Subject: selling on ebay

Hi all,

We are about to enter the 20th century (!) and sell some stuff on eBay - getting rid of our baby backlog, and maybe a chunk of our DVD collection...

When you sell stuff, and then post on ebay, which method of postage do you normally use, standard, registered, recorded etc.?

Ta!

Plus any other tips for first-timers useful :O)

depends on what it is, normally just snail mail unless it is valuable then recorded or registered for special. Some antiques I have arranged couriers for. Just make sure you check the costs on the Royal Mail site so that you put about the right amount as you can get caught out if not wary. If it is big but not worth much do pick up only as it is a hassle.

Best thing is to send anything over £10 using some method of postage which gets a signature. Make sure anything you do send not recorded etc, you get proof of posting from the post office, as if the item goes missing (or the buyer claims not to get it), at least you can put in a claim to Royal Mail so you don't lose all your money.

If sending big items, don't bother with Royal Mail. Use places like parcel2go.com, which are cheaper and collect from you.

If selling common fraud items such as Mobiles, make sure you get a UV marker, and mark it and picture it in some unique way, and even take a photo of the it under a UV light. May seem a lot of hassle, but better than losing a shed load of money as the item convienantly "breaks" during postage.

Actually, selling DVDs, particularly low value ones you may be better off selling on play / amazon. If the items are really low value, there are places that will buy them from you. Not for loads of money, but better than nothing.

cheers guys.

I'll use proof of postage for all, recorded £10-50 and then think again if above that.

For the DVDs, I wondered about using a car boot sale!!!

If you have a list to hand I can advise? As I do a lot of DVD related selling.
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Wahey! We just sold our dining table (original cost £400) for £1.04 to a nice polish couple.

Sale #1...

ker-ching.

(I'm as successful on ebay as I am in sokker transfer market!!)

Sold you dining table for ONE pound?:)

I think you were robbed.
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you need to consider freecycle - less postage costs

With furniture, you tend to be better off at proper auction houses, surprising what some stuff fetches at those.

I bet the Polish couple were SK users aswell.

tbh they might have been czech for all I know.... Central / Eastern European.

£1 vs £0 and a car journey to the tip, so OK.

Just sold a nursing chair we bought for £120 for £65.... which was a bit of a shock.

lolwat? sold a dining table for 1 pound and a single chair for 65?

Following on from our ebay-related Post Office rendez-vous prior to the Forest match...?
I've been caught out with a few things I've listed recently without having a reserve on them. For furniture, I've started listing it for £20-30 odd buy-it-now price with option for people to make a best offer. That has seemed to work ok - although my old TV awaits pickup from some kind of buddhist monk who seems averse to paying me for it first and as such, will be told to F off if he turns up expectantly on Thursday morning. Has anyone else had this before? I'm pretty sure I should keep asking for him to pay on ebay rather than turn up and hand over £20.
Like Vancian said, freecycle is useful - I've got shot of quite a bit of old tatty furniture on their. If it was any older and tattier I'd be arranging couriers for it like Jaize, and listing it under antiques.

and it would probably be me buying it!

as for the non-payment geezer, I think the deal is that if you agree payment at collection that is cool but if you don't then you are perfectly in your rights to tell him to reincarnate himself.

Cash on collection is a lot better than payment beforehand with people who collect stuff.

Ultimately they can go to paypal and say it wasn't delivered, and they payment can still bounce, plus you don't get the paypal fees which is always a plus.

although my old TV awaits pickup from some kind of buddhist monk who seems averse to paying me for it first and as such, will be told to F off if he turns up expectantly on Thursday morning.

Your reward will come in the next life - anyone here take Karmic Express ?