Ebay
Didn't know where else to post this but started here because ebay is a directory of sorts.
I have in the past sold many items on ebay. For those of you that have never tried it - don't be afraid of it.
There are some things to beware of though.
When you are selling something on ebay - make sure that something hasn't cost you a lot and that you can sell it for a great markup because you will have to sell it for a great mark up just to get over ebays fees.
Here is an example -
I went to a garage sale -(and I have done this many, many times) and I bought an ashtray for 10 cents. I didn't really know if the ashtray was worth anything but it looked a little bit better than most junk I see and it was handpainted and it had "Made in India" written on the bottom. For 10 cents I thought I could take the chance so I bought it and went home and put it on ebay. I sold that ashtray for 30.00!
Another example of what I do -
I go to a local auction - at the end of the auction the auctioneer will go to this room where there are about 100 boxes lined up on the floor all in rows. The auctioneer will start to auction off these boxes for maybe 5 dollars. If you win - you get to choose which box you want for 5.00 and you take all the contents in the box for 5.00 -
Well if you see a box with great stuff in it -stuff that would sell for way more than 5.00 on ebay then bid, win and pick your box. Well I take this one step further.
I let everyone else take the "choice" boxes - then I wait until only the "junk" boxes are left that no one wants. The auctioneer will auction "ALL OF THE BOXES THAT ARE LEFT" for one price. The bidding will start, since the same people have been here for this entire auction they usually have already decided they don't want any of these boxes so the bidding will actually get down to $1.00 takes ALL THE BOXES THAT ARE LEFT - even if there are 50 boxes left - you bid, you win, you get them all for $1.00!
Now it doesn't take a genius to figure out there is something in those boxes that is worth more than a dollar!
What happens is I win all the boxes. Then I have the task of carrying them by myself to my van and loading them - could take a half hour or more working alone. Then I go home - sort through them - junk in one pile - good stuff in another pile.
The junk stuff - take to the salvation army and get a slip to use as a write off for your taxes because you made a donation.
The good stuff list on ebay and make money. I usually - for my $1.00 investment will make over 300.00 - 500.00 on ebay.
One time I was going through the boxes that I bought for $1.00 and found $7.42 cents in loose change. LOL
So ebay is another great directory for making money if you do it right.
Connie
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