Make £10 a day May 2017 - everybody most welcome

angelicious

Aesop wrote: »

Amazing, well done.

I think carbootcrazy did. I have looked at auctions but never followed through

Thanks Aesop

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Aesop wrote: »

Amazing, well done.

I think carbootcrazy did. I have looked at auctions but never followed through

I agree, angelicious, absolutely amazing:j:T:beer:


Aesop is right, I have sold things at 'real' auctions occasionally in the past. I see it as useful in some cases but as with any auctions, online or at an auction house, it depends on the amount of bidders on the day. If you have a fixed reserve and it doesn't sell you can collect it and take it home or leave it with the auctioneers to enter into the next sale so you don't 'give it away' as sometimes happens on eBay when there's only one bidder at the starting price:eek:. Most auction houses have an online presence too these days so there's a chance your item might be bought by someone who isn't actually present. At least it gives items more than local exposure.


Funnily enough I sold 2 items last month at auction:j, the first time I'd tried it for about 2 years. The auctioneer pays a month in arrears so I haven't received my cheque yet:(. All auction houses charge sellers' commission, mine is 15% of final hammer price plus VAT, and I know of auction houses who charge up to 20%:eek:. Worth taking into consideration when you're deciding if it's worth doing;)


Find an auctioneer you might use and take your items in to be valued. It's usually a free service and mine has a valuation clinic every Friday morning. They'll give you an approximate valuation and tell you if you should place a reserve on it. They should also tell you which auction would be best for your stuff, for instance my place does regular antiques and collectible sales but sometimes they have general and household sales when they sell everything but the kitchen sink (maybe that too:rotfl:) but the quality of stuff is less. Another auction house within reach of me just have weekly general household sales, nothing antiquey. From what I've seen the prices they get is less but then again so is the quality of the goods they sell. My auction house also charges £4.50 + VAT for independent professional testing of electrical items, they won't sell them otherwise:(

Have a go, you might get hooked. There are lots of free ways to sell though so maybe auctions aren't for you.

Good Luck:beer:

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Bigskies wrote: »

£20 today for a compost bin that was festering at the bottom of the garden.

Total for May now £617. I've a feeling I've peaked rather soon and won't be able to keep this up for any subsequent months! :rotfl:

Well done, Bigskies:T. Fantastic achievement for your first month and we're not even halfway through yet:j:beer:

angelicious

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I agree, angelicious, absolutely amazing:j:T:beer:


Aesop is right, I have sold things at 'real' auctions occasionally in the past. I see it as useful in some cases but as with any auctions, online or at an auction house, it depends on the amount of bidders on the day. If you have a fixed reserve and it doesn't sell you can collect it and take it home or leave it with the auctioneers to enter into the next sale so you don't 'give it away' as sometimes happens on eBay when there's only one bidder at the starting price:eek:. Most auction houses have an online presence too these days so there's a chance your item might be bought by someone who isn't actually present. At least it gives items more than local exposure.

Thanks CBC, that's very interesting. The stuff I was thinking of taking to auction is household stuff grandmother clock, some bits of furniture etc that we've inherited. If I were to try and sell these myself I wouldn't have a clue what to ask for them so that an auction might be an idea as the would give us an estimate of what they are worth plus we'd hopefully get rid of a load of stuff in the one go

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Thanks CBC, that's very interesting. The stuff I was thinking of taking to auction is household stuff grandmother clock, some bits of furniture etc that we've inherited. If I were to try and sell these myself I wouldn't have a clue what to ask for them so that an auction might be an idea as the would give us an estimate of what they are worth plus we'd hopefully get rid of a load of stuff in the one go

angelicious, Some auction houses will send someone to your home to value your stuff (free I think) if you have a lot of big, heavy items and can't/don't want to lug them to a valuation at the auction house. Give your auction of choice a phone call and see what they suggest:)

angelicious

carbootcrazy wrote: »

angelicious, Some auction houses will send someone to your home to value your stuff (free I think) if you have a lot of big, heavy items and can't/don't want to lug them to a valuation at the auction house. Give your auction of choice a phone call and see what they suggest:)

Thanks CBC, I'll give that a try

FatVonD

Kantankrus_Mare wrote: »

What happened with your job you were waiting to hear about Fatvond? Or did I miss it?

I still haven't heard either way yet but I am still freelancing there and they have now extended my booking until the end of June.

It's hard to guess which way it'll go, sometimes I'm confident it will be a 'yes' and o her times a 'no'. The person that keeps extending my booking is one of the people that will make the decision so I'm hoping the delay is due to the usual internal money wrangles!

fluffig

I'd like to join, I'll be ambitious and set an average target of £10 per day. I've just looked through my emails etc. and (rounded) in April saved/made £148 :-) from :
buying £30 railcard with Tesco points
using £5 Nectar points voucher
accumulating £25 Nectar points
making £45 from Whatusersdo, Pinecone, Panelbase & One Pulse
making £43 interest from setting up 9 high interest accounts (what a faff that was!)

So. Under average so far :-( but have extra hours work this month which will help bring my average up :-)

Aesop

fluffig wrote: »

I'd like to join, I'll be ambitious and set an average target of £10 per day. I've just looked through my emails etc. and (rounded) in April saved/made £148 :-) from :
buying £30 railcard with Tesco points
using £5 Nectar points voucher
accumulating £25 Nectar points
making £45 from Whatusersdo, Pinecone, Panelbase & One Pulse
making £43 interest from setting up 9 high interest accounts (what a faff that was!)

So. Under average so far :-( but have extra hours work this month which will help bring my average up :-)

Hello and welcome you have done well so far
Don't worry about not making target
I think really this thread is about making an extra £10 a day but no one is going to punish you for not achieving it

It's more an incentive to make extra.

Kantankrus_Mare

I'll hold my hands up and say I dont think I've ever made target and it really isnt an issue!!!
The whole idea is to keep you motivated and looking for little different ways to boost the funds.
Its great looking at what others do but not all ways will appeal to everyone.
Its just nice to have some company while stretching what we already have.