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Royboy39 13-08-2008 22:05

Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Some people do...some people try...what is your experience?
Ebay.....is it worth the effort?....Website is that worth the effort and expense?
Do you buy on Ebay?.....I do....what are your experiences?

Lilly 13-08-2008 22:17

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 618721)
Some people do...some people try...what is your experience?
Ebay.....is it worth the effort?....Website is that worth the effort and expense?
Do you buy on Ebay?.....I do....what are your experiences?

I've never had a bad experience on ebay. I've bought many things and sold several books on there in the past....not as a business though.

The charges are different if you're operating a business on there, I know that much.

emamum 13-08-2008 22:43

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
i probably could, would need a webcam and various props........not so sure about you tho roy ;)

cashman 13-08-2008 22:46

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
only us e-bay when i cannot get what i want through normal dealers, was ripped off once when flogging some music, so once bitten, a last resort fer me.

cherokee 13-08-2008 23:21

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Yep use it all the time. I buy and sell , not as a business but as a bit of a pastime.

Its ok and there are good bargains but you still got to be careful, just like normal shopping really!!

Mancie 13-08-2008 23:42

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Ebay has gone dead for me since the Royal Mail sussed out they could make money out of it by charging more for the size of the package..if you are selling, the postage price to the buyer can put them off ...it affected the sellers and the buyers..still can be a source of income if you can be arsed packing up and mailing stuff for little profit

jambutty 14-08-2008 03:44

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 618721)
Some people do...some people try...what is your experience?
Ebay.....is it worth the effort?....Website is that worth the effort and expense?
Do you buy on Ebay?.....I do....what are your experiences?

Well Bill Gates made a nice living with his PC. So did James Fayed the owner of E-Bullion and so did the founder of E-Gold a Dr. Douglas Jackson. Both are now facing money laundering charges with Fayed locked up.

Charis Johnson of 12DP infamy made several million dollars from a small room in her apartment and a PC. The last I heard she was trying to do a deal with the FBI to keep her out of jail.

Wasn’t E-Bay itself started from home using a PC?

As for myself personally I will, as our American cousins would put it, take the fifth amendment.

entwisi 14-08-2008 07:16

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Depends on what you define at home, I work from home on a PC some days and could do pretty much all my work from home if needed. So yes I could earn a living from home

through running a business of some kind? yep, why not, if you deal in a product that is rare or doesn't need/suit to physical shop mentality then why not?

Amazon started in a garage with a PC

The beauty of this sort of work is you can start it in your spare time and only jack in teh regular income when its paying its way so its a lot less risky.

Gayle 14-08-2008 08:07

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
I work from home and do most of my work on my pc so would be lost without it. But I guess you don't mean like that.

I have used Ebay and made some money but I think you've got to be really dedicated and be prepared to work really hard at it to make any real money.

Loz 14-08-2008 08:15

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Yeah we use E-Bay regularly to buy and sell and have never had a problem yet.
Only a hobby for us,we don't make big money and half the time what we have made we spend on getting something else off E-Bay!

emzy 14-08-2008 08:23

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
I go through phases of using ebay, use it a bay then seem to forget about it. Have bought a few things recently and also sold something for someone else but not gonna go into selling on ebay as a pastime lol when i was getting rid of a load of baby stuff it drove me mad, the queues in the post office were shocking lol

Royboy39 14-08-2008 09:00

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 618737)
i probably could, would need a webcam and various props........not so sure about you tho roy ;)

What does that mean?

cashman 14-08-2008 09:34

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 618836)
What does that mean?

its in the wrong section fer ema to enlarge on.:D

jaysay 14-08-2008 09:45

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Well I've never even logged onto Ebay never mind used it to buy stuff, I have bought lots of tings on line from TVs, HiFi, Beds, records, books, other white goods, certainly saves slogging round the shops:)

Loz 14-08-2008 10:01

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 618737)
i probably could, would need a webcam and various props........not so sure about you tho roy ;)

Tut tut!!
Think you've got poor Roy in a tizz!!
Maybe we need to get this transfered to the over 18's so you can enlighten him!

emamum 14-08-2008 10:02

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Nah, he can use his imagination.... ;)

AccyLass 14-08-2008 10:05

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 618861)
Nah, he can use his imagination.... ;)

From the looks of his reply, I'd say he used his imagination and was still needing to question what ya was on about:D

Loz 14-08-2008 10:07

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Sorry Emma but i think he is lacking in imagination to question your post in the first place!!

Loz 14-08-2008 10:08

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Anyway off to work before i get myself in trouble!!
I'm in one of those moods today!

emamum 14-08-2008 10:11

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might pop down and bug you later loz :p

Loz 14-08-2008 10:14

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Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 618867)
might pop down and bug you later loz :p

Your very welcome anytime!!
Anything to break up the day!

Royboy39 14-08-2008 10:39

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by Loz (Post 618870)
Your very welcome anytime!!
Anything to break up the day!

OK you young un's have had a pop at me............I read that when I was on my first cup of tea....look forward to seeing the clip.

This might break you day up:

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/20...alanbecker.swf

jambutty 14-08-2008 13:32

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 618882)
OK you young un's have had a pop at me............I read that when I was on my first cup of tea....look forward to seeing the clip.

This might break you day up:

http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs13/f/20...alanbecker.swf

That is brilliant.

pipinfort 14-08-2008 13:44

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Loz (Post 618825)
Yeah we use E-Bay regularly to buy and sell and have never had a problem yet.
Only a hobby for us,we don't make big money and half the time what we have made we spend on getting something else off E-Bay!

Ditto, same here:)

Loz 14-08-2008 16:54

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Thanks Roy enjoyed that!
Pity i couldn't see it at work though and broken my day up there!

Royboy39 14-08-2008 21:58

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by Loz (Post 618963)
Thanks Roy enjoyed that!
Pity i couldn't see it at work though and broken my day up there!

You can....Copy,Paste and send it to your inbox at work and send it to your friends?

Loz 16-08-2008 09:09

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 619068)
You can....Copy,Paste and send it to your inbox at work and send it to your friends?

Unfortunately i don't have a computer at work Roy!
I am a Customer Assistant at Tesco and spend all my time on the shop floor working stock,running tills and various other boring jobs!

jaysay 16-08-2008 10:04

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Loz (Post 619527)
Unfortunately i don't have a computer at work Roy!
I am a Customer Assistant at Tesco and spend all my time on the shop floor working stock,running tills and various other boring jobs!

Well every little hepls Loz:D

Loz 16-08-2008 11:25

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 619552)
Well every little hepls Loz:D

Don't!!
I hear that so often it drives you crazy!
Check out a website called very little helps,disgruntled workers set it up and paints a rather different picture of Tesco!!

chrismuller 16-08-2008 12:05

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
i made £245.00 from a website for nothon

jaysay 16-08-2008 15:23

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Loz (Post 619578)
Don't!!
I hear that so often it drives you crazy!
Check out a website called very little helps,disgruntled workers set it up and paints a rather different picture of Tesco!!

Well I had a feeling that it wouldn't go down well with people who actually work at Tesco, these ad campaigns usually get right up the employees noses:rolleyes:

Loz 16-08-2008 16:14

Re: Can you make a living at home on your PC?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 619634)
Well I had a feeling that it wouldn't go down well with people who actually work at Tesco, these ad campaigns usually get right up the employees noses:rolleyes:

It's not just the ad campaigns trust me!!
Theres a lot Tesco do that gets right up employees noses!


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