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I used to go up to the local community college at the end of every semester and stand at the end of the math hall w/ a hand full of $20 bills and buy every Texas Instrument graphing calculator that anyone would part w/ for $20. The last time I did it, I ended up w/ 72 calculators and made just over 5k profit selling them on ebay. Not bad for a few hours of work.
 


GreeLee said:
I used to go up to the local community college at the end of every semester and stand at the end of the math hall w/ a hand full of $20 bills and buy every Texas Instrument graphing calculator that anyone would part w/ for $20. The last time I did it, I ended up w/ 72 calculators and made just over 5k profit. Not bad for a few hours of work.
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That's proper thinking outside the box right there! Great idea!
 
Win on the end of the year at colleges.

A few years ago a buddy put up some signs at the dorms at the local college telling them he was buying fridges, computers, electronics, furniture, etc... and that he would be there on a certain date.

Pulled up in 2 full sized uhauls, put poster boards up saying what they were buying and had a line of college kids bringing shit they knew they couldn't get home.

Spent about 8k and filled up the garage and sold off the computers pretty fast and other stuff slowly. He didn't sell it all though - he waited.

Pulled up in front of the school again on move in day the next year and sold everything back at about double what he bought for.

He probably made about 50k for a few days work.
 
I used to constantly buy things for reselling on eBay at yard sales, flea markets, thrift shops and estate sales, but now I wouldn't dream of it. In the good old days, I'd buy a useless vintage tchotchka for $1.50, and resell it for $40. I'm pretty much through with that due to their high fees, Paypal fees, onerous rules for sellers, high postal costs and too many items that just don't sell. People have less money now for collectibles and useless shit.

I still keep an eye out for scrap gold I can resell though. :338:

My best hauls: An Abingdon cookie jar I bought for $7, resold for $200; a bag of 14k gold findings I bought in a thrift shop for $1 worth about $300, a 23-gram solid gold watch chain bought at a thrift shop for $4 and a pair of vintage 14k gold cuff links I bought for .25.
 
GreeLee said:
I used to go up to the local community college at the end of every semester and stand at the end of the math hall w/ a hand full of $20 bills and buy every Texas Instrument graphing calculator that anyone would part w/ for $20. The last time I did it, I ended up w/ 72 calculators and made just over 5k profit selling them on ebay. Not bad for a few hours of work.
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Definitely stealing that idea!
 
mpbiz said:
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LOL good one
 
Another thing I used to do was buy pre-owned designer jeans from stores like Crossroads or Buffalo Exchange in bulk and then sell them on eBay. You could usually grab a pair of 7 For All Mankind jeans for like $30-$35 and then resell them for up to $100 on eBay, easily, as long as they were in decent shape and not altered.

I'm sure there is still money to be made doing this today, but you have to know which brands and which sizes sell the most (and for the most).
 
kingofsp said:
I'm sure there is still money to be made doing this today, but you have to know which brands and which sizes sell the most (and for the most).
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Not sure about brands, but I've heard "plus sizes" go well online, because I guess there is either low supply offline, or fatties are just shy to go shopping offline.
 
^That used to be my line of thinking as well, because the bigger sizes were usually marked down at the second hand shops, so I would pick them up. But overall they still didn't sell as well as like size 27-28 womens jeans. I think there is just more volume there. The big ones would still sell, there just wasn't as much demand, I found.

Maybe when it comes to selling regular brand jeans to Americans, there is more money in the fatty jeans online. But generally I think women willing to spend $200 to $300 on fancy jeans online are probably in better shape. Correct me if anyone feels that that's a sexist generalization.
 
kingofsp said:
^That used to be my line of thinking as well, because the bigger sizes were usually marked down at the second hand shops, so I would pick them up. But overall they still didn't sell as well as like size 27-28 womens jeans. I think there is just more volume there. The big ones would still sell, there just wasn't as much demand, I found.

Maybe when it comes to selling regular brand jeans to Americans, there is more money in the fatty jeans online. But generally I think women willing to spend $200 to $300 on fancy jeans online are probably in better shape. Correct me if anyone feels that that's a sexist generalization.
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Meh sounds about right :) I just read somewhere that "plus size" online stores do well these days. But that's not to say that designer stores don't do well either. It's just a matter of a niche market, right? I'd imagine designer stuff for women would be a bigger profit, as designer stuff tends to cost a little more than generic plus size stuff.
 
I'd say you're right, the plus size stores are making a killing but it's not with brand names, just the trendy/nice looking clothes. The majority of larger people want something that will make them blend in more and look suitable. The "BBW" are the ones that like the brandnames and those are still a minority.
 
I so wanted to say something earlier about 'buying in bulk' but I, unlike you, refrained.
 
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