Selling smelly shoes to fetish people?

[ChocolateWillies]

I didn't know where to put this so I put it in chat.

I've obviously namechanged.

A couple of weeks ago I posted something on Twitter about still wearing a pair of 20-year old shoes. Today a man (I assume) had DMed me. I looked into the account and the tweets are a bit seedy but not problematic. I think he's a 'submissive' and has a few interactions calling women 'mistress'. He also has a few others where he'll comment on a woman's post about shoes basically saying along the lines of 'I'll pay £50 for your shoes. Can I DM you'.

I'm hard-up ATM, I could do with extra cash.

You know where this is going....

Has anyone had experience of selling their old shoes to people with a fetish? I've read a couple of articles but I could do with a conversation about this. I remember a thread a few years ago on this but I can't find it now.

I could really do with the money from this but feel a bit weird.

I'd tell him I couldn't possibly accept less than £100. You need the money, and he's literally told you he wants to pay over the odds for them. Give him what he wants, ker-ching!

@DaveMyHat yes for some reason they want the shoes to smell 😂 looking at previous shoes that have sold they do like heels and on average they sell for 40-70 pounds however there is a pair now with 2 bids on that are already on £260!!

@DaveMyHat but even smelly old slippers and flat dolly shoes as long as they look worn they want them! It's so strange in my head but money's koneg

Money's money that was meant to say

I wonder what psychological reason underlies foot-fetishism. Why feet rather than, say, hands? AFAIK there's no market for well-worn, smelly gloves (but I'm prepared to be corrected on that if wrong).

I'm going to try some socks also 😂

My dog steals all slippers and ends up having them so could I sell dog chewed holey falling to bits unwearable fluffy slippers saying they are "well worn" and get away with it? What about shitty holey torn scruffy dirty trainers? Where can I sell if eBay won't let you??

I would do this in an instant! Shoes, not knickers. I don't know if I could handle all the creepy messages though.

My feet don't sweat sadly or I'd be in on it too

at what point do you start declaring this 'income' to the tax office??

If you are selling your own used personal belongings, then you don't have to declare it at all. It's only when you are buying stuff specifically to sell on to make a profit that it becomes a business, and then the threshold would be £1,000pa. hth

This is fascinating What exactly do they want them to smell of? Sweaty feet? Would a shoe with athlete's foot microbes be of any interest? Or leggings that have worn away in the crotch area due to chub rub? I'm asking for a friend, obviously.

'aurynne' example is why this needs to be considered. You will be asked questions like this and worse. Especially in the beginning because you are 'unknown'.

@DaveMyHat it's not just the men. There is no specific type of show. Each person has their own desires. Hence they will ask questions when they see a shoe, pair of kickers etc.

It's not as simple as saying 'tell him you don't want less than £100. Because they know they can go elsewhere. I'm not saying there isn't room for negotiations, just demand too much and you lose the sale. If I was skint, that £50 is better than nothing. I've had my use. Some will pay £50 for a pair of primarks, others will think you're having a laugh.

The market is some areas is saturated and it really is a buyers market. I pay a tenner for a pair of shoes. I've worn them. I sell them for £15. I've made a fiver profit and can buy myself another pair of shoes. It's better than waiting for the next buyer to come along who might want to pay more. It's about knowing the market. One of the many reasons I suggest people look into it carefully.

Smelly glove your old dressing gown. Of course, there's a market there.

What people forget, it's not essentially the object itself. To you, it's a manky, dirt od dressing gown. To someone else, it gives them pleasure.

Why? Why not? If something is harmless and gives someone else pleasure who am I to come along and think it's odd. We all do things others think of as weird or something.
We either accept, ask serious questions to utter stand. Or we do them a favour and back away.

If you get into the used knickers fetsih, you also have to know this includes the period play people.

It's how it feels. How it smells. How it looks.

Sometimes it's as simple as that item takes them to a happy place. When this happened the person could have been wearing a similar item to your old whatever.

Some will ask you what perfume you wear. You think that's creepy. No, they just would like to know if it's possible to spray a little Chanel number 5 on it. Because that little detail makes an already perfect item even better.

