Can you make a living at home on your PC?

Royboy39 · 13-08-2008, 22:05

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

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

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

i probably could, would need a webcam and various props........not so sure about you tho roy

cashman · 13-08-2008, 22:46

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

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

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

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

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

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

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Originally Posted by emamum23

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

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

What does that mean?

its in the wrong section fer ema to enlarge on.

jaysay · 14-08-2008, 09:45

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

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Originally Posted by emamum23

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!