Thread: Selling advice

Hi Scott. I am potentially interested in your dust extractor and timbers.

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Hi Scott. I am potentially interested in your dust extractor and timbers.

Great, thank you, I'll send you a private message.

Originally Posted by Scott

... Problem is, I'm procrastinating and don't know where to start. ...

Commisserations.

Have had well meaning (aka PIA's) relatives and friends telling us that we should downsize and move into an apartment. Got as far as talking to an agent who suggested that I could "probably" buy one in a nearby block with two car parks and I could "probably" use one of them as a workshop. He said I was "too technical" when I asked what powertools I could use on the sole 7 amps circuit. Then he explained the costs - roughly 4% agents fees, 4% stamp duty on the new place, plus body corporate fees, removalists, legal, some "essential" new furniture, etc. Total over $150,000 - now I need to procrastinate!

But I did think about my process for culling some items. Decided:

• Select 6-10 items least likely to be needed in future place,
• Clean them really well,
• Take really good photographs of them,
• Advertise them in Market Place and elsewhere,
• When sold, select next 6-10 items and repeat.

But I am still procrastinating.

Thanks Graeme, great advice.

Originally Posted by GraemeCook

But I did think about my process for culling some items. Decided:

• Select 6-10 items least likely to be needed in future place,
• Clean them really well,
• Take really good photographs of them,
• Advertise them in Market Place and elsewhere,
• When sold, select next 6-10 items and repeat.

But I am still procrastinating.

Thanks Graeme, great advice.

To add to Graeme's advice, I would highly recommend you start a spreadsheet with three columns to keep things on track. 1 for the description, 2 for the value estimate and 3 for realised price. Then you, while watching some boring show surf the different sites to gauge value. Much easier with hand tools, you just look at ebay aus completed items. Be aware the international ebay sites have way different realised prices to us.

And one very important thing... Be careful how you word ads. Market place is run by idiots. The bots flag knife, blade... and often suspends the ad pending a closer look. You can appeal but they're stupid people and often deny it. I had a 120 year old Preston mount cutting knife banned even after appeal. I've had my Veritas replacement plane blades suspended. I even had a bench dog ad suspended. And if that weren't bad enough, even had a 100 year old clay brooding egg banned because they said it was an animal FFS. They're absolute idiots. If they suspend an ad just delete it and immediately post a new one without the offending word(s). After so many suspensions they suspend your selling altogether until some turkey necked fool, who's probably never touched grass, has a look and unlocks it. Gumtree, they don't care at all.

And now for a somewhat controvercial topic. If you have people flapping their chicken wings to buy something sight unseen that you've just posted. It means you've way under valued it. I'd pull the ad and repost it with a higher price. You need to look out for yourself, because the buyers only have their interest in mind.