The old New Year thread seems a bit dead so thought I'd see if anyone is up for a clearing space/generating funds for Christmas shopping e-bay challenge.
I have made a (secret) pledge that this year in our house we will get rid of a greater volume of stuff in the run up to 25/12 than we end up acquiring as this years incoming Christmas presents.
Not quite sure what target to set myself yet........ £300 over 3 months seems entirely do-able but if I really want to create extra space around the house I probably need to be aiming for nearer £500. This would nicely cover the cost of dc's presents and Christmas food bill too so would be a double incentive. I've just donated a large bag of men's clothing to a charity refugee assistance local collection
Anyone else ?
We could all have a min - max target range and award ourselves a score by how far along that scale we manage to get.
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Anyone up for a "Pre- Christmas clear out" ebay challenge selling thread ?
Lappy214 · 10/09/2015 14:08
Oh I'd like to join, i never manage to follow these threads normally. I've made £69 this week from the last of my maternity stuff in 3 bundles. Got another left on there, and some nursing tops that are too big on me.
I have just put aside three coats, some Clarks trainers from the dcs and a load of newborn stuff for a Syrian collection, which I'd prepped for ebay, but think will be much better purpose. my goal has been to try and list a few things every couple of weeks. (I realised I always check out other items people are selling, so try and put a few linked things on at the same time now, rather than say one a week).
I'm not sure I can make a huge amount, but £200 would be fantastic. If I feel I've got more stuff worth selling I may increase that as time goes on!!!
Really need a huge declutter. Dc3 is 1 next month, we don't need very much for him, but I'd like to reduce what's in the attic waiting for him, as well as the amount of stuff we've got. I don't think the dcs get real value out of their good toys as it gets lost in all the other stuff.
I have some good quality next babygros to sell, which seem to always sell if presented nicely (only time I ever iron a babygro 
) and will root around for other stuff once I've given the 3 sacks for the appeal.
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My tops just made me £10.20 
I've dropped 4 big bagfuls at the Syrian appeal centre, so now I'll try and get a few more bundles of stuff ready for ebay for Sunday.
I once read an article that said ebay has the highest volume of purchases on a Sunday night, so I always try and list then if possible. No idea if this is true or not however, as this bundle did pretty well!
Right then, I've ironed like crazy over the last few days and have got ten bundles of stuff all listed tonight on ebay! If they were all to sell for the starting bid I will get £42 total, so we'll see. (I just can't bear to put certain stuff starting at £1, as would be upset if special stuff sold for that!) im one of these who gets attached to certain babygros etc - I really need to work on it though, as dd (age 6), has said no to some of her grown out of stuff going on there as she wants to keep her favourites. Wish she'd told me before the mammoth washing, vanish, ironing and artistic photography, often involving a bit more ironing to get it looking right!!!
My Amazon basket is also full with stocking stuff for the 3 dcs. So I'll pay for that out of the previous sales. Hope everybody is making progress.
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I listed some stuff last week, fairly expensiveish items (handycam, branded handbags etc) to finish Sunday evening. Four selling out of five which totals just under £50.
I try to put stuff on the FB sell first, and then put it on eBay if it doesn't shift.
Total for sell it pages is £27. That's going in a jar towards treat spends at Disneyland.
The eBay stuff is going straight off credit card.
Daisy - I get like you, anything not nailed down is a candidate to be photographed and sold
Yes ratbag it does get addictive! But I do go the other way too and become too attached to things, so I find it hard to let go. Ridiculous of me I know. I just figure that if I keep steadily plodding along between now and Christmas, I will slowly declutter and at least make room for the new stuff coming in. And as I get to the point where I've sold all the 'easy' stuff, the addiction will allow me to get rid of emotional clutter too
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