Could it tempt you with an exclusive duvet jacket, with a reduction of a few thousand dollars? What pedal tractors to smallest man, 500 under retail price? Or a portable radio, DAB and internet, for nearly half the price?
Everything according to the sellers, that is. For all items, and many more of them have two things in common: They received Christmas gifts of the year, and they are sold unused – on finn.no – apparently at very reasonable prices so.
From crème brulè set for vacuum cleaner
early Christmas Eve began the first merchants to sign up – and beyond 1 Christmas day there have been an increasing number of. The product range is wide, from crème brulè set of knitting needles and watches, vacuum cleaner and a ticket to stand-up nights with Bård Tufte Johansen.
Electronics and clothing are among the categories they sell the most of, along with toys, hobby sports and leisure equipment, confirming Communications Advisor Henry Falls in finn.no. He said that the sale of individuals when the gifts under the tree are opened has skyrocketed in recent years.
equaled the record
– Last year there was an increase of nearly 50 percent compared with the level of ordinary days. Thus ended the total number of new private ads 1 Christmas Day at approx. 1,500. There kept it in a week’s time, and we are on track to equal the record this year, he said.
Falling stressed that this figure also includes those who use the occasion when, for example, has received final model Iphone, to replace the old version with a brand new one.Do not insult
– Some sell because they have got double up, others because the gift is not to everyone’s taste. And many are cautious enough to market the item as a Christmas gift, because they do not want to offend the giver, says communications consultant.
He admits also that the lack of receipts can be a problem in this type of sale.
No more stolen goods
To reduce the risk of ending up with loot, he recommends that the purchase to the control questions to the seller about who the donor is, what is the reason why one seller and the basis on which the seller has the price required.
– If there is no receipt, they have never any guarantee. But we did not experience any increase in the number of inquiries from people who want assistance from us to track stolen goods in this period, although the number of ads shoot so powerful in the air as it does, says Faller.
Finn.no is part of the media group Schibsted, which also owns Aftenposten.
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