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Selling Unwanted/Extra Items (A Challenge)
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Nothing wrong with that as all profits add up. I sell my humble writing efforts on Amazon KDP and make about £25 a year, but as the wife says, it pays for the Christmas turkey!Nice one! I just sell my unwanted stuff to be fair so nowhere near what you make
Sold another item, £7.00 is on its' way
Having to seriously declutter. (got addicted to those mystery geek subscription boxes, + have too many cds, magazine & books etc. Charity shop junkie.)
Earlier this year I've been taking suitable larger / difficult to post things or items that haven't sold to a local geek/gamers shop, have been listing stuff on Amazon marketplace & restarted listing on ebid (me and ebay don't get on).
Amazon have recently turned most of my toy/collectables items off for the November/Christmas period unless FBA because I don't sell enough.
so I've started listing them on ebid.
I've just sold an One Direction mug & box on Amazon (came with an Easter egg somebody gave me) - I didn't think this would actually sell Listed it last month, promoted it on twitter yesterday & it sold today.
so that's £6.13 (inc fees) not counting postage.
Earlier this year I've been taking suitable larger / difficult to post things or items that haven't sold to a local geek/gamers shop, have been listing stuff on Amazon marketplace & restarted listing on ebid (me and ebay don't get on).
Amazon have recently turned most of my toy/collectables items off for the November/Christmas period unless FBA because I don't sell enough.
so I've started listing them on ebid.I've just sold an One Direction mug & box on Amazon (came with an Easter egg somebody gave me) - I didn't think this would actually sell
Listed it last month, promoted it on twitter yesterday & it sold today.so that's £6.13 (inc fees) not counting postage.
I’ve been having a massive clear out since I moved house. Sell vintage and film / TV memorabilia toys anyway but I found some Incredibles toys (not the complete set, just four little figurines) from when I was little and woke up this morning to see they’d gone there for £13.07 inc postage.
Kimilsung
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To me that looks like a very high profit margin. I know if i was buying something for £30 and i seen it for £0.20 I'd feel like a mug..
Kimilsung
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I once sold a graphics card and ram on gumtree. Asked £70 for it (£10 profit) but the buyer was taking the piss and wanted it for £60.. after 5 minutes of bartering at my front door, i caved in and gave them him for £60... Which took the piss cos i paid £60 for them. A few days later, he had the audacity to message me saying the graphics card was noisy. I never even got to use that gpu..
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I have just checked my stats for the year and since Jan-19, I made £375 on eBay by just selling unwanted goods at home. I buy a lot of cosmetics/toiletries so I sold many gifts with purchase items, unwanted gifts, some clothes and shoes. My average sale price is probably £8ish. I haven't bought anything with a view to selling. I'm constantly listing new stuff. Never underestimate what people willing to buy
I have just checked my stats for the year and since Jan-19, I made £375 on eBay by just selling unwanted goods at home. I buy a lot of cosmetics/toiletries so I sold many gifts with purchase items, unwanted gifts, some clothes and shoes. My average sale price is probably £8ish. I haven't bought anything with a view to selling. I'm constantly listing new stuff. Never underestimate what people willing to buy
Its ok, we aren't HMRC!
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I've sold a few things on gumtree and fb selling part. I find it needs to be certain items and price to sell items but never had any bother from buyers.
I used to sell loads on Ebay 10years ago but then it just seemed to go down hill and put me off. Ebay swaying with the buyer when clearly they are in the wrong?
I done a car boot sale last week and earnt £120 when taking the fee off. Jigsaws of certain brands sell well but at the right price for a car boot. Someone bought them as a job lot so that increased the price a bit. I gave the rest I didn't sell to charity.
I'd love to buy to sell and maybe open a little shop but I have no idea how people get these bargains lol.
I used to sell loads on Ebay 10years ago but then it just seemed to go down hill and put me off. Ebay swaying with the buyer when clearly they are in the wrong?
I done a car boot sale last week and earnt £120 when taking the fee off. Jigsaws of certain brands sell well but at the right price for a car boot. Someone bought them as a job lot so that increased the price a bit. I gave the rest I didn't sell to charity.
I'd love to buy to sell and maybe open a little shop but I have no idea how people get these bargains lol.
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I used to sell stuff on Ebay until the PayPal 6 months thingy which put me right off - especially with more people trying things on these days and Ebay siding with the buyer. Trouble is you don't get the same amount of potential buyers elsewhere You can't even insist on cash for local collection, which must be a scammers delight!
Wasn't there a hint of @Jon going to do something, when packing in his job? I've still got stuff to sell but nowhere I can do it (don't do Facebook, can't drive etc.). Have tried Preloved but very hit and miss.
You can't even insist on cash for local collection, which must be a scammers delight!Wasn't there a hint of @Jon going to do something, when packing in his job? I've still got stuff to sell but nowhere I can do it (don't do Facebook, can't drive etc.). Have tried Preloved but very hit and miss.
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Lol! can't be too careful!!. What I was trying to emphasise was that amount of unwanted stuff I had at home
bit of a necro bump - hope that's ok, Last thing I sold was an I-spy book from a bundle I won, they've been sat on amazon marketplace not selling for ages. Some stuff just isn't worth reselling on there any longer because of the rise in amazon fees & postal costs.
Had a great sale last year (before lock down) , grabbed a My Chemical Romance 7" single from before they went massive, in a charity shop a while back (cost @£4.99 at most) , stuck it on amazon marketplace with photos (whoever added it to the database hadn't put any photos on the listig) & it went for £39.
Best sale this year was selling a film camera I got from a charity shop ages ago (was thinking of getting back into film photography, then got a better digital camera, so it'd been sat in a bag mostly unused), to Harrisons Cameras. Courier picked it up, and transaction went ok, except they initially offered £30 then reduced it to £15 when they'd looked at the camera.
Been looking at vinted lately - it's meant to be for fashion but some people are selling/trying to sell books/magazines and other stuff on there.
Had a great sale last year (before lock down) , grabbed a My Chemical Romance 7" single from before they went massive, in a charity shop a while back (cost @£4.99 at most) , stuck it on amazon marketplace with photos (whoever added it to the database hadn't put any photos on the listig) & it went for £39.
Best sale this year was selling a film camera I got from a charity shop ages ago (was thinking of getting back into film photography, then got a better digital camera, so it'd been sat in a bag mostly unused), to Harrisons Cameras. Courier picked it up, and transaction went ok, except they initially offered £30 then reduced it to £15 when they'd looked at the camera.
Been looking at vinted lately - it's meant to be for fashion but some people are selling/trying to sell books/magazines and other stuff on there.