Tuesday 26 January 2016
eBay Get to Decide How Much UK Tax They Pay
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/google-facebook-amazon-ebay-apple-7251746
Saturday 23 January 2016
BOLO Scrabble & Risk
Like Monopoly these games has been around years and are still very popular but also still easy to get hold of from flea markets and car boot sales.
Scrabble is a great thinking, learning game. It also a great game for kids to learn new words and makes them think how words are formed.The 1955 version looks pretty much the same as the modern version and the tiles are scored exactly the same. The only real face lifts to Scrabble have been to the design of the box.
Vintage Scrabble
this edition came out in 1955. This board game is another thing that people collect with a passion. When released it had wooden tile racks and a black cloth linen tile bag. I sold one of these a few days ago it sold on a Buy it now for £12.49
Deluxe Scrabble
This edition of Scrabble actually belonged to me. I bought it in the mid 80's when I was in the Army, probably to relieve the boredom at that time. Quite hard to come by now I sold this for £27.99. Which if I remember rightly was a bit more than I paid for it new
Large Print Scrabble
Like the deluxe version this one is quite hard to come by but if you do come across one "buy it". I paid £3.00 for this one at a car boot sale and it was in immaculate condition and didn't look like it had been ever played. I think I under priced it sold within a few hours for £23.99.
Modern Edition Scrabble
Scrabble is one of the few games I will buy a modern used edition. It has such a good following they're still really easy to sell of and usually bring about £10 to £11.50 depending on the time of year, board games will sell a lot better in the winter months.
Travel Scrabble
Still Really popular This edition is from 1955 and is in amazing condition. These usually sell for £8.00 to £10.00
Risk again has had a few face lifts over the years and there are a lot of different variations for the game. Transformers Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars Risk has also gone on line and some of the Dawn of War 40K games are variations of the Risk board game.
Risk is an amazing game the more that play the better the game is. Its played like a strategy game by completing the missions you have on the card you draw at the beginning of the game. You might get "own 24 territories" or "wipe the blue player from the game". When I played it it was beat up the kid no one liked. He would fend off one attack only to be hit from somewhere else on the next go and as the saying goes "you can't win em all" (never mind its all Character building stuff)
Original Risk
This is the game I remember playing there are two sets of rules. One for long games and one for quick games. Risk is still hugely popular. The last one I sold managed to bring £27.99 which I paid 50p for at a car boot sale.
Modern Risk
Another game I have no problem with buying the modern version. Even when used the game still sells really well. This one sold on a buy it for £17.99 within ten days.
Transformers Risk
This is one of the Risk Variants I struggled a bit with this one to sell it and it stuck around for a few months. I paid £2.50 for it and It sold a month or so later for £14.49 so not the greatest mark up but it did O.K and I still made some money.
Scrabble is a great thinking, learning game. It also a great game for kids to learn new words and makes them think how words are formed.The 1955 version looks pretty much the same as the modern version and the tiles are scored exactly the same. The only real face lifts to Scrabble have been to the design of the box.
this edition came out in 1955. This board game is another thing that people collect with a passion. When released it had wooden tile racks and a black cloth linen tile bag. I sold one of these a few days ago it sold on a Buy it now for £12.49
This edition of Scrabble actually belonged to me. I bought it in the mid 80's when I was in the Army, probably to relieve the boredom at that time. Quite hard to come by now I sold this for £27.99. Which if I remember rightly was a bit more than I paid for it new
Like the deluxe version this one is quite hard to come by but if you do come across one "buy it". I paid £3.00 for this one at a car boot sale and it was in immaculate condition and didn't look like it had been ever played. I think I under priced it sold within a few hours for £23.99.
Scrabble is one of the few games I will buy a modern used edition. It has such a good following they're still really easy to sell of and usually bring about £10 to £11.50 depending on the time of year, board games will sell a lot better in the winter months.
Still Really popular This edition is from 1955 and is in amazing condition. These usually sell for £8.00 to £10.00
Risk again has had a few face lifts over the years and there are a lot of different variations for the game. Transformers Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars Risk has also gone on line and some of the Dawn of War 40K games are variations of the Risk board game.
