http://www.democraticunderground.com/1026713Oh my.
wyldwolf (34,656 posts) Sat Jul 20, 2013, 12:13 PM
Been a while since I posted here - had the best buy of my life last night
Someone was having an estate sale - advertised 4000 DVDs among the usual items at estate sales have. The craigslist ad asked people to call for the sale address because he didn't want to publish the address.
I called and talked him into letting my come by for a sneak peek before the sale started.
He wasn't exaggerating. Shelves and shelves of DVDs, some new, most rarely ever played. I spent two hours scanning them and came away with about 100 pieces - many of them TV show box sets and Wii games - for $200.
Just got done listing them all and the listed value of the cache is $1500.
I may pay off a credit card by the end of the week.
Hmmm. Buys for $200, hopes to sell for $1500.
What's this about the greedy oil and drug companies again, those windfall profiteers?
libodem (12,477 posts) Sat Jul 20, 2013, 01:21 PM
1. Most excellent
I have a best friend who does eBay. I've been watching her and hope to screw up enough courage to try it someday.
grasswire (37,232 posts) Sat Jul 20, 2013, 10:49 PM
3. I'm back on ebay after being off for about three years
Unfortunately, they now have a limit on the number of items you can list in the first 90 days if you open a new account. Ten items a month. That limits me severely. And Paypal now holds your funds for 21 days until you get established. That sucks too.
But otherwise things aren't much different. EBay used to be a money tree, in the old days. I know people who still do very very well there.
safeinOhio (7,495 posts) Sat Jul 20, 2013, 09:50 PM
2. It pays to be nice to people selling things.
This week I saw an ad for a sale at a photo studio. Lots of props and lights. Was to open at 8 am. I was driving by the day before and saw the man setting up a tent outside, so I stop and asked how early I could get in. No early birds he said, not until 8 and not until the next day. I spot a primitive bench with a $20 price on it. I asked if I could buy it now. Sure he says and I've got 2 more inside. Invited me in, got first look and walked away with some nice stuff. He told me I bought all the stuff he didn't think would sell. I knew different.
The next day I got to look at a nice piece of furniture at a house. They were asking $800.. Told them that was a little more than I could spend, so she came up with a lower price, also picked up some other stuff at a great price. The best part was after I handed them the cash, they said they were now on the way to buy a new air conditioner as it must have been close to 100 in the house. Everyone was happy.
Anyway, getting back to Grandma Judy, the pie-and-jam primitive.
I hope she remembers this, as it made her nervous when she first saw it:
CountAllVotes (11,969 posts) Tue Jan 22, 2013, 06:12 PM
eBay question
I was going to try to sell a few things on eBay and I see they now want my SS#. Why is this?
Is it because you get taxed on your sales now or what?
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