WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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I’ve been out of work for a few month’s now and have been looking and there just isn’t anything out there job wise.
I’ve been thinking along the lines of a small business running from home IE: Ebay/website, but I just don’t have any ideas to get me started.
Plus on the money side of things I don’t have much would be starting with around £1000
I have found a deal on 700 mixed car air fresheners for a good price but I just wouldn’t like to put the money into it if nothing takes off.
i just dont know 
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Ben-B
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Registered: 28th Jul 08
Location: the lovely Nottingham
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what would you be doing with the air freshners? selling them through ze bay?
not being funny, but do peopld actualy buy them on ebay other than in bulk? would be easier to nip to garage or summat than wait about 3 days for it to turn up
thats just my opinion though.
[Edited on 16-12-2008 by Br.ANDO]
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rustyarchs
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
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if your going down that route see if you can get any companies to dropship for you that sell other car equipment things as that way stock for very little/no start up fee
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Sale or return is your friend in this situation.
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
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I've looked into stuff like this before. You really need to find a decent supplier.
Any of this stuff that you can buy in bulk won't make you much money.
I also think you need a better product than car air fresheners. The only problem is if you want a decent supplier you need more disposable capital.
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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Small sale items like those are easily bought in bulk (as James said) so lots of people are selling them cheap - so the mark up you'll make will be next to nothing.
IMO sell a product you know about and have a good supplier for. You may sell smaller numbers but in a less competitive market and higher mark ups it would probably be worth it.
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jrsteeve
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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What I did as a sideline a couple of years ago was check out the auctions. I bought a few camcorders, shavers and things for next to nothing and the whacked them on ebay.
There are usually auction houses in most towns and are on quite often. Just make sure you do a bit of pricing research first though i.e. checking how much the items are selling for on ebay, and make sure you buy new or at least test them.
Minimal setup costs and also quite fun!
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micra_pete
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Registered: 23rd Apr 03
Location: West Yorkshire
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Buy a webcam for a tenner
buy watson-cam.com for a tenner.
buy cheap hosting
find a free cam script for the site
put on one show an evening for a £5
advertise on adultfriendfinder, match, faceparty and such, tell your mates in the local pub, everyone who knows you will have a look for a giggle..
you'll make a tenner or so i'm sure.
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Colin
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Buy a bulk of woolworths pick & mix @ 50% off & resell on ebay in 10p mix bags!!
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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quote:
Originally posted by micra_pete
Buy a webcam for a tenner
buy watson-cam.com for a tenner.
buy cheap hosting
find a free cam script for the site
put on one show an evening for a £5
advertise on adultfriendfinder, match, faceparty and such, tell your mates in the local pub, everyone who knows you will have a look for a giggle..
you'll make a tenner or so i'm sure.
I have everything in that list apart from that domain name 
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micra_pete
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Registered: 23rd Apr 03
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why are you wasting time on here then?
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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You may laugh, but the answer is car boot sales...
I used to go down on a sunday mega early, keep my eye out for decent stuff and buy it knowing I could make a profit.
As an example, I bought a laptop for £20. Took it home, formatted it, installed XP and sold it on ebay for £110.
I've done this with various items. Gets a bit tiresome when I'm earning a decent wage at work tho. If I was ever out of work, I'd be there every sunday.
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