Barry Izbak
U.T.A.
Fortnight ago I won a raffle prize. Could have chosen the box of chocolates or bunch of flowers, but went for what looked like a saleable vacuum cleaner. Sold it on ebay this week for £89 +postage for an intial outlay of a quid
What is your FINEST ebay transaction?
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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I bought cheap tickets for a sold out Arcade fire gig once, I think the seller had listed them incorrectly as I got them way below face value.
I hate dealing with Ebay though, I used to DJ and would seel old records on there and it was a complete pain. Working out the postage, making sure you get paid properly, waiting at the post office, eugggh.
I have a 4 year old macbook I need to sell on there soon though. It has the standard cracks on the lip, and a few scratches here and there etc. Anyone know how much it's worth, £100?
I hate dealing with Ebay though, I used to DJ and would seel old records on there and it was a complete pain. Working out the postage, making sure you get paid properly, waiting at the post office, eugggh.
I have a 4 year old macbook I need to sell on there soon though. It has the standard cracks on the lip, and a few scratches here and there etc. Anyone know how much it's worth, £100?
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
My old neighbour used to be a BT Engineer but was made redundant. He used some of his pay off to buy a big estate car and started attending boot fairs to satisfy his interest in old odds and sods which he could fill his new car with. After learning the ins and outs of ebay he soon realised he could make a living from buying and selling and has done exactly that.
He doesn't appear to be minted but certainly does well enough that he doesn't have to work for anyone else, which in itself must be pretty nice.
I do often feel tempted myself, but as mentioned above I get SERIOUSLY frustrated pissing about in post office queues. What I need is an assistant to all the dogsbody work
Southern Scouse
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- Jul 21, 2011
- 2,033
I collect .......... wait for it..........Postcards!
I have had lots of fantastic buys.
Best two were a set of 10 fantasy pixie postcards, bought for £ 7.43 and later sold for £342 and even better a set of 20 WW2 German flag cards for £25 which are in my collection but worth about £1500.
Had a few bummers as well, but nothing serious.
If anyone wants some info/advice/selling postcards etc pm me.
I have had lots of fantastic buys.
Best two were a set of 10 fantasy pixie postcards, bought for £ 7.43 and later sold for £342 and even better a set of 20 WW2 German flag cards for £25 which are in my collection but worth about £1500.
Had a few bummers as well, but nothing serious.
If anyone wants some info/advice/selling postcards etc pm me.
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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I'm not sure what model, would need to check- also it has been in my wardrobe just sitting there for a year so I have no idea if it even turns on at this point.
Really selling it.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Wifey was ill so we couldn't go to the Chelsea flower show (bit of a result for me) so I stuck the tickets on ebay on 24 hour auction, just hoping to recoup some of the £50 outlay. They sold for more than double.
Also bought a job lot of postcards from the local auction house for a tenner, ebayed them individually and made about £60.
Also bought a job lot of postcards from the local auction house for a tenner, ebayed them individually and made about £60.
Mr Smggles
Well-known member
Bought a broken iPhone off someone for £20, sold for £150. Not bad at all
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
Flip it on its back and get the model number from the bottom. Post it up on here and I'll let you know what it's worth
Meade's Ball
Well-known member
I bought An Evening With Ian McCaskill for about £12 on there a few years ago. We said "Hallo" to each other in his voice about 7 times, chuckled in each other's direction whilst aware we have very little variety in our levels of comedy, and sat down to dine. There was a discussion about Celebrity Fit Club and some behind the scenes gossip about amorousness in the weather department, but the conversation dried up. We ended up going to the cinema to see a Steve Carrel comedy that neither of us laughed at and went for a brief drink afterwards to try and find the fire that i suppose he was looking to sell and i was desperate to find. It was unlocatable so we shook hands with a false tightness and went our different ways without any exchange of address or mobile number for future catch-ups. Maybe he expected a higher bid than i'd put in and didn't want his rep ruined by not turning up and me causing a stink. I dunno. I expected him to be wackier, so perhaps the weight of that expectation was on his shoulders and there'd be no choice but to slump when meeting him and being swiftly unexcited. Since then i've been keeping an eye out for a Weekend With Francis Wilson. He's been unseen for a while so must be looking for income. He's more moody and serious that McCaskill, so i could get more out of it.
White plastic? I'll give you £150.
Few years ago was working at an investment bank and moved into a traders desk. He had just left to go to work at a hedge fund. He left 5 barely worn Hermes ties in his draws. I kept 1 and sold the rest for around a 100 quid a pop on eBay.
Around 400 squid for little effort.
Strangely enough I saw guy last year at gramercy tavern in New York coked up to the eyeballs with what can only be described as 2 high end ladies of the night. He's about 40 and i hear he's retired.
Legend!
Around 400 squid for little effort.
Strangely enough I saw guy last year at gramercy tavern in New York coked up to the eyeballs with what can only be described as 2 high end ladies of the night. He's about 40 and i hear he's retired.
Legend!
The Brighton Bear
Come on Kylie, get a grip
My family and I haven’t had much luck on e-bay really.
My aunt and uncle drove down from Swindon and ended up with a shit corrugated iron 50 year old shed and paid a fortune for it.
Someone listed a perfectly good car stereo which I bought for £50 which clearly wasn’t working in the first place.
Bought my son what I thought was an Xbox for £170 and all I got was an empty box.
The next year I thought I would get him a train set. I paid £75 for a working set that was really a load of old rubbish that should have really been put into a bin bag.
I bought my daughter an Iphone for £150 and the bloody thing doesn’t work.
Still, at least i’ve got four nice Hermes ties that only cost me £400.
My aunt and uncle drove down from Swindon and ended up with a shit corrugated iron 50 year old shed and paid a fortune for it.
Someone listed a perfectly good car stereo which I bought for £50 which clearly wasn’t working in the first place.
Bought my son what I thought was an Xbox for £170 and all I got was an empty box.
The next year I thought I would get him a train set. I paid £75 for a working set that was really a load of old rubbish that should have really been put into a bin bag.
I bought my daughter an Iphone for £150 and the bloody thing doesn’t work.
Still, at least i’ve got four nice Hermes ties that only cost me £400.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I used to BUY soiled Japanese GIRLS knickers BUT the bottom HAS dropped out of the MARKET now
Very good.....but look at how much previous seasons unboxed hermes ties go for on eBay.... The point is I got them for nothing......
Colossal Squid
Returning video tapes
Who the f*** would pay £100 for a f***ing TIE?
You'd have to PAY ME £100 just to wrap one of those flimsy pieces of shit round my neck.
It beggars belief
You'd have to PAY ME £100 just to wrap one of those flimsy pieces of shit round my neck.
It beggars belief
cloud
Well-known member
I sold a guitar which an ex-boyfriend had bought me and I never got round to playing. I was stunned when it sold for about £200 - I never realised he'd spent so much on it (and I then felt really bad about selling it)