Risk is an amazing game the more that play the better the game is. Its played like a strategy game by completing the missions you have on the card you draw at the beginning of the game. You might get "own 24 territories" or "wipe the blue player from the game". When I played it it was beat up the kid no one liked. He would fend off one attack only to be hit from somewhere else on the next go and as the saying goes "you can't win em all" (never mind its all Character building stuff)
This is the game I remember playing there are two sets of rules. One for long games and one for quick games. Risk is still hugely popular. The last one I sold managed to bring £27.99 which I paid 50p for at a car boot sale.
Another game I have no problem with buying the modern version. Even when used the game still sells really well. This one sold on a buy it for £17.99 within ten days.
This is one of the Risk Variants I struggled a bit with this one to sell it and it stuck around for a few months. I paid £2.50 for it and It sold a month or so later for £14.49 so not the greatest mark up but it did O.K and I still made some money.
Tuesday 12 January 2016
Sunday 10 January 2016
BOLO Board Games Monopoly & Cluedo
One of the easiest items to pick up really cheaply second hand are board games. Most resellers pass these by without second thought thinking they are totally worthless. However these are still really popular and you can make a really profit off them.
Even of they're not complete you can still make a good profit by selling the parts that you have. You have to be a little bit selective about which board games you buy. Just stay away from the common mainstream stuff that you see in every toy and discount store. I've listed some of the board games I've sold in the past and what money they realised.
A dressed in pink the whole set comes in a really nice presentation box you can buy boutiques and shopping malls you can go on a spending spree. The chance and community chest cards include paying your
mobile phone bill and getting text messages. This one was in excellent condition and looked like it had been opened up shut back up and never played with. I paid £3.50 for it at a local car boot sale and sold it for £24.99
Monopoly City
This board game will show children what it takes to be a great property developer and what it will take to build their dream city. Only you one player can own the prestigious Monopoly towers. I've sold a few Monopoly City's I usually pay £2.00 to £2.50 dependant on condition. I usually sell this game for for about £15.00
Monopoly Parts
There is always someone who has a board game that's got missing parts. I always have quick look at a game whenever I buy it to make sure the majority of parts are there but its very difficult, if not impossible to buy a board game at say a boot sale and check virtually every single part. Especially when its a game like Monopoly city that has over 80 unique buildings, chance and community chest cards, game movers & dice. If you have a bought a board game and there is some parts missing there is a couple of things you can do. You can hold on to it hoping that you will pick another one up and you can make one good one out of the two of them or you can break the parts downs and sell them off. Monopoly is great for this. There is always someone who wants more hotels, houses or money to make their game better or to replace missing parts. Monopoly is also becoming quite collectible especially the original red box game so these parts can be sold off. You can even make more money if you break a complete game down into parts but it can sometimes take a while to sell them and can be a bit of a pain to list them all. However the listings can be saved it as templates in eBay's Turbo Lister and just list it from that time after time.
Vintage Cluedo's
Again like the red box Monopoly the vintage Cluedo's are very collectible. this one is from the mid 80's and was like new I paid £1.00 for it which was an absolute steal. I sold it for £15.99. It went really quick as well
Even of they're not complete you can still make a good profit by selling the parts that you have. You have to be a little bit selective about which board games you buy. Just stay away from the common mainstream stuff that you see in every toy and discount store. I've listed some of the board games I've sold in the past and what money they realised.
Monopoly
One of the best loved board games of all time. Monopoly has had more
face lifts than the average Hollywood actress (or actor come to think of
it.) I've lost count of how many different types of this board game I've
sold n the past. Unless its a really rare and in excellent condition I rarely pay over
£2.00 for a Monopoly game.
Monopoly Boutique
A dressed in pink the whole set comes in a really nice presentation box you can buy boutiques and shopping malls you can go on a spending spree. The chance and community chest cards include paying your
mobile phone bill and getting text messages. This one was in excellent condition and looked like it had been opened up shut back up and never played with. I paid £3.50 for it at a local car boot sale and sold it for £24.99
This board game will show children what it takes to be a great property developer and what it will take to build their dream city. Only you one player can own the prestigious Monopoly towers. I've sold a few Monopoly City's I usually pay £2.00 to £2.50 dependant on condition. I usually sell this game for for about £15.00
Simpson's Monopoly
One of my All Time favourites. I buy this game whenever I see it regardless of condition. It always sells really well and I can part this game out no problem. Plays exactly like the traditional game but all the Springfield addresses and character's are here. usually buy for £1.00 to £4.00 sells for up to £20.00 with out much difficulty
There is always someone who has a board game that's got missing parts. I always have quick look at a game whenever I buy it to make sure the majority of parts are there but its very difficult, if not impossible to buy a board game at say a boot sale and check virtually every single part. Especially when its a game like Monopoly city that has over 80 unique buildings, chance and community chest cards, game movers & dice. If you have a bought a board game and there is some parts missing there is a couple of things you can do. You can hold on to it hoping that you will pick another one up and you can make one good one out of the two of them or you can break the parts downs and sell them off. Monopoly is great for this. There is always someone who wants more hotels, houses or money to make their game better or to replace missing parts. Monopoly is also becoming quite collectible especially the original red box game so these parts can be sold off. You can even make more money if you break a complete game down into parts but it can sometimes take a while to sell them and can be a bit of a pain to list them all. However the listings can be saved it as templates in eBay's Turbo Lister and just list it from that time after time.
