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Help me raise enough funds for our 1st ever holiday! All buy it now items.

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tortoise · 22/06/2007 20:33

My eldest DS is 10 years old now and we have never had a family holiday. I have decided this year we will go away somewhere.
Please help us raise enough to go away for a few days.
So far have raised about £120 which is no where near enough.
here are my items. Some are toys that my 4 DC are selling to help make enough money.
TIA

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tortoise · 26/06/2007 18:35

Lol allgonebellyup!

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tortoise · 26/06/2007 18:35

Thanks Yadda

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yaddayah · 26/06/2007 19:03

Oddly enough ds reckons they look like ninja turtle trousers !

There thats my final bump .. dc's bedtime !

x

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tortoise · 26/06/2007 19:19

Lol! DS2 always said they were his ActionMan trousers!

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tortoise · 26/06/2007 20:07

Another annoying little bump

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tweetyfish · 26/06/2007 20:19

I think (!) I just bagged myself your lovely tinkerbell skirt, I've never bought anything from ebay before, so fingers crossed!

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tortoise · 26/06/2007 20:21

Yes you did tweetyfish .
Not sure why the postage price was changed though? i tried to send an invoice and it wouldn't work!

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tweetyfish · 26/06/2007 20:25

I couldn't remember so erred on the side of caution for the postage. Every little helps and family holidays are such fun (we're not having on this year as have a newish puppy!). Good luck getting to your target! No worries for the invoice, I have a paypal receipt.

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tortoise · 26/06/2007 20:28

Thanks.

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tortoise · 27/06/2007 18:51

Some more items added.

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tortoise · 27/06/2007 20:20

Couple of items ending tonight.

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tortoise · 27/06/2007 20:49

Oooh 2 more items sold.
Thank you if it was a mner.

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Florette · 27/06/2007 20:56

Too young for my Dcs Tortoise but bumping for you and good luck

Where are you hoping to go for your hols?

Scootergrrrl · 27/06/2007 20:59

Tortoise: was it you I bought the teddy sleeping bag from? If it was, it's arrived and is fab!
If not, it's a bump for you anyway...

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tortoise · 27/06/2007 21:04

Yes it was scootergrrrl. Glad its arrived and you are happy with it.

We want to go to Haven in Weymouth. I don't drive and its easy to get to by train from here.

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tortoise · 27/06/2007 21:07

OMG! Thank you to whoever it was who just bought from me and added a bit extra . Very kind of you.

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tortoise · 29/06/2007 19:24

Few items ending tonight and more being added.

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tortoise · 29/06/2007 21:02

10 items added. Mainly 18-24mth boys clothes.

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tortoise · 02/07/2007 19:49

Lots re-listed.
All need to be sold to fund our 1st ever holiday!

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tortoise · 03/07/2007 19:27

Some items ending in the next hour...

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mangojuice · 03/07/2007 20:32

bumping for you Tortoise

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tortoise · 03/07/2007 20:52

Thanks,
I have just pulled out the whole cupboard to sort it all into age and gender.
Huge pile of boys clothes to sort through.

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mangojuice · 03/07/2007 21:10

You seem to be doing really well with this- how much have you made now? Perhaps you could list some of the clothes you dig out as bundles to save on the listing/ final value/ paypal fees etc. I always find when you add costs up they eat into your profits quite a bit. I've made more actual profit from "bigger" sales if you see what I mean.

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tortoise · 03/07/2007 21:15

Have made about £200. Really pleased with that amount but need more like £400 for a holiday for me and 4 DC.
I had thought about bundles but they seem to sell very low.
Going to try on here 1st with some of this i think!

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mangojuice · 03/07/2007 21:20

Wow, £200's great, halfway there already! I find clothes really difficult to sell on ebay at the moment, probably best to try on here first I guess. I wonder if ebay will do a half price listing day soon. They sometimes do when it goes slow.

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