Just Nicky

Ebay madness January 30, 2005

I have 29 auctions in progress on Ebay. Scarves, clothes and books. I’m pretty sure Mark thinks I’ve gotten a bit carried away … OK, a lot carried away.

I managed to sell all his Wired magazines for $100 including postage to Canberra, which (I think) is pretty impressive - particularly given that the alternative was the recycle bin - and now I’m determined to rid our house of all detritus to get money to buy more detritus. And it’s kind of cool to list something for $1 and sell it for $20.

I do think I probably have too many auctions on, though. They won’t all end together and I don’t really expect everything to sell, but if even half of it all sells I’m going to have a bit of a task keeping track of who’s won what, who’s paid for what and what’s going where and to whom.

I think, once my current auctions are done, I’ll limit myself to no more than 6 or 8 at a time in future. That’s much more manageable and also prolongs the fun. I could be auctioning stuff for months yet!

One good thing about auctioning off our goods and chattels on Ebay is that the time I’m spending listing stuff and watching the auctions is time I’m not spending looking for stuff to buy, watching those auctions, bidding on them, winning them and then waiting with bated breath for the stuff arrive. The great trap of Ebay is that everything seems like a bargain - even when the price goes above retail.

I’m getting over the excitment of buying on Ebay a bit now anyway. The yarn stash is starting to look intimidating and Finn’s winter wardrobe is well underway, so there’s not all that much I really want there for the moment. Of course, that’s until I have another bright idea about something that might be ‘nice’ to have…