Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Money making exploits

I am currently trying to make as much money as possible through various channels (namely Ebay) in order to pay for my legal fees and other moving in costs. My friend Lady of Leisure is also trying to do the same. Her aim is to make £10K in the next month. I'd also love to make £10k in the next few months, but I think this is extremely unlikely. I have nothing left of my own to sell, and I've already sold most of GM's stuff and am nowhere near the £1K mark let alone £10K.

Good news is that I'm £16.50 closer to my target thanks to an obsessive Jean Paul Gaultier freak in Belgium. Last night I listed a JPG Le Male washbag together with four samples on Ebay for £3.99. This morning the JPG obsessive emailed me and asked me if I'd sell him just two of the samples on their own for £10 plus postage. Result! But I felt a bit bad because the samples are only 5ml in size each and in my opinion, not worth £10. So I replied and offered to sell him the whole lot for £10 plus postage. A few more emails were exchanged, and he ended up agreeing to pay me £16.50 into my Paypal account. Now, I don't understand how he managed to come to a price of £16.50, but I'm not complaining!

On the way to work Specsavers were handing out freebies so I managed to pick up a free clear plastic spectacles case with a voucher for a free eye test (a saving of £19.50) inside. I've been meaning to get my eyes tested for ages and now I can for free! Phoned them up this afternoon and have made an appointment for Thursday afternoon. I really hope that I don't need to get new lenses. I asked how much they cost and was told they cost £99.

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