Raise £350 for Christmas - the new eBay challenge

[DinosaursHateUnderpants]

Post your listings and questions here. The purpose is to raise money for Christmas and I'll start by showing my (so far) meagre listings here

dizzy - books for children sell well in the run up to Christmas especially if you can bundle a number of the same type/author together - we sold a bundle of 15 Charlie & Lola books, hard and soft back, for £30 a year or so ago. Just don't forget to mention any marks/torn bits etc.

Yup I'm trying to aim fir Sun/Mon next week, ends too.

My listings
With tonights items and the ones i re-listed, i have 43 items on there! Tonights lot end Wednesday. 7 day listing. Only because my tax credits money is in the bank on a Thursday so i should be able to post quickly!

Plus just noticed that my feedback is back to 100%

Even better Tortoise :)

I have a bid

I have 15 things listed but only one bid

I am baffled as the shirt I have listed with a stain on it has 2 watchers but the one in beautiful condition has no watchers.

I will have to wait and see if either actually sell.

I am glad you are back up and running Tortoise

I am off to list another item I think.

Carrots - have you put a link to all your other listings at the bottom of each one?

mine have done quite well so far, would say £400 ish after fees! Which are astronomical btw

I haven't put a link Jareth. Is that easy to do?

Byeckerslike that is brilliant What were you selling that earned you so much money?

I always put at the end of the listing - please take a look at my other items. And I mention that I will combine postage.

I've had my first invoice through from ebay. I've sold £37 of stuff, and I've been invoiced £16... Is that right? It seems a lot.
I've only actually sold 5 items and just keep relisting the unsold things using the relist option.
I've tried working it out on the invoice but without printing it out I can't get my head around it and I've not got a printer at home yet... supposedly saving up for one, but at this rate that'll never happen!

I have a used bottle of perfume on my listing, it was only sprayed a couple of times but I have 13 watchers and 4 bids so far... it's not even a new bottle!

Have put some toiletries on there too just out of interest as it was free listing... wondering if people actually bid on these things?

You will have to pay a listing fee every time (but you get one relisting credit, iirc) unless the item is 99p or less.

try using this calculator to check.

I sold my quinny travel system for 170 which was the bulk of it, loads of maternity clothes, one designer maternity dress plus shoes and bag for 120 had a right clear out, and since having twins has increased my brood to 3 im not planning on using it again!

Wow Byeckerslike! Did you,put your travel system as for collection only or for courier delivery?

I have an Easywalker Duo, Kiwi Explorer and M&P single buggy to list. Oh, and two Svan highchairs. As I'm in NI, if I do collection only I'm really missing probably quite a few potential buyers. Feel a bit overwhelmed at trying to dis-assemble and parcel for courier!

I will have a look at that Tortoise - thanks once again!

Ahh right, I didn't know you only got one chance to relist.

Oops I've sold quite a few perfumes and toiletries. They're usually expensive ones which people have bought me that I don't like or I'm allergic to (basically any) I've been listing them at high starting prices but they always do well.

Does it matter how old the perfume is? I've got loads tucked away in a cupboard but I have had most of them for at least 10 years.

Sigh .... I wish someone would bid! Of 16 items, 3 have bids (low), and all but 4 have watchers - lots watching the children's Clarks boots.

I've made £140 so far. Here are my new listings.

I'm up to £125 excluding fees. Got a few items ending on Sunday and am hoping to post a few more then too. Not many bids but a few watchers so here's hoping ...

items here

mogs Just have a smell at them and see if they smell okay, perfume does go off. Also be really honest in your listings. I said if I'd used things, said I was allergic to them and how much roughly was left in them. One I sold recently I hadn't used but the body lotion that came with it appeared to only be about 80% full.

Sometimes the fact they're old is a bonus. I sold a perfume last year for £50+ I'd started it at £10, would have been happy to get that, I didn't realise it was no longer available in the shops.

Millie1 i listed it collection only yes and the couple came from sheffield to collect it, south lakes.
Last dc i sold a bebeconfort loola and posted it via courier to france, i stated collection only but she offered to arrange her own courier so i said yes.
Actually i agree, we are a bit out of the way for collection, not as many people up this end of the country but we are near the m6 so they travelled.