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What to do with crap that people won't even buy on eBay?
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So, I'm cleaning the garage. We have a ton of stuff that people won't even bid on on eBay. It would be a shame to just dump it, but there's really no choice. The library won't take our books (no space), nobody wants VHS or laserdisc anymore, and bunch of other misc. crap. It's a tough call - do you just dump it? We did a garage sale and sold about half of it, but there's a whole other half we still have to deal with.
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Try eBay...you won't believe what people will buy when you start with a low price.....it never stops to amaze me.
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Just put it all on the curb and put a big note with 'FREE' on it.
You be surprised how it disappears.
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I recall an anecdote where someone wanted to get rid of tires. He put the tires out on the sidewalk with a big "FREE" sign on them. Days passed, but the tires were still there. So he tried replacing the sign with one that said "TIRES: $5." They were gone by the next morning.
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Originally Posted by wataru
I recall an anecdote where someone wanted to get rid of tires. He put the tires out on the sidewalk with a big "FREE" sign on them. Days passed, but the tires were still there. So he tried replacing the sign with one that said "TIRES: $5." They were gone by the next morning.
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What you believe to be is crap is somebody else's treasure...
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Try www.freecycle.org There should be one for your area. You can get rid of damn near anything there and find alot of stuff too.
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Give it to a charitable organization and take a tax deduction.
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Hard to believe there's stuff that can't be sold on eBay. Just make sure to set the start price high enough and make the description look like
**** !1!! STUFF U NEED !11! - ++TOP++ DoN't misS **** AWESOME
It'll sell.
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My personal favorite: Craigslist.org
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You are underestimating how some collectors obsess about media, particularly obsolete media. I know one guy who wants to have certain movies in EVERY format they've ever been released in, and he's always searching for a laserdisc or VHS or Beta version of some weird movie. You could certainly be surprised...
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what's the guy's name who started ebay? anyway, the first item sold on ebay was a non-functioning laser pointer, clearly marketed as such, so I think ebay is always worth a shot.
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Originally Posted by andreas_g4
Hard to believe there's stuff that can't be sold on eBay. Just make sure to set the start price high enough and make the description look like
**** !1!! STUFF U NEED !11! - ++TOP++ DoN't misS **** AWESOME
It'll sell.
nah! - that'll never work -far too half-hearted.
you need to put " LOOK!!!!!!! or WOW!!!!!!!!! to attract people's attention then put what your article is, followed by " NOT" and a list of popular items which it isn't. this will mean your poxy item will turn up every time someone searches for something else they actually want and they will be so impressed by your clever ploy [in the same way as people are always delighted to receive a spam email masquerading as re: our meeting yesterday"] that they will immediately buy your item.
you should also employ the power of suggestion by putting "you are bidding on..." as the first line of the description of your item. and, to make your auction really attention grabbing, use different coloured text for each paragraph and make sure it's all in <H1> tags so it really shouts!
finally, don't bother with trivia such as brand names colours or sizes when describing your article. instead give your potential customers lots of interesting background info [ ".. i picked this jacket up in arkansas when i was down visiting my aunt mary in the fall of '95...."] followed by a dozen paragraphs threatening to report them to ebay, the local police, the FBI and the international war-crimes tribunal if they fail to adhere strictly to each and every one of your 300 terms and conditions.
then sit back and wait for the money to roll in!
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Originally Posted by Bandit240
Try www.freecycle.org There should be one for your area. You can get rid of damn near anything there and find alot of stuff too.
I second this, got rid of a lot of bizarre crap through freecycle.
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Originally Posted by m a d r a
nah! - that'll never work -far too half-hearted.
you need to put "LOOK!!!!!!! or WOW!!!!!!!!! to attract people's attention then put what your article is, followed by "NOT" and a list of popular items which it isn't. this will mean your poxy item will turn up every time someone searches for something else they actually want and they will be so impressed by your clever ploy [in the same way as people are always delighted to receive a spam email masquerading as re: our meeting yesterday"] that they will immediately buy your item.
you should also employ the power of suggestion by putting "you are bidding on..." as the first line of the description of your item. and, to make your auction really attention grabbing, use different coloured text for each paragraph and make sure it's all in <H1> tags so it really shouts!
finally, don't bother with trivia such as brand names colours or sizes when describing your article. instead give your potential customers lots of interesting background info [".. i picked this jacket up in arkansas when i was down visiting my aunt mary in the fall of '95...."] followed by a dozen paragraphs threatening to report them to ebay, the local police, the FBI and the international war-crimes tribunal if they fail to adhere strictly to each and every one of your 300 terms and conditions.
then sit back and wait for the money to roll in!
