Comments on: Got Any Gold In Your Closet?

By: Jackson Hill

Jackson Hill — Fri, 07 May 2010 00:30:10 +0000

My alternative income stream is selling stuffs on Ebay and i can say that i earn a lot from selling on Ebay.`”

By: Master Allan

Master Allan — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:24:44 +0000

I sell a few items a month on ebay and I am always amazed at what sells. A few years ago I was cleaning out a drawer and found a “commerative 1996 olympics skiing event coin”. It was a freebie from a corn flakes box a decade ago, still in original packaging. I threw it into the trash, then reconsidered, and started the auction at 99 cents. The item sold after a bid war for $7.50 and even after fees that is another two large boxes of corn flakes!

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» Linkfests Are Fun! on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:00:28 +0000

[...] JLP highlights a typical arbitraging tactic – buying popular items cheap and selling them once they run out in the stores on a site like eBay. One year in college I saw that Ashton Kutcher wore a green John Deere mesh hat on Punk’d so I snatched up a ridiculous amount (over a hundred) from various John Deere distributors for about $5 a piece and sold them on ebay for $25-$30 depending on the sucker buyer. It was pretty sweet. [...]

By: Personal Finance and Investing Blog » Blog Archive » Weekly Blog Roundup, Flight to California Edition

Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:50:43 +0000

[...] Blueprint for Financial Prosperity warns not to trade stocks without insider information. AllFinancialMatters points out some people are making a lot of money reselling Target clothing on eBay. [...]

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Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:48:41 +0000

By: zen

zen — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:34:30 +0000

This just proves how dumb some people are with their money – if it’s fashionable, I must pay more on ebay for it!

By: db

db — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:19:07 +0000

I vote for burning it! (after she’s out of it of course)

GAH — current fashions. Glad I’m not a fashionista.

By: JLP

JLP — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:50:09 +0000

Jonathan,

Yes, it is hideous. All the more reason to sell it!

By: Marshall Middle

Marshall Middle — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:55:19 +0000

That’s a great idea. It’s all about marketing.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:07:28 +0000

Am I the only one that thinks that thing is hideous? It’s like she turned it inside-out by accident…