I saw an advert for a bridal shop that was closing down and decided to buy all of the men's wear for a substantial amount of money. Completely spur of the moment with the idea of selling them on for a profit. The numbers stack up so it should be a no brainer.
I was in regular contact with the seller and once the final price was negotiated (£400 off!) I hit the Buy It Now button. My heart was in my mouth. What have I just done?!? I sat thinking what am I going to do with all of this stuff? The seller informed me that the total consignment of packages came to 15 in total and they would be with me by Saturday at the latest.
Imagine my surprise when I get home on Friday and 15 minutes later the disgruntled looking delivery driver says to me 'Are you expecting 15 boxes?'. 'Yes' I replied sounding chipper and a little naive.He strode off back to the van the opened it. There were my 15 boxes. They were HUGE! One by one the delivery driver brought them to the house and I was getting more and more worried about what I had done. there was just so much stuff! When all of the boxes were in the house and I had signed my free time for the next few weeks away, I took a photo and sent it to my husband. I cannot publish his reply.
I am a week in and I haven't sold a single thing!
My time over the last week (when not at work in my full time job or sleeping) has been to catalogue all of the stock (still not completely done) and get some adverts on the web. Luckily I have some experience in selling things so the free sites are not new to me. I have set up a Facebook page and new accounts on Gumtree and Preloved.co.uk to try and get some interest. Fingers crossed this goes well otherwise I will be back on eBay with a large amount of job lots for sale.
My husband has been really patient with me and has even built me a cloths rail for me to hang the stock onto. Hasn't he done well!
My life will now be dedicated to advertising my stock of ex-hire men's wear to anywhere that will take it. If you live in Dorset, England and are in need of a suit, check out my new Facebook page.
www.facebook.com/AskTheMrsNow
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