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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:26 pm
by Wills gardens
I have a belle minipac for sale, has only seen around 30hours total use with me,includes rubber pavin mat need it gone quickly as business went down the crapper and need some money 
£200
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 7:41 pm
by DNgroundworks
Shame mate, wacker sounds cheap to me, not in the market for one myself, is it on ebay?
What happened to the business?
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:08 pm
by Wills gardens
not on ebay, YET as they charge a whole bunch, just had no calls, advertisied, leafleted and even had a little shout on the local radio but didnt get any calls
Not to matter as it means im getting a job with a boss regular money and more time to climb so kind of win/lose i guess
Might take offers as i need the $$$$
Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 11:11 pm
by mickg
Might take offers as i need the $$$$
in that case I'll start with an offer of £30 then ???
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:11 am
by Wills gardens
haha need at least £150 for it really guys, it owes me £250
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:42 am
by Bob_A
Would've thought this was a good time of the year to sell a wacker.
Have you tried Gumtree?
Or Sunday it's a free listing day on Ebay.
http://mail.ebay.co.uk/op/m.do?id=a49473II7fe600II11d6541c2e7
You could start the bidding at £200 and if no one buys it wouldn't have cost you anything.
Still have to pay sellers fees and possibly Paypal fees though.
BUT you can get good prices.
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:33 am
by Wills gardens
cheers for that buddy, never seem to know about free days on the bay until there gone
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:01 pm
by Dave_L
Advertise it on ebay, secure a sale off ebay via phone (make sure you include a mobile number) and then end the auction early.
Free sale, free advertising. Sorted.
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:04 pm
by dig dug dan
another trick with ebay, is to start it off at 1p and get a mate to bid the £200 you want. That way, they only charge you a percentage of the 1p (which of course they can't!)
It's called shield bidding, and ebay hate it, but there is nothing they can do to stop it 
Myself and mr lout have done it between us a few times and it works well.
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:17 pm
by lutonlagerlout
"cough cough"
have WE dan? 
LLL :;):
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:56 pm
by dig dug dan
oh yes. i forgot. we only "talked" about doing it :p
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:58 pm
by msh paving
That ok till you get pulled by ebay for doing it,shill bidding has to be prety sneeky to work.
if you what £200 for the plate set a reserve with buy it now at same price,£200 is to big a starting bid as there are loads off plates on ebay,most people go for cheapness on ebay
i have just over 3000 feedback
MSH 
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 7:01 pm
by dig dug dan
That ok till you get pulled by ebay for doing it,shill bidding has to be prety sneeky to work.
its impossible for them to prove, unless your mate logs onto the same computer to do the bid!
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:49 pm
by rab1
some lad just ended up in court for that, trading standards were looking into his selling of cars and discovered his dodgy ebay deals
Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:58 pm
by lutonlagerlout
its when the same 2 clowns keep doing it on each others accounts that it goes wrong
sometimes its juts to get the ball rolling
i had a mate with 36 watchers for a trike,so i wacked a bid in for a grand and then the bids came rolling in
i would have had it for a grand but he got 3 and a half in the end
but it just overcomes some inertia
IME ebay is good for buying and shite for selling
LLL