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34 The Link Magazine • January 2006
Swindon eBay business uncovers the treasures
CALLING ALL PROUD
It's just over a year since eBay trading company Let Us Auction It sold the first item, and owner Marc
CAR OWNERS Tielemans from Grange Park now sits in his Cheney Manor office surrounded by an increasing and ever
Have you scuffed your bumpers? changing assortment of items that might provide a windfall for their owners.
Have you kerbed your alloys? "The items that you think are als who simply _ Bargains, his sec-
Have you clipped your mirrors? worthless will be the ones that are don't have the 2 .... ^ ondary trading
worth a lot of money," said Marc, time. company dealing
Looking for a high quality
who has found some real gems The Tielemans "" 7 in electrical
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repair service? since he launched the business with have made some goods. He hopes
his wife Julie on 1 January 2005. intriguing sales. { to set up offices
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for prestige cars. "Before you take it to the tip it's One customer in other towns,
worth popping in or giving us a sold the entire ; with Swindon as
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From furniture to Chinese an- another a car to a li eBay trading
Call 07050 266325
tiques, musical instruments to cars, group of Russians A companies like
for a free quote Let Us Auction It has seen it all in who got off their Marc's exist in
www.trimlineswindon.co.uk its first year. plane and into the UK.
Largely from adverts in The Link, their new trans- 1 Formerly a cor-
the business has gone from port. They've sold poratehighflyer,
an antique double
out of a job when
CAR MEDIC strength to strength, breaking even bass for £8,800, a . his company was
after just six months and retaining
MOBILE VEHICLE DETAILING 100 percent positive feedback from cello for £3,000 bought out, Marc
eBayers. At any one time 75 to 150 and a flute for has learnt a lot
Huge Savings
itemsareonsale,and95percentof £2,350. The most about antiques
on body shop prices those get sold first time, interesting item ' - over the year, and
,
• Bumper scuffs • Trim damage While buying off eBay is all too was an official in- says he now sees
• Scratches • Dash repair easy, selling can be time consum- vitation to the fu- himself as an auc-
• Windscreen repairs • Alloy repairs ing and people often get it wrong. neral of King George V. tioneer. He is one of eBay's Power-
For a 30 per cent cut of the sale, LUAI has also been involved in sellers, and has attended the eBay
Only damaged areas repaired
Marc takes on the tricky task of charity auctions commission free, University to learn the tricks of the
Same day service
selling unwanted items - present- most recently selling a signed Brit- trade. "When you put something
We cone to you ing the goods on eBay with photos ish Lions rugby shirt to raise money up for sale and you expect it to sell
For FREE estimate and descriptions, and dispatching for the Link magazine Sally Law- for £100 and all of the sudden bid-
it to buyers. His customers range rence wheelchair appeal. ding is up to £1,000 it's very excit-
Tel: 875468 or from older people who don't have The new year will see further ing."
07775 954 351 the equipment or the technologi- development of the business as See the LUAI advert on page 7
cal know-how, to busy profession- Marc plans to enlarge Plenty-of- for contact details.
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