Facebook Mplace, worth trying? Selling £10 notes for £7

Facebook Mplace, worth trying? Selling £10 notes for £7

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silverfoxcc

Original Poster:

7,975 posts

160 months



Well, that got your attention, but that is the gist of the query

Over the years i have amssed a grat deal of stamps.All GB and all can still be used as they are the 'picture/theme commemoratives over 300 of them are 1st class, the rest with vslues from 20p to 1.70
The actual face value is 650.00+
The joy of this is that the 1st class ones can only go up in postage value. so the whole lot woul;d be ideal for a club or charity they posts out stuff.
I have put these on ebay for 450.00 and not a sniff

IF i put these on FB to sell and i get a taker what is the best way to get paid? Cash, PayPal, Bank transfer.?

Any help appreciated

Spare tyre

11,416 posts

145 months

Cash is the only safe way apart from getting mugged etc

Depending on what it is I’m selling I always say” yeah I can meet you at my work at 1900”

Then just sit in my car outside fiddling with stuff until they arrive

Only do this as we had some loon trying to bring back something three weeks after taking it away and getting a bit lairy

MattsCar

1,777 posts

120 months

PayPal would have to be "friends and family" otherwise it can be reversed by opening a non receipt claim.

One of the problems you face is that people are wary of second hand stamps as there are lots of fakes out there (not saying that is the case with yours).

Spare tyre

11,416 posts

145 months

Can you cash stamps in at the stamp hq in London

I don’t know if there is such a place

Scarletpimpofnel

1,147 posts

33 months

MattsCar said:
PayPal would have to be "friends and family" otherwise it can be reversed by opening a non receipt claim.

One of the problems you face is that people are wary of second hand stamps as there are lots of fakes out there (not saying that is the case with yours).
Yep I used to buy stamps off eBay and used them for decades until the barcode came in, those I had left I sent off but got nothing as they were all fake, yet I'd used them happily for years.

OP I suggest you try a specialist stamp collectors forum or sell in small quantities to people like me who'd just use them. £450 is far to high risk for most people when what you have could be all or part fake.

Jonmx

2,777 posts

228 months

You can swap out up to £200 of non bar coded stamps with the form on the PO website. Get a couple of friends to do the same and you've got cash in the bank without the hassle of FB.

silverfoxcc

Original Poster:

7,975 posts

160 months

Problem with most stamp dealers i have looked at is the scrooge like offers of 30% of fsce value.. The PO route is like fir lije, as i did this with all the Machin headed non bar code standard ones tgat were being ohased out and thd booklets tgey came fron and now i have about 300 1st class barcode alobg with 200 odd values from 0.01 to 5.00 no cash!!!
the Gibjibs valuation is itro 800...and i cant gice them away... NOT that i intend to....lol

Scarletpimpofnel

1,147 posts

33 months

Jonmx said:
You can swap out up to £200 of non bar coded stamps with the form on the PO website. Get a couple of friends to do the same and you've got cash in the bank without the hassle of FB.
Thought that had a time limit on it? Might be wrong

Spare tyre

11,416 posts

145 months

Scarletpimpofnel said:
Jonmx said:
You can swap out up to £200 of non bar coded stamps with the form on the PO website. Get a couple of friends to do the same and you've got cash in the bank without the hassle of FB.
Thought that had a time limit on it? Might be wrong
We did it near the deadline and found out it had been extended

Was a little nerve wracking as we had about £100 in stamps coming back and we had assumed they had been pinched, but did eventually show up

I was hoping you could just exchange them in person

Although I think the op wants cash, not more stamps

We had a load of stamps as I won £200 in co op vouchers. As everything was so expensive I just purchased stamps, then they announced they were being swapped out, grr

Cliftonite

8,582 posts

153 months

Scarletpimpofnel said:
Jonmx said:
You can swap out up to £200 of non bar coded stamps with the form on the PO website. Get a couple of friends to do the same and you've got cash in the bank without the hassle of FB.
Thought that had a time limit on it? Might be wrong
The stamp Swap Out scheme is still in operation:

https://www.royalmail.com/sending/barcoded-stamps


silverfoxcc

Original Poster:

7,975 posts

160 months

That is like for like face value. if ii send in 100 stamps all at 1 70, they will send back 100 1st class stamps, not 170.00gbp