Tiny's Green Shed Ebay policy

maybe Second-hand Sunday will get more action in Canberra…

if we didn’t have to apply in triplicate in advance for permission to put things on our nature strip for such an exactingly small period of time? And then aren’t we supposed to stay home to supervise the site (when OBVIOUSLY we’d like to be driving around checking out what junk we would like to acquire)!? Good idea, badly implemented.

In theory, I would like a Second-hand WEEKEND or (even better) WEEK (during daylight saving) with no application required. When I was a kid in Sydney, I reckon the council used to book the contractors for about a fortnight after the advertised cleanup date.

Now that Freecycle exists I couldn’t give a stuff about Second-hand Sunday, or taking stuff to the tip recycler/Revolve.

You can’t complain they won’t take you old stuff if you begrudge them a way of moving stuff on from their shed.

Maybe they should wait two weeks though.

But so far I’m a fan – they’ve taken everything we’ve dragged out there so far.

Better to sell it on eBay than have lots of stuff sitting around the shed forever because nobody local is willing to pay the asking price, and they’re not willing to negotiate down.

Who knows, maybe Second-hand Sunday will get more action in Canberra if the prices at the tip shops go up because of eBay. All this can only be a good thing for people trying to give their old stuff away for free.

Power to the people!

Good on him for at least having the idea to list on eBay, even if it appears he hasn’t followed through.

Power to him I say. If you’re too lazy to put something on ebay or allclassifieds, and take it to Tiny’s instead then you can hardly complain when he does.

sloppery said :

The guy’s running a business, not a government department.

Agreed.
Investigate the provinance of your rubbish before throwing it out, or grow a pair FFS.

The guy’s running a business, not a government department.

Revolve obviously didn’t, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to snaffle my 8-foot 60s Chiswell buffet in tired and old but completely renovatable condition for a mere $40.

Ebay listing of attractive items has benefits for potential buyers, especially ones who only visit Mugga Way occasionally. But if it results in all the attractive and bargain items turning over within a week, there will be no incentive to shop on-site.

a man trying to make a profit? *gasp* i’m shocked, i tells ya, shocked.

Anyone actually found “Tinysgreenshed” on eBay? I can’t find a store with this name, but there seems to be a user with no feedback and no items for sale here: http://myworld.ebay.com.au/tinysgreenshed/

Is it a new policy, yet to put put into effect, or have I mis-located their sales site?