Things You Never Thought You Could Sell

Wings_of_Ambition

beautyscientist wrote: »

...the guy who one the bid kept up a running commentary to me during the auction, and he knew full well he was paying more than he needed to.

I think he just wanted to win.

Some people are really strange!

Send him my way! All you need is two people like that and you could sell absolute tat for millions

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

I helped my brothe rin law do sme ebaying recently and well did we get a surprise
He was selling old, vey much used ( he would say done) plastering trowels bundled up in 3's or 4's

Three lots of them went for over £100

He now laments at all the ones he has thrown away and given to people over the last 30 years !!

One mans junk is another mans gold

dmister

How much do you reckon I could sell a broken ds lite it still turns on but the hinge is broken. Also do old videos sell and perfume samples and vouchers you find in newspapers for free. Im loving this!:D

Cool_Mint

toblerone wrote: »

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before you all jump into the skips at your local dump be aware that some people have paid for a monopoly or our rubbish and they hand pick what they can sell and have car boots etc etc,in fact at our dump these people have installed cctv and are putting up signs saying you will be took to court for theft if you help yourself to their stuff!!!

Rubbish dumps.. they're all called "recycling centers" now and the men in yellow jackets who "work" there (I use the term loosely) all seem to have turned into clipboard-wielding jobsworths.

Fair enough, people need a bit of prodding to make them recycle instead of dump but it p*ss*s me off when I see a pair of florescent-jacket men busy scavenging for re-salable items or sitting on a rail while some little old lady is struggling to heave a box of junk into a skip or giving people a chewing-off for dumping mixed-waste into the "non-recyclable" skip; my dad is a stubborn twit (replace the vowel "i" with an "a") who always thinks he's in the right, but he does have his moments; the last time one of the yellow-jackets whinged at him he said "well, you work here don't you? So do your f**k*ng job and recycle it then!".:rotfl:

I know a guy who used to work at the local dump (as they were called back then) and although he was at the bottom of the pecking-order he knew the other workers all spent half the day cherry-picking stuff they could resell at car-boot sales.

In the old days - back in the 80's - you could go to the dump and give the guy at the portakabin a fiver and load up with a couple of old bicycles, but now they won't let you because of "health & safety" rules, ostensibly meaning that they don't want people selling dangerous broken junk or faulty electronics goods at a car-boot sale or getting hurt rummaging in skips... that's their job.

Whenever I take anything to the recycling center that I think could be resold I smash it up first but after reading this thread I'll have to think whether I can sell them on eBay - the modern equivelent of a rubbish dump.

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I have an old nikon digital camera thats faulty and was just watching an auction for the exact same model & fault it sold for £10 without the box & instructions so I've dug mine out with original box & instructions & listed it free on the 99p no reserve option & will see how it sells

Its only collecting dust & taking up space so I'll report back how i get on with it!

I also recenlty upgraded my mobile and sold my old one this week i bought it off ebay for £12 new & just sold it on there for £21 second hand lol!!

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dmister wrote: »

How much do you reckon I could sell a broken ds lite it still turns on but the hinge is broken. Also do old videos sell and perfume samples and vouchers you find in newspapers for free. Im loving this!:D

Re the Ds Lite with a broken hinge theres one on ebay selling* for £25+ at moment with a few hours left, might be worth listing yours * not my auction*

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Princess_Jane wrote: »

You have to laugh I suppose.

Now I've had a buyer withdraw his bid because he can't collect.

My auctions do stipulate (politely) no collections as I work two jobs and keep pretty anti-social hours.

Apparently he didn't read this bit.

And my other buyer who wishes to return an item has emailed me again today asking for my address. In caps. Shouting.

I did email her the address on Sat, but seems it didn't get through.

I don't know why this would be, but don't like the thought of a buyer sitting cursing me when I am giving them the info they need.

Does anyone else offer returns on ebay item? Not sure what the law is on this..Distance Selling etc.

You have to accept a return if the item is substantially different from the description (faulty, different model, wrong size) but otherwise the eBay rules are on your side as a seller; the downside is that it won't stop bad buyers from leaving negative feedback; too much negative feedback, even it's not your fault at all, will scare honest buyers away.

I think it's a good idea to set your eBay Seller's Policy to forbid buyers with a feedback rating of less that 97.5%.

Now I've had a buyer withdraw his bid because he can't collect.

I would have emailed the buyer and pointed out that you don't offer 'collection in person' and offered to cancel the bid if he or she paid you a percentage of the value of the item; if the item had a value of £50 I would ask for £15 - paid separately through Paypal - to cover the lost value of the auction and then offer the item to the next highest bidder (I think eBay does that automatically) or re-list the item.

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snowbrow wrote: »

I have an old nikon digital camera thats faulty and was just watching an auction for the exact same model & fault it sold for £10 without the box & instructions so I've dug mine out with original box & instructions & listed it free on the 99p no reserve option & will see how it sells

Its only collecting dust & taking up space so I'll report back how i get on with it!

I also recenlty upgraded my mobile and sold my old one this week i bought it off ebay for £12 new & just sold it on there for £21 second hand lol!!

One person's junk...
I wouldn't have a clue how to fix a camera but the buyer probably knows how to put it back in perfect working order in 5 minutes flat. I've started buying pre-owned fantasy miniatures (Games Workshop/Warhammer type stuff) that are in a terrible state but very cheap (caked in slapped-on paint usually) which I restore and re-sell as good condition items.

Superdad

This is an interesting thread, which I've just discovered.

I haven't the time to read all of the posts so I apologise if this has been mentioned previously.

A lot of people have been saying how they have been surprised when they were able to sell broken items. Remember, though that this is exactly how eBay started, with the sale of a broken laser pointer. So maybe it shouldn't be such a surprise after all.

regards

Brian

jamtart6

i got £30 for my broken ipod that was 3 years old

i got £25 last week for my 4.1mp camera that was in excellent condition, boxed etc. but for another £20 the person could have bought a cheap 8mp camera with much better zoom?? dont get it!