Options other than ebay for selling stuff?

[Fmm]

Naively, I never realised it was so expensive to sell stuff on ebay (10% of final sale price, unless I'm reading it incorrectly). Do they ever have 'special offer' times when the sale fees are reduced? Or, what are the best other options for selling unwanted stuff? I have a bugaboo and other baby stuff to clear out. I have tried the Family Classifieds on the forum, but few takers. Is gumtree the only option other than ebay? any suggestions appreciated.

[Convex]

Yes, I think I worked it out at 9% plus listing fees. They do 'no 'fees' weekends but just save listing fees I think.

I'm selling something now so can update you if that's way off!

Gum tree can be good and it costs nothing to list.

Might be worth bumping your family stuff on here as I don't think people look back all that far. I sold my bee via the forum and it's def the easiest and nicest way but you get a bigger audience on eBay!

[snowboarder]

I've had success selling a pram on gumtree. Also I think there are facebook selling pages - there's def a Mountain Buggy specific one. Netmums and Babycentre have selling boards too.

[Fmm]

Thank you both. I have updated (ie bumped) my Classifieds post, posted on Gumtree and also discovered Preloved. We'll see. Not sure how long husband will put up with the stuff cluttering our bedroom - may be pushed to Ebay sooner than I'd like. Strange how selling through the Forum seems nicer and friendlier!

[Convex]

Hi,

I sold an item for ?84 and it cost ?12 in fees including insertion fees and the final value payment. Steep! But I had already tried gum tree etc and I needed the space.

Will be really interested to hear how you get on with the fb selling pages etc!

[Saffron]

Green-Buttons is a locally run website for baby/children's used clothing. They have very specific guidelines about what they do and don't accept. For the items they do accept, I thought the money offered was very good. I haven't used them in a while, but I thought they were excellent when I did use them.

http://www.green-buttons.com/about.php?osCsid=5c2eb552e89976007383704a4761ab1c