Ebays 1st travelling mystery envelope....

pt · Post by pt » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:17 pm

Can not beleive it's getting any bids at all, When i get a sellers account on ebay i'm gonna give things like this a go

Wonder how much a used stamp would sell for thats been around the world!

Fruiter · Post by **Fruiter** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:26 pm

I sold 'my last rolo' last year and it made £39!, I've done loads of silly auctions and they all sell well, ebayers are just weird! I was thinking of selling scre driver and advertising it as, they must have a screw loose to bid, because they all do

Apart from you J.A.C

JustAnotherClone · Post by **JustAnotherClone** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:35 am

Well i have been outbid now, may try selling something silly though too just to see what happens

Fruiter · Post by **Fruiter** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:56 am

JustAnotherClone wrote:Well i have been outbid now, may try selling something silly though too just to see what happens

I love it, it's great fun and you'd be suprised what people would buy, a few of the things i've sold are 'my last rolo', 'paper aeroplane', 'my left nut', 'a skittle (the sweet!)' and other crap too, and none of them have gone for less than £20

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:20 am

Fair play to you FMW, if people are willing to part with their hard-earned for junk, then you should fleece them for all they're worth.

I might rattle up a joke auction at lunchtime. Did you just do an ordinary auction, or did you make it a special colour and pay extra to have it highlighted?

Fruiter · Post by **Fruiter** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:50 am

The envelope i just did was 2 catagorys and bolded, it cost me about £2.60 to list, but you could do a 30p just with gallery and it'd probably still sell, just think of an inviting title and add a watch link for peeps to click, if you make it to the pulse you'll be rolling in it!

JustAnotherClone · Post by **JustAnotherClone** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:20 am

Whats the pulse?

Fruiter · Post by **Fruiter** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 11:29 am

Ahh, the pulse is a mystical ebay page where all the best auctions go! Oh and 80% of them cheat their way there!

The link below will take you to the 'pulse' it's the top ten most watched items on ebay, if you can get an auction there it gets loads of traffic as it's featured on the homepage!

You currently need about 200-250 watchers to get 10th place

http://pulse.ebay.co.uk/

JustAnotherClone · Post by **JustAnotherClone** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:00 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

I have had a go at one of these pointless auctions

If any of you guys could buy some it will make it look popular, you don't need to pay it and we can leave feedback for each other

Fader · Post by **Fader** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:12 pm

might do this myself lol

nudgesuk · Post by **nudgesuk** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:33 pm

i kinda thought of a decent thing to do on ebay but as i dont have a sellers account i cant do it but if anyones interested then pm me and ill let you know what i was thinkin about doing. i think with the right people it could make some money.so as i said interested pm me but i will only tell the first person who pm's me as i dont wanna let everyone into it then somebody else uses the idea lol

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:08 pm

I just spent an hour creating a hilarious (well, I thought so) ad for ebay, where I offered people bespoke feedback along the lines of "Hung like a donkey. Gets out the bath to have a piss. A+++"...

I did the whole thing. It took me an hour, and right at the end, I receive a message telling me that sort of sale is illegal under Ebay rules.

What a waste of time.

JustAnotherClone · Post by **JustAnotherClone** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:12 pm

cardinal richelieu wrote: I did the whole thing. It took me an hour, and right at the end, I receive a message telling me that sort of sale is illegal under Ebay rules.

What a waste of time.

Didn't even read the rules

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:20 pm

Anyway. I've "bought" your item. You can whistle for the £1, but I think you knew that already!

I've left your feedback. Please do likewise

JustAnotherClone · Post by **JustAnotherClone** » Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:45 pm

One more positive for you