What's the biggest bargain you've ever bought or the best sale you've made on ebay?

[lisalisa]

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[Allice]

This thread is 12 years old!

[nopunintended11]

Airfares to Australia from the UK for myself and DS during the financial downturn return cost £350 about 7 years ago...flying with Singapore Airlines!

[peckarollover]

I sold a £100 Karen Millen voucher for £101 once postage and packing were added

[janeybops]

oooh I remember I bought an old viewfinder with very scratched pictures of Micheal Jackson the making of Thriller type of thing. Got it carboot for 10p to amuse dd - she was moaning about being bored.

Sold it on e bay for over £5 I seem to remember!

[oooggs]

An old cement mixer which worked but wouldn't win any beauty competitions

DH wanted to take it to the tip. But if someone wanted to pay me £1 to take it away that would be good.

Sold it for £80.00, they were fighting over it and the bloke turned up in a Vectra to take it away .

He came back again with a trailer!!!!

[Pagan]

Brand new hoover - half price at £85
Double buggy - half price at £80, was hardly used and in impecable condition
Brand new shower - half price

Best sales - a folding bike at £720
Old gold jewellery that I never wore £150
£2.50 for a crappy paper shredder that was useless

[TwinSetAndPearls]

Thanks SueW (i think) I was photographing the dress in the evening and the dress isn't a garish pink, but a very delicate rose pink so it was really hard to get the colour across. The walls in my study are blue so maybe that effected the photo as well.

I have loads of clothes to sell so am thinking of buying a mannequin to model them on.

But it was my first attempt, and the clothes were just sitting there so i will not moan at £85+. We live and learn.

[smellymelly]

I have been buying and selling loads on ebay recently, it keeps me off mumsnet!

Just got a huge bundle of clothes for ds2, for £1, and felt so guilty I sent her some more money!!

Also have been dealing with some fab sellers, who keep giving me freebies.

Have bought some stuff which I didn't like that much and have sold them for a profit.

I am able to sell stuff for a lot more than if I took it to the 2nd hand shop, but I give my fair share to charity, etc. I don't bother listing things for £1

[anchovies]

Exactly, they weren't special tickets or anything, just entry! I found out I was pg so put them on ebay, was the first thing I'd sold as well!

[Ulysees]

wow that is bizarre anchovies??

[anchovies]

I sold two complimentary alton towers tickets (I had complained) for £70. It only cost £20 each to get in at the time and the papers were full of the buy one get one free deals. Thought it was a bit bizarre!

[Ulysees]

Just got a lovely BNWT long pink going out skirt for 99p so that's my best up to now.

[SueW]

Twinset and pearls, I think you could have had a better pic for your dress you were selling - it looks blue rather than pink tbh.

[janeybops]

I have 2 tickets for the U2 concert at Twickenham that I am going to list soon. Hoping to make some money on them!

[cori]

I got a Gucci handbag for free. The seller sent me a different bag to the one I bid for. She gave me a refund (£35.00) but didnt ask for the bag back.

[TwinSetAndPearls]

navy marks dress

hippy dress

[TwinSetAndPearls]

My purchases arrivrd today, bought two dresses, a very hippified embroidered boho chic dress for £4.99 that my dd adores. Ana a very prim and proper marks and sparks party dress, navy polka dot with smocking. That was £4. Both real bargains.

Also by the time my own stuff had closed on ebay I had made £85, not bad as my ex bought all the clothes and I have an attic full of them. Almost makes up for the all the maintenance he hasn't paid.

[Gwenick]

OMG - my DVD finishes in just under one hour and someone has now bid £14 for - so that's £15.50 including p&p - £3 more that they could buy it (incluindg p&p) online!

[chyna]

got my son 2 pairs of designer jeans 1 pair p diddy branded jeans and the other were tupac shamir ,,for under £50 ,,couldnt buy one pair for that and hes well happy as no one else round here has them as we live in a wee village ,,i like ebay ,,..spkids on ebay have good deals somrimes for branded names for kids

[hamster]

Mamas and Papas Travel System, as new, with rain cover, travel bag and every other accessory you could think of all for £150-bargain!

[Gwenick]

oh and got a Davina Power of 3 DVD on there - finishing today currently on £11.01 - P&p is £1.50 - admittedly it is brand new and still sealed - but you can buy it online from £12.50!!

[Gwenick]

my best selling item was an old Girl Guide Album - went for £31 - apparently that particular year they produced less and so it was worth more!

[chyna]

the best bargain got on ebay was a brand new still boxed quinney pushcair for £89 ,,they retail at over £200 ,, and t was the latest model as well ,,i was so chuffed what a bargain

[SecondhandRose]

I found some new fabric remnants from Designers Guild and Cath Kidston at a bootsale they were 50p for each remnant and were just enough to make a cushion. Bought loads and sold three lots (£1.50's worth) for £51.00.

[throckenholt]

I got a twin mountain buggy off ebay for about £120 - it was a couple of years old, but has been brilliant - really good value for money.