Cluedo
Like Monopoly Cluedo has stood the test of time and is still as popular now as it always was. Again the variations of this game is unbelievable. As with Monopoly stay with the variants and you'll make a good profit on each one. The early editions are now becoming quite collectible again these games have lots of parts so are easy to part out . The early ones especially as these lead pipe as a murder weapon was actually made of lead. Health and safety for children hadn't really been thought about then.
Cluedo S.F.X
Cluedo Comes to the 21st Century. This edition is 3D and has sound effects and voices of the suspects. I thought this was going to be a winner however I paid £2.50 for the game it managed to bring £20.00 which is good but it stuck around for a while before it sold, its not that popular.
Harry Potter Cluedo
If you find one "BUY IT" I came across this one at a car boot sale paid £2.50 and it managed to bring nearly £30.00 and sold within a day or two. Really popular game, tons of bits and pieces with the game making it ideal to part out.
Again like the red box Monopoly the vintage Cluedo's are very collectible. this one is from the mid 80's and was like new I paid £1.00 for it which was an absolute steal. I sold it for £15.99. It went really quick as well
Big Bang Theory Cluedo
Same rules as Harry Potter Cluedo apply. If you find one "BUY IT" it will bring about the same price as the Harry Potter Edition as well maybe a little more
Tuesday 5 January 2016
How To Write A Winning Auction Description That Turns a Looker Into A buyer
This is one of, if not the most important part of your auction listing. If you get this wrong it can cause you so many headaches, lost sales and buyer disputes than any other part of the listing.
There are a couple of ways to write and item description. You can either write either write a full description or use simple bullet points. Either way is fine and both have their pros and cons.
If you going to go to the trouble and expense of listing an item for sale on eBay, when you get to the the item description part you actually need to put a bit of effort in and actually write something of substance. Simply writing one sentence won't cut it unless you selling something so simple it doesn't even warrant an description. When I'm looking for anything to buy on eBay nothing has me hitting the back button faster than a poorly written or incomplete description. To actually sell an item on eBay is quite expensive. so do yourself a favour, separate yourself from a number of lazy sellers on eBay and write some substance in any description.
Every Good item description on EBay has these 6 Attributes
There are a couple of ways to write and item description. You can either write either write a full description or use simple bullet points. Either way is fine and both have their pros and cons.
If you going to go to the trouble and expense of listing an item for sale on eBay, when you get to the the item description part you actually need to put a bit of effort in and actually write something of substance. Simply writing one sentence won't cut it unless you selling something so simple it doesn't even warrant an description. When I'm looking for anything to buy on eBay nothing has me hitting the back button faster than a poorly written or incomplete description. To actually sell an item on eBay is quite expensive. so do yourself a favour, separate yourself from a number of lazy sellers on eBay and write some substance in any description.
Every Good item description on EBay has these 6 Attributes
Overall condition
Describe the condition of item honestly. You don't have to point out every little mark, dent or scratch. However if there is a fairly large scratch or mark don't try and hide it be honest about it. Add a couple of measurements if you think it will help. If the item still works fine even with the large scratch, write that as well. Something like "there is a large scratch along the bottom edge however this has no effect on how the item works." If there is anything missing make sure you add this. While missing parts will affect the final price people are sometimes just looking for parts to make their own complete and want to keep the price down. Games consoles are prime example of this. I rarely sell a full games console package I break them down into component parts. I always make more money this Way
Describe a feature then sell the benefit.
