Things You Never Thought You Could Sell

yellowpinky

Reading this thread with interest! Just getting back into ebaying now after a period and have started sorting out all my make up bits that have not been used at all or hardly been used (and never will be!), been putting those on in the last few days, and intrigued to read about empty perfume bottles etc being sale-able! When ebaying before I bought up lots of weekend papers and sold the supplements, eg, You magazine, especially if they had a good celebrity on the cover. Sold a McFly cover Live magazine plus the freebie CD that came with it to someone in Brazil for a fiver! Still have a good "supply" left over, so will get this going again.

grahamlaw

weller711 wrote: »

This thread is a great idea!!!

My husband is VW freak and goes to scrap yards and gets all different little bits for VW's and sells them on E BAY for about 10 - 15x what he's paid for them at the scrap yard. A lot of overseas bidders can't get hold of a lot of car parts so are desperate to get hold of things....... and my OH has made a lot of money from doing this.

Also (shouldn't really say this and I'm really ashamed of him) but he thinks if something from a scrap yard will fit in his pocket then he doesn't have to pay for it and therefore makes even more of a profit. Yes, I know its technically stealing and I shout at him but it make no difference. (please don't be mad with us!!!!!!!!!!!)

Oh yes! Shake his hand for me! Vw gets in the blood.

grahamlaw

I've got some Chinese army gear. Wonder if that would sell.

joja

I suppose faulty GHD's have already been mentioned? mine broke and there are people that buy them to fix them for about a tenner. also, broken fridges sell as well.

My sis sold a load of bricks on ebay for £150 - funny because she nearly paid £100 to have them taken away!

I check everything now!

kernalpop

weller711 wrote: »

I would but he died over a year ago. Thanks anyway, it made me smile.

If you know anybody who would like a MK3 Anniversary Golf GTI 16V, please let me know, its near perfect with good modifications but has been sat idle for over a year now, too powerful for me, I like my Polo! It's been started and run every week by his best man so no problems. I don't want paying for it, he wouldn't have wanted that, just for it to go to a good home, somebody who shared his passion for VW's. It looks great, cool and has had a fortune spent on it hence some of our debt but now debt free so would like to rehome it.

What a very kind offer. I hope it goes to a great home and the memory of him lives on!!!

dizzytina

I once sold some creative craft magazines in a binder. There were 30 which cost me about £60 to collect and they sold to a USA buyer for £198 plus they had to pay £40 in postage as they were heavy!!. I agree with you nevada the things you expect to make money always seem to let you down but then items you think are junk end up surprising you.

mippy

Lottebear wrote: »

Army kit sells well, also if it is very used, they seem to like worn in dirt!:eek:

I think it's a fetish thing - see also used trainers!

Wings_of_Ambition

Lottebear wrote: »

Army kit sells well, also if it is very used, they seem to like worn in dirt!:eek:

I'd agree with this - when I've done car boots, the army stuff has always sold. Makes me wonder if it's possible to buy cheap stock somewhere and sell it on for a profit.

angelahorn

moonlightpjs wrote: »

This thread is a great idea!!!


Also (shouldn't really say this and I'm really ashamed of him) but he thinks if something from a scrap yard will fit in his pocket then he doesn't have to pay for it and therefore makes even more of a profit. Yes, I know its technically stealing and I shout at him but it make no difference. (please don't be mad with us!!!!!!!!!!!)

Crikey, ýou're brave to admit that. I can see why you're annoyed. There's no 'technically' about it really, is there - it's the scrapyard owner's property, it's stuck in a pocket rather than being declared because he'd have to pay for it otherwise - it's stealing, straight up. Scrapyard owners don't have a reputation for being very understanding about this sort of thing

manutd99

angelahorn wrote: »

Crikey, ýou're brave to admit that. I can see why you're annoyed. There's no 'technically' about it really, is there - it's the scrapyard owner's property, it's stuck in a pocket rather than being declared because he'd have to pay for it otherwise - it's stealing, straight up. Scrapyard owners don't have a reputation for being very understanding about this sort of thing

Something towards those lines. Have a read of this

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Man-rummaging-on-tip-is.5629777.jp

So thing twice before even taking from site waste disposal centres never mind scrapyards