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
- Small Bubble Wrap
- Clear Packing Tape
- Heavy Duty Strapping Filament Tape
- Poly Mailers
from Ecoswift (these are the sizes we love: 6×9, 9×12, 14×17, 19×24)
- Small Weight Scale
- Large Weight Scale
- Travel Luggage Scale
- Good Scissors
- Sharpies
- Fragile Stickers
- Carton Sizer
- Ebay 8.5×11 Shipping Labels
- Big Bubble Wrap
Printing-
Photography-
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- Panasonic GH1 (we have used this for years, love it)
- 20mm Lens for Camera (make your photos look super pro)
- Canon Powershot (a great starter camera)
- iPhone SE 2020 or even more frugal is the iPhone 7, both work great w/ eBay mobile app
- 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-