As an example "This Satnav is equipped with blue tooth, which allows you to safely make hands free calls while driving from a blue tooth enabled phone." This sounds so much better than just writing the feature i.e. “it’s got blue tooth." Adding a feature and selling the benefit also touches the persons emotions by painting a picture. A prospective buyer may see themselves talking to their partner ion the way home or thinking about the last time they got pulled over by the police for using their phone. Write and as many features as you can about your item and then sell a benefit for each and every one of them.
Any unique points
These can be anything from a limited edition to a celebrity signed copy or it has historical value. However if your going to state anything like this you must have good evidence to go along with your statement.
Spelling and grammar.
Put your description through a spell checker and make sure it reads easily and flows well. While spelling and grammar errors will usually be overlooked major errors in the listing can put people off buying.
Independent reviews.
eBay will let you put links in your item description to item reviews sites. I use quite a lot as it adds weight to what I'm saying. My personal opinion with this, the more the merrier. These are best used at the end of your description, just add them as a list
First the bad and ugly then the good.
Get the bad & ugly points of your item out of the way first. Be honest about them but don't linger on them by going into minute detail. Then go onto the good points of your item and why the looker should become a buyer. List as many features of the item as you can then sell the benefit of each and every feature. When someone is looking at your item they are sort of weighing everything and you need to add as much weight to the good side as possible so they click on "Bid Now" button. The more weight you add to the good side the more bidders you'll get and the more money you'll make.
Describe the condition of item honestly. You don't have to point out every little mark, dent or scratch. However if there is a fairly large scratch or mark don't try and hide it be honest about it. Add a couple of measurements if you think it will help. If the item still works fine even with the large scratch, write that as well. Something like "there is a large scratch along the bottom edge however this has no effect on how the item works." If there is anything missing make sure you add this. While missing parts will affect the final price people are sometimes just looking for parts to make their own complete and want to keep the price down. Games consoles are prime example of this. I rarely sell a full games console package I break them down into component parts. I always make more money this Way
Describe a feature then sell the benefit.
As an example "This Satnav is equipped with blue tooth, which allows you to safely make hands free calls while driving from a blue tooth enabled phone." This sounds so much better than just writing the feature i.e. “it’s got blue tooth." Adding a feature and selling the benefit also touches the persons emotions by painting a picture. A prospective buyer may see themselves talking to their partner ion the way home or thinking about the last time they got pulled over by the police for using their phone. Write and as many features as you can about your item and then sell a benefit for each and every one of them.
Any unique points
These can be anything from a limited edition to a celebrity signed copy or it has historical value. However if your going to state anything like this you must have good evidence to go along with your statement.
Spelling and grammar.
Put your description through a spell checker and make sure it reads easily and flows well. While spelling and grammar errors will usually be overlooked major errors in the listing can put people off buying.
Independent reviews.
eBay will let you put links in your item description to item reviews sites. I use quite a lot as it adds weight to what I'm saying. My personal opinion with this, the more the merrier. These are best used at the end of your description, just add them as a list
First the bad and ugly then the good.
Get the bad & ugly points of your item out of the way first. Be honest about them but don't linger on them by going into minute detail. Then go onto the good points of your item and why the looker should become a buyer. List as many features of the item as you can then sell the benefit of each and every feature. When someone is looking at your item they are sort of weighing everything and you need to add as much weight to the good side as possible so they click on "Bid Now" button. The more weight you add to the good side the more bidders you'll get and the more money you'll make.
You will usually come across two types of description, either a full description or one written in bullet point form and either one is fine. Some sellers will use one or the other for all their auctions and wont deviate. However I've personally found that using both styles for different types of items is the best way to make the most money
This is the way I write the bullet point item descriptions
- From 1985 so over 30 Years young
- Contents are 100% complete
- Small amount of damage to the plastic liner but nothing serious
- The contents are all in very good condition with only a few played with marks and some fading
- Comes complete with 2 X stickers which have not been applied to the board
- Tiles all easy to read with no flaking or cracked tiles
- The box lid and base has a few marks, scratches and wearing but again nothing serious.
- For up to four players
- Instructions printed on the inside of the box lid
- A great fun game for the whole family.
