Besides amazon/gumtree, are there any auctions sites other than ebay that you use personally and would you recommend them ?
Reason I ask is because ebay seem to take an unreasonable amount in fees for small items.
I have a few things lying around I want to sell on rather than throw or give away which average at about £20 per item. By the time I do the shipping and the trips to/from the post office, and by the time ebay takes it's cut, I lose at least one third of what I make in profit.
The question I'm asking myself is, is it worth the trouble ?
I'm thinking gumtree is the best option, but the wait time to drum up interest will be a lot more, but on the plus side the buyer will collect and it's cash in hand. The market will be smaller as nobody is going to travel across country for insignificant items though.
Any ideas ?
I have used https://ilovefreegle.org/ before to give stuff away, but you would be surprised how inconsiderate and selfish people on there. Often I have listed stuff to give away free, and you will still get people not showing up to collect, or changing the pick up time at short notice, or never replying at all.
Reason I ask is because ebay seem to take an unreasonable amount in fees for small items.
I have a few things lying around I want to sell on rather than throw or give away which average at about £20 per item. By the time I do the shipping and the trips to/from the post office, and by the time ebay takes it's cut, I lose at least one third of what I make in profit.
The question I'm asking myself is, is it worth the trouble ?
I'm thinking gumtree is the best option, but the wait time to drum up interest will be a lot more, but on the plus side the buyer will collect and it's cash in hand. The market will be smaller as nobody is going to travel across country for insignificant items though.
Any ideas ?
I have used https://ilovefreegle.org/ before to give stuff away, but you would be surprised how inconsiderate and selfish people on there. Often I have listed stuff to give away free, and you will still get people not showing up to collect, or changing the pick up time at short notice, or never replying at all.