Fsck! That so true. You teach a course?
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Originally Posted by m a d r a
nah! - that'll never work -far too half-hearted.
you need to put "LOOK!!!!!!! or WOW!!!!!!!!! to attract people's attention then put what your article is, followed by "NOT" and a list of popular items which it isn't. this will mean your poxy item will turn up every time someone searches for something else they actually want and they will be so impressed by your clever ploy [in the same way as people are always delighted to receive a spam email masquerading as re: our meeting yesterday"] that they will immediately buy your item.
you should also employ the power of suggestion by putting "you are bidding on..." as the first line of the description of your item. and, to make your auction really attention grabbing, use different coloured text for each paragraph and make sure it's all in <H1> tags so it really shouts!
finally, don't bother with trivia such as brand names colours or sizes when describing your article. instead give your potential customers lots of interesting background info [".. i picked this jacket up in arkansas when i was down visiting my aunt mary in the fall of '95...."] followed by a dozen paragraphs threatening to report them to ebay, the local police, the FBI and the international war-crimes tribunal if they fail to adhere strictly to each and every one of your 300 terms and conditions.
then sit back and wait for the money to roll in!
There are morons who would take this as truth…
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Originally Posted by OwlBoy
There are morons who would take this as truth…
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about 50% of ebayers do.
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Originally Posted by wataru
I recall an anecdote where someone wanted to get rid of tires. He put the tires out on the sidewalk with a big "FREE" sign on them. Days passed, but the tires were still there. So he tried replacing the sign with one that said "TIRES: $5." They were gone by the next morning.
I have done this in real life. I Put a cheap dining room set out on the curb with a "free" sign on it on a Saturday morning. At 4 in the afternoon, it was still there, so I changed the sign to $10.00. It was gone in 30 minutes. It's all about perception of value.
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Originally Posted by andreas_g4
Hard to believe there's stuff that can't be sold on eBay. Just make sure to set the start price high enough and make the description look like
**** !1!! STUFF U NEED !11! - ++TOP++ DoN't misS **** AWESOME
It'll sell.
You forgot my favorite-- L@@K!!
And don't forget to label your auction RARE! and Collectable!
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Originally Posted by chris v
You forgot my favorite-- L@@K!!
And don't forget to label your auction RARE! and Collectable!
or " unique" - but only if you've got 20 identical items listed!
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Originally Posted by suvsr4terrorists
does it run OSX?
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I say you take the laserdisc and make some cool artwork out of it on a wall.
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Originally Posted by suvsr4terrorists
You sure sell a lot of stuff on ebay. What is the stuff you list?
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"That's okay, I'd like to keep it on manual control for a while."
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Originally Posted by andreas_g4
Hard to believe there's stuff that can't be sold on eBay. Just make sure to set the start price high enough and make the description look like
**** !1!! STUFF U NEED !11! - ++TOP++ DoN't misS **** AWESOME
It'll sell.
Original laserdisc set of Terminator 2 with silver logo (later versions were gold), leather case, no rot.
Number of bids: 0
After that, I ditched all my LDs.
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Originally Posted by ghporter
You are underestimating how some collectors obsess about media, particularly obsolete media. I know one guy who wants to have certain movies in EVERY format they've ever been released in, and he's always searching for a laserdisc or VHS or Beta version of some weird movie. You could certainly be surprised...
I put ALL my LDs up for sale a year ago except for a few box sets. None sold, including all the ones that aren't out on DVD or have things the DVD doesn't. Min. bid: $1.
Mike
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here's a true story for you:
about a month or so ago i jumped in a cab back to the centre of manchester from a night out. [t'was the night of U2's manchester gig in the vertigo tour]. anyway, i get back to mine and the fare is £9,80. i give the taxi driver a tenner and jump out of the cab. he jumps out after me shouting "excuse me! excuse me!"
"oh no!" i think "how embarrassing. he's going to run after me to give me my 20p change"
the cabbie opens his boot and gets out a carrier bag "someone left these in the back of the cab" he says, handing me the bag. inside are two U2 T-shirts and two programmes. since neither me nor the missus are into U2, i'm about to throw the Tshirts in the bin when i get inside the house and then i think "what the hell. might as well stick them on ebay. maybe we'll make the taxi fare back"
anyway, i auction the items and....
one Tshirt and programme went for £33, while the other Tshirt and programme went for £66 - so £99 minus ebay and paypal fees. not a bad profit for a 20p tip!