Full item Descriptions are more suited to more expensive and complicated items that have a lot of parts
This is a great game controller for the PS1 I've tested the controller fully and it plays really well. There are some played with marks and scratches but nothing serious and certainly nothing that affects the operation of the controller. The lead is also free from kinks or breaks. These Official Sony PSone controllers are now getting quite hard to come by and this item would be great to to add to any PSone console bundle.
This is a great game controller for the PS1 I've tested the controller fully and it plays really well. There are some played with marks and scratches but nothing serious and certainly nothing that affects the operation of the controller. The lead is also free from kinks or breaks. These Official Sony PSone controllers are now getting quite hard to come by and this item would be great to to add to any PSone console bundle.
Writing a great auction description takes time and a good bit of effort, however you will only get out what you to put in. If your looking just to put no effort in all you'll get out is buyer disputes and not a lot of sales. The more you write good compelling item descriptions the easier & faster it will become. Just remember these points when writing a description for any auction site. Over all condition including any missing parts, Describe a feature then sell the benefit of that feature, any points unique with supporting evidence, run a spell and grammar check, link to independent reviews, start with the bad points then finish with the good points, use bullet point descriptions for simple items & use long full descriptions for more expensive complicated items. Till next time have a great week and eBay hard.
Friday 1 January 2016
How To Turn This Years Spring Clean Into Cold Hard Cash
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| you've completed your spring clean and the Family car resembles this! |
You’ve been round your home and decided to have a mass de-clutter of junk that you’ve bought in the past and didn’t need in the first place or that you just don't use any more. Don’t just send it all to land fill or give it to charity. The stuff you think is trash could be worth a small fortune. As the saying goes “one’s mans rubbish is another mans gold mine.” Sell as much of it as possible on eBay or Amazon. You don’t have to sell it all in one go, its marathon not a sprint. Spread the work out and take your time to get it right this way you will earn more money from your auctions and have less complaints from buyers.
Not only do you get to spend the extra cash you make as you like your also helping the environment. We’re all so much a part of the throw away, buy new society, we have to reduce this as much as possible and every bit counts. Also some people can’t afford to buy new so your also helping people that maybe are not as well off as yourself.
If you want to sell on eBay you will need to set up a seller account. It’s simple process to set accounts up with both eBay and Paypal and there are plenty of great guides around to show you how to do that. These are a couple of good Hubpages I’ve found that will show you how to set up an eBay account and how to set up a Paypal account. Once you’ve completed the account set-up process your good to go and can start selling pretty much whatever you want straight away.
If you’re selling your own personal stuff and not making any profit you don’t need to register as a business. However if you’re looking at making a profit out of what you sell, I strongly recommend you register as a business and pay any tax on the profit. Ivan the taxman is starting to look in depth at eBay, Paypal and Amazon as well as a lot of other selling web sites. The taxman is demanding to know who has sold what and for how much. Don’t get caught out, register as a business and pay what’s due on any profit to Ivan.
When you’ve got all your items together go through each one and value it. This process does take some time but the results will be well worth it. You’ll need a load of post it notes. Once you have the value of an item, write it on a post it note and stick it to the item. You won’t remember how much its worth when you come to list it and you’ll have to do it again. If you’re not sure how much something is worth do a sold listing search to see what similar items have sold for recently. DON'T do a live auction search i.e. what people are trying to get for these items. I could ask for a £1000.00 for a modern plastic biro pen, it doesn’t mean I’m going to get a £1000.00 for it.
You can save time and quite a lot effort with some of your auctions by breaking some of the items into bundles. For example if you have a lot of CD’s first go through each one to find out if you have any that are valuable, sell these individually. However the vast majority of your CD Collection will be worth very little. In this case bundle some of these CD’s together (I use bundles of at least 6) Put them in artist order first of all so if you’re a big Madonna fan, bundle all her CD’s together. Once you’ve made the bundles up by artist go into genre types i.e. Country, folk, pop, rock & electronic. Finally if you have any left, bundle mixed artist and mixed genre but increase the bundles as you'll get less for them ( I use bundles of 16 or 17). The same can be done with books, DVD’s & old console games. There are a couple of exceptions. If you have a full set DVD’s such as all the films for the Harry Potter series or Star Wars. You may have full or part set of Grand theft Auto games on the PS2. These can do really well sell them together as a bundle. The full set of Grand Theft Auto games on the Sony PS2 is really popular and always fetches really good money; even a part complete set does really well. That’s it enjoy, eBay hard and have a great healthy, wealthy New Year.
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