eBay Neutral Christmas Savings Challenge

bigpaws23

WooHoo!
My first official day and I made £2.21 (after postage) on an Amazon sale today.
So I'm on my way to Lapland LOL!

I've worked out how many people I am buying for and decided I will make all my gift tags this year - this morning i made one; so that will save me money on buying them.

Tomorrow I will work out how much I am going to spend on each present and get a total up together. I know it will be less than £200 as I don't have many people to buy for, but neither do I have any excess money......

I'm also considering doing something funky with newspaper to use as wrapping paper - any ideas? I saw in a shop they were selling the 'carrier bags' - you know the ones used for parcels instead of paper? And they were made from newspaper with rafia handles - they looked really nice. So where could I find a template for making one of those bags? I'm not in the least bit practical when it comes to things like that, but I'd like to have a go.

Bigpaws x

ScattyStudent1

Well, I just set up a sellers account and put my first item on! I'm very excited lol, never sold on EBay before

newmrslockwood

Well done on the sale bigpaws23.
My items i put on on Friday are doing really well. Sales are up to £10.75 already with loads of watchers. and loads not bid on yet.
my present list just got small. Not by too much but 4 presents worth, so about £60 pounds less. I have an enormous family and have loads to buy for, so i really have to get listing some more stuff.
I have decided to do some baskets for my teenage nephews, so i could save some pennies there. I have already bought my 2 youngest there main present so that is a big chunk spent. I am getting my other son a bike:o but hoping to find a bargain.

Sallys_Savings

:j woooooooohoooooooooooo I'm in the money.....I'm in the money :j

:xmastree: I am currently at CHRISTMAS TREE LEVEL

Well for a few days anyway lol...as I really need to start buying some more pressies

I'm off work today sooo.......
Once everyones gone off to work, college and school I'm going to sit down and work out what pressies (and amount :eek: ) I have left to buy. Take zillions of photos for ebay and pop them onto turbolister and uuuummmm perhaps ignore the ironing mountain growing in the corner of the room


Well done everyone on this challenge...you're all doing great.:D

Sallys_Savings

Right.....heres my 22 day update (sorry bit late with it lol):santa2:

how much have you spent on pressies? £155
how much have you sold? £147
What % is this towards your target?
Have u reached any level of the challenge yet? Yep 75% Christmas tree level...but I do have lots of pressies to buy for.
Are you listing your first box this week? Listed 2 boxes and have mountains to go
Are you still sorting stuff to be put on eBay?? I think I've finished collecting from around the home but once I've finished listing what I've got already I'm sure I'll be going through it all once more lol.(not sure if theres going to be anything left in the house however)

I HAVE APPROX £785 LEFT TO BUY (eventhough I might not actually spend that amount this is the "value" of the items...so I may buy from ebay, car boot, sales, using tesco vouchers etc)


OH £50
DS1 £150
DS2 £150
DD1 £150
DD2 £150
My father £30 actual spend £24
My fathers lady friend £10 actual spend £4
Brother and sister in law £20 actual spend £12.50
Nephew one and two (£30 joint) actual spend £15
Brother and sister in law £20 actual spend £12.50
Niece £15 actual spend £6.49
Brother and sister in law (£30) actual spend £14
Sister and brother in law (£20) actual spend £12.50
Three nephews £15 each actual spend £10 ea
Nephews girlfriends (as they will be there when giving pressies out) £4 cost me £2
Sister in law and brother in law £40 actual spend £15
Two nephews £15 each
Niece £15
Brother in law and sister in law £20
Nephew £15
Four close friends £5 each
Childminded children £5 each
God daughter £5
Sons girlfriends x2 £10 each actual spend £4

44 pressies!!

I still need lots more pennies to pay for the rest of these pressies...and now that I've added the actual total up...:eek: I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to achieve the 75% christmas level that I am aiming for (really wanted it to be 100% christmas level but think I'm dreaming )

Thinking positive....I do have lots and lots of things to ebay :j
I've gone through everything with a fine tooth comb...even selling sewing ribbon that was given to me by my mother 20 years ago and money off coupons that I cant use lol.
I still have quite a few boxes to list, and I'm sure its going to take me from now till christmas to list them all anyway lol..just hope I get something for it all. I think I may get busy making craft bits and pieces to sell too.

Good Luck everyone

roxy7699

I finally cleared my listing debt with them, so will be starting to list on the half price thursday. I do feel that I need some xmas pressie ideas though.

jamtart6

Hi all those who PM'd me in the last week sorry for the delay, all should have Spreadsheet now - only thing I'd ask of you is .... please let us know how you are getting on and if the spreadsheet is useful to you!

Ok... Bad news on the "how much more needed to raise" front...£400-600 although OH will be contributing so could be at the lower end. If I can earn the cost of his TV back (well half the cost as its bday and xmas) (on top of what I've already earnt I'll be happy)...

50 odd items listed, and some have 10 and 11 watchers, and are doing really well already so I'm optimistic with the telly!! about to update my sig...

SPENT SO FAR : £73.71
EARNT BACK SO FAR: £84.71

LEFT TO SPEND £450

AIMING TO EARN ANOTHER £250
EARNT SO FAR: £0

rebl43

Hi, just recieved the spreadsheet, thanks Jamtart6!
What is everyone selling? I am selling just kids clothes at the moment, and just wondered what others are selling.

jamtart6

At the moment I am selling clothes, no7 stuff from boots, other boots items, craft stuff, card making items and handbags - some old some new.

Minimoneysaver_2

Hi Everyone - thought I would do an up-date - err still haven't listed anything!:o

However I have put tonight aside - I am going to take my lap-top home form work and lock myself in my bedroom until have written my descriptions and taken my photos and up-loaded them etc then going to list them all tomorrow moring before I come to work. It's a plan!:D

You're all doing so well - I'm inspired actually!:T :T Well done everyone. This is such a good idea. I am also going to buy my boyfriend a nice watch for his 30th so I'm going to add that to my total too. That will be an extra £150 on top of my xmas pressies:eek: .

Stuff I'm going to be seeling is mostly clothes and bags and some shoes, a few books - I like your new motto Jamtart6 and think I will be using it too:rotfl:

Anyway - Once i have listed I will check in to let you know!