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Saturday 10th May, 2008 - £9.485.54 in debt…

This debt-paying-off malarkey isn’t all bad, you know. It’s not all about Economy tea bags and being beside oneself with fury. As it turns out, getting money for stuff on Ebay feels quite good.

On a scale of one to being in the front row of a Take That concert on the feel-good-ometer, I’d say it was about a seven.

Most of my listings have finished now, and I’m confident that I’ll be able to pay off the NatWest card when the money comes through. Here’s a breakdown of my successes and failures (Ebay-wise):

• About a third of my books and a few CDs didn’t sell, so I’ll re-list them next week.
• I got nearly £20 for a signed copy of a Mark Haddon book. That might not sound like much but, when I bought it, the shop was bursting with them. It’s probably rarer to find one he hasn’t scribbled on.
• The rest of the books and CDs went for anything from 99p to £7.10 each.
• A couple of rare-ish vinyl records went for about £25 each. Another one went for £18.

So far, that gives me a total of £112.57 (after listing fees and what-have-you). That’s about £10.50 short of my NatWest balance, but I still have one listing on the go, which I’m hoping will make another £30.

Unfortunately, that’s the lot. I have cleared my garage of everything that might be worth anything. Unless I can Ebay an old broom and a dead mouse…?