Shifting this debt one £ at a time.

jwil

Aaleigha wrote: »

I have my laptop back so can make visits - I will make them regularly just to wave the pompoms around from the sidelines

we dont have car boot sales up and running yet we have an indoor one about 30miles away but I cant justify the fuel to help me go and spend money - I have never done a boot sale but on a nice day I go for a mooch and take two or three dogs with me. I would have no idea how to set up a boot sale table - sad or what - might talk to DD see if she wants to do one together I have a big car so we could take quite a bit of stuff with us and if we can make some money between us all would help

I have just had to pay for my youngest dog to have 7 deciduous teeth removed as they would not fall out on their own

now I have my laptop up and running I am ready to sort stuff to iron and list on ebay - need to look carefully at things as not sure of listing prices etc - just hope the first few bits sell well enough to cover fees - you are doing so well with your selling so keep reporting in please

Thanks Aaleigha

Listing fees are pretty straightforward on ebay - you get 20 free listings a month, with occasional free listings otherwise.

Other listings after that are 35p each. (I think there might be slight variations in some categories).

Ebay take 10% final value fee on the final sale price (including postage) and paypal take (I think) 3.4% plus 20p.

It sounds a lot, but in my experience, there is nowhere else that I can get comparable prices and the same exposure.

We are big car booters here. There is one we go to all year round which is about 30 miles away. The local ones are more seasonal, so we add them on in Summer. I love having a look around, you never know what you will find. DH collects things, so adds to his collections (as do I occasionally, but not so much these days). I used to buy endless books, but I have banned myself at the moment, as I have too many unread books.

Little jwil has been kitted out mainly from car boots as well.

There's nothing to worry about setting up really. Just put everything out and wait for people to buy it all!

Aaleigha

you are so optimistic
I have done nearly all the things I wanted to do today - need just to iron and if the weather stops raining take the stuff with the dressmakers mannequin to the garden for their photos - the pale stuff will look nicer against the brickwork than indoors where all my walls are very very pale

I do do charity shops and manage to dress myself from them - however I buy stuff because I like it and wear it once then it goes back the wardrobe and stays there for ever before going back where it came from - I am rather worried I will do with same with boot sales but stuff I dont really need then I will have to do a sale to get rid :) may be that is the way to go buy and sell

right off to update my todo list for today and see what I still need to do

jwil

Arrggh! They've changed the forum :mad:

I can't find anything!

It's so white!

Anyway, I've listed 4 items on ebay now. Am going to hunt out some more. I was going to try and do some tidying and sorting but once again am a bit overwhelmed by it all. There's nowhere to move things to!

Rant over, I'll go and do SOMETHING.

jwil

Aaleigha wrote: »

you are so optimistic
I have done nearly all the things I wanted to do today - need just to iron and if the weather stops raining take the stuff with the dressmakers mannequin to the garden for their photos - the pale stuff will look nicer against the brickwork than indoors where all my walls are very very pale

I do do charity shops and manage to dress myself from them - however I buy stuff because I like it and wear it once then it goes back the wardrobe and stays there for ever before going back where it came from - I am rather worried I will do with same with boot sales but stuff I dont really need then I will have to do a sale to get rid :) may be that is the way to go buy and sell

right off to update my todo list for today and see what I still need to do

When I first started going to boot sales, I did that - bought a lot of stuff because I liked it and then never did anything with it. It's part of the reason I have so much stuff :rolleyes:.

I am much more disciplined now though (partly because I don't have the spare cash!) but I'm not perfect

I don't buy things to sell them, because I've still got enough of my own stuff to sell. I did open up a new ebay account which I will eventually turn into a business account. My plan when I have completely decluttered is to maybe buy the odd thing and sell it on, but I do want to do it properly when I do it, and keep all records etc for the tax man.

