Purchasing bulk pallets

[quadrille]

Has anyone purchased bulk pallets? I did about 10 years ago I made the mistake of not understanding what was on the pallet so I received a pallet of good condition window air conditioners very hard to sell. I ended up tested them and they all worked I sold to my friend for $50 each no facebook at the time. I would like to revisit this and would appreciate any shared experiences anyone has with this?

Thanks
Marc

[Retro Treasures WV]

It is quite popular around here. Even Goodwill does it. Personally I avoid it like the plague. So much of the product is junk. It has all but ruined facebook yardsale groups.

[cebanak]

I have done it recently and a few years ago I did it more… Problem I have had both times is the owners of the store cherry picking pallets. How do i know this? Well the place I dealt with a few years ago had their own store and sometimes I would get a pallet that was “covered off the truck” but had items from their store with their price tags on it. Also sometimes got pallets with empty boxes, walmart is not going to just fill a box with newspaper and put it on a pallet.

The more recent place I went to I felt I got another cherry picked pallet cause it had items with return dates that varied by months. I broke even by selling stuff at a yard sale and on facebook but it was not worth trying to sell the stuff on eBay or Amazon.

I have a friend who goes to a place in NC that you get to buy pallets right off the truck when it shows up and he has had good luck (has gotten a few TV’s and a lot of home goods in open boxes but not destroyed like the stuff I got).

The place he goes to is L&W Wholesale its in Chandler NC

[quadrille]

Ok I would like to revisit this as now I am seeing websites and even a local Facebook post of someone that has a warehouse with pallets.  Anyone doing this successfully?

 

Marc

[quadrille]

Has anyone visited this place https://bargainsbundles.com/

 

 

[Sharyn]

Someone mentioned Bulq.com on the forums last year, and I’ve looked around on their site. I have too much inventory to go through right now, but maybe some day I’ll buy a box.

The link you posted is less than an hour drive for me. Maybe I’ll go some day.

You could also take a look at this place: http://www.aeclothing.net. They are one of the companies that buy used clothing from school and organization fund raisers. They are located in Carteret, NJ. I’ve never bought from them either.

[dwashnc]

You end up with a lot of product that isn’t worth much at the bottom of those pallets.  The good items can still make it worth it as long as you have a channel to get rid of the fluff.

[Antique Frog]

There’s a local thrift-shop-chain warehouse near me that’s open Thursday-Sunday, dealing mostly in furniture. Over the last year or two, it seems a lot of the furniture is sold before the warehouse opens, judging by the ‘sold’ stickers on stuff.

I reckon, wherever there’s an accumulation of second-hand or returned goods waiting to be sold, a back channel arises through which the more desirable items percolate. A friend works at a warehouse inspecting and re-packing catalogue returns; they are allowed to purchase items off the shop floor.

[TopNotch]

We buy 2-4 truckloads per week. I never did pallets for the exact same reasons stated above.  Too many hands and too little profit

[So Cal Joe]

Check out  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=resale+rabbit

He does pallet buys and store closeouts. He also sells on Ebay and Amazon. He’s  got a warehouse and does clearance dollar type sales several times a year to clear inventory.

I think his business model is great.

 

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