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General => Random Chat => Topic started by: AA on September 06, 2012, 07:39:56 pm

Title: ebay. Im going to be rich(er)!!!
Post by: AA on September 06, 2012, 07:39:56 pm
 Just sold some jewellery on ebay for £80+
Only cost me £3.70 about 6 months ago :signLOL:
 Anyone else made such a big profit? 
Title: Re: ebay. Im going to be rich(er)!!!
Post by: Tamiyoman on September 06, 2012, 07:58:11 pm
Bought an old Tamiya Sand Scorcher Radio controlled Buggy kit (Unbuilt in it's box) from a supplier who I was buying lots of stuff off, he said he had it I knew it was valuable and asked how much he wanted, he said I could have it at original retail price (£35) as I was emptying his basement of old stock anyway (buying it all), he was Happy with me spending money with him and gave it me for the £35, I checked it over and it was complete, I posted it up on a few forums and a collector in Germany bought it off me for £1800  :happy2:, I heard 2 years later he sold it on for almost £3500  :happy2:

Picked up 2 old RC cars at a car boot sale for £25 and sold them on ebay for £280  :happy2:

I heard about a guy in France who was on holiday in Turkey, he just happened to walk into an old looking shop and up on the top shelves were 3 old RC buggy Kits, he negotiated the guy down to £150 for all 3, he sold them on Ebay for £2400  :notworthy:
Title: Re: ebay. Im going to be rich(er)!!!
Post by: Horatio on September 06, 2012, 08:20:53 pm
I hate eBay  :mad: pipped at the post...again, the final 1 second, bidding on some wheels.  :fighting:
Title: Re: ebay. Im going to be rich(er)!!!
Post by: MC71 on September 06, 2012, 08:56:23 pm
^^^^ not me, but I love sniping peeps!  :evilgrin:

Am a big Star Wars fan, have been since my mum took me by the hand aged 6 and took me to see Star Wars A New Hope.  :notworthy: :notworthy:

Anywho.........  with the (financial) help of my parents I collected all 115 of the original figures plus all the ships, and other bits and bobs,  not sure of the outlay, maybe less than £100 at the time. Sold on eBay about 9-10 years ago for £2300.
Seemed like a lot at the time and I was very happy with that but have recently started to scan eBay USA for the figures and some of the ones I sold are going for £100-£250 each in mint condition unopened with a perfect bubble.

Decided I need to own the collection again for my man cave, only problem, collection value today £5k - £10k  :sad1:
Title: Re: ebay. Im going to be rich(er)!!!
Post by: PDT on September 06, 2012, 09:11:21 pm
Bought some AMG carbon ceramic discs, pads and 6 pot calipers for £300, all brand new with tags, sold them on eBay to a guy in Italy with a Mets SLS for £3k+  :pomppomp:
Title: Re: ebay. Im going to be rich(er)!!!
Post by: Tamiyoman on September 17, 2012, 02:04:24 pm
I hate eBay  :mad: pipped at the post...again, the final 1 second, bidding on some wheels.  :fighting:

I use Bidnapper, I always snipe, set it up and forget about it  :happy2:
Title: Re: ebay. Im going to be rich(er)!!!
Post by: dan1985 on September 17, 2012, 05:16:32 pm
Bought some AMG carbon ceramic discs, pads and 6 pot calipers for £300, all brand new with tags, sold them on eBay to a guy in Italy with a Mets SLS for £3k+  :pomppomp:

The same ones you bought to use as display models for your wall?

Small world eh, :wink: and I'm still waiting for my pipercross panel filter which you said the courier lost  :confused: