“If you can’t sell your stuff there, you won’t do it anywhere,” said my friend Ali when I told her I was going to hold a car boot sale at the Birmingham Wholesale Markets this Sunday. “I’ve driven by there on a Sunday and it’s absolutely heaving,” she added. I was pumped. There’s nothing I [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘money making tips’
March 27, 2007
evil ebay?
When the new clothing line by Madonna for H&M hit the high street last week I picked up a few things, thinking that I could hawk them on ebay for a profit if the collection was a real hit. After all, pieces from Stella McCartney’s H&M line commanded triple the retail price on ebay after her collection [...]
March 13, 2007
Immigrants and banks don’t mix
After visiting the website of money-saving guru Martin Lewis – www.moneysavingexpert.com – I decided to switch current accounts to a new high interest account (6.71%) from the Halifax Bank - and a switching bonus of £100. I’ve had a bad feeling about Halifax ever since my boyfriend and I opened a joint account with them two [...]
February 15, 2007
£84.75 from used books!
The Amazon marketplace worked a dream. Five of the eight books and DVDs I listed sold within 24 hours – netting me £75.50 after Amazon’s take and the shipping costs. My only qualm is that Amazon pays out an average shipping cost per book (£2.75), and it’s too low to cover heavy textbooks. One textbook [...]
February 13, 2007
Flog your books for cash
Everyone knows used books aren’t worth much. After all, I pick up most of my novels from thrift stores, car boot sales for about £0.50. So you can imagine my delight when I discovered that ten of the books I’ve had lying around the house could net me about £100 on Amazon.co.uk. Before taking your old books to a charity [...]
