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New Ebay challenge. £300 by summer holidays. All welcome!

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Tortoise · 25/04/2011 22:30

New thread. Smile
Have been busy listing tonight and now have 27 items.
Here are my latest listings

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BreakOutTheKaraoke · 26/04/2011 13:57

I'll join you :)
I've been selling for the last couple of weeks, made prob about £120 from shoes, and I have loads of kids clothes to get ironed and listed today.
This is all I have on at the moment, quite a few finished yesterday so just got in from post office.

I also just bidded on that very cute spotty sleepsuit of yours! Did you have it on a boy or a girl?

chirpchirp · 26/04/2011 15:45

If my DS wasn't already in 6-9m clothing I would be bidding against you on the spotty sleepsuit!

Yeah I'm up for this! only got one item up at the moment as I put the others up as buy it nows and they got snapped up over the weekend. YAY.

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Tortoise · 26/04/2011 16:35

The spotty sleepsuit is very cute! I didn't use it for any of my DC. It was in a bag of bits a friend was chucking out before she moved. I think it would suit either TBH.

I have a few bikes to list later. They need some work on them (just the gears on 2 of them) so probably not worth much. Tyres are OK so hoping someone will maybe just buy for parts!

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Tortoise · 26/04/2011 20:48

I can't list the bikes. I have reached my selling limit for this month due to those stupid detailed seller rating stars. I have had to many below standard on dispatch time. I personally think they are a stupid idea. I could rate everyone i buy from as low stars if i wanted and it wouldn't matter to Ebay but would be bad for the seller.
Now have to leave the bikes until next month sometime. (Doesn't say when in the month or if it is the whole of April and 1st of May i can list) [cangry]

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chirpchirp · 26/04/2011 20:59

Could you maybe just stick the bikes on Gumtree? I always tend to list bigger items on Gumtree.

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Tortoise · 26/04/2011 21:51

I have had a look at Gumtree but can't work out my local one [cblush]. Plus i don't know what price to put on them.

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BreakOutTheKaraoke · 26/04/2011 22:35

We get crowns now?!! How amazing is that! [cgrin]
Ive ironed and photographed loads tonight, written out 11 lstings on turbolister. Fingers crossed it works, I've not used it in years, after it refused to put up about 25 listings I wrote, grrr.

Got a bundle to list, but it weighs 1.3kg, and turbolister won't let me put the right postage in- when did they change that? Going to have to break it all up and photograph it again now, and its all basics so I wanted to get them all in together.

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Tortoise · 26/04/2011 22:48

Put the postage as freight (i think), then state in the listing the postage cost. Or try listing direct onto Ebay for the bundle and see if postage works that way.
Personally fed up with all the price restrictions. Things don't always cost the price they limit you too. In fact i'm a bit pissed off with Ebay tonight! [cgrin]

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CoffeeGoneColdAgain · 27/04/2011 08:48

Can you tell me how to link my stuff so you can have a nosey :o
please and thank you !

BreakOutTheKaraoke · 27/04/2011 22:10

Thanks, I'll try that!

Coffee, I just went onto my listing, copy and pasted the address onto here, and converted it to a link the usual way on here [csmile]

I've listed another 11 listings tonight, got another 3 bags full to iron now though [csad]

DinosaursHateUnderpants · 27/04/2011 22:22

I'm back doing ebay again, not as much as usual but a few gone on this week - here

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Tortoise · 27/04/2011 22:58

Dinosaurs Did you mean to put £7.50 postage for the nose strips?

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bamboostalks · 28/04/2011 08:01

May I join, am newish to ebay but am so skint on maternity leave that it is my latest money making venture. Can't believe how addictive it all is!

Vix1980 · 28/04/2011 08:38

Hi can i join too, desperatly need to make some more money to get a carpet for my bedroomso £300 sounds about right, if someone can tell me how to put a link in i can show you what im selling... thanks

I think this may be how but not sure so ill just try it...my.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MyEbayBeta&CurrentPage=MyeBayNextSelling&ssPageName=STRK:ME:LNLK:MESEX

has that worked??

Vix1980 · 28/04/2011 08:38

No obviously not!!

DinosaursHateUnderpants · 28/04/2011 10:04

Thanks Tortoise - should have been £1.50 :)

chirpchirp · 28/04/2011 23:04

Managed to get a few more things listed tonight, please feel free to have a nosey!

shop.ebay.co.uk/kirsty95162/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

Vix1980 · 29/04/2011 08:14

Sad i know but think i have just worked out how to add a link, I am v. v. excited right now! please tell me its right!

My link is here

bamboostalks · 29/04/2011 08:20

That link takes me to my ebay page! Was that your intention?

PegPolkadot · 29/04/2011 08:32

Ooh, can I join too? I finally worked out how to put stuff on eBay and sold two pushchairs last week and started on a few clothes!

I am happy to go back to zero and try to make £300. I have loads of baby clothes and stuff to sell.

Is it best to sell outfits individually? Mine are mainly mothercare, next or m&s. I did sell my few designer bits last week but they seem to go very cheap- £1.99 for baby timberland jacket Hmm

TheGashlycrumbTinies · 29/04/2011 08:41

Do any of you know how to stop international bidders? I am getting a little fed up of non payments, and no communication.

:)

chirpchirp · 29/04/2011 14:10

Wow, had another two "buy it now" 's this morning and both from people in Austrailia. Very Hungry Caterpillar goodies must be hard to come by in Oz! That's me up to £55 and have bids on another two items already. Maybe that £300 target is achievable afterall!

Vix1980 · 30/04/2011 08:34

BoiledEggandToastSoldiers - When you list your items and you get to the postage section, there is normall 2 sections, 1 for uk postage prices and the second for worldwide postage, just change the worldwidepostage using the drop down arrow thing next to it to say no worldwide postage offered, that stops is from being listed on any other sites other than uk so you wont get other bids.x

ThePrincessRoyalFiggyrolls · 30/04/2011 21:33

Ooh I might join if I may
Have done some serious ebaying tonight as dh is out so have spread around the house putting things on!
here

TheGashlycrumbTinies · 30/04/2011 22:42

Thank you Vix. :)