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I sold two lots of fishing gear last week, nothing serious, a tray of bits including two old reels one a Allcock Bakelite, the lot went for £25, probably cost me about £15. A box of flies that cost me £20 went for £28, so a small profit less the commission however, did better on some old unwanted film posters that needed clearing out I put in at the same time, they went for£95.
The auction place I use always tell me fishing stuff doesn't do well there, better if you can put stuff in a specialized angling auction but not one near me, one or two in London but not worth the travel unless it was something really valuable. So I just put it in regardless, its more a clear out of stuff I will never use and if it sells, a few more quid for me.
Its easier than eBay, just hand your stuff over and that's it, leave it to them and wait for the cheque if it sells, in this case £143 less commission, that will do, quite happy..
No palaver of loading photo's, filling in over complicated boxes and descriptions, wrapping stuff up and posting it, postage costs, waiting for buyers, endlessly relisting stuff, worrying about breakages in the post etc etc. Its a no-brainer to me. Check the small print of the auction though, some clauses are worth knowing about. leaving stuff that doesn't sell for example, might charge you for it.
The auction place I use always tell me fishing stuff doesn't do well there, better if you can put stuff in a specialized angling auction but not one near me, one or two in London but not worth the travel unless it was something really valuable. So I just put it in regardless, its more a clear out of stuff I will never use and if it sells, a few more quid for me.
Its easier than eBay, just hand your stuff over and that's it, leave it to them and wait for the cheque if it sells, in this case £143 less commission, that will do, quite happy..
No palaver of loading photo's, filling in over complicated boxes and descriptions, wrapping stuff up and posting it, postage costs, waiting for buyers, endlessly relisting stuff, worrying about breakages in the post etc etc. Its a no-brainer to me. Check the small print of the auction though, some clauses are worth knowing about. leaving stuff that doesn't sell for example, might charge you for it.
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