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Jay, Again, agreed. I can watch the “haul” videos and enjoy them, but you are right: that’s the fun part of this business (for most of us, anyway). But that doesn’t show all the work that goes into getting that haul sold. Or all the work that goes into knowing what to buy when you are ought gathering your haul…So yes, it can be misleading. I think most of us have learned to take what is of value to us from videos, forums etc and leave the rest. We all have our filters on.
almasty, Just to be clear, I have never paid for a get rich quick course. I have paid a few bucks for some pdfs which had value, just not as much as I would have liked. I’ve also paid for a few “webinars” which also had value, but again, I would have liked more. But I have never felt ripped off. None of these folks were “get rich quick” gurus, they were people providing information. In a couple cases, I can say I actually made good money because of the info they provided. Which is also true of free info I’ve obtained here and elsewhere.
I don’t think most people here are likely to pay thousands for “get rich” schemes. For me, what I paid for was less about “how” to do something and more about particular items to source. I have a huge library of reference books, accumulated over many years of buying and selling…some are better than others, some are a treasure trove of information, some are pretty pictures and not much more. I don’t regret buying most of them, because they’ve added to my knowledge.
There’s a huge difference between someone providing information about , say, early stoneware, and someone providing information about the lazy man’s guide to riches.
I probably should have been more clear when I mentioned that I’ve paid for information….
Jay, Agreed. Courses designed to improve a skill set, or aimed at a particular issue—such as your downtown building course—that’s one thing. But courses that promise—or imply a promise— to make you rich….my alarm bells go off.
Just want to add: I haven’t taken Cyndi’s program, and don’t know what advice she gives there. I will say that I have always thought this advice , from a long time ebay seller (and before ebay, successful B&M seller), was probably very good for dealing with the hills and valleys. Unfortunately, I’ve never been able to follow the send part LOL:
Sell used, antiques etc—that is your profit center. Won’t sell as often or as fast as you’d like, but buy cheap, sell high…
Sell a good selection of popular new stuff at a decent markup—that is your cash flow center. Your margins won’t be as high, but, if you picked good stuff, it will create steady cash flow.
Just something to consider….
Jay, Just read the article. I’ve bought info in the past from ebay “gurus” and have generally been disappointed. I wouldn’t say I was ripped off, and nothing I paid for was expensive. But the value—to me, at least—has almost always been less than I had expected. There’s so much good free information out there, I just find it hard to pay.
Hi Jay, I didn’t get to eBay Open this year, so if hints were given, I wasn’t there for them. I really have no idea what to expect. I do NOT expect a subscription change, but we can always hope….
I’m just hoping whatever they release, that it goes into effect pretty quickly, and not in October or November….we are awfully close to Q4….
IndySales
Tomorrow’s Weekly Chat is about Seller Protection…if you have questions, might be a good place to ask them.
I did not get the email. I got an invitation (I don’t use GSP), but it did not include any date by which I should sign up. I think you are probably correct about the GSP factor.
Sig, go to Facebook search and put in the name of a town near you….Facebook will show you some FB pages with the town name in the title…if none include words like rummage sale, yard sale, buy and sell, etc, try adding any of those words to the town’s name as a search term. There’s no consistency here. ANYONE can create a group or a page. For example, in my little area off the top of my head I can think of 6 or 7 such groups…many people cross post to the groups because they overlap so much. But FB isn’t like CL, where CL basically creates something and people post to it. Say you live in an area known as Splendid Valley….there could be a Splendid Valley Yard Sales page, a Splendid Valley Trading Post page, a Splendid Valley Buy and Sell, a Splendid Valley Moms Selling Kids Clothing…..
And as to pages for Collectible stuff : Just put in terms like Italian Pottery, Royal Haeger, Pennsylvania Antiques, Lefton, Stoneware….you’ll find groups dedicated to this stuff, often more than one group….
I’ll add to Steven’s answer: There are also FB Groups by topic. Almost anything collectible has a FB Group, some prohibit buying and selling, some allow it, and some are buy-sell only.
Do you list the ebay stuff as Local Pick Up Only, or do you list them with shipping?
Siglini, Will do. I often pass up larger items because of the time and expense of the shipping, but if it turns out FB is a good market for this stuff without shipping, I’ll be buying more….
Sure, Jay, if you’ll buy a case of my Pennsylvania Dutch Herbal Miracle Elixir, designed to cure rheumatism, lumbago, the vapors, consumption, and so much more!
I’ve had some luck with local Facebook groups, but I do think location makes a difference. I’m not just basically rural/small town, but , unlike Jay, I’m basically rural/small town without much in the way of tourist/cultural stuff….a good bit of my area is somewhat depressed, and most people seem to be looking for bargains (probably to resell LOL).
Still, I’m going to be pulling out some larger items from storage pretty soon, and I’ll probably give them a go.
So, that sounds like they net about a half million. Not bad, not bad at all…..
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