by Tricia
A while ago I mentioned that I would try selling some things on eBay, and things are coming together with that.
One half of my office has been turned into an eBay processing center. I bought a huge container that my son has filled with toys that he said he no longer wants. I was going to just take toys when he was at school, but I decided to get him involved in the process and give him an idea of why we are selling things. To my surprise, he filled up that container pretty quickly. I thought he wouldn’t want to part with any of his toys.
I am starting with the toys, since Christmas is coming soon. I do have some clothes we no longer need, but I think I am going to donate those to St. Vincent de Paul. Gosh knows they helped to clothe my son the first few years of his life (they only charge $0.25/per item of children’s clothing!). They also were important when I obtained my first “professional job.” I didn’t have ANY dress clothes, and I was able to get almost a two-week wardrobe for under $25.
What to charge for shipping was always something holding me back from trying to sell on eBay. It seemed complicated. But, thanks to the US Postal Service and eBay joining forces, you can get free boxes for using to ship things, and the postage is a set price. My boxes came in a few weeks ago, and I am very impressed that they were free!
Today is a big cleaning day for us (time to get rid of clutter!), so I have another container set-up for other things to sell. By the end of the month I will be taking pictures of the items and listing them. It’s scary that if my items do not sell I will still have to pay a fee, but I guess that is a chance you take with eBay. I’m sure as time goes on I will learn more about how to have a successful listing.
