Sorry....but I just have to gloat

bella4uk · 27 February 2007 at 1:11PM

Was it a full moon last night???? I think some people are barking!
Last week I saw a nice cardigan in the charity shop which I thought would fit my sister. I paid £3.50 for it, it was originally from H&M which is a fairly cheapish shop so i guess it may have cost somewhere around the £15 mark. It was too big for my sis so decided to sell it on ebay. I was offered a buy it now and was tempted to sell it for a fiver but there were a few watches so deciced to hold out.
I was out last night (Amy Winehouse gig...fantastic but that's another story) so on waking and feeling very rough from my over indulgent night, I look to see that it has sold for £26 plus postage....:j :j :j
Crazy but great.

I would love to hear of your unexpected great sales.

Sugar_Coated_Owl · 27 February 2007 at 1:16PM

Well done you!

That's a great success story.

I think my best sale was on Winnie The Pooh storage boxes (a set of 3) different sizes, fit inside the other. I bought them from where I work for £5 and also got a 20% discount on this. I put the set of boxes on ebay and they sold for £20 something

I was very pleased.

bella4uk · 27 February 2007 at 1:24PM

I've noticed any baby clothing with winnie the pooh sells really well too.

Avoriaz · 27 February 2007 at 2:10PM

It was only a 3/4 moon last night.

I know because it was Mrs A’s birthday so I took her for a day out to the south coast. We went to the South Downs, Lewes and Hastings and watched the sunset on Hastings promenade. The sky was almost cloudless and the moon was clearly visible.

We had a great day, which helped to ease the pain of hitting 55 for Mrs A. I don’t get there till June.

On the way home I had arranged to collect some ebay purchases. I collected 10 items from one seller in Reigate. Over £300 worth of stuff for £62. We had a lovely Thai meal in Reigate and then I collected another two items in Leatherhead. I saved a bundle on p&p and it cost me virtually nothing to pick up as we were going close by anyway. I also bought 5 almost new condition CDs for £1 each in a charity shop in Lewes.

One of the good days.

Kaminari_2 · 27 February 2007 at 3:23PM

About 40 kinda suprise toys i was going to throw out. Went for £122.

colin79666 · 27 February 2007 at 3:46PM

Recently bought Wii Play for £34.99 from Argos
Played the game and when I had finished it I decided to keep the remote and sell the game on Ebay.
It went for £16 + p&p !
Basically it means I got my remote for £19 - it normally costs about £30

Baby_J_2 · 27 February 2007 at 3:52PM

:j That is really good! Well done! :j

annapantscats · 27 February 2007 at 4:05PM

bella4uk wrote:

Was it a full moon last night???? I think some people are barking!
Last week I saw a nice cardigan in the charity shop which I thought would fit my sister. I paid £3.50 for it, it was originally from H&M which is a fairly cheapish shop so i guess it may have cost somewhere around the £15 mark. It was too big for my sis so decided to sell it on ebay. I was offered a buy it now and was tempted to sell it for a fiver but there were a few watches so deciced to hold out.
I was out last night (Amy Winehouse gig...fantastic but that's another story) so on waking and feeling very rough from my over indulgent night, I look to see that it has sold for £26 plus postage....:j :j :j
Crazy but great.

I would love to hear of your unexpected great sales.

Isnt it great when that happens??!!

Bought a cardi from a charity shop too once, for about £4 if I remember right. It was by Boden so I thought I might make a tenner on it.... but it went for over £45!!!!!!!! WooooHooo!! :beer:

theatretony · 27 February 2007 at 4:30PM

I once bought a PAYG sim card on eBay for £7.50 and it had £9.50 of credit on it. Then a year later I sold the sim card on eBay and because it had a "gold number", I sold it for £100 !!!! That was the best deal ever for me...

Sexy_Em · 27 February 2007 at 4:49PM

flippin heck!! they are some pretty awesome sales!! I hav a winnie the pooh bear up at the min - didnt sell first time. Think its just pot luck really - an item that may got for £30 today may only sell for £5 next week!