as a seller of collectable shit
(and not the Kroney variety), I have made a lot of money out of My Little Pony and Care Bears. And Sindy.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:10, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I'm not surprised
having spent more than 2 weeks at home with the tv always on, I've seen plenty of bargain hunt and cash in the attic to know that people pay little fortunes for crap.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Free listing weekend has increased my eBay prescence considerably

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:12, Reply)

They're doing them about every month now
but they don't apply to me, because I'm not a private seller. *sadfaces*
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:14, Reply)

No fucking bids though
Watchers FTL
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:16, Reply)

Are you selling anything interesting?
I'm looking for cheap baby stuff now. Yesterday we spent £15 on nappies and we think they'll last for a couple of weeks or so.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:17, Reply)

What type of stuff?
We have a metric fuckton of baby clothes
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:20, Reply)

baby clothes will be necessary yes
we need a moses or small cot, and a car seat at least. We'll need more stuff, but we're buying slowly.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:23, Reply)

I flogged our cot a few months ago as Liam is now in a proper cot-bed
We do have a Silver Cross pram/pushchair/car seat combo though?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

Sounds good
we got a pram from a friend, but I'm not sure it has car seat included. I'll ask him and let you know.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:48, Reply)

Car boot sales are the way to go
We see so much baby stuff every week, mostly at 50p a throw. Babies grow out of clothes after wearing them once, so there's absolutely no reason to spend more than a pound on anything they wear. A lot of the clothes we see have never even been worn.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:21, Reply)

This^
George at Asda is your friend for kids clothes. Don't be a daft shit and buy "designer" anything. Shit stains are hard to move
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:22, Reply)

I wouldn't
I'm thinking about charity shops and gumtree mainly for the clothes. Now, for things that need to be safe, like cots and car seats, I'm more worried.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:24, Reply)

Good plan
I think our cot went for about £25 on eBay. I'd buy car seats new or from someone you knew who could assure you that they hadn't been in a crash or anything
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Exactly
that's the only thing that worries me. Everything else I'm almost sure can be second hand without a problem.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:49, Reply)

Nobody bids on anything before the last day any more.
They're all terrified of being sniped.

In fact, most of my stuff sells better when I put a buy it now price on it. If people want something, they're happier to just buy it and have done with it. Unfortunately that's not covered in free listing days.

Also, I'd advise having things finish in the evening, as that's when more people are looking at ebay. Except on a Saturday night, obviously.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:19, Reply)

You're right there
I used to bid and kept losing stuff, so now I just go for the buy it now at a price I think it's good, and get done with the waiting.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:22, Reply)

This just goes to prove
that humanity has crashed through the bottom of the stupidity barrel rather than scraping it. Well exploited there.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:13, Reply)

Marx said some shit about Capitalism containing within it the seeds of it's own destruction
And those seeds are plastic and pony-shaped
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:16, Reply)

amen to that.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 1 Aug 2011, 12:17, Reply)