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05/09/2019 at 3:21 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Retractable lamp, Mustang emblem, Califone Record player, Wicker chairs, Stereo amp, Kitchen clock #61579
Those old Yamaha triples were cool. I had an 850 Midnight Special back in the day.. Great bike.
If you have the room and buy the right motorcycle, you can do quite well parting it out.
I just printed a label and it worked fine here.
About 20 years ago, I bought a used Toyota Pickup based motorhome on the cheap to see the country. It was about 18 feet long, but had everything, stove heater bathroom etc and I loved it. It was pretty slow, but got 15 to 18 MPG, depending on the trip speed etc.
I did a lot of stealth camping/sleeping for free and spent a lot of my days at one of the many San Diego beaches. It was an interesting time.
Nowadays due to the housing crisis and the internet, things have changed. There are a lot more people living in vehicles of all types and unfortunately not all of them are responsible. Some are committing crimes and others and just plain being disrespectful and creating unsanitary conditions where they park.
As a result many communities have basically created laws to prevent street parking for any vehicle that remotely resembles an RV. Even residents are prevented from parking their own vehicles there. It’s really a shame, because the few bad apples are ruining it for the rest of us.
I had planned on buying another small RV for my scavenging trips, but have since changed my plan. I may just get a van and install a bed or convert one of my small trailers to sleep in and also use as a haul vehicle.
The whole RV thing is very American. The prices can be as low as $2500 for an older used unit up to six figures for the lotto winner. One of my favorites is a Vixen from the 1980’s. It’s got a BMW diesel and gets up to 30 MPG. Unfortunately it’s very expensive. The Toyota Pickup based RV’s from the late 70’s up to the early 90’s are also very popular and efficient.
It’s all about choices and what’s important to you, but you don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a quality RV.
I just checked again.. delivery bu Thursday 05/09.
I just have no ambition to get on the phone with customer service.
Way to go on the sales Dunn_sell.
Be careful listing Monster Energy items. They are a target for Vero violations..
Congrats on your numbers.
The biggest luxury for me is being debt free. Life is about making choices and I choose not to take on consumer debt, particularly for luxuries.
I much prefer to drive or own something that is older or less glamorous in exchange for being debt free.
It really feels different.. at least to me.
USPS money orders can be verified and cashed on the spot at many post offices. Yes, it’s an extra step, but may be worth it if there’s a question.
Helping someone who is motivated and a self starter is fun. In the end you’ll learn a lot from her as she gets more involved.
I’ve met so many people, who say they want to earn more income and learn how to sell. In the end they aren’t willing to do the work or find it over whelming and quit.
Helping your cousin is a nice thing to do.. Good for you.
“kids younger than us (i turn 40 this year) are going to be a generation where college and home ownership might be 100% unattainable because of cost. is that the country we want? i don’t”
Yes, we really sold a generation of our youth a real bill of goods. Congress passed a law giving the lending institutions unprecedented power to collect student loan debt. Then we convinced anyone that would listen that the “ONLY” path to financial success in America was through a college education.
Over time, the colleges took advantage of this new found access to money and raised the cost of education to the moon.
The result is crippling student loan debt. I’m guessing this has hurt more people than it is helping.
The “Sink or Swim” mentality has it’s merits, but do we really want to have our kids in six figure debt, before they are old enough to buy cigarettes? Do we believe, they have the maturity to make these life changing decisions at such a young age. If we aren’t careful, we may end up with a generation of indentured servants.
“We’ve listened to seller feedback and are making changes directly in response.”
I love this phrase… newspeak right out of 1984, by Orwell.
Hi Linda,
I just moved from Long Beach to the High desert. The real estate prices are way way cheaper here and you actually get land.
I changed my handling time to 15 business days and left it there for months. Yes, my sales slowed, but my store never closed and there was no stress regarding shipping.
It’s not just retrieving the items that’s an issue, you’ve also got to ship them. You need access to all your shipping supplies. as well as your printer etc. Most items shipped out in far less than 15 days, but again, I didn’t stress about shipping at all.
I wouldn’t worry too much about the difference in postage. When you consider your other expenses you’ll be having,, the difference in postage won’t even show up on the radar.
Yes, purge the bulky stuff and keep your eye on the big picture. The most important thing is that you make the move as successful as possible.
When I moved about 125 miles away, I rented a storage unit and basically moved everything I wanted to keep in it. I changed my handling time to 15 days and stopped listing and sourcing. I prepared my house for sale and eventually sold it. I them found a great deal on a newer house with land in the new area and started moving in. I had to outfit a storage building (trailer) and set up a shelving system and shipping station in the garage. After all that I finally moved my handling time from 15 days back to 3 days.
Sure, I lost a lot of sales, but the move went really well. My new home was about 1/3 the cost of the house I sold
If you do decide to move cross country, set up a new mailing address ahead of time and notify everyone. I waited too long and it ended up stressing me out. You’ll also need to set up forwarding of your mail with the post office. I also ended up going paperless with most of my bills.
Toward the end of the move-out, I was purging like mad. You cannot begin this soon enough. Sell it, trash it or donate it. I cannot imagine the hassle and cost of moving a car collection and all the associated tools etc.
Have you contacted a realtor yet. I would recommend doing it sooner than later. The house will need to be as empty and clean as possible to get the best price.
I’m happy to answer any questions you may have.
Good Luck
In the area I currently live in, its fairly common to purchase a retired steel shipping container for about $3000 and use it for storage. They are really tough and weather tight.
Typically they are 40 feet long by 8 feet wide and about 9 feet tall.
Many people also have them modified into workshops with electricity and extra doors.
I wouldn’t have any reservations accepting a USPS money order. You can cash them at just about any Post Office. Just tell the buyer, you won’t send the item. until payment clears.
I ended up getting the same deal on the same day at Home Depot. The only place I saw it advertised was on the internet and they wouldn’t show the price until that day.
They didn’t even have the sale price marked in the store, but when I got to the register is rang up.
Thanks again for the heads up Andrea..
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