Services and Tools We Use and Love
Packing and Shipping- Having sold thousands of items on ebay, we consider ourselves experienced shippers. These are the items we swear by:
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- Big Bubble Wrap [buy on ebay]
- Small Bubble Wrap [buy on ebay]
- Clear Packing Tape [buy on ebay]
- Poly Mailers [buy on ebay]
- Small Weight Scale [buy on ebay]
- Large Weight Scale [buy on ebay]
- Travel Luggage Scale [buy on ebay]
- Good Scissors [buy on ebay]
- Sharpies [buy on ebay]
- Fragile Stickers [buy on ebay]
- Carton Sizer [buy on ebay]
- Ebay 8.5×11 Shipping Labels [buy on ebay]
Ebay 4×6 Thermal Fanfold Labels [buy on ebay]
- Big Bubble Wrap [buy on ebay]
Printing-
Photography-
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- Panasonic GH1 (we have used this for years, love it) [buy on ebay]
- 20mm Lens for Camera (make your photos look super pro) [buy on ebay]
- Canon Powershot (a great starter camera)
- iPhone SE 2020 or even more frugal is the iPhone 7, both work great w/ eBay mobile app [buy on ebay]
- Affordable Cowboy Lighting Kit (for big stuff-see how to use it)
- Affordable Professional Light Box Kit (for smaller stuff)
- Slide Scanner (we talk about selling slides here)
- Pixelmator (editing software for Mac)
Storage and Organization-
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- Sturdy Metal Shelves
- Storage Totes
- Sticky Labels
- White Duct Tape
- Ziploc Bags (for items in bins)
- 12×20 Clear Produce Bags
Buying-
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- Auction Zip
- EstateSales.net
- Yard Sale Treasure Map (iPhone, Android)
- Gov’t Surplus Auctions
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- Ting (we saved $1720 for phone service)
- Uber or Lyft (how to get places cheaply, efficiently)
- Airbnb (Forget hotel rooms. This is how we rent awesome apartments when we travel.)
Taxes-