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Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Originally Posted by another bloody yank
(Post 9483712)
We've been looking at houses lately. Just browsing around on the internet really, not ready for anything serious yet. Still, it's an experience that does a great job illustrating the difference between what is most important to her and what is important to me in a property. Found a place on 4 acres with a great shop, 30ftx50ft, concrete floor and everything but she didn't like the floorplan of the house.:rolleyes:
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Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Wow. Up to $125,000 at the moment (almost double from when I looked earlier). I could never take the kids' stuff though; morally wrong for me with such young kids. Loads of tools but I would never know which was a left handed screwdriver anyway :unsure:.
Good luck to them though. |
Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
I'm guessing the kids have already pulled out their treasures, and perhaps mum and dad have offered to buy the rest of the stuff off them for cash!
It said there are seven people living in the house but I can't figure out who the seventh is. Mum, dad, two kids, (two) inlaws and...? Are there three inlaws there? |
Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Up to $190K with 2.5hrs left, reserve still not met.:huh:
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Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Originally Posted by another bloody yank
(Post 9483092)
I thought selling the tools was pretty drastic as well, I think he'll end up regretting that. I doubt he'll make enough on the sale of everything to replace them. I guess he's planning on not needing them anymore. On the other site (where he posted the link to the auction) he said that they are keeping one pickup truck to use for the move and transport to their new location. He's hoping not to have enough stuff left after the sale to fill the bed.
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Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Originally Posted by another bloody yank
(Post 9486517)
Up to $190K with 2.5hrs left, reserve still not met.:huh:
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Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
The reserve is around $270k which is probably quite a lot more than what the house would sell for on its own.
It doesn't make sense to bundle items like house and cars together - if he wants to sell the cars, it would usually make more sense to sell them to someone who actually wants a car. As for tools, as others have said it would be smarter to keep them and ship them to new home. Same goes for house furnishings - most house buyers will have furnishings of their own, it would be better to keep and ship rather than plan to replace. |
Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Originally Posted by JAJ
(Post 9488274)
The reserve is around $270k which is probably quite a lot more than what the house would sell for on its own.
It doesn't make sense to bundle items like house and cars together - if he wants to sell the cars, it would usually make more sense to sell them to someone who actually wants a car. As for tools, as others have said it would be smarter to keep them and ship them to new home. Same goes for house furnishings - most house buyers will have furnishings of their own, it would be better to keep and ship rather than plan to replace. Sounds like it didn't work... |
Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Originally Posted by zargof
(Post 9488348)
Maybe he did it this way in the hope that the publicity would make some moron bid more than everything was worth.
Sounds like it didn't work... Seems he has relisted.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:WNARL:US:1123 |
Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Originally Posted by JAJ
(Post 9488274)
The reserve is around $270k
Actually I think he should have put a longer listing time on it. Yes, it generated media interest but a week isn't enough for it to trickle through to the less obscure outlets, or less obvious places like here, where he could have picked up some more bids. |
Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
Originally Posted by GeoffM
(Post 9492730)
Just wondering how you know this? I guessed it would be somewhere between $200k-$250k, might be way off though.
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Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
From my experience it's bad enough sorting through your own stuff when getting ready to move without going through somebody else's things when you get there. Maybe he should just auction the house itself on ebay and then have a local auction for the contents.
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Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-14178696
Look what happened to this Ex-Pat, apparently as a result of selling stuff on-line, intending to move back to Blighty. Jim. |
Re: Family selling everything they own on ebay
US $261,099.99
Reserve price not met |
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