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I remember an old neighbour telling me he sold a lot of stuff on flEbay and the reason people paid close to, or over the RRP was either they had the cash in PayPal from dodgy sales themselves or they paid the extra to have it delivered to the door.

2 hours ago, norman said:

I remember an old neighbour telling me he sold a lot of stuff on flEbay and the reason people paid close to, or over the RRP was either they had the cash in PayPal from dodgy sales themselves or they paid the extra to have it delivered to the door.

 

I think there is a lot of truth in that - if you're doing hooky sales (even if it's just otherwise legit but tax free) there is a real advantage to recycling the PayPay money into something you want.

 

The number of sales I do where the PP payment is always, without fail, in the 'wifes' name is quite amusing. Since it's not exactly hard to open an account, you don't need to be creditworthy even for a basic PP account.

 

There was (but not so much now) a little industry of people making eyewatering amounts from selling IKEA stuff on there, but I think IKEA now deliver by courier about 70% of what they sell.

Edited October 30, 20196 yr by datadiffusion

6 hours ago, norman said:

I remember an old neighbour telling me he sold a lot of stuff on flEbay and the reason people paid close to, or over the RRP was either they had the cash in PayPal from dodgy sales themselves or they paid the extra to have it delivered to the door.

On my last house I purchased a couple of cheap halogen light sets for the kitchen from B&Q, I ended up only using one of them. They only cost a tenner, so I thought I might get £5.00 plus postage for the it on Ebay, to my surprise I got £20.00 plus postage. I couldnt understand it the were still £10.00 in B&Q,  now I know why thanks Steve.