Buy & Selling...

[Sunny.]

Right so ive always been into buying and selling things.

I usually buy in bulks and sell of at a competitive price and make a profit.

Im in need of ideas of what to buy, so thought id ask on here.
What would you want to buy cheap, which you cannot get in store at reasonably cheap prices.

For example
Ipod cases,
Mobile phones cases

etc

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[Seatherny]

I was actually thinking about that last week and speaking to Tash. Have you tried phone screen protectors? They are quite popular.

[Sunny.]

Yeh they usually come with the phone covers.

[Seatherny]

try earphones
earphone foams
i got 25pairs for 99p off ebay from HK
i am thinking of selling the rest. quite expensive if u buy from UK sellers

[Easytweet]

eBooks.

[Seatherny]

eBooks.

Not that great to sell as people can get them for free.

[Jordy]

Memory cards, the likes of PC World charge something like £25 for just a 4GB Micro SD Card. And while they only cost a few quid on eBay which is far cheaper, the vast majority of the money is going towards postage.

If you bought something like bulk Micro SD 8GB cards I'm sure you could easily undercut Internet prices if you were to sell them IRL.

[MrGazet]

I think iphone cases are popular especially those unique ones with all the nice layout and stuffs.

You could also sell video games,those vintages one that you couldn't buy at the store.

Oh, surprising as it sounds,but Lego is very popular on ebay.So you might want to try that

[Arch]

I'd go with phone/ip cases and maybe even Ipods? Like buy used or new off eBay or something and
then sell for more then you paid obviously :P

If that fails then i'd say drugs
i mean if you buy it in bulk its cheaper and i dunno about where you live
but where i live its always in demand all the time haha

[Seatherny]

Memory cards, the likes of PC World charge something like £25 for just a 4GB Micro SD Card. And while they only cost a few quid on eBay which is far cheaper, the vast majority of the money is going towards postage.

If you bought something like bulk Micro SD 8GB cards I'm sure you could easily undercut Internet prices if you were to sell them IRL.

I was thinking of doing memory cards, but I am guessing Sunny buys them from HK? Even if he doesnt, theres always the risk of him ending up with fake SD cards and if he sells them on, not only will he get negative feedback but will lose money.


I'd go with phone/ip cases and maybe even Ipods? Like buy used or new off eBay or something and
then sell for more then you paid obviously :P

If that fails then i'd say drugs
i mean if you buy it in bulk its cheaper and i dunno about where you live
but where i live its always in demand all the time haha

He already said phone covers in his OP :).

[bigdavecox90]

May sound stupid, but does anyone think it would be good to have a Classifieds seciton on the forum? So you can like buy and sell your stuff you don't need or want? Or is that against the rules?

[Seatherny]

May sound stupid, but does anyone think it would be good to have a Classifieds seciton on the forum? So you can like buy and sell your stuff you don't need or want? Or is that against the rules?

Worst thing ever. Not many will sell and buy. It will also mean giving our address on the forum. Can lead to scamming etc.

[bigdavecox90]

Worst thing ever. Not many will sell and buy. It will also mean giving our address on the forum. Can lead to scamming etc.

Ok mate, was just an idea. :)

[Seatherny]

Ok mate, was just an idea. :)

I know :). I meant it would be the worst thing for the forum :P.

[Swastika]

i disagree, a classified area for the site would be good.
sell/buy services/real things for money?
there should be some way of stopping little 12 year old scammers tho, like have to get approved by a moderator or something before being allowed to sell, it works on other forums without scamming all the time.
i'd love it here haha.

[Seatherny]

i disagree, a classified area for the site would be good.
sell/buy services/real things for money?
there should be some way of stopping little 12 year old scammers tho, like have to get approved by a moderator or something before being allowed to sell, it works on other forums without scamming all the time.
i'd love it here haha.
Moderators have no way to tell if you are going to scam or not.
No need for habboxforum to give it self a headache.

[Swastika]

Moderators have no way to tell if you are going to scam or not.
No need for habboxforum to give it self a headache.
well obviously you dont let people with 2 posts sell things, have over 1000 or something to make sure the person selling is an established person on the forum.
hence being an approved seller, there would be a headaches yes, but after that i think it would be a good idea, and im sure quite a few people would.
i bet somebody on the forum would be able to come up with an idea to stop scamming.

[Seatherny]

well obviously you dont let people with 2 posts sell things, have over 1000 or something to make sure the person selling is an established person on the forum.
hence being an approved seller, there would be a headaches yes, but after that i think it would be a good idea, and im sure quite a few people would.
i bet somebody on the forum would be able to come up with an idea to stop scamming.

I have nearly 6000 posts, doesnt mean I cant scam.

[Swastika]

wow, blue peter badge for you lad.
classified is a good idea.

[triston220]

Or instead of post count reputation points?

[Arch]

you use to be able to buy rep so some with alot of rep means nothing anyways.

[The Don]

it would be better to do it with like join date - over 6 months, and like over 700 posts or something. also i was thinking of buying and selling. where would be a good place to buy in bulk? ( like ipod cases, iphone cases etc)

[danzooo]

Selling cigarettes to first years is a hugely profitable business tycoon.

[AgnesIO]

And also illegal.

[danzooo]

Why don't you buy cheap Xbox and PS2 games off of eBay? Get the ones nobody wants for £1-£2, then sell them on websites like Music Magpie or trade them in at Game?
I got about £40 for all my old first gen Xbox games, probs worth about 3 quid each on ebay.