedding...invites & favors all handmade, ebayd the dresses and boss sorting cars but at this rate i'll be using copies of all the guests photos & we'll be having origami flowers!
And yes i do have an entire room devoted to books

I see. I only mention it cos we are in the process of arranging our wedding, and the costs are astronomical. I suggested haggling over the price of the photography, and my OH was horrified. Why not? Photographer quotes say £900, we suggest £800, take it from there. My OH reacted as if was suggesting we pay in sexual favours or something!

ayla261

:eek: how much!! my OH would go mental if i suggested paying that much for photography! we've asked family friend whose work we've seen before and are waiting to hear, but another alternative we've considered is asking at our local art college for a student who could add our pictures to their portfolio after and having cameras (tesco do them at £2.47 but i reckon i can find them cheaper) on tables for guests (truprint & other cos do v cheap processing) You should take a look at the wedding forum on here somewhere, it's got great cost cutting tips...although being the eversoregularmoneysaver you are i bet you've already scouted that thread :T

Eupho

ayla261 wrote:

:eek: how much!!
but another alternative we've considered is asking at our local art college for a student who could add our pictures to their portfolio after and having cameras (tesco do them at £2.47 but i reckon i can find them cheaper) on tables for guests

Yep.. I went to a friends wedding last Christmas and they had put dispo cams on each of the guest tables.. with a little sticker on them saying.. *Please take a Picture and pass me on*

They got some GREAT photos doing that.
Also.. short of being able to get hold of a photog student to do the pics for you.. (great idea!).. How about a friend you may know who is pretty good at takign snaps.. yanno.. a hobby. They may love the oppotuinity.. and do it partly as a wedding gift to you.

This thread has got me PILING stuff onto Ebay today haha.. Ive had enough now.. Ive listed 20 items.. a few paperbacks, old camera.. PDA.. games dvds Cds (thanks to the person that told us about the 5p listtings today for dvds and cds!) :j :beer: :T

jackie_w

Ive got loads of stuff that I could sell, especially soft toys whish I used to collect when I was little. They are all gathering dust in the loft.
It will break my heart to sell them, but, needs must.

Some of them are quite large, and I know this might sound really stupid, but, how would I package them up, and also, how do you know how much the postage will cost?

Jackie xxx

Eupho

jackie_w wrote:

Some of them are quite large, and I know this might sound really stupid, but, how would I package them up, and also, how do you know how much the postage will cost?

Jackie xxx

Ive received stuff like that in neatly packaged pieces of bin bag. (more flexible than paper)
If you pull a bin bag off the roll, you can cut off the bottom where the seam is.. and cut up the side.. cut across the top so its (mostly) straight.. open it out.. et voila! Nice shiny smooth black.. packaging

Who thought I was gonna say skin then?


(ME!!) :rotfl:

ghirl27

thanks everyone i think i might give e-bay another go ..I think the postage put me off the last time to because a lot of the books are very heavy so i think the postage was putting people off and i kept it to the penny i wasnt over charging or anything...some books that cost £10 + i was starting at 99p but beacuse they were big or heavy the postage was a bit off putting.