Selling on e-bay to come debt free!

painted_lady

Thats what I do - I have an A4 spiral bound notebook, write down all my winning bidders addresses, then mark off when paid, another mark when I posted it, then I can keep track of who has paid and how much I have earnt. At end of each month, I look at how much was profit (minus fees, packaging postage etc) and transfer money to my a/cs. This way, its easier to see why you do ebay and can see the reward.

hypno06

Hi, can I join in please?

I have started ebaying this month as I have a huge amount of general clutter and an even huger (is that a word?) debt.

So far, we have done quite well, raising a good couple of hundred pounds, so today we decided that we would aim to raise enough by ebaying/amazon/car booting to pay off DH's Egg card. This is a little under £4000 so some challenge, but with a bit of concentration and effort, I reckon we can get a good way towards it.

Good luck with your challenge!

Red_Fraggle_3

I am sure there will be a website somewhere but I've set up a spreadsheet that I can drop the costs and final prices into as some of the ebaying I do is my DD's stuff and the money goes to her - she wants to make sure I'm not holding funds back the cheek :-)

cazmanian_minx

Red_Fraggle wrote:

I am sure there will be a website somewhere but I've set up a spreadsheet that I can drop the costs and final prices into as some of the ebaying I do is my DD's stuff and the money goes to her - she wants to make sure I'm not holding funds back the cheek :-)

Try eCal, I've found it INCREDIBLY useful.

http://ecal.!!!!!!/en/fee_calculator/ebay.co.uk/

Caz

em84_2

Sound silly but every year we have a hoilday aborad even a cheap last min deal to spain for £199 each. out of my money i put £30 a month in a pot for it. i have 48 items listed on ebay at the moment. still got loads to go lol
silly question but can u pay bits of a loan off do u need to pay the whole of it off?

painted_lady

I think you need to pay the whole loan -maybe save up the money until you have the balance outstanding? Phone them to check.

angelavdavis

em84 wrote:

I think i will list bout 5-10 items a night or couple of days. hubby told me to clear mystuff out lol Must have bout 10 pair of jeans need selling. lol Some times i cry at night thinking we never gonna get out the debt circle. Dunno if anyone else is like that?

Might be worth listing the jeans by size in lots. I listed mine separately and they did nothing, then listed then in groups of 3's - sold the lot. Got £20 for three pairs.

By the way don't forget to ask family if they have anything they want to get shot of. I listed a pair of chandeliers that were in the house my inlaws bought. I caught my mother in law putting them in the rubbish. They sold at the weekend for £235! I agreed to split the proceeds 50% after costs, so I am still £100 better off!

hypno06

I have a couple of items ending today so hopefully another £50 in the bag before too long. I am having a housework day today with a view to a proper spring clean in the next couple of weeks so expect to unearth loads of things that will find their way on the ebay list.

I also have lots of things that are better suited to a car boot but will have to wait until Easter to do that - I am not standing in a field in the freezing cold

I made my first over payment on the Egg card that I am trying to clear, so that felt good. Gives me the incentive to keep on working at this!

em84_2

Good afternoon all.
Good idea bout the jeans, i see how they go at the moent. have 4 bids all ready yippe on stuff. hubby told me to clear the room so i might as well make some money. Very cold day. off work for 4 days as hoilday so i gonna make the most of it. I trying to tidy up but the phone rings or the goes or hubby wants help. lol

Rang the loan company We can pay lump of £100 or more of at a time

I feel good bout ebaying!

em84_2

Hiya all
Having not so good evening! hubby knock a glass of water over the new laptop which is less then 6 months old feed up cos i pay for that out of the house fund which could gone towards something the house!!!!!
he gets everything he wants i get nothing it feel like.

sorry to moan!