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£200 challenge

So years ago I done a little bit of reselling. Not going out and actively looking for stuff to buy to sell on, but rather just grabbing a bargain when I seen one.

Fast forward to now and I've recently just gone through some old stuff and decided to list some items online for sale. Made about £200 and decided to reinvest into more stock to sell.

I wanted to see how far I could take the £200 with this little challenge I've created.

But I've hit a solid brick wall it seems.

I went out 2 weeks ago with my £200 looking for stock to buy. I literally walked around for 6 hrs across two towns looking at flea markets and charity shops. I found absolutely nothing! Went home with the £200 still in my pocket. So I went back out this weekend and it's the same. Come back with my £200!

So now I'm thinking is this even worth doing?

I work all week and don't really want to be wasting my weekends walking around markets and charity shops just hoping.

So my question is.... How do you guys find stuff to sell? I'm looking at all sorts really, clothes, shoes, electronics, antiques... Anything I can sell on for profit really.

It seems like the charity shops have caught on to resellers, most have their own websites to sell the more expensive stuff they get.

So I looked into buying bales of vintage clothing to resell.... Nearly everyone's some sort of scam with terrible reviews.

So what are my options here? I don't want to give up

I don't have Facebook either so marketplace is out of the question for me.

WHERE CAN I BUY SOME STOCK!?!?

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u/10395837582914 — 3 days ago
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Method to find profitable flips

Hi all,

So i’ve been reselling for about 2-3 years now, predominantly from online UK Auctions on various sites. After many losses and wins, I found it took most of my time to even find these profitable listings, let alone calculating the costs to ensure I make that profit.

So I made a thing. I called it BidPilot. Before you think i’m just that same guy trying to sell something, at least hear me out😅 It has served its weight in gold for me and I have eventually added enough auction sites that I think there are enough daily auctions to not saturate them and make bidding wars.

It basically allows you to choose an auction ending within 48hrs. Scans that auction and compares every listing against eBay sold data. It calculates the maximum bid to ensure a chosen profit after considering auction fees, postage, etc. It then only requires you to do the bare minimum research to check the item’s condition, etc.

Obviously it doesn’t guarantee a profit as does anything. But it certainly has worked for me and I will continue to use it for myself as well as allow other people to. Ive attached a quick brief video to see how it works roughly.

You can get a free trial to test it, and I also have an affiliate scheme if you would like to make some money yourself from sharing the tool.

Feel free to ask any questions, let me know your feedback or improvements you suggest!! Dm me for more info if you’d like, happy to chat about anything regarding auction reselling.

u/BackgroundFederal451 — 3 days ago
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Hi I'm looking for advice. I've started listing on ebay.

I wasn't expecting rapid profits, but thought I would have at least had a sale or so. But for the past 12 days there has been very few views and little interest through watchers, but no offers. Do I have to be more patient? Are my prices too high? Or are my pictures of poor quality?

Any advice is really appreciated, thanks!

u/No_Fee7969 — 5 days ago
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How to relist on Vinted

So I am new on the platform and i started by listing around 12 things. The good thing was that couple was sold right away, but the rest are not getting any views. I tried deleting one of the old listings and posting it again but Vinted took them down, i think because i used the same photos, or i dont know. So i did some research and i think relisting can help, but have no idea how to do it without getting flagged. Can someone guide (mainly for UK)?

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u/Awkward-Draft-6045 — 6 days ago
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What do you look for in a listing that ebay filters can’t catch?

Does anyone else have those weird little checks they do on listings that you can’t put into the search filters? Like I’ll find something where the title is technically wrong but the item specifics have the exact model I wanted. Or the title is vague enough that I probably wouldn’t have found it with a super specific search. Feels like once you’ve bought enough stuff on ebay you start building your own mental filter on top of their search. What’s in yours?

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u/New_Oil116 — 8 days ago
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👋 Welcome to r/uk_bargains - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

Hey everyone! I'm u/jamiemanepic, a founding moderator of r/uk_bargains alongside u/cooljinzo

This is our new home for all things related to finding banging bargains! We're excited to have you join us!

What to Post
Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring. Feel free to post any UK bargains you can find! eBay bargains are best, but anything goes! Feel free to post international bargains if they ship the UK as well.

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We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. Let's build a space where everyone feels comfortable sharing and connecting.

How to Get Started

  1. Introduce yourself in the comments below.
  2. Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
  3. If you know someone who would love this community, invite them to join.
  4. Interested in helping out? We're always looking for new moderators, so feel free to reach out to me to apply.

Thanks for being part of the very first wave. Together, let's make r/uk_bargains amazing.

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u/jamiemanepic — 7 days ago
▲ 5 r/FlippingUK

Listing in multiple marketplaces

Hi,

In order to increase my chances of selling an item, I list the same item in multiple marketplaces like Facebook Marketplace, Vinted , OLX...

I save all my titles and descriptions in Notes and group all images in albums in Photos.

Is there a better way to handle all of this ?

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u/F6SV — 10 days ago
▲ 3 r/FlippingUK+2 crossposts

Looking for Liquidation platform

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for legitimate Liquidation platform operating within Uk. From which I could get Liquidation pallets stock to sell online on ebay? Any clue please?

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u/Psyco_Philosopher — 10 days ago
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Built a tool that tells you what something actually sold for, because asking prices are basically fiction

My last extension helps Vinted sellers keep tax records. Talking to the people using it, I realised they had a much earlier problem that nobody was solving: they had no idea what things were actually worth before they bought them. Everyone was guessing, and guessing badly, based on what other people were asking rather than what anything had sold for.

So I built Comps.

You type what you are holding, what it costs you, and rough postage. It opens eBay's own completed sales search in a background tab, reads the real sold prices, closes the tab, and gives you a verdict. Buy it, Worth it, Marginal, Leave it, or Walk away. Underneath is the maths nobody does properly in their head: typical sold price, minus eBay's cut, minus postage, minus what you paid.

Two decisions I would defend in a pub argument.

It uses the median rather than the average. Marketplace price data has vicious outliers and an average makes the tool actively misleading. One of my test fixtures has a fake £1,120 sale in it that drags the mean to £313 while the median holds at £55. That is exactly why.

It also checks live listings and flags anything selling well under the usual price, postage included. Same data, two uses. Do not overpay if you are buying for yourself, and there is your sourcing opportunity if you are flipping.

Architecturally it reads and never acts. No bidding, no buying, no listing, no messaging. It opens the same public page you could open yourself and does the arithmetic. That constraint matters in a market where the automation tools have genuinely poor trust scores.

Vanilla JS, no framework, no backend, nothing stored, about 19KB total.

Free now. Being upfront about where it goes: eventually a paid tier for batch lookups and multi platform comps, and probably eBay affiliate links on the deal results, disclosed properly rather than hidden.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/aligfeomemjkhocdclgmocgbandokidb

The feedback I actually want is on the verdict thresholds. Deciding where Marginal ends and Worth it begins turned out to be far more of a judgement call than I expected, and I would rather argue about it with people who genuinely flip things.

u/Killuka__ — 12 days ago
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When you get a great deal, you ever feel bad for the seller?

Just bought a piece of tech on vinted for 50 quid that’s easily worth 300. And boxed as well. It was listed for 5 minutes. Almost feel bad for the seller and feel I should say something.

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u/Plodo99 — 12 days ago