2015: Sell £1000

cw18

Of the 9 items of DS1's old clothing I put on eB@y last week, 3 sold.

1 T-shirt went for start bid of 99p
1 T-shirt (the one I thought might sell, and put up with a starting bid of £1.49) closed at £7
and the jeans (which I started at £4.99, even though eB@y suggested £8) closed at £8.59
all plus postage

Payments all came in last night within an hour of them close, and after I've deducted fees from eB@y and Payp@l as well as postage costs (all mailed early this afternoon - a couple of hours before a power cut to half the town impacted services at the PO!) I'm left with £14.03 to add to my total..... and all from items DS1 was about to chuck in the 'general rubbish' wheelie bin :T

Total for the year now stands at £61.87. A lot of work to do if I'm going to reach that £1k !!

fewer,_better_things

Hello all

Just updating my signature.

I've now used up all my free listings for the month but while I'm motivated I'm going to create lots of drafts, which I can stockpile under another 100 free listings offer comes round.

Keep up the good work.

smokies

Afternoon everyone,


Not been around for a while, but my [EMAIL="Eb@y"]Eb@y[/EMAIL] is ticking over - sold a few things last weekend, so will have a final total for March at the weekend.....


Just been reading your posts.... what a encouraging lot you are.... a big pat on the back...


Cheers


Smokies

apple_muncher

A final £2 for the month for me.

Will have a break now, as we go away for 2 weeks. Happy selling!

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Have a great time, apple muncher:beer:. Are you going somewhere with a bit of sunshine?

chocoholicqueen

I sold my old footstool on gumtree for £25 plus another few sales on ebay £4.66 bringing my total to #26 £297.15. Very happy with that

mumps

Feeling a bit gutted, sold over £500 worth of stuff, lots of positive feedback and now I have a request for a refund on an expensive item. I think I was honest in the description, said it was old, had marks needed attention but they disagree. From what I have read it is best to refund but so annoying as I am going to be out of pocket with postage. Oh well I suppose we can't win them all.

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Had to keep putting my Amazon inventory on 'holiday settings' while I was busy with other things this past few weeks as I knew I wouldn't be able to keep checking that I'd sold anything or getting it wrapped and posted. From experience, buyers seem to be less tolerant these days of slow dispatch/arrival of goods and I make a point of posting stuff off on the next working day(often same day if I get order in time) after notification something's sold. Everything back to normal now so I hope the sales start again soon.

Did a table-top sale this morning. Just a low-key local one for a charity I try to support. Not many buyers (I sold most stuff to other stall-holders:rotfl:) but every little helps and I managed to clear some clutter in the process:j. Made £29.15 after fees, so please add this to my total

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mumps
Sorry you've had a problem buyer, mumps, especially as you were doing so well with your selling. Was it on eBay? If so it might be best to do a speedy refund. I tend not to use eBay much nowadays (probably cutting off my nose to spite my face:o) because eBay seem to take the side of the buyer rather than the seller and buyers can be a strange lot:(. Did your buyer tell you exactly what their quibble was about? If you described the faults fairly (and it sounds as if you did) it sounds like they never read the description carefully enough. This happens on Amazon as well, it's happened to me a few times, people just not reading the description properly. Now, when I post off an item I make sure I send details of any 'faults' from my description on the packing-slip so the buyer can have no doubt what they actually paid for.

Don't let it get you down. Just put it down to experience and move on:beer:

mumps

carbootcrazy wrote: »

mumps
Sorry you've had a problem buyer, mumps, especially as you were doing so well with your selling. Was it on eBay? If so it might be best to do a speedy refund. I tend not to use eBay much nowadays (probably cutting off my nose to spite my face:o) because eBay seem to take the side of the buyer rather than the seller and buyers can be a strange lot:(. Did your buyer tell you exactly what their quibble was about? If you described the faults fairly (and it sounds as if you did) it sounds like they never read the description carefully enough. This happens on Amazon as well, it's happened to me a few times, people just not reading the description properly. Now, when I post off an item I make sure I send details of any 'faults' from my description on the packing-slip so the buyer can have no doubt what they actually paid for.

Don't let it get you down. Just put it down to experience and move on:beer:

Yes I heard it was best just to refund. I think she didn't read it properly, the things she complained about were in the description but she worded it differently if you know what I mean. To be honest it did go for a much higher price than I expected, I think two of them got into a bidding war and went too high. All my auctions have ended and all been paid for so I need to send last parcels off and put this behind me. I am still over £400 better off and I have got rid of some clutter so it isn't all bad.

Thanks again.