A few products that are selling on eBay and Amazon.
Roomba
Here is a good test to see if the gold in the jewelry you buy is real gold or an alloy. The same thing applies to silver.
Below is a list of thrift stores in the Alhambra, CA area.
1. 218 West Main, Alhambra, 91801
2. 101 East Main Street, Alhambra, 91801
3. 1726 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
4. Justbox is a consignment store in Alhambra, 91801, located at 1306 S. Garfield Ave.
5. La Milan is a consignment store, located at 9040 Telstar, Suite 138, in El Monte. This place looks like they sell mostly expensive women's accessories.
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6. Here is a more comprehensive list of thrift stores in the area.
7. Here is another list, called yardsalesearch.com.
Excellent Tips from Bill Myers on How to Sell on eBay:
And here Bill offers a few more items that sell well.
ANOTHER STRATEGY FOR SELLING THRIFT STORE ITEMS ON eBAY
From a member at bmyers.com:
A thread on another forum got me thinking about "incompletes". It was a comment about missing game pieces, but that also made me think about other things that come in "sets" - like china, silverware, etc - and also how cheaply things often sell in thrift stores and especially garage sales when something is missing from a set.
So I trucked over to eBay and was astonished to not only to see the very same missing game piece for sale - but that the auction was being actively viewed and followed. Then I noticed several other pieces from the same game for sale by the same seller, and I knew that they were parting out the game (even the board), and if even only half of the items sell, they'll get much more than if they tried to sell the game "as is" in a garage sale. Or maybe...just maybe...they picked up the game for next to nothing with that very strategy in mind!
So, I have an incomplete set of nice Noritake china that came to me from a distant family member. It has no sentimental value to me per se (no one else in the family wanted it, so I took it) and it's a service for 12 that has enough pieces missing that you'd be lucky to set a table for 6. It's been stashed under the house for years, and I wouldn't get much if I tried to sell it as a set, but just maybe...
...and maybe I won't overlook those "parts missing" items I see going for next to nothing at garage sales anymore!
Roomba
Here is a good test to see if the gold in the jewelry you buy is real gold or an alloy. The same thing applies to silver.
Below is a list of thrift stores in the Alhambra, CA area.
1. 218 West Main, Alhambra, 91801
2. 101 East Main Street, Alhambra, 91801
3. 1726 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena
4. Justbox is a consignment store in Alhambra, 91801, located at 1306 S. Garfield Ave.
5. La Milan is a consignment store, located at 9040 Telstar, Suite 138, in El Monte. This place looks like they sell mostly expensive women's accessories.
View Larger Map
6. Here is a more comprehensive list of thrift stores in the area.
7. Here is another list, called yardsalesearch.com.
Excellent Tips from Bill Myers on How to Sell on eBay:
If you want to sell on eBay, here's what I'd suggest:
1. Get a decent pocket photo camera. 2. Sign up for an eBay account 3. Sign up for a PayPal account 4. Buy at least 20 low cost items on eBay using your payPal account. $1 items are OK. The goal is to get a eBay feedback score of at least 20 before you start selling anything 5. Visit http://hotlister.com and scroll through the different eBay categories until you see one that interests you. 6. From the category you choose, see what items have the most watchers and bids. Make a mental note of that. 7. Go to your nearest goodwill store, and look for items that match those on the hotlist. Especially women's clothes and jewelry. 8. Buy a few items, clean them up, take photos of them, and list on eBay. This will give you experience in taking photos, creating eBay listings, and handling eBay sales. 9. Keep doing this until you find a niche. FYI: The free eBay Insider newsletter has some very interesting success stories. Find it athttp://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/news/insiderfeb2012.html#sellersuccess Bill | |
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| Posted Mar 06,2012 11:21 AM |  Carnac |
If you plan to sell on ebay, I would look for things like this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9125106/Woman-sells-three-year-old-Chicken-McNugget-for-8100.html Mag | |
And here Bill offers a few more items that sell well.
ANOTHER STRATEGY FOR SELLING THRIFT STORE ITEMS ON eBAY
From a member at bmyers.com:
A thread on another forum got me thinking about "incompletes". It was a comment about missing game pieces, but that also made me think about other things that come in "sets" - like china, silverware, etc - and also how cheaply things often sell in thrift stores and especially garage sales when something is missing from a set.
So I trucked over to eBay and was astonished to not only to see the very same missing game piece for sale - but that the auction was being actively viewed and followed. Then I noticed several other pieces from the same game for sale by the same seller, and I knew that they were parting out the game (even the board), and if even only half of the items sell, they'll get much more than if they tried to sell the game "as is" in a garage sale. Or maybe...just maybe...they picked up the game for next to nothing with that very strategy in mind!
So, I have an incomplete set of nice Noritake china that came to me from a distant family member. It has no sentimental value to me per se (no one else in the family wanted it, so I took it) and it's a service for 12 that has enough pieces missing that you'd be lucky to set a table for 6. It's been stashed under the house for years, and I wouldn't get much if I tried to sell it as a set, but just maybe...
...and maybe I won't overlook those "parts missing" items I see going for next to nothing at garage sales anymore!
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