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Original poster

To sell overpriced clothes to friends?

26 replies

Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:10

I am self employed and slowly planning to switch careers, so not taking any new clients. Money will dry out from now on.

But I know where I can buy good quality clothes and stuff cheaply and can probably send to friends who doesn't know how to find it or send stuff to be sold in my home country and make some profit.

AIBU to do it?

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thenightsky · 07/09/2013 23:12

Why use your friends?

Can you start a business and sell to 'normal' clientele?

RobotHamster · 07/09/2013 23:13

YABU to try and make money out of your friends.

If you want to source cheap items and sell them for a profit then use eBay like everyone else, or set up a website or something.

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Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:14

Don't I need to rent a shop to start a business?
I don't want to do it long term
And I have had really bad experiences with eBay
I thought about friends, because I always get complimented on the satuff I use so I can take the opportunity to sell to them..if they want I can order the same thing.
Also I can use FB.

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Nagoo · 07/09/2013 23:16

Get an FB selling page or something? You want to use your friends and that's horrible.

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Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:17

You mean open a FB account just for selling, or can I do a page?

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RobotHamster · 07/09/2013 23:18

Search selling pages on FB, you're bound to find something that will give you an idea.

WafflyVersatile · 07/09/2013 23:19

Like Avon or tupperware or Ann Summers? People use their friends to make money all the time with those.

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Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:20

I don't think selling to friends is horrible
Sure the shops where they buy their stuff from are making a huge profit?

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RobotHamster · 07/09/2013 23:21

I think trying to make money from your mates is pretty skanky actually... But each to their own :)

(Don't like avon or similar either)

Nagoo · 07/09/2013 23:22

It's the use of the word 'overpriced'.

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Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:24

So what?
If they think the product is worth the price I am asking for and have the money to pay for it and want to do it, why not?
I am not going to force anyone to buy...
And I mean friends, family, acquaintances or anyone who stops me to ask where the stuff comes from..

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WafflyVersatile · 07/09/2013 23:25

Well, yes there is that, yes. Overpriced. But if she is sourcing for friends at that level then it is fair enough to be paid. And FB selling pages often start with selling to friends. And all these friends with their little crafty businesses tout to their friends too. the friends don't have to buy it.

RobotHamster · 07/09/2013 23:26

Just to be clear - I don't think people who do sell Ann Summers/Avon or similar are skanky, more that I'd feel skanky doing it myself. Doesn't sit right somehow. I'd end up giving all my mate's a discount :)

(no wonder I never made it in sales)

WafflyVersatile · 07/09/2013 23:28

I'd be hopeless too and I don't like being pressure sold, which is what sales parties feel like.

Costypop · 07/09/2013 23:30

I would sell to mates, but via a Facebook page, they can comment on things that they chose. Taking stuff over to there houses is a no no in my book, well unless asked. But if they feel they are getting a bargain then why not?

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Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:32

Well I will do a taster tomorrow.
Going out with a new top.
If it is complimented and asked for info I will say I can source and sell for £ XZY.
See how it goes...
Not sure what to say when they ask where I am sourcing from though
I don't want to lie but i can omit
somehow...

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WafflyVersatile · 07/09/2013 23:33

Dorange, is English your first language?

when you say overpriced do you mean 'at a profit'? Because overpriced is always used in a disparaging way suggesting the person selling is ripping people off.

MrsCakesPremonition · 07/09/2013 23:34

I'd look at having a FB selling page - you can let you friends know about it as well as sharing more widely.

In the run up to Christmas there are lots of pamper evenings and similar events - could you take a stand?

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Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:35

No, English is not my language
But the profit will be very good, it will be overpriced. However the products are worth it.
I know because I use them myself and I would have paid more if I didn't know how to buy cheaply.

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WafflyVersatile · 07/09/2013 23:51

If they are worth it, they are not overpriced.

Do you mean that with most clothes, the profit is maybe 3% but you will be selling them for 50% profit, after your costs?

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Dorange · 07/09/2013 23:55

say for example if I buy for £2 I can sell for £12

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Saffyz · 08/09/2013 00:00

I would find it annoying if a friend kept trying to sell me stuff.

Costypop · 08/09/2013 00:01

That's just normal business, what would be the price if your friends went out the same item from a shop? £12, £15?

WafflyVersatile · 08/09/2013 00:03

Well there is also the cost of sourcing and postage or collection, petrol money or whatever, and time, so yeah.

InTheRedCorner · 08/09/2013 00:08

It's fine. Set up a FB selling page, you are buying at cost and selling for profit not forcing people to buy it!

Don't mention overpriced ever again Smile