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My goal for this year is to be more focused throughout the day. I’m easily distracted and it is quite common for me to sit in my ebay room the entire day and only get 3 or 4 things listed! One major motivation for me to stay on task & list is I bought a new-ish car yesterday. It was desperately needed as my 16 year old Ford Escape with 198K miles had become very unreliable and left me stranded more than once. So now I have a car loan for the first time in over 15 years. Having that debt hanging over my head is very motivating. I want it paid off ASAP!
Happy 2017 everybody!
Wow! Flashback! I once moved into a house in Iowa that had wallpaper all over the place that is the exact match to that fabric.
I follow my favorite sellers on ebay and then at night while lying in bed I sometimes flip through their solds on the ebay app. I noticed that Dec 27th was a GREAT day for Ryanne and Jay’s store! Two astronomical sales. Can’t wait to hear about it on the next podcast.
Hi Mr. Cardinal, I used to live in NW DC. If you haven’t been there yet, you might want to visit the thrift store that is on Wisconsin Ave, in church basement next door to the National Cathedral. I used to visit it a lot when I was just starting to dip my toes into reselling on ebay. It’s a wealthy neighborhood so they get a lot of great things donated to them.
I thought I’d share a “scavenging while on the road” story. I went to Iowa for 2 weeks to help my parents move. While there I shopped at my favorite hometown thrift store and picked up a $4 snare drum. It was a little beat up, which is the type of stuff I’m drawn to for resale. I didn’t want to ship it back home to Georgia as it was pretty heavy so I listed it for a quick flip. It sold in less than 24 hours for $385! That was enough to pay for my roundtrip flight and airport parking for the 2 weeks. Details on the drum – it was a 1944-1945 Slingerland snare drum with wood finish. If it had been in better shape and I was at home in GA, I might have held out for $500 – $600.
