Sell it in person

Gumtree
Gumtree is like an online car boot sale. It started off as a place to advertise rooms and flats to let but has gradually developed into a we-sell-everything kind of site. It's now owned by eBay. What's great about it is it's focussed on individual sellers, rather than shops or professional traders.

It's very simple and straightforward to post an ad and you can upload photos of what you want to sell too. As with eBay, it's important to take good shots, preferably on a simple background such as a table or the floor.

Be as informative as possible about the product, but don't flood the page with information as reading massive amounts of text becomes tedious.

As with eBay, offering cheap postage and packaging is a good incentive. There's no user-rating system, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't play nice. Good customer service should always be valued.

Make sure to carry out transactions over a system such as PayPal, or alternatively organise to do the exchange in person, preferably in a public place.

Car boot sales
If you'd rather see the person you're selling to, the best place to do it is at a car boot sale. There are no delivery charges and you get the cash straight away.

Try to present your products as well as possible. The cleaner and shinier something is, the more likely someone will buy it, so brush off any dust and polish those surfaces.

Next up, try to make sure you have all the bits and pieces that came with the original device. If you're selling an old TV, for example, see if you can find the remote that came with it.

Keep in mind that people will be coming to haggle with you, so don't be afraid to price your products a little higher than you would online.

Finally, get out there and enjoy it, car boot sales are a great day out and a happy-looking sales person is more likely to attract customers than a grumpy one.

For more information about car boot sales near you, have a look at carbootjunction.com.