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nat21luv

And I use my business page to sell, again, for the same reason!

Monkeynut

Haha, glad it's not just me then!
Plus my OHs family are all 'Oh so and so would like that' and expect everything to be passed around for free. But we don't get things because there's nothing that we need from them, yet we need the money! I know that sounds really selfish, and obviously with close family I'm happy to pass things on, but with a random second cousin that I've met once at that wedding sort of thing, I'm a bit less giving!
And there's a couple of such distant relations who have had a baby recently or are having a baby soon, and seeing as a lot of what I'm selling at the moment is baby things, every thing otherwise my mother in law was trying to tell me to give to them.
So it keeps me out of trouble with her as well

starnac

Monkeynut Ive a very close friend who sells anything and everything. Fair play though she gives all the money she raises to charity but she expects you to give her everything for free so she can sell it. I KNOW the money goes to charity and I feel really guilty sometimes but charity begins at home and I need to sell my baby stuff to raise money to give my own kids a better life. Maybe when I am debt free and money isn't an issue then I can give her my stuff for free so she can sell it on but at the moment I'm sorry no chance.

killerpeaty

Hello there, I'm a long term lurker of this (and previous ones!) thread and I'd like to ask your opinion on something since you guys appear to be the most successful sellers.

I've just moved back home yesterday, we have a spare bed that is just on its side in my room and I was thinking about the best way of selling it. It's a small single, white (chipped paint) and very very boring. I've been looking into upcycling but since it's a small single it probably would have to go cheap anyway so maybe just a lick of paint?

Also what, in your opinion, is the best forum for selling furniture? I'd like to do the best possible as this money would go towards my parents' debt and my mum wants to throw it out.

I love this thread and next month I would love to give it a go : )

nimbo

killerpeaty wrote: »

Also what, in your opinion, is the best forum for selling furniture? I'd like to do the best possible as this money would go towards my parents' debt and my mum wants to throw it out.

I love this thread and next month I would love to give it a go : )

Hiya, I've only just started but for me i would suggest facebook - to friends and family and to any selling groups in the area....

it's free and faff free....

i have a friend that buys loads of furniture on FB and seems to get snapped up.

nimbo

Woo I only started yesterday but i have received

£60 cash today (quick win cashed in my change jar)

£3.99 refund and saved £25 in boots.

I also got 30p off my lunch and received a voucher for another 30p off!!!!! (However i would have saved more if I hadn't been ready to eat my own fist,but after shouting at some inconsiderate woman in town I felt it would be best to eat rather than get arrested for randomly shouting at people to move, it did start off as an excuse me? 4 times, she just stared into the distance)....

I have also received a £5 voucher for number 7 at boots - but what to do with it?????

so £89.29 (and I have £5.30 in vouchers which I probably won't use)

Also after checking my 2nd bank balance which I expected to be -£300 ish it is now +£188 and pence. I have no idea how. But he ho good news... It was what sparked me to join this challenge as I thought I would have to go deeper in the red in that account to pay my rent.

I need to find £6'000 to pay my uni fees this year, and pay off my laser eye surgery that I signed up for to make me feel better. (Dumb I know!!!!)

Nicky_Noo_Na

after two months of e-mails to-ing and fro-ing between myself and play, finally got my 99p refund! next time I will remember to read the reviews before buying off a private seller!

Oh well, we got there in the end

Payday tomorrow so will have some extra to add then

nimbo

OK so i have a couple of questions -

I have a blunt decorative sword to get rid of can I legally sell it?

http://www.blades-uk.com/1988ACT.php

doesn't say I can't... but I fell on this issue ignorance isn't the way to try to please my case. (Denying I knew it was someone else's chocolate however totally acceptable)...

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/New-UK-Sword-Legislation-FAQ?ugid=10000000006500890 apparently it's all in the blade and as it's straight it's not illegal - because obviously curved blades are so much more dangerous?!

I also have a handful of old silver to get rid of - was offered 30p a gram but that seems to be really cheap. (Or is it really that worthless)?

fairyclicks

nat21luv wrote: »

What are you selling fairy?! That's three massive weeks on the trot isn't it?! Well done!

Clearing out my Avon stock Nats everything for £1 or 6 for £5 - working well! and i still have huge boxes of stuff to sell as well!!

fairyclicks

Monkeynut wrote: »

£7 from Facebook sales

With regards to searching for local groups, it might be more difficult that you think actually. I'm a member of several local ones, can't remember how I first joined one, think a friend told me about it and I was able to search for it, then the rest were ones I saw advertised on the one I was with and it snowballed.
But, I set up a new Facebook account yesterday because I wanted to be able to sell a few bits that included some unwanted gifts, and didn't want to upset the person who gave them to me, so have just used a first name and 'Selling Page', which I have seen several people do anyway. But when I was searching for the groups that I am actually in myself, so I know they exist, I couldn't find the groups I was looking for

Very straightforward tip for this one - post on your status asking for links to selling groups - saves a lot of time searching