Sorry....but I just have to gloat

auntie_brenda

My local Red Cross was closing for a refit, everything was reduced to 10p. I bought anything that was Next, M&S, Gap etc, plus loads of books and CD's.

Total cost £3.60. Ebay profit £49.00, and some lovely feedback from someone who'd been searching for the CD for 2 yrs. Still got 10 books listed on Green Metropolis.

I bought these a few hours before shop closed. At the end of the day all stock left was binned, as far as I'm concerned they were happy with their £3.60 (think I rounded it up to £4 ) and I was happy with my purchases. All benefitted.

Avoriaz

bella4uk wrote:

Update, postal order arrived for the cardi but I now feel so guilty that I think I'm gonna give her a new handbag (£1.50 from bargain crazy using 75% off code) which matches it perfectly. Does anyone else get that feeling off guilt and do you think I'm being silly for putting this in....not posting till monday so please let me know.

Why the guilt? Nobody forced the buyer to bid £26. Presumably the cardie is worth that to her.

Sending a handbag is a generous thought but it could possibly backfire on you. A soft parcel is not tempting to thieves. A large parcel with a harder item in it is more tempting so you are increasing the risk of theft in the post. I mean no insult to postal workers. I know 99% of you are honest.

The buyer may also be puzzled at your motives and it may make her think that the cardie was not worth the £26 after all. Human psychology is a curious thing.

Those are my thoughts for what they are worth.

callmelinda

re: complaints that buying charity shop goods and profiting isn't morally right... as long as people continue to use charity shops then I don't see the problem if a percentage of people sell on the goods whether for a profit or not.

If someone buys £500 from a charity shop in a year and sells it for say £1000 on ebay then that "bad" person has probably raised £500 more for that charity than some of those "good" folks who think the process is inherantly wrong. (I'm not being mean by saying "bad" and "good" - I'm trying to show that people can't just be judged in such a way when you have no clue as to the other things they do in life).

I know what I would want if I was a charity - kind people buying from my shops so I could refill with more donations from other kind people - and hey, maybe some of those who made a profit do give back with their own clothes sometimes, or make a donation, or go do a run to raise money etcetc. Maybe without 10 eBayers going in and purchasing £5000 in a year from the shop, the shop wouldn't be open? Who knows?!

It's very easy to point fingers but when you sit down and realise the bigger picture, it sits quite comfortably with me.

jasmineswhiskers

smashed wrote:

Everybody has different views.. you just have to accept it.
For instance, if I paid £3.50 for a cheap jumper, and it sold for over £26.. I would not be gloating. And certainly wouldnt be posting a new thread on here.
I would feel sorry for the buyer tbh. (Thats why I couldnt do sales, hate people being overcharged). Yet others have no such troubles when they overcharge people for stuff (tho the OP didnt set the price obviously).

That's life - it makes the world go round.
The price is set - take it or leave it. There's no pressure to buy. However I don't like dishonesty on ebay - trying to make out something is what it isn't (eg antique when new, branded when fake, good condition when bad etc). And everybody probably gets overcharged every day one way or another.

ampersand

jasmineswhiskers wrote: »

. However I don't like dishonesty on ebay - trying to make out something is what it isn't (eg antique when new, branded when fake, good condition when bad etc). And everybody probably gets overcharged every day one way or another.

#Anyone who is unhappy can also report the Seller to ebay directly. The new Feedback system seems a sensible and long overdue refinement.

soba

A couple of years ago there was a pull-out section in our local (Stoke) newspaper about Robbie William's 30th birthday. I think it was about 12 pages, and had interview with friends and family. I bought the newspaper for 30p and stuck the pull-out on ebay not expecting much from it. It sold for £56 to a girl from Germany:eek:. She said she'd pay cash and after a couple of weeks of non payment we thought she might have realised how much she'd paid and what she was getting for her money. Eventually we got an envelope containg £60 from her. She must have been mad:rotfl:

Contains_Mild_Peril

I bet you wish you'd bought an extra copy of the paper now!

ms_london

I wouldnt send the free handbag, its a nice thought, but why bother - the buyer may even see the cardie as being a bargain and sell it on for more than she actually paid for it anyway??!!!

I found some Rock and Republic Jeans in a charity shop a few years back (when Victoria Beckham was promoting them!) bought them for 12 pounds and sold for 65 pounds...

I've bought books at carboots for 10p and sold for 6 pounds. I am sure I have sold things on ebay and the "buyer" has then gone on to sell the item and make a profit themselves, the same as people do at carboot sales.

I dont understand why some people are getting so high and mighty about it?? Get over it!

Jesus, you'd think we were stealing from the charity shops and making a profit with the way you're all going on!! :rolleyes:

Off to list some items on ebay.......

boam

i had a old sports bag from the 80's no particualar make, pretty good condition, although it fetched £40....

Snooze_Control

I'd like to join in this gloat fest if I may!

I just happened to be searching for specific item about a month ago and there were some listings but with absolutely ridiculous BIN prices (circa £450) on them. I knew that the item actually originated in the US so went and did a search on ebay.com and found several for sale but around the $425 mark which was approx £212 and £20 P&P to the UK. The problem was that they're geared to run on the US mains and initially I was going to forget about it but I then noticed that the item actually ran on 24v DC via an external transformer!

After clarifying a few points with the seller I decided to buy it and it arrived a week later. I hooked it up with the transformer I'd bought off Ebay for a couple of quid in between times and it worked a treat!

Meanwhile, the UK listings were still fetching upwards of £450 a piece (they retail elsewhere at between £600 and £1000) so seeing a nice little earner I contacted the original seller and asked if he had anymore for sale. The reply came back that he had 27 :eek: of them, and could get more if I wanted them!!! Not being in a position to afford over £5,700 of gear in one go I just took 10 off him while he discounted $150 and let me have them for $4,100 (£2,050).

I've just sold my last one today and have pocketed just over £2,500 in the space of about 2 weeks (Paypal fees to come off that yet :eek: but who cares at those margins!) . The best bit is that the seller sent me an email through the night letting me know he's got a load more in stock if I want them... so I've just put the money I've made back into the pot and bought 20 off him for $8,000 :dance:

Life is rather sweet at the moment..... :j

SC