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Ebay sales tanked

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  • We need loyal buyers like this
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  • Less of this
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  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    OOO THE gameboy...makes me want to go buy one on ebay now lol
    Don't trust a forum for advice. Get proper paid advice. Any advice given should always be checked
  • sharpy2010
    sharpy2010 Posts: 2,471 Forumite
    My sales have also dropped right off. I assumed it was the summer slump, as happens in my day job too. During the winter I was selling 5 or 6 items a day at profit of about £4.50 per item, at the moment I'm luckty to sell 1 item every two days. Not worth bothering with really, but I'm holding out to see if things pick up again during the winter.
  • porto_bello
    porto_bello Posts: 1,828 Forumite
    Well, the business sellers selling British flags should be doing pretty well at the moment ...and for the next few weeks!
    "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
    ...If you can fake that, you've got it made."
    Groucho Marx
  • Well, the business sellers selling British flags should be doing pretty well at the moment ...and for the next few weeks!

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  • 120501-Buy-British.jpg

    or even

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    Maybe this is why?
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  • Crowqueen
    Crowqueen Posts: 5,726 Forumite
    Good stuff, Dex.

    I must admit the Gameboy had the same effect on me. I had one when I was a teenager and even now I have a DS and play PC games, it's not the same as the plinky-plonk stuff I used to enjoy on it.

    Being serious for a moment, I do think eBay has always had that problem, but it wouldn't wholly account for a downturn right now. But not going to let that get in the way of the laughs you've given me ;) :T.
    "Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4

    Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!
  • Gleeful
    Gleeful Posts: 1,979 Forumite
    It's always quiet for me at this stage in the month. People buy towards the start of the month, after payday, then again towards the end of the month when they know how much spare cash they have left.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,173 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    What's a Led Zeppelin Knebworth t-shirt worth, BTW?
    (I saw them, but the t-shirt must have shrunk, as it doesn't fit me any more.)
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