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Sweetheart Deals for the Ebay
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Spice Up Your Garage Sales Too!
We have all heard about sweetheart deals, and I have one. Next
to my home is a quasi-antique-junk store. I don't mean to sound
snobbish, but that's what it is, and I love it. The owner of
the place buys estates and rejects from other estate buyers.
Just think, I live next to this three story heaven! And heaven
it is -filled from top to bottom with the kinds of things to
make a pack rat cry in envy!
If Forest Gump were to go there, he would definitely say it's
like a box of chocolates-"You never know what you are going to
get." I found 10 marble eggs which I bought for 10 dollars. Now
this is not a Jack-in-the-Beanstalk story, and I didn't take
them out back and plant them. I did admire them, spin them
around like tops, and even juggled them over my bed. Alas, I
placed them on eBay and waited for the feeding frenzy. Well,
the feeding frenzy never happened and they sold for $9.50. Ugh.
Fine, but what about the sweetheart deal you might ask?
Small Items Work Well At a Garage Sale
Now, If I had taken those same eggs and placed them in my
garage sale, I might have had more success. Part of the fun of
is trying to guess how to sell the item whether via Ebay or the
ever popular garage sale. With the lovely marble eggs, I simply
guessed wrong!
Since the guy knows me as his neighbor and trusts me, he lets
me take his higher-end items and place them on eBay without
paying him one cent. He tells me what he wants for the item,
and that's what I pay him if the item sells. Now that, my
friends, is a sweetheart deal! So far, I haven't exactly hit
the jackpot with this agreement, but the potential is
there.
Recently, I grabbed three absolutely luxurious fur coats off
his rack and asked him. "How much?" One beautiful black fur
coat was a mystery fur but I took it anyway for $120.00 due
after I sold it. I also took another one for $85.00 and a third
for $75.00. Being the clever guy that I am, I thought it would
be a good idea to place the one I could identify on eBay
first.
This one was a mink stole. To protect myself I placed a 75.00
reserve on the stole. Placing a reserve on anything on eBay is
like dumping ice water on all bidders. The mink stole was not
an exception, and it received zero bids. I learned that fur
coats were not selling at this time and returned them being the
loser for about $3.00 in listing fees.
Ebay...Home of a million Paintings!
I knew success was waiting for me so I pressed on in the form
of a wonderful painting of an old man framed in a magnificent
gilded frame. How much, I asked. Fifty dollars was the reply.
Moments later the picture was staring at the whole eBay world,
of course with a $50.00 reserve!
In the last hour of the last day, bidders came out of hiding
and bumped the opening bid of 20.00 upward. The excitement of
it all! This unknown painter from the past was going to be my
ticket to a Caribbean vacation. The bidding was going fast and
furious, but... only one dollar at a time-not a good sign. Time
ran out! The winning bid was, you may have guessed
it...$50.00!
Have you ever packed a large painting? Ugh. I paid the junk
store guy his $50.00 and was left with another $3.00 listing
fee. I know success is waiting for me somewhere in that three
story building, and I am going to find it next time.
Garage sales are hotter than ever. This article shows you
how to find great treasures for your next garage sale as well
as for doing Ebay.
by John Lundgren -
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John Lundgren has been a chasing down garage sales ever since
he discovered a tackle box filled with antique fishing lures
years ago. His website at www.garagesalebonanza.com is filled
with free garage sale tips.
Source: http://www.garagesalebonanza.com
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