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Originally Posted by suvsr4terrorists
I think that was the best auction. I laughed so hard when reading that. Worth every penny of the winning bid!
x.
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People will buy ANYTHING on eBay
I once sold a used tampon for a bet at Uni.
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Originally Posted by as2
People will buy ANYTHING on eBay
I once sold a used tampon for a bet at Uni.
Please tell me this post in not to be taken for real. Seriously, who would buy SUCH A THING?
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Originally Posted by andreas_g4
Please tell me this post in not to be taken for real. Seriously, who would buy SUCH A THING?
For emphasis I second my above statement.
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And I third it.
I love your auction, cash. I'm going to bid on it and then I'm going to hope that GoldenPalaceCasino.com doesn't outbid me!
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Starman, try ebay?
Once I brought a used tampon on there, so I KNOW people will buy anything, the downside was it must have been a college student cause it was pretty skank.
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When I have stuff that I want to get rid of, I usually take it over to my friend's house, and we do a huge bonfire at night, and put all kinds of stuff in it (non flammable - batteries, gas cans, lighters, grenades are flammable/explosive). Friday night we burned a door frame, old cabinet doors, 17 phone books, 15 issues of People magazine, an Eminem CD, a pillow, an entertainment center, various boxes, and 1 stuffed animal.
Or, you could just throw it away.
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Originally Posted by zerostar
Starman, try ebay?
Once I brought a used tampon on there, so I KNOW people will buy anything, the downside was it must have been a college student cause it was pretty skank.
excellent psotting. thumbsup.
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these are the good threads.
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Originally Posted by chris v
excellent psotting. thumbsup.
Yeh, that was quite hardcore.
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Originally Posted by zerostar
Once I brought a used tampon on there, so I KNOW people will buy anything, the downside was it must have been a college student cause it was pretty skank.
So you're the sicko that bought it!
Was a 'weirdest item on eBay competition'
Contestants were...
1. Used Condom - Max bid £5
2. Used Tampon - Max bid £1.25
3. Worn Sock - Max bid £6
4. Used Toilet Paper - No Bids
5. Bag of sea air - No Bids
Needless to say the Used Sock won... but ALL of the items were taken off before they finished, it was just to see if anyone actually would search for things like Used Condom and then bid on them.
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^^^
Screenshots? Especially of the used tampon auction. Did you have a picture in it? If so, please blurr...
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Originally Posted by andreas_g4
^^^
Screenshots? Especially of the used tampon auction. Did you have a picture in it? If so, please blurr...
I don't think i've got the screenshots anymore, but I'll have a look for them.. it was a few years ago now - I'm more likely to have the emails confirming the listings actually.
The listens were all just a few lines of text... no images, or anything.
You'd be surprised how many questions I got from people about the used condom thogh... They were SCARY...
"What are the contents of the used condom?" was probably the LEAST offencive.
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Hey, you got .69 for your phone!
Well, we were looking at the auction and wondering what you expected for a 900Mhz cordless phone? We are up to what, 5.4Ghz or something like that?
Just teasing you...
I thought your auction was hilarious.
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Originally Posted by Bandit240
Try www.freecycle.org There should be one for your area. You can get rid of damn near anything there and find alot of stuff too.
Thank you for posting this website! I've never heard fo it before, but I think I'm really going to get into this!
- Rob
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You could give it away. Some organizations will take items and try and repair them. Goodwill or if there's an ARC (don't know if the name is still the same but it used to be the Association of Retarded Citizens). They'd often take items and let some of the people work on them to learn new skills. Then if an item was repaired, their store would sell it at a Goodwill-like price). Helping others if you can't make money for yourself).
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Originally Posted by starman
I put ALL my LDs up for sale a year ago except for a few box sets. None sold, including all the ones that aren't out on DVD or have things the DVD doesn't. Min. bid: $1.
Damn wish I'd known, I might've take a few off your hands. Not that I need any more LDs...
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Originally Posted by suvsr4terrorists
Thank you for posting this website! I've never heard fo it before, but I think I'm really going to get into this!
- Rob
hahaha
I joined portage's recycle group…
found this offer:
The rules say anything posted has to be free. WEll this is a free
opportunity and its free for only 24 hrs so if you are interested
email me offline. If this is out of line then just delete me off the
list but I'm out here trying to help people like me.
Patti
LOL
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