Scotty's Ebay Travels Pt 4

With Christmas fast approaching, now is a good time to start listing as much as possible on Ebay because once buyers get a whiff of Christmas, their purse strings tighten and sales of secondhand items slump. Scotty's Ebay sales generally start slumping around late September early October so he doesn't bother listing after that. However, sales of new items are known to increase during this period.

On the other side of the fence, the pre and post christmas slump does not always deter sellers from listing on Ebay. This can be a good opportunity to grab a bargain or start acquring items for selling in the new year.

Off on his usual walkies this week, Scotty found a dazzling pair of gold Gucci heels with peep toes and diamonds. Looking brand new with a price tag of $48.00AU these shoes would be a lovely buy for personal use (for his owner of course!) but Scotty wasn't so sure about them for re-sale purposes. While peep toes are back in fashion this spring/summer Scotty was uncertain if they would fetch more than $48 on Ebay. Scotty knows that this store drops its prices daily on existing items so he has the option of returning tomorrow to buy the Gucci's at a cheaper price if someone else hasn't snapped them up first. Scotty thinks a fair price for these beauties would be in the $20-$35 price range.

Next up was a Burberry tote bag for $45.00 AU. For those of you who don't know, Burberry is a UK based designer brand often in a distinctive check pattern that has become one of its most widely copied style. At $45.00AU, this bag fell into the "too good to be true" category and was not worth the risk of jeopardising Scotty's good feedback rating for a few dollars profit. Scotty knows that the store selling this item has a well trained manager who can identify the originals from fakes and no doubt that knowledge was reflected in the bag's price tag.

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