Things You Never Thought You Could Sell

nimbo

oh,

am at work now trying to figure out what i can be listing this weekend... but am not able to get onto ebay as work have blocked it, do you pay for the listing up front, or is it a pay when sold type thing...

how much, getting well into the idea now...

sure i can find some belly button fluff knocking about...

headoutthesand

I'm a bit gutted about the phone boxes selling well cos I've had mine listed about 4 times and had no interest at all.

It is the box and all the books but no watchers never mind bidders.

Where is everyone else listing theirs cos i'll give it a go again

Skint_Catt

nimbo wrote: »

oh,

am at work now trying to figure out what i can be listing this weekend... but am not able to get onto ebay as work have blocked it, do you pay for the listing up front, or is it a pay when sold type thing...

how much, getting well into the idea now...

sure i can find some belly button fluff knocking about...

You get a statement every month IIRC with listing fees, selling fees, and extras (gallery pics etc) which you can then pay by card or have it taken out of your Paypal account (if its in credit)

Catt xx

Little_Pickle

I have tons and tons of those free CDs and DVD that come with Newspapers...
do you think I should put them on? And how best to? As a bundle?
I've no idea what to do with them!
LP
xox

Cleosmum

dreemskerry wrote: »

My best sale was £25 for a book about Jersey that I had picked up at our local amenity site (tip).

Our amenity sites have special shelters for things that can be reused. They are great places to pick up things to sell on ebay, etc or just so you don't have to go out and buy them new. They have even started putting the books on book shelves so people can see what they have got. Also, if you are happy to call down on a regular basis, say once or twice a week, they will keep an eye out for anything that you need. We call ours Harrods and Fortnum & Masons.

Packaging tips:
1) Don't buy jiffy bags to send your items out in - they get thrown around by the Post Office and you get the blame for a broken item. Get a big roll of bubble wrap, a big roll of brown paper, a pack of generic selotape and a pack of parcel tape from your local office stationery shop, then simply wrap them.
2) For extra protection, you can make packaging cases or corner protectors from old cardboard boxes - your local supermarket will usually be happy to give you some.
3) Ornament shops and musical instrument shops will usually have LOTS of polystyrene shapes that they will happy to give you.
4) If your item is under £20 get a 'Certificate of Posting' when you send it. This is free and will pay out up to £20 if your item is lost or damaged. For items over £20 get postal insurance - it's worth it not to get bad feedback.
5) Write 'Please handle with care' in big friendly letters on your package. From experience, this doesn't actually work, but at least the buyer can see that you have tried.
6) Include your return address, including your postcode, on the package.

Books picked up at the amenity site then sold on ebay payed my grocery bills for most of last year. :-)

You are lucky, the guys at our amenity site will hack your hands off if you try and remove anything that you think you can re-use. If they spot anything being dumped that might be worth anything they are over to you like a shot to point you over to their cabin rather than putting it in the relevant skip, I think they probably have ebay covered.

Also worth noting that certificate of posting covers you up to £36, which also lets you claim for delayed items as well as lost and damaged.

tsharp

I usually just get a reciept with the delivery postcode on it, and hope for the best.

Cleosmum

tsharp wrote: »

I usually just get a reciept with the delivery postcode on it, and hope for the best.

Yep thats a cert of posting, they print out a reciept and pop the house no and postcode on.

tsharp

Cleosmum wrote: »

Yep thats a cert of posting, they print out a reciept and pop the house no and postcode on.

Thought it might be. The PO where I work give me one (a receipt/proof of postage, that is!) everytime I go in, I don't need to ask.

danibee2k

Hi all - I've only found this thread today but have just spent my day at work reading through all 26 pages!!! Have also been compiling a list at the same time of all the 'amazing' things I have at home that can go on ebay later. Can't wait to get home and d/l turbolister and get started!!! Thank you for your ideas everyone and thank you OP. Going on holiday next month so something towards the credit card bill would be fantastic!!!

onejontwo

As the saying goes "money for old rope", years ago a reporter put this to the test by attempting to sell a 5 foot piece of old rope he found washed up on a beach, on e-bay.
After 10 days he had actually managed to sell the rope but unfortunately he miscalculated the postage fees and made a loss on the transaction!
(The buyer wanted a piece of rope to hold down the tarpaulin on his car he was renovating)
It just goes to show that you can sell almost anything on e-bay.............