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eBay without ever visiting
eBay
You’re going to love this already
I can tell.
Step One: Forget All About eBay
That was easy! eWhat? Never heard of it!
Step Two: Get Creative!
All we need from you is:
1. A digital photo of your item
You don’t have to use a 5 Billion widget fancy pro camera
with an immense lens – a camera-phone photo’s
fine. It just needs to be reasonably obvious what on earth
the item is. That said nicer piccies do impress the punters.
2. A killer description
of your item
Get into character. Think suave boutique retail executive
rather than used-car salesman. A clear, concise, detailed,
and truthful description of the item is what will get us the
best possible donation from your sale.
Some points you might cover include: How big is it? What model?
When was it made? What condition’s it in? New? Used?
Brand? What’s it made of?
People will buy all sorts of things you
couldn’t possibly imagine anyone wanting – but
they really really like to know what they’re getting,
and hate surprises. Our reputation is at stake here, just
say no to porkies,
please?!
3. A Gift Aid declaration
If you’re a UK tax payer, that nice man Gordon Brown
will give us a whole extra 28% on top of your donation (the
money we get from your sale) if you make a Gift Aid declaration
to us.
All we need from you is:
- Your name
- Your address
- The statement "I want Teach A Man To Fish to treat
all donations I make from the date of this declaration until
I notify you otherwise as Gift Aid donations."
Send
your photo and description in a single email to eBay@teachamantofish.org.uk
…..and then have a few days rest before Step Three.
Because you’re worth it!
Step Three: Wrap It Safely, Address
It Clearly, Stamp It Rightly (?), and Post It Goodbye!
Once we’ve sold it for you, we’ll
collect the money in, bite it to make sure it’s real
(because we’re clever like that), and then ask you to
post your item to the buyer’s address.
You then need to:
1. Package it well.
For some reason buyers get upset when their precious
arrives in twenty separate pieces and nothing happens when
they press the button.
2. Address it clearly.
Postmen like people with artistic handwriting because they
get to take their parcels home with them ?
3. Pay the correct postage!
Take it to a post office, they know about these things, we
are mere mortals in their presence.
4. Get a certificate of postage.
It takes a few extra seconds, but i) it’s free, ii)
covers loss up to £28, and iii) allows you to poke your
tongue out at the very rare rogue buyers who claim it never
arrived till they’re blue in the face while chatting
away on the very phone you sent them!
NB: For more valuable items recorded delivery (which is
only 90p extra is recommended).
5. Post it!!!!
You’d think no. 5 was obvious, but
it’s really, really important to us. If we take their
money, and you don’t post it, our name will quickly
be muck in these here parts. Even worse we’ll lose money
when we make them a refund.
As a charity we trade on our reputation,
so please, only put something up for auction if you’re
actually prepared to post it out to the buyer.
Thanks for this, we love you!
If you’ve still got any queries on any aspects of the
great Cyberspace Charity Car
Boot Sale, just send a mail
to eBay@teachamantofish.org.uk
and we’ll do our best to clear it up for you.
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