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Ebay Challenge. Can we make £300 by Christmas. Come join in and clear your clutter.

(882 Posts)
Tortoise Mon 31-Aug-09 12:47:51

Right, new thread ready to make cash for Christmas!
Good luck Ebayers.

I'm in, I always wanted to join one of these, so far I have two items with bids on, giving me a total of £1.98 woo-hoogrin.

Tortoise Mon 31-Aug-09 18:31:23

My items so far.

Will be listing some more later. smile

bluebump Mon 31-Aug-09 18:38:02

Everything I keep selling (clothes) just goes for £1.99 which is what I start my listings at!

Will ebay get a bit busier now it's nearly September? <fingers crossed>

Tryharder Mon 31-Aug-09 19:44:32

OK, I'm in, loads of stuff to sell (clothes mainly), some children's stuff.

overthemill Mon 31-Aug-09 19:57:50

ooh can i can join in as i have been listing all month post holidays and losing my job at the same time! So far I have made £370 (amazingly) mainly on some camera equipment but this week i have listed about 26 of my dd's old cuddly toys. Really surprised at what sold and what didn't!

When the auction is up (today) i will relist once what didn't sell, list everything lese and then and then if it doesn't sell we're doing a boot sale at the end of Sept.

Next week its clothes she has grown out of that are too good to lose money on!

Good luck everybody, i find it wonderful to declutter the house and line our (threadbare) pockets

jimblejambles Mon 31-Aug-09 20:32:27

ooh can I join too? I have just listed 14 things so fingers crossed will get some money and de clutter my house

bloss Mon 31-Aug-09 20:39:55

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notcitrus Mon 31-Aug-09 20:59:38

Good luck everyone - I think I'm mainly doing clothes in my next batch, so unlikely to make much. But you never know!

Tortoise Mon 31-Aug-09 21:42:30

Welcome to new peeps to this thread smile

bloss Do you mean parcel bags? I get mine from Ebay. Good quality and works out much cheaper than PO.

Been so busy tonight that it is a bit late to start listing now! Will try again tomorrow night.

£4.93 by this morning, love e-bay.

Have got loads to list, am aiming for 5 listings a night, hard as I always want them to start the same time as the dc's need to go to bed.

hi there tort I will be joining again ..I should have listed loads while it was free but never mind .....
Put a couple of things on last night

I have around 20 items on ATM and am just really looking to declutter.
Have only been actively listing in the last month and have made around £55 with lots of clutter still to go!

Tortoise Tue 01-Sep-09 12:58:16

SNOW Most of my stuff gets listed starting at 99p so is free anyway grin.

Hopefully get time tonight to list some bits! Been saying that for days lol.

When should i start listing Christmas decs/novelty toys/fancy dress costumes?

Tortoise Tue 01-Sep-09 22:19:43

More items finally listed! Not sure what will sell and what won't but all worth a try.

My Brother is currently sat on the floor sorting masses of Pokemon cards lol! One less job for me! grin

Rachmumoftwo Tue 01-Sep-09 22:29:29

I'm in- I will list some old uni books on the weekend and have a sort out. What a good idea!

Tortoise Wed 02-Sep-09 22:31:03

Listed lots of Duplo items tonight. Couple more to list tomorow.
Also have Harry Potter audio cassettes to list.

cheesesarnie Wed 02-Sep-09 22:40:23

can i join in?have listed lots tonight and last few days(well 11 in total).can i link here?

have also started sorting binbags full of clothes to list!

IdrisTheDragon Wed 02-Sep-09 22:43:42

Will mark my place here and actually try and sell some things for once grin

cheesesarnie Wed 02-Sep-09 22:48:56

just seen others have so heres mine.

sorry if not allowed.report me then shoot megrin

Dear lovely ebayers - can I ask quick hijacky type question please?

Would I be able to sell my unwanted still boxed untouched Chanel Mat Lumiere foundation on ebay? Is it the sort of thing people will buy?

If so I will register and have a go grin

(Thanks for your time. Sorry to interrupt!)

cheesesarnie Wed 02-Sep-09 22:55:21

yes defiantly.people buy opened and part used ones for quite a lot.you can look to see how much they are going for without registering

cheesesarnie Wed 02-Sep-09 22:56:48

Yikes! Can't believe some of the prices.

Many thanks cheesey smile.

Oooh, can I join? I have been bitten by the ebay bug after making nearly £500 in June and July!

Are there any rules? Obviously if I have high value items to list then I'll make more money!

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