Ebay - Selling other people's things for them.

SideWinder · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:10

If i said to you give me what you would like to get rid of and i would take the photos, list it and post it...what would be a fair cut of the total sale to take?

On Holiday · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:11

Yes of course, time is money

SideWinder · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:12

YarwoodUK said:
Yes of course, time is money

I asked what would be a fair cut...not whether they should or not.

30%? 40%? (to me).

Hyburnate · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:16

Depends, friends/family discount? Quality of photos? Do you just do it once or will you continue to list it until it sells? Do you look at the market to find it's worth?

Metalface Mark · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:19

Someone's been watching 40 year old virgin.

10-20% after fees is reasonable, scale it on value though.

On Holiday · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:21

SideWinder said:
I asked what would be a fair cut...not whether they should or not.

30%? 40%? (to me).

Hmm.. I wouldn't personally go with a percentage.
Depends on how much the item was worth I suppose, quality of pictures and time spent doing it all

I've done a bit of selling for a guy who I assume wanted to avoid tax :rolleyes:

Vehicles worth £10,000 upwards he'd usually give me a couple hundred £ for an hours work!

For family, I'd go a quick job with the pictures and list it for free (providing they pay the insertion fees), if it was a family members car though, then I'd ask £20 or so! Vehicles probably take the longest to list.

4T5 · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:23

25% of Profit or do it yourself.

Glaucus · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:26

I wouldn't other than for family then free, to much hassle if something goes wrong.

spoffle · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:28

YarwoodUK said:
Hmm.. I wouldn't personally go with a percentage.
Depends on how much the item was worth I suppose, quality of pictures and time spent doing it all

I've done a bit of selling for a guy who I assume wanted to avoid tax
Vehicles worth £10,000 upwards he'd usually give me a couple hundred £ for an hours work!

For family, I'd go a quick job with the pictures and list it for free (providing they pay the insertion fees), if it was a family members car though, then I'd ask £20 or so! Vehicles probably take the longest to list.

You roll your eyes, but you did it for him anyway, and I'm assuming you didn't declare the money he gave you either, right?

Hyburnate · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:30

spoffle said:
You roll your eyes, but you did it for him anyway, and I'm assuming you didn't declare the money he gave you either, right?

:chuckle:

Bug One · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:34

Glaucus said:
I wouldn't other than for family then free, to much hassle if something goes wrong.

Ditto.

On Holiday · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:35

I was 15/16 at the time, still in school and so even if I had to declare it then I wouldn't have had to pay any tax (or atleast I think that's correct

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I roll my eyes because that's the kind of guy he is/was, I didn't particularly like him, but his money talks!

spoffle · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:41

Hyburnate said:
:chuckle:

Not that I'm criticising that part, most people evade tax to some degree, and I find the ones that moan about it are usually the first to offer their builder/plumber/electrician and so on, cash in hand if they give them a "discount" (knock the VAT off).

YarwoodUK said:
I was 15/16 at the time, still in school and so even if I had to declare it then I wouldn't have had to pay any tax (or atleast I think that's correct )

I roll my eyes because that's the kind of guy he is/was, I didn't particularly like him, but his money talks!

Either way, you were happy to take his money!

uvarvu · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:50

I'd charge the fees and postage. Not a penny for personal gain though.

On Holiday · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:53

spoffle said:
Not that I'm criticising that part, most people evade tax to some degree, and I find the ones that moan about it are usually the first to offer their builder/plumber/electrician and so on, cash in hand if they give them a "discount" (knock the VAT off).

Either way, you were happy to take his money!

Indeed I was, being 15 or 16, still in school, couple of hundred £ here and there was quite nice.

I wasn't moaning about tax avoidance/evasion either, if it sounded like that then that was my mistake.

LeeUK · 22 Mar 2014 at 18:54

Didn't Ebay not advertise this like 10 years ago or so. They had a section where you could search sellers in your area who were registered as proxy sellers or something like that.

You dropped your stuff off, they sold it, kept their fee and gave you your dosh.

neil_g · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:05

what exactly is it costing you?

Pawnless Endgame · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:05

I've done it several times for family for free, but make sure you get an accurate description of the item before you list it. Dad told me to sell his feature phone as brand new as it was only a spare and he has never used it. Although it only went for £9.50, the buyer slapped me with a neutral (without prior consultation) saying that the phone has been "registered" and therefore it is used.

SideWinder · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:07

This is for friends by the way - well just a couple of housemates.

TJM · 22 Mar 2014 at 19:26

Just do it and don't ask what is in it for you. Maybe they'll give you a few quid or a beer for your trouble, maybe not.