Best Offer less than £1

[theregoesatenner]

Hi, have several items I'm tryng to give away but there's a £1 BIN minimum to list, does anyone know if buyers can offer 0.01p if I add make an offer?   

[merv9104]

Hi. If I were intending to “GIVE AWAY” I’d drop into a charity shop. Less hassle. Just a thought🤔🤔🤔

[robbtyke132010]

However if it is a DVD or CD or book then many charity shops no longer take them - just set up a library in a telephone kiosk.

[merv9104]

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[johnwash1]

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@theregoesatenner wrote:

Hi, have several items I'm tryng to give away but there's a £1 BIN minimum to list, does anyone know if buyers can offer 0.01p if I add make an offer?   

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You can start an auction at 1p.

BTDT, then had ebay's 13.2%+30p cost me 30p to give it away.  But with the new free fees, I guess that would work.

You could also mention in your description that if someone bids 1p and then sends you a message, you'll end the auction early in their favour (after they've confirmed they're doing local collect).  Except that few buyers read descriptions these days.  😞

[theregoesatenner]

Tried charity shops but not interested!  Didn't want auction hassle so was hoping to go with BIN offer 1p.  

[tressygirl]

Why not sell the items as Bins between £1 - £5 , iso that they will sell, add on the description all proceeds going to ***** charity.

Save up some money,  then you can place the amount into the charity shop's collection box.

@theregoesatenner 

[johnwash1]

Actually another story that inclines me to think that trying for a quid or two (or even 5) might be worthwhile (especially as @tressygirl suggests, for charity) before dropping to 1p...

A friend told me of his local computer shop that had a clearout of a load of old circuit boards etc.  They put them out by the pavement with a notice "Free, help yourself".  Nothing went.  A week later they tried again, this time with a notice "£1 per board, use the honesty box".  Everything went.  Nothing in the honesty box.

People like to feel they're getting something of value, rather than utter trash.

[tressygirl]

That's an amazing story, and certainly shows how some people think !   If it's Free it's worthless, put a price on it, and there's a queue at the door !  

Certainly makes you think!

@johnwash1 

[Anonymous]

Are they items that require posting? - if so just do free P&P and set the item price to the actual cost of the postage.

If they are items that require picking up, you may be better off putting them on sites like Shpock or Facebook market etc.

Locals looking for freebies are more likely to try those sites than eBay.

[robbtyke132010]

Try leaving it just inside the front door & then running very fast in the opposite direction - most of the shop workers are old ladies with zimmer frames - works 90% of the time but you do get the odd one who sprints after you faster than Rishi Sunak's wife chasing her stock options.

[geosacha007]

This is not a good idea.  I remember another seller doing this who ended up getting negged by a buyer. So you risk this for no good reason. It may seem ludicrous that someone would neg an essentially free item but it could happen.

It would be better to offer them for free on facebook or gumtree.

[tommystrezures]

We have a disused bus shelter where we are based that someone kindly put shelving up in and its a book bus shelter, but odd cd's dvd's also appear. You basically either swap books eg take yours and take one out to read or you can take one. Its all free. Many times seen people sat inside reading!

[johnwash1]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Are they items that require posting? - if so just do free P&P and set the item price to the actual cost of the postage.

If they are items that require picking up, you may be better off putting them on sites like Shpock or Facebook market etc.

Locals looking for freebies are more likely to try those sites than eBay.

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Or Freegle.  Or Freecycle.

[johnwash1]

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@robbtyke132010 wrote:

Try leaving it just inside the front door & then running very fast in the opposite direction - most of the shop workers are old ladies with zimmer frames - works 90% of the time but you do get the odd one who sprints after you ...

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Amusing, but the reality is that this actually costs charities money.  They have to dispose of trade waste.

If you really have no other option, then the council tip is the place to go.  But there are plenty of other options, as discussed above.