Added benefit of Ebaying

Same here, I don't want to do that at all.

@marlina I am not on Ebay but on Amazon in. If they did the packing for me I would certainly sell.

@allknowing Yes, it would be different.

@Fleura I prune the brambles several times a year, they are in a corner of the garden where they can grow without being an annoyance. At least I know that no dog pees on my brambles.

@LadyDuck yes that's always a worry! I think they fruit on two-year-old branches, do't they?

Brambles normally take over the place, I wouldn't be brave enough to have them in my garden! And anyway there are plenty nearby so no need really.

@Fleura I wielded a mean secatur... kept them in line.

I like blackberries, but not enough to have brambles filling my garden.

@BarBaraPrz

Maybe you'll fid some forgotten treasures!

@Fleura I keep treasures!

Blackberry and apple jelly is my favourite - yum! The wrapping only costs a few pence for tape, otherwise I re-use padded envelopes, plastic mailing bags, tissue paper, bubble wrap etc that I have saved up. Last week I needed some small boxes - but when I walked through the village to collect Little One from a friend's house it was recycling day and lots of people had left boxes outside for collection, I came home with a whole pile of shoe-boxes and other handy-sized (and clean) boxes. Some with tissue paper or packing paper inside (there's been a big rise in home delivery such as with Amazon since the pandemic, so lots of boxes around). Otherwise I could ask for packing materials on Freegle, but most often I am the one giving excess away because the stuff just seems to accumulate! My neighbour also passes on their newspapers to me, which I use for all sorts of things like drying wet boots, protecting the table from painting activities and the like, and I crumple some of that and use for extra packing if necessary.

The postage has to be calculated before listing, otherwise you can get stung. It's quite complicated here nowadays, the post office changed their prices a few years ago, so it's cheaper to send a larger, flatter parcel than a small but thicker one, which is a bit of a pain, but I've got used to it! So I work out the cost of postage and either just use that as the postage cost or add few pence extra if it's a big package. Sometimes the postage has turned out to be cheaper than expected and in those cases I gave the buyer a small refund : ) Better that way around than not charging enough!

As for the selling price I worked out last time that selling anything for 99p just isn't worth the hassle because of the fees, so the starting price has to be at least 1.99. Other than that I'm happy to just sell things for a few pounds, I just want them out of the way and the money does add up. I often buy clothes for the girls from Ebay for good prices (and they've had lots of compliments on their pretty and quirky clothes!) too so what goes around comes around! I'm not in it to make a fast buck, I describe everything as well as I can, including the item's history if appropriate, add plenty of photos, and pack it up well. I've got over 500 feedbak ratings, half as a seller, and 100% positive with lots of lovely comments, so people seem to be happy.

That would explain the inactivity!

@Fleura Yes

I like a good freebie : )

Oh I don't get that experience! I guess I need the Ebay app or something?