Anyone sold baby clothes on ebay?

jellyhead

well i'm really pleased with the items i bought :-)

thanks, and i'm sorry you didn't make more of a profit!!

RACHIE77

jellyhead wrote:

well i'm really pleased with the items i bought :-)

thanks, and i'm sorry you didn't make more of a profit!!

No worries, I'm glad your pleased!! - it seems funny to imagine someone else will be wearing my little boys clothes - i'm just pleased they went to a good home, my favourite was the next shirt (hardly worn but he looked a cutie in it) and also the two short sleeved shirts! aw i'm getting all daft that he's not ickle enough to fit into them any more - lol

take care

RACHIE77

cherrypie556 wrote:

depends really, ive sold loads of clothes and the majority always seems to sell. I found that everyone seems to buy 'next' clothing and as most of my kids clothes are from them they sell straight away, even babygro's! Anything else thst isnt next i put as a bundle and sell it that way and that normally sells also. I start everyting off at 99p plus no more than £1.50 p&p

I guess i could put some more on as a bundle, might do that when I get a spare couple of hours if we don't do the car booty!

jellyhead

yes, my favourites are the same as yours lol! i haven't had my baby yet and those shirts look enormous lol!

RACHIE77

OMG - you haven't even had it yet! lol! My you are getting prepared!

My friend is due any day now and i'm getting all broody - mind you i shouldn't be broody really - i had two babies last year (in January and December 2004) - she's only 32 weeks but had a scare and has been in hospital in suspected early labour - just got home a couple of hours ago

Well good luck with everything - i just spotted your lilypie countdown!

jellyhead

you had 2 babies in the same year? gosh you're brave lol! my mum had my sister less than a year after i was born too. i'm only prepared clothes-wise, nothing else is ready, i just had a mad ebay-ing urge and bought loads of stuff, i've got all the newborn and 0-3 stuff i need, a drawer for 3-6 and a box under my bed for anything 6m+. i'm just buying cheap things when i see them, from ebay and the charity shops because i think once baby is born i'll be too sleepy to hunt for bargains and will probably just buy everything from asda out of laziness! baby still doesn't have a room (extension isn't built, architect plans not even ready yet) and i haven't bought what i need for hospital yet, have washed baby clothes but not ironed anything yet. i'm so disorganised lol! i can't wait to put baby in short sleeved shirts, they look so cute! i've got a newborn shorts and shirt set from next (charity shop) and it's gorgeous, i hope i don't develop a preference for next clothes, can't afford it

Hopelesswithmoney

Hi Rachie, a little tip for you. Try selling your clothes at an NCT Nearly New Sale. I sold a lot of baby items at one in April and I shifted a load of my son's clothes and old toys. I paid £7.50 for the table and the rest of the profit was my own and I saved a fortune in ebay fees. If you do a google search on "National Childbirth Trust" you'll find the link.

Good luck

Hopeless
xx

ps Two babies in ONE year - WOW!!! Where do you get the stamina from? I struggle with one!

Sofa_Sogood

RACHIE77 wrote:

Oh no - I can see this going horribly wrong!! I guess there is nothing that I can do about it now that they are listed except maybe hope they come in at slightly higher than 99p but like you say its not a good patch to be sat in... the only thing i'm hoping is that most people went for 5 or 7 days as I went for 10days so it would end on a weekend rather than midweek......

I forgot about the fees being so high! Why are they so steep for items that are so low priced??

Not fair

Just caught up with this thread Rachie. Are the fees always that high? :eek:

How do people make a profit?

Hopelesswithmoney

Hi Sofa, nice to 'see' you. You still tarting? (M&S that is!).
xx

Sofa_Sogood

Hopelesswithmoney wrote:

Hi Sofa, nice to 'see' you. You still tarting? (M&S that is!).
xx

Hey Hopeless (or was it Helpless? ) Good to see you too. Couldn't remember which thread I knew you from lol

Didn't buy a sausage in the last M&S sale :j

Just went nuts on eBay

I still can't believe those low profit margins. I'll give extra nice feedback from now on - even when someone sells me 2 books that I can't give away because they were 'promotional books' :rolleyes:

Serves me right