Selling old shoes to perverts on Ebay?

[malfoy]

Has anybody done it?

Seems like money for old rope to me.

cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ladies-Well-Worn-Shoes-Size-8-Ballet-Flat-Style-w-bow_W0QQitemZ300313558002QQcmdZView ItemQQptZWomensShoes?hash=item300313558002&trksid=p3911.c0.m14&trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65% 3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

and cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300312675442

I am tempted. Seems like easy money to me.

stumbled upon this phenomenon last night and I'm still gob smacked really! Seems like easy money but a bit creepy at the same time. I would set up a separate account though as people searching for the things I sell would probably raise an eyebrow or two if they were scrolling through my items and found old scabby shoes 'well worn'. seems like you have to make the listing sound a bit sexy too.
Better than getting a tenner off at Brantano though !

I know. Part of me is going eeeew but then I think £141 for a pair of £20 shoes.

Agree re separate account.

Most scabby old shoes on sale don't sell though.

i suppose it saves on the ethical disposing of old trainers problem

save for free listing day

So is it all in the wording? Can't just go Malfoy's old shoes?

I came across something like this last year. On the listing I saw, the shoes were actually on feet, and oh the positions of the feet and legs in the pictures!

I found it because my spare tens pads, which I'd listed for 99p in case some pregnant woman would like them, were the subject of a bidding war and went for £8... to a buyer called stinkykinky.

So out of curiosity I checked his profile and feeback and was led to the well worn shoes thing through one of his transactions.

Best bit was though that stinkykinky's mailing address was a very sensible mans name c/o a branch of Barclays!

Oh yes ebay has opened my eyes I tell you

first thing that hit me was the size, size 8s aren't that easy to get

er, thats TENS pads as in tens machine for pain releif and not a typo for TENA pads

cos you just don't know how your mn minds work now that we are on the subject of wierd and wonderful!

My DH used to work for Barclays.

Have any of you wondered if its a way of getting an intro between people into the same kind of thing?

Like shoe fetishists bid on these items and then meet up under cover of 'cash on collection'

I've just looked at completed listings and it seem like a lot don't sell as TrillianAstra pointed out.
Let us know if you go for it malfoy I'm so intrigued by it all!
Private listing seems to be important and 'cleaning to ebay standard' whatever that means!?!?!
Also wondered if larger sizes were more popular?

Could just cut and paste wording of a successful one?

If most well worn shoes don't get sold, why would the shoes Malfoy linked to get 17 and 33 bids? Very strange why buyers would go into a bidding frenzy for some shoes but completely cold shoulder others.

SEA size 8s are harder to get, you're right. I know cos I wear them.

I am a size 3 so guess men wouldn't want my old shoes lol

Pretty obvious wording

Is it poss because blokes could cram their feet into a size 8 but not size 5s? (don't kill me size 8 girls!)
I once saw an eBay auction where a girl was selling photos of her feet for £10 each. But that's as nothing to the "adult nappies" I discovered when searching for reusable nappies (baby ones!)

luscious feet

what's the deal with the: private?

I think it's private so people can't see who's bidding - you can see how much people bidded, but no ID.

I am a size 8, on my feet for 12.5 hours at work, wonder how much money I would get for my work shoes

Eugh - I know. I came across hypnosis CDs to make you wet the bed when looking for re-usable nappies. WHY? It's freaked me out ever since.

Still interested in stinky shoe selling though. I think the line about cleaning to ebay standards are just to comply with rules. No way is anyone cleaning them before they're 'scent' out

Bidded? Bid.