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Deos anyone else buy and sell things on eBay just so you can have a tinker with them?

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    Deos anyone else buy and sell things on eBay just so you can have a tinker with them?

    Obviously some things you end up keeping because they are useful don't you.

    What sort of random tat do you buy?
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    #2
    Never even looked at ebay.

    the cleaner in work is a real fan though, she loves it. So I bring stuff in and she sells it and give me half the dough. She raves about it


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      #3
      Oddly enough yes. I've been looking into building a product review site.

      Garden machinery mainly. Idea is to buy something off eBay, publish a review on my site complete with a video of yours truly demoing the product and then sell it back on eBay.

      Idea is to generate money from affiliate links.

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        #4
        Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
        Never even looked at ebay.

        the cleaner in work is a real fan though, she loves it. So I bring stuff in and she sells it and give me half the dough. She raves about it


        it's a funny old world




        I love eBay - I had a massive clearout recently and managed to make a fair few quid

        One mans rubbish and all that.
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          #5
          Originally posted by cailin maith View Post
          I love eBay - I had a massive clearout recently and managed to make a fair few quid

          One mans rubbish and all that.
          What kind of items were they.

          I've tried mini-clearouts, about a dozen items, but only one or two items ever sell.

          End up having to re-list the items a few weeks later.

          Planning on having a big clearout in the coming weeks.

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            #6
            Originally posted by pacharan View Post
            Oddly enough yes. I've been looking into building a product review site.

            Garden machinery mainly. Idea is to buy something off eBay, publish a review on my site complete with a video of yours truly demoing the product and then sell it back on eBay.

            Idea is to generate money from affiliate links.
            Is that kind of a genial suburban English version of Girls With Guns? And will you be smoking a pipe during your demonstrations? That would definitely put the value of the videos up.

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              #7
              Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
              Never even looked at ebay.

              the cleaner in work is a real fan though, she loves it. So I bring stuff in and she sells it and give me half the dough. She raves about it

              it's a funny old world

              Me neither, but I reckon I could make tens of thousands selling my 3000+ (physical) books, which I rarely look at, and other assorted knick knacks I've bought in junk shops over the years.

              I mean for a start, the Yanks will pay for rocks, and I have a bag of interesting seaside pebbles somewhere. One or two even have holes through them.

              The trouble is the postage, and buying jiffy bags, would take a huge chunk out of the profit, not to mention the time arsing about checking your listings and posting the goods (and the thought of HMR&C wanting a piece of the action, the parasites).
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                #8
                Originally posted by Clippy View Post
                What kind of items were they.

                I've tried mini-clearouts, about a dozen items, but only one or two items ever sell.

                End up having to re-list the items a few weeks later.

                Planning on having a big clearout in the coming weeks.
                Clothes mostly I'm going to have a shoe and handbag clear out soon - that will be traumatic but I'm sure I'll pull through

                Old DVD's too that we have changed for Blue Ray's.

                The trick is to start stuff at 99p when it's free to list them and you'd be suprised how quick they stuff goes up. I'm always astounded at the stuff that goes for more than I expect, obviously some stuff will go for 99p but not much.

                As doodab mentioned, I've sold stuff that doesn't work and just made it clear in the listing, I guess people buy stuff like that to tinker with. Old electronic stuff etc.
                Bazza gets caught
                Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

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                  #9
                  Last year, I sold my old Dyson, I was just going to chuck it. It was a DC02 so a fairly old model and I was astounded by how much it went for!!
                  Bazza gets caught
                  Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

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                    #10
                    I've been known to dabble.
                    What happens in General, stays in General.
                    You know what they say about assumptions!

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