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| Karma As Co-pilot
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Added on 05/31/07 by Betsy
Yesterday's post about the universe using Goodwill and garage sales to offer it's wares came true yet again.
I have been collecting baby crap for a woman who is broke and didn't even have the cash for a car seat. She works at a retirement home full time for seven dollars an hour and has a 2 month old girl.
Two weeks ago a friend of my mothers-Pat-who works at the same retirement home called and asked me to collect stuff for her, she had gone in with her coworkers and raised $20.
All they wanted was a car seat to keep the baby safe and free up mom to go to the grocery store alone with the baby. I took this as a challenge.
My 2 year old had a 1 year old highly rated car seat she was to big for, so I cheated a little and passed that along. I asked did she have a bouncer, swing ya know all that junk the rest of America takes for granted.
No, Pat said she has nothing. She works all the time and her mother watches her daughter. She financially supports her mom, herself and her daughter on 7 bucks an hour.
So Karma and I went shopping.
Saturday in mid- May is prime sale season. On this particular day there were 29 subdivision garage sales, each sale having 11-110 sale houses.
I started at 7:30. Now one of the problems with starting early is that people. . . (read post) |
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| TV Shopping and Ebay
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Added on 01/09/07 by Betsy
If you are looking for a way to get hooked up with merchandise to sell on Ebay, consider buying returns, samples and unsold merchandise from home shopping networks.
They have a large and devoted fan based so even their house brand clothing sells well on Ebay. They also carry a lot of brands like Dooney, Dyson, and Birkenstock which have the recognition to draw searches on Ebay.
What's the catch? Often you have to purchase an entire pallet. This not only may make your neighbors curious, but also costs a bit of cash.
The amount you pay is based on a percentage of the retail of the pallet. Different departments sell for different percentages, jewelry sells for much higher a percentage than clothing for instance.
If you are interested contact the station's home office and tell them you are interested in purchasing their returns, they will direct you to the person who handles that.
Just do your research on the brands they carry and what that is worth in the completeds on Ebay.
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| The Wonderful World of Books for Profit
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Added on 11/17/06 by Betsy
Hi Betsy...I really enjoy reading your blog and am learning alot from you. I've recently started to go to garage sales to purchase items for resale. I was wondering if you could give any advice on the top things to look for. Are there items that seem to always be at a garage sale that the owner doesn't realize it's resale value that I should particularly look out for? Any other tips you'd like to offer? Thanks!
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>Melanie
Well Mel, one of the easiest things find at garage sales and flip for profit on Ebay are children's books.
If you go to google and do a search you can get a list of Caldecott winners, these books are very popular and sell well on Ebay.
Seuss books are another easy sell. Put them together in a lot of 25 and sell them for $35 buy it now.
Other authors worth some money: Eric Carle, Stephen Cosgrove, Sandra Boynton- basically any well known children's book author that someone would search for.
Some people sell mixed lots, meaning they just dump a whole bunch of kids books in a lot and sell it. I don't think this is very effective.
In my experience I have had the best luck with selling lots of the same series or author. You can also group them by interest or gender. My . . . (read post) |
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| ChildServ
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Added on 11/07/06 by Croncast
ChildServ is a group home for boys in Lisle, IL. It is a long term placement so typically the kids are there for around 2 years, some longer. The kids are usually 14-18- high school age. The staff is really dedicated to the well being of the kids and they love them tremendously even though as a result of the trauma they have been through these kids have a lot of behaviors that make them difficult to love. I have worked at several group homes and through case work visited many more. I have never seen a facility that respected the kids as much as ChildServ does, they really try to give the kids as much of a normal life as you can have living in a structured group home.
The kids that reside there typically have been in the system for years, many have been through a lot of foster homes and they just need a soft place to land with firm structure. Melissa is the group home manager and strict loving mommy type chick. A lot of the staff has been there for years, which is crazy since social work is measured in dog years 1=7.
There are also 2 other homes, one in Naperville and the other in Downers Grove. The Naperville home houses 6 girls, it is supposed to be an emergency group home for kids new to the system or for those have lost their last placement suddenly- however it is not unusual that the girls stay there for quite a while. The. . . (read post) |
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| Turning Halloween into Ebay Cash
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Added on 11/03/06 by Betsy
If you are a true seller.
If when you are cut you bleed an Ebay rainbow.
Then when you look at the calendar and see an upcoming holiday you think about how you can make money from it.
Halloween is a great example of an easy way to turn a holiday into cash.
It involves expensive things worn once.
Please note that for some reason this same logic does not extend to wedding dresses- believe me I have checked.
Adult costumes are especially desirable, as well as hard to find characters for children.
My favorites are Disney costumes. They are pretty well made so they last much longer than one night and they cost a fortune at the store. So much so many parents go oh that is so cute- how much?-lets see- I'M NOT PAYING THAT FOR SOMETHING THATS GETTING WORN ONCE
And so many parents turn to Ebay.
You may be thinking why the hell is she talking about Halloween when it's done for the year?
Answer: as a seller you need to be thinking about holidays all year.
When you are garage saling keep an eye out for any adult Disney costume they are pretty much all worth money. Also watch for inexpensive Disney Store kids costumes- especially the more unusual characters the store is unlikely to carry.
Some recent auction examples: an adult 2x eeyore costume sold for $205, Mad Hatter. . . (read post) |
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