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ChristmasCrumpet · 29/10/2023 15:37

So, DH and I are looking to raise several thousand in the next few months for an upcoming purchase.

I sell regularly on eBay, more as a hobby, and can make around £1k p/mth if I really try. Mainly clothes. Mine. Kids. Sometimes the odd toy. Everything sells for between £5 and £20 really. It all adds up, but it's high volume of low value items.

Something that recently surprised me, is that I listed a 7/8yr old BT router thing, and it sold for like £70. I was about to chuck it, and I don't know what made me think to see what they went for on eBay, but I couldn't believe it. Proper old plastic junk to me.

So, on the basis I'm trying to raise a chunk, fast... What items have you sold and been astonished they have reached that price.

Thank you x

OP posts:
londonmummy1966 · 29/10/2023 15:43

A cello - I had an idea of what it would go for from looking at what was selling but this was a 7/8th size which is less common and sold in 4 figures.

BrightGreenMoonBuggy · 29/10/2023 15:40

A tiny paperback book about Kate Moss. Turns out it was a rare first edition and sold for £75. Wish I’d hung onto it now!