to be amazed at what people try to sell stuff for!

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I never fail to be amazed at the value people put on their old junk. I've seen second hand boots, bought for £60, selling for £55 plus money for petrol/delivery. BARGAIN! I had a friend who tried to sell her knackered £100 Juicy Couture bag for £85. I tried to explain that a 15% saving isn't an awful lot considering she'd been using is for years, to no avail.

I wonder if anyone is actually buying this second hand stuff to save a couple of pounds, especially as its often impossible to tell the condition until you pick it up. I'd much rather have a scout through the sales, you'd probably find better discounts!

(That being said, I'm a massive fan of buying second hand, and it was a godsend when I needed to furnish my flat on the cheap)

Yes yes to the buyer to dismantle ones. You basically want someone to pay you for providing a days building work and a conservatory that is only fit for the tip. Bargain.

twodogs agreed! Seen this on Facebook with someone's greenhouse... Er no thanks! I'd rather shit in my hand and clap, to coin a phrase.

Exactly DancingDays!

Right now there is someone on my local FB page selling a low fat fryer type thing. "Used once" (which in itself is no recommendation IMHO - if you've not used it again it was either crap or too much hassle). The conversation is going like this:

Seller: Used once. Paid £100, want £90 ONO.
X: It's in the sale at Argos. Half price, £50.
Seller: No, mine's a better model. Cost £100.
X: No, it's the same - links to photo of exact same model for £50 brand new.
Seller: Well, I paid £100 so my lowest would be £75. Are you still interested?
X: No, I've just reserved one at Argos for £50 thanks!

Yes, "Shabby Tat". There's a ridiculous number of people attempting to flog this shyte round here. Usually described as "vintage" or "distressed". Trust me, I'd be fucking distressed if I was stupid enough to buy this stuff.

There's a local pet related selling group on Facebook. Since Christmas there's been a hamster cage advertised with a half full bottle of disinfectant and an opened bag of food with an asking price of £30. The same cage is still on sale in Pets at home for £20. Several people have pointed this out, but it still keeps being bumped up the page with 'on offers'.

People who want something for nothing annoy me. One this week was ' I want a rabbit, must be free, vaccinated and it will need to come with a hutch. Neutered would be a bonus. I don't drive so you need to be able to deliver it to Town'

Some people love that. My exH was a hoarder and I detest clutter. We agreed to have a car boot sale of his junk and I was shocked at how much money we made on stuff that I was going to throw away!

mandy314 I've had similar with a pram on gumtree, it was a good pram but well used and was on for a fiver and someone complained it had a permanent stain on the hood. FFS!

But I had a baby bjorn baby bouncer that was used to death by two children and I was amazed I sold it for £20 it was properly faded, stained and ancient but I had people emailing me for about month asking about the bloody thing.

Another surprising success on Freecycle was hardcore builders rubble I had about five requests for it within 15 minutes of posting .

Dh has sold two cars via ebay. Both were on their last legs - one was about to dissolve into a head of rusty cornflakes, and the other one had failed its MOT and wouldn't be road legal,in under a week.

He listed them entirely honestly - brutally honestly, in fact, and set a low starting price (£100 - what he'd get from a scrapper) - and in both cases he sold the cars for three times the starting price or more. I don't know how he does it!

I'm always amused by some people's misunderstanding of the word 'worth'.....

"Oh, but it's 'worth' ?100" they'll say as the advert sits unresponded to for weeks on end.

They don't seem to realise that it's only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it!!

SDTG - I've had the same experience selling cars on eBay. £350 for an ancient Escort which needed a new engine! I think it's the being brutally honest that attracts the bidders. It's as if they trust that you have listed everything and can then make an informed decision on how much it might cost to repair & work out their max bid for it.

People would probably be more suspicious (and less likely to bid) on a car listed for £100 in allegedly good order .

