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M.Acorn

  • Posts: 7223
Re: unusual tip
« Reply #20 on: April 24, 2008, 10:23:59 am »
About ten big boxes of books from a nobel prize winning professor i work for,got given £20 to take them to recycle,sat in the house for 3 or 4 days before i looked on amazon to see if they are worth anything..
Imagine my supprise when i find out they are worth upwards of £300 each for some of them  :) .Lot`s of stuff on quantum physics which i am a follower of ,loads of very rare stuff from late 60`s all in pristine condition which makes them worth a lot more..
Set up seller account on Amazon and have been selling them ever since ££££ thanks
I find the americans i have worked for are the best for tips,oh i did rescue a cd mixing console pro one with control unit just needed a £30 part to fix it and a really nice top spec dvd player from outside a rental i cleaned,stuff people throw out eh,had wanted to have a crack at cd mixing for ages love my vinyl but the stuff i have recorded in my studio would have to be pressed onto accetate before i could play it out which is expensive  :)
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prodry

Re: unusual tip
« Reply #21 on: April 24, 2008, 11:07:11 am »
Pair of guinea pigs last year.

Bag of cucumbers last summer that the lady had grown.

At xmas two years couple had just moved into a a new house and there was a carpet cleaning machine in the shed that I could have as the previous owner had left. Imagine my delight when I found an Extracta DX with loads of kit. £700 on Ebay, I thank you. 
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neil 47

  • Posts: 1345
Re: unusual tip
« Reply #22 on: April 24, 2008, 06:37:53 pm »
I was given a large home made ham very nice it  was to .

Also 2 body boards & a petrol lawn mower sold it for 20




Neil
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spindle

  • Posts: 680
Re: unusual tip
« Reply #23 on: April 24, 2008, 06:59:25 pm »
got given a scalectix.........."ok i'll take it for the kids"........well they got it after i had played with it 1st :o :o

£60 cash........
 ;D
motorcycle skid lid.....

bits of furniture

and a bowl of gulab jamin( sweet indian doughnuts) :P :P

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Doctor Carpet (Ret'd)

  • Posts: 2024
Re: unusual tip
« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2008, 06:21:30 am »
Had a client a few years ago whereby I ended up paying him each time I did a job.

The basis was that he paid me in goods that he wanted to get rid of and by netting out the price he was selling for against my price for cleaning I ended up amongst other things with a TV and video; a cycle trainer and a lawn mower!
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carpetworx

  • Posts: 271
Re: unusual tip
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2008, 06:37:38 am »
A slab of tooheys new ;D :P ;)
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diamond

  • Posts: 94
Re: unusual tip
« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2008, 10:59:26 am »
half a dozen eggs. free range collected that morning.
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