One thing that's become clear to me lately is that I have too much crap. Way too much. Even though I got rid of a whole bunch of stuff when I moved a few months ago, my house is still full of piles of CDs and records I won't re-listen to, DVDs I won't rewatch, and books I won't re-read.
So I decided to throw a whole lot of stuff up on ebay this week. Being my first time I've done this on this level, I think I made a few mistakes. To start off with, I listed some stuff too cheap - 99c is a good starting price for something that there will be a lot of demand on because the bidding will drive the price up. A lot of the stuff only one or two people were interested in though, so DVDs ended up selling for like $1.04.
It's interesting what some stuff goes for though. My previously viewed copy of "The Game" with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn sold for $10.50. Or about ten times the price of some of my other movies.
I took a guess regarding the postage costs. Hopefully I don't find out tomorrow that it's way more than I thought, and I'm actually going to lose money on this little venture.
I'm going to keep going though, next up is a bunch of CDs and perhaps some books. The idea is if I sell enough stuff eventually I'll have enough in my Paypal account to buy something good myself, perhaps a new guitar or something like that. Which I'll probably end up auctioning on ebay again in a few years, as the cycle continues . . .
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Postage is tricky. Sometimes I've got burnt, other times I'm a rip off.
just went to the post office this morning. when it comes to sending one dvd its fine - i charge $4 and it only cost $1.10.
more than that though and the parcels got expensive, luckily i didnt take a loss anywhere though.
You need to "sell" your stuff more. For example, here's what I put down for my Sinatra book I'm selling
"You are bidding on this beautiful book, described as "a celebration of the life of Frank Sinatra" . Full of pictures, stories and facts of one of the world's best ever singers, and that's not just me saying that, many major music factors say the same thing."
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