I went to a car boot sale recently, spotted a proper prosthetic leg complete with American tan stocking for £50!!!
Would you?

To this I'd add charity shops who price things by looking on ebay. Ebay has a worldwide market. If you are restricting yourself to the people who happen to be walking down small-street-in-small-town-somewhere-random, then the chances of them wanting to pay 90 quid for a chipped and faded flowery plate are pretty much non-existent, even if it is royal doulton or whatever.

Likewise, the fact something is old 'antique' does not in itself make it valuable. The asking prices in our local red cross shop are jaw-dropping, for instance. 140 quid for a stained sofa in best 1990s floral print - who are the mugs paying this money? I know it's for charity, but they still take the piss hugely imo.

Yay to charity shops. I have been priced out of the market. Just not going to spend £15 on a second hand jumper. Someone must be though.

YANBU. I have been trying to buy a second hand babyjogger for months and people want so much for them it's ridiculous. Yet when I tried to sell my double for £50 (they were selling on Ebay for £100) people were offering me £5.

DH had an advert for roof bars specific to his company car for £40. He put a picture of them on the roof and then off it. The wording clearly said roof bars for sale, no mention of the car. The amount of people who thought they were getting the car as well for £40 was then getting shirty about it was just mind boggling. People were trying to outbid each other for it! You couldn't even see the whole car on the picture just the roof.

I used to work in a charity shop. Only time we went on ebay was when we had something that we had no idea what to price at. Otherwise it was just what the pricer thought it was worth.

People on ours always sell the freebies they've got off make up counters for silly amounts

My favourite is "highchair/clothes/whatever for sale (at extremely ambitious price), in great condition just needs a good clean" so clean it before you advertise it you filthbag! grin

I always wince at these things too....

Notso stay hopeful, I got a babyjogger on eBay, old style but no seat sag. It was £40 including courier. Seller was properly mardy in communication. It was dusty as hell and looked crap. When it arrived I stripped it back and washed it all, and found the brand new rain over that had been stored in the Velcro section where the backboard was. Turned out lovely, utter bargain :o

There's a guy on my local selling site who has been trying to sell a bunch of CDs and DVDs at £1 each for a year. He's has zero offers, probably because everyone uses Netflix and has all the music they want on their phones. Who would take time out of their busy day to drive to this strange guys house to buy a DVD of The Matrix? If you're desperate for some clutter just go to the car boot and get three CDs for a quid.

YANBU.
Someone on my local FB page is selling VHS tapes.

I had the opposite.

While I was on maternity leave a million years ago I dabbled in selling stuff on ebay as a bit of a hobby. Lord of the Rings was big news then and I'd found a place in America selling some of the costume jewelry in the style of the broaches on the film.

I listed them low as they'd cost me about £3 for two, even with postage from America included.

Some went for the £3. One lot went mental. A bidding war ended up with them selling for £46! And to add to my amazement, the lady was in America so could probably have bought the ones I'd got for what I paid for them in her own country.

I awaited communication after the sale, wondering if they had mistakenly bid thinking it was dollars, or would be unimpressed that they were costume jewelry quality but no! Great, positive feedback.

Bonkers.

The paddling pool one, is that being advertised now at full price even though second hand? My facebook feed and selling pages has been full of people asking does anyone know of any shops with paddling pools in stock as they are sold out everywhere in our town - I reckon you could put a paddling pool that cost £10 new on for £20 tonight and yo'ud get it, but not if you wait until the weather breaks!

So please do tell where I can sell old shoes for lots of money?! I have shelves full, mainly because my feet inexplicably grew from a 5 to a 6 after having the children so none fit anymore! Thought I'd just have to chuck them, but if some perv wants to give me money for them - great! :-))

I have lots of worn (and never to be worn again) shoes as well islandmummy. Would love to make a few quid selling them to pervs...

Clearly someone is missing a trick not setting up a service to match up unwanted shoes with shoe pervs! Business idea anyone?!