How much should I expect?

[NancyO]

I intend on selling some used baby items on ebay and such like, would it be unrealistic to expect people to pay 60% off the brand new equivalent?

[BikeRunSki]

Unrealistic. Unless it is v expensive, lovely or rare, people tend not to want to pay more than about 30% of new price including postage. So something that is £30 new and costs £4 to post, I' d expect to sell for around £6-7. Just my experience. Baby clothes barely sell for anything, even the really good stuff, as there are loads of them.

[PoppyWearer]

I've sold lots but yes, 60% is unrealistic unless it's top-end stuff. Bugaboo, Stokke, Boori and Bloom stuff sells well. Cots, high chairs, nursery furniture, buggies. I've had 50% or a bit more for things like that.

Clothes go for peanuts unless they are good brands. And I don't mean Next, which so many people list as "designer" on eBay, I mean Boden, Joules and proper designer clothes. You might get a few quid per item then. Bundles are easier to sell.

What have you got to sell?

With postage, it might be worth looking to do a local nearly-new sale? Rather than NCT sales, I tried a couple of the sales organised by Mum2MumMarket and similar and had a decent amount of success.

I've also heard that car boot sales can be successful for stuff like clothes, but mostly you just get 50p per item for basic Mothercare clothes.

[NancyO]

Thank you for the responses.
I'm thinking of selling baby furniture - things like pushchairs, cot, cot mobile, highchair, Moses basket, walker, changing table, stair gate and bed guard.
Please forgive my ignorance, what is an NCT sale?

[BikeRunSki]

NCT Nearly New Sales