My eBay Monkey Project
Posted Monday July 26th 2010
For those who know me, you may remember that whilst at university I traded on eBay in order to support myself instead of getting a job like other people. You will also know that I was completely hooked and talking about eBay when I was in ear shot was probably a mistake! When university was over I stopped eBay-ing and got myself a ‘proper’ job but increasingly I started to miss the thrill or buying and selling and more importantly the thrill of making money.
My boss Faith like me is hooked on buying and selling – thats why she runs her own business and has done for over 11 years. We often talk about our various money making schemes and it is during these chats that I feel the eBay monkey sitting on my shoulder telling me that there is so much money to be made, so much potential. My eBay monkey wants me to get hooked again – to make enless journeys to the post office, to check my auctions constantly … to have nightmares about getting that feared negative feedback!
Stories such as One Red Paperclip and Around The World In 80 Trades got me thinking – maybe there is a way to satisfy my eBay monkey whilst putting my entrepreneurial skills to the test and making some cash. Maybe I could buy and sell my way from nothing to something big, something to silence the monkey once and for all.
So where to start? Obviously I need something to sell and preferably something that won’t cost anything to begin with so I don’t start with minus money. Thats where Virgin Media comes in. People who know me should also know i’m not a fan of Virgin Media, so when I remembered the old cable modem I have had lying around for ages I figured this was a pretty good way of VM making it up to me. I have no idea why I have held on to this thing for so long instead of throwing it out – buy maybe VM could start me off on my journey by giving me some start-up cash. A quick search of eBay’s completed listings tells me that on average these can fetch between nothing and £15 so on eBay the VM cabel modem goes… fingers crossed for nearer £15 then nothing. Otherwise this could take a while!
I know there has been far too many “Maybes” in the above paragraphs, but read this space to see how I get on – there could be ups and downs but I think that is part of the excitement. Maybe I will work my way up to serious money only to blow it on an unlucky investment, maybe I will get enough money together to start that café I have always dreamt of. The beauty is there is nothing to loose but potentially so much to gain (too Cliché?)
Tags: eBay
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