Comments on: How I paid off $15,000 in 9 months by selling my ‘Stuff’ on Ebay

By: Debt Destruction Derby: Fighting that Ugly Four-Letter Word | MiCash Prepaid MasterCard

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:57:36 +0000

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By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:02:42 +0000

Years ago, I sold one thing on ebay with great sucess. It was a LARGE computer desk. I said I would not ship it – I mean it was like 9 feet long! And I still had people begging for me to ship it from Colorado to New York. I got 10 times what I started the bidding for. But other than that, I’ve been disappointed. Shipping is the biggest hassle for me too. Anyone have good suggestions for that? Is USPS flat rate shipping a determinet to buyers – it seems expensive. ????

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:54:04 +0000

I just ran into this site, Cash4Books.net – I’ve not tried it myself, but I’m going to.

By: Lina

Lina — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:01:35 +0000

My roommate and I took this idea one step further and crafted an entire business out of the idea. Located in Washington, DC, we sell stuff for other people and take a cut. Not only are we making money, but we are helping keep useful items out of landfills, helping others simplify their lives, and — hopefully — helping to pay off all of our debts in the process. It’s been a great experience so far.

By: Debt Destruction Derby: Fighting that Ugly Four-Letter Word

Debt Destruction Derby: Fighting that Ugly Four-Letter Word — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:21:36 +0000

[...] your trash is someone’s treasure. Visit the debt blog ManVsDebt.com to read a story in which one woman sold stuff to pay off $15,000 in nine months. Who knows – you might do even [...]

By: Simplifying and Reducing: The Final Phase | Move to Portugal

Simplifying and Reducing: The Final Phase | Move to Portugal — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:55:07 +0000

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By: Amanda {my life badly written}

Amanda {my life badly written} — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:05:50 +0000

Fantastic post! I am just about to embark of selling all my crap on Ebay. I have set aside one day a week where my 4 year old is at school and my mum is having the baby for me and I can just concentrate on listing and organising things to sell.

I have done this before and one tip I could add is that listing like things at the same time is a great way to boost the sales. For example listing all baby products together or clothes of the same size together and making a note of your other products in your listing. I have found that then I have had people buy more than one thing from me which means less postage for them and less packing for me!

Also when selling clothes put approx measurements in your listing to begin with. I learnt this the hard way – it saves all the emails requesting the measurements or people skipping over your listing because they think that the item might not fit.

Anyway there are my two little tips! Hope they help….

By: DALLAS MOMS

DALLAS MOMS — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:05 +0000

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By: Blog Highlights from Around the Web | Voucher Mum

Blog Highlights from Around the Web | Voucher Mum — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:23:57 +0000

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By: sandy L

sandy L — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:54 +0000

I just went through this same process because my kid’s toys/clothes I could not donate due to the very dumb lead testing law. I didn’t want to see almost new stuff go in the trash, so I felt compelled to sell it despite the inconvience.

The process changed my mindset. I made some recent impulse purchases (I have a problem with books) that I read and then resold immediately and broke even. For me, if I bought it new, it means there was limited/no used inventory, so resale was pretty high.

So the moral is..the sooner you realize you bought crap you won’t use (like that trendy new exercise video that you’ve had for a month and still haven’t used)..sell it while it still has a high resale value.

The moral is..if you act fast, you can fix even recent spending mistakes…and the longer you wait to sell your stuff, the less it’ll be worth.