Aaleigha

well at least today the forum is back to normal - that other one made my dyslexia so bad I could hardly read stuff and had to keep going back to correct even simple words

thanks for that information - I have said to dh if stuff doesnt sell we just go and do a car boot and get rid for 50p an item if necessary - after all if I list for 99 on ebay then it will cost more than 50 in fees so so we wont be wasting money and I am sure daughter has rubbish to get rid of two - I will sell for her too but tell her I am keeping half unless she comes too
so how much have you paid off then I cant wait to find out - I find it quite exciting waiting for your posts

tattycath

Aaleigha wrote: »

well at least today the forum is back to normal - that other one made my dyslexia so bad I could hardly read stuff and had to keep going back to correct even simple words

thanks for that information - I have said to dh if stuff doesnt sell we just go and do a car boot and get rid for 50p an item if necessary - after all if I list for 99 on ebay then it will cost more than 50 in fees so so we wont be wasting money and I am sure daughter has rubbish to get rid of two - I will sell for her too but tell her I am keeping half unless she comes too
so how much have you paid off then I cant wait to find out - I find it quite exciting waiting for your posts

Hi Aaleigha. I sell my stuff on eb@y too. 20 free listings a month. I never list anything for less than I want it to sell for. That way I'm not disappointed. Make sure you weigh your stuff and check postage costs on the Royal Mail website - price finder. Prices vary depending on size and weight. Some are large letter, Small packet, medium, large-depending on dimensions. I double check mine now as I was once stung by not checking properly. I charged the customer £4 less than it actually cost to post. Lesson learned!
The charges do seem high, but you can still make money from eb@y.
Good luck.

jwil

Aaleigha wrote: »

well at least today the forum is back to normal - that other one made my dyslexia so bad I could hardly read stuff and had to keep going back to correct even simple words

thanks for that information - I have said to dh if stuff doesnt sell we just go and do a car boot and get rid for 50p an item if necessary - after all if I list for 99 on ebay then it will cost more than 50 in fees so so we wont be wasting money and I am sure daughter has rubbish to get rid of two - I will sell for her too but tell her I am keeping half unless she comes too
so how much have you paid off then I cant wait to find out - I find it quite exciting waiting for your posts

tattycath wrote: »

Hi Aaleigha. I sell my stuff on eb@y too. 20 free listings a month. I never list anything for less than I want it to sell for. That way I'm not disappointed. Make sure you weigh your stuff and check postage costs on the Royal Mail website - price finder. Prices vary depending on size and weight. Some are large letter, Small packet, medium, large-depending on dimensions. I double check mine now as I was once stung by not checking properly. I charged the customer £4 less than it actually cost to post. Lesson learned!
The charges do seem high, but you can still make money from eb@y.
Good luck.

Thankfully it's back to normal again for now! The white was hurting my eyes!

Lots of good advice there from tattycath. I always set my price at the minimum I want for the item. I don't use 99p listings any more. I'll sometimes bundle things together if they are low value to make them more appealing.

Good advice about the postage too - it's easy to check it, and easier to get it wrong if you don't! Don't rely on what other people are charging for the same items.

I still get it wrong occasionally when I get complacent. My worst one, I sold something to Australia and hadn't figured the postage right as it was a box set of books. I think I paid out about £10 more than they had paid for the item and postage :eek:

It's always worth sending abroad too - a large proportion of my sales go overseas. As long as it weighs less than 2kg and worth less than £20 it can go standard airmail. You can look up the prices on RM website and add them to the listings.

jwil

A hefty £2 today :

1. [STRIKE]£999[/STRIKE] - £879 HS
2. [STRIKE]£74[/STRIKE] - £59C1 195
3. [STRIKE]£636[/STRIKE] - £621 BC 695
4. [STRIKE]£279[/STRIKE] - £269 SA 269
5. [STRIKE]£54[/STRIKE] - [STRIKE]£0[/STRIKE]MI 49:j
6. [STRIKE]£462[/STRIKE] - £285 LI 525
7. [STRIKE]£653[/STRIKE] - £581 HA 632
8. [STRIKE]£1036[/STRIKE] - £691 BCM


Total: [STRIKE]£4193[/STRIKE] - £3385

jwil

I did have several sales overnight which was very nice, but I've pocketed the cash rather than paying off anything. I'm running out and it's still almost a week til payday. I'm hoping I won't use it, but will keep it just in case. I'll send it over next week if I haven't used it.

dktreesea

jwil wrote: »

I did have several sales overnight which was very nice, but I've pocketed the cash rather than paying off anything. I'm running out and it's still almost a week til payday. I'm hoping I won't use it, but will keep it just in case. I'll send it over next week if I haven't used it.

This is the problem I have, balancing the payments of the debts - my first choice - with more immediate needs - like doing the supermarket shop. Which starts with being an "austerity shop" but never ends up that way