I know I've joked around in this thread. But please if your only doing it for the bants don't. It's hard enough as it is.

@egontoste
Interesting how it's changed like that.
Do you still get the option of talking in person to one of the tax people when you first register, or it could have been anytime in that first year.

If it is, I would really advise to do it. I learned so much that I was told as truth by others. When I first registered a long time ago (have been self-employed on and off for years). I was always told for the financial records I had to do loads of stuff and buy particular things for a proper accounts book. Nope, I could and did buy any book and as long as it was readable to anyone else, it didn't really matter.

They used to always give you a massive Tax book that also told you all this and things like what you could claim back for. Do they still do that?

ffswhatnext but it IS creepy, what you have just described is the book definition of "creepy".

It's creepy because that's how you think about it.

Wear a pair for a couple of days. It's just a question to see if this is a possibility.
It's not like you are being asked to do this whilst they watch. Even then, sounds creepy to some, but to others, it's an honest question and may even be a possibility.

Someone wants to watch me have a piss on my toilet over WhatsApp why not? Not like my fanny or piss would be easily identifiable in public. Not like I never need to piss. If I did this, I would have made a fortune when my kidney plays up and I'm constantly on the toilet. Could have then sold the piss as well.

You look on eBay. You see something you like. The seller is a bit vague in the descriptions. You ask a question that will help you decide further if you want it.

Is that creepy behaviour? No, you just want to know what you are buying. The way a question is posed can be creepy, not the actual question.

When it comes to things like creepy, scary, fun, there is no actual textbook version. Everyone sees these differently. I think Saw is shit, others think it's creepy.

@ffswhatnext As far as I remember from when I registered as self-employed (and I wasn't selling shoes!!!) I rang them up, and then filled in a form they sent me. It's probably all done online now. You don't need an accounts book or anything like that, they are a waste of time. You can just add it up on sheets of paper or a spreadsheet as you go, check what expenses you can claim and what you can't, and then put the totals in the right boxes on the tax return. Being a self-employed freelance book-keeper (as I was) makes it a doddle. I would suggest that you pay the self-emp NI contributions as well. If you earn less than £1,000 a year you don't have to register at all I don't think.

You only need an accounts software package if your earnings are over a certain threshold, which is quite high as I recall.

But like I said, you don't have to declare anything to HMRC if you've received the money by selling your own belongings that you don't want or need any more. Unless it is something worth £££££££ like a work of art.

"When it comes to things like creepy, scary, fun, there is no actual textbook version. Everyone sees these differently"

I somehow think that most of the World who is not a fetishist would see sniffing underwear with bits of shit stuck to it as creepy, but be my guest.

I sold a manky old pair of work trainers to a foot fetishist on eBay a few months ago for £20! He was surprisingly respectful and formal in his messages!

Surely it's easier to do this with worn knickers? The postage on the shoes must be expensive, and much more hassle to arrange!

By the way, some of the replies on here have made me howl. You lot are brilliant!
I'm usually a bit prudish, but think I could do this without qualm.

You would be surprised at how many people in the world have some type of fetish. You probably have a fetish that others would deem creepy. I had an ex fuck put a pair of knickers on his head, some might find that creepy. Also had his boxers on my head at the time. And yea how those knickers were placed he probably got a nose full lol.

Much easier now to send stuff than it used to be thankfully. RM postage prices can be the same as the sale. Thankfully there are other services around. Plus they pay the p&p, unless I doing a free p&p promo or they've spent over a certain amount.

I know parrot lol.
Look into properly. Really think about the types of questions that can be asked. Not all ask these questions. But you have to be prepared for them. If you don't think you can answer these without wrongfully insulting them. Or doing it for the bants. Look into something else.

On eBay, can you hide your address and real name if you are a seller? I have loads of old shoes and I bin them. Wouldn’t want to use my normal account for this though

I used to sell used boots on ebay to people with fetishes (before they changed alot of their rules), made a fair bit of money back in the day!

It was much easier back in the day. Really glad I started then, and even when it's been a sideline I would sell stuff just to keep my rep and let the accountant deal with the confusion of employed and self-employed lol.

Then yea getting hundred for a £10 pair of shoes was the 'norm' and it truly was a seller's market.