To think it’s getting harder to sell things

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I do give a lot away but it seems anything I try to sell never does. I’m currently selling a new packet of Disney baby grows for £3.50 less then what I paid for them yet no interest.

Are they brand new with tags or ten years old and been worn by four kids?

How much were they to begin with? In a world of fast fashion and cheap clothing, people can often buy things cheaper brand new than second hand.

But if I buy something from a shop and find a fault I can return it. If I buy something privately I can't do that.

Postage is often a killer on things like eBay, it would double the cost of those baby grows

I wouldn't buy off an unknown seller to save £3.50. There's the added postage, potential delays, potential quality issues, etc. It's far safer to buy from Amazon or a proper shop for that amount.

They are new brought about six months ago but my daughter had so much clothing she never got round to to wearing them

I wouldn't make the effort for £3.50 baby grows or something common, or too cheap as it's something I can pick up easily and guaranteed a refund.
I buy a lot from ebay/Facebook and tend to buy stuff that are harder to come by and more expensive, such as shoes, coats, wet suits.

It’s on local selling pages not eBay

They were 8.50 originally I’m selling for £5

Your price is OK OK brand new. The issue is that there is so much for sale now and so many ways to sell. When I started selling on FB there was no marketplace and it was still small groups of buyers and sellers organised in local groups of common interest or area.....people were quite motivated to buy a sell. Now it's too easy so there is too much competition.

I wouldn't drive/find address to buy something to save £3.50 that I then wouldn't be able to return if there was quality issue. Not to mention I might have spent that £3.50 on fuel for the car driving to get them.

I've found the opposite. People want a king's ransom for their used crap.

I usually price things quite cheap

people will pay what they think it's worth. If you're increasingly finding yourself in this situation you might first re-examine your buying habits in the first place and stop acquiring things you never use. stop wasting your money to begin with!

Need to sell at least half price inc. Postage

I think on average a third of the price for something I could easily buy in the shop that’s used would be about right, if unused between 40-50%. It also makes a difference where you’re located, if you’re rural but not close to me that would make me less likely to buy.

New stuff doesn't hold its value when selling second hand. Try taking it back to the store, they may still give you a credit note even if you don't have a receipt.

Even if it's brand new with tags on, I would buy it from the shops instead of taking time out of my day to travel to someone's house to pick it up in order to save £3.50. Especially just for a packet of vests. If I'm buying kid's clothes second hand, I tend to prefer the used, £10 for a giant bag of well worn but still usable clothes route. If you have a lot of stuff to sell, you could use the vests to increase the price of a bundle, but people won't pay that much for a bundle either.

As a pp has said, just buy less stuff in future.

I've found the same thing, I've had DD's bundles of clothes in my kitchen for ages now because I just can't get rid. I had loads on Ebay, put them all on bundles according to sizes on for next to nothing, nobody wants them

For cheaper items I don't bother buying second hand. It's not worth the effort of communicating with the seller, going to pick it up, having no consumer rights etc for the little I might save (in this case, £3.50). I only do it for pricier items and I think many people feel the same.

Are they brand new with tags or ten years old and been worn by four kids?

It's a 4 line op and it says right there its new. Does nobody ever bother reading the op these days?

They're too expensive at £5. When people can go to charity shops and pick up new baby grows for 50p or less.

If it was me, I'd try my luck and exchange them at the place I bought them. They'll often give you store credit, or swap for bigger size etc

I find that Mini Boden, Next and John Lewis sell best on eBay. I've just shifted last year's summer dresses for between £5 and £10 a pop. So that's about half price or 1/3 price. Leggings and tops don't generally sell well for me unless they're niche characters.

Toys like LOLs or My Little Ponies still sell to collectors.
What I HATE is when you have a few things on and someone comes along asking to combine postage. If I list thing as a bundle they want them separate and if I put things on singly the opposite happens. It is such a faff.

Your babygrows OP, I don't think they'll sell well since they're so cheap in the shops and like your situation, most people always receive far too many baby clothes.

And as for baby clothes, you can get bags for life full of them for a fee pounds round here. So no-one is going to pay £5 for the new in pack ones.

Shit doesn't sell on Facebook because people either want shit for nowt or sell shit for a fortune.

Someone local has been trying to sell an old tatty divan with a stained mattress for 50quid for ages. It's not even fit for the tip.

No way would I spend a fiver on babygrows from a private seller when I could get a packet for that from a shop. As someone else said it’s more like branded raincoats and things that people would pay for.

I picked up most of dd's clothes from charity shops when she was a baby and toddler. They were cheap, I was giving to a good cause and I like mooching around charity shops when I'm in town. I wouldn't have wanted the hassle of buying from a private seller unless it was something really special.

I gave away loads of stuff on Free cycle but that was things like the highchair. Outgrown clothes, toys and books just went back to the charity shop.