posted on March 22, 2004 03:41:22 AM new
Wow who would of thunk it, that for only 30 hours per week, I can rake in $100,000/yr with epower and profits... it will give me all the insider secrets...
It sounded so good I sent in double the money for such a good deal...
I can't wait for my book Strike it Rich on eBay
SO this is how all you successful sellers do it...
posted on March 22, 2004 05:00:40 AM new
Twelve, dont forget to go out and buy up a whole buncha real estate with no money down, too. You will be a millionare in minutes!! hahaha
posted on March 22, 2004 07:02:33 AM new
Hi Tom --pleeeeze pretty pleez tell me again how to post a photo...I have searched and searched this BB but cannot find where you posted it before.Thanks
~~BTW the handsome man on the left I recognise as George W but am unsure about the one on the right ~~ is it Kerry before Botox injections and without cosmetics?
posted on March 22, 2004 07:09:06 AM new
I really think some folks think ebay is a get rich quick highway.I work all the time.. more than a 8 hour day more like 12-14. My friends think I do not WORK just sell on Ebay ~ what a misconception-I wonder if others work long hours or is it JUST ME?
posted on March 22, 2004 09:42:17 AM new
I saw part of Chuck W.'s pitch. What a crock.
I too work awfully hard for the money I make on Ebay. I took last week off to catch up on home things and to breathe a bit. Today I'm stalling getting started with choosing what I'll list and taking pictures. Because I know I'll be working hard this week! People just have no idea, especially for those of us who sell odd collectibles all the time and have to start from scratch with each item.
But last night I sold about 25 items and made $555, which, for me, ain't too shabby!
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posted on March 22, 2004 07:03:12 PM new
There are really three ways to make money on ebay.
The first is what the grinders do - push out lots of stuff at some margin, ie, the Wal mart approach.
The second approach is to sell for good margins by selling genuinely good stuff- fine antiques, good jewelry, stolen merchandise etc. However, if you're selling any of this, what you're doing is trading the quick sale for maximum profit. I have seldom see an item bring on eBay what it EVENTUALLY WOULD HAVE brought at a B&M store.
The third way that most of us who get by on eBay earnings do it is more prosaic and
the essence of most used merchandise sales operations, be it cars, furniture , antiques. Push it out at a margin and pay the bills - and every once in a while, HIT BIG -a REAL HOME RUN, the $10 item you sell for $750 or whatever. We've all had 'em, the real trick is to have more of 'em.
I guess there is one more way - have bought the stock when it first came out.
posted on March 22, 2004 07:39:33 PM new
Good for you Roadsmith-I think a lot of sellers would like to reap that kind of profit in a week. Now the tough part comes. Packaging.
I also agree with that I don't usually sell two items alike so I have to write descriptions for everything I sell no cut and paste for me. Takes a while to put all those auctions on you sold. This isn't an easy job or I mean hobby.
posted on March 22, 2004 11:08:28 PM new
Libra: The packaging hasn't been too bad for the last month because I've been selling almost solely books, and you know how fast one of those can be packaged! The Sunday p.m. closings were all books or ephemera like old church bulletins, etc. Again, no problem packaging. I'm taking a break from breakables; I have a lot of glass things I can't identify but will post them here eventually for help from all our Vendio pals.
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posted on March 22, 2004 11:59:26 PM new
Bob, I agree with your assessment about evenutally more getting at a B&M. But I know a little shop where the owner sells things at very reasonable prices. I asked her one day why letting such and such go so cheap? And she said, the longer it stays on the shelf, the more people man-handle it, break and chip it, and then I cant sell it at all. I had to wonder if other B&M owners adapt that attitude to some degree?
I know it made it sense for me just for collectables in this house!! I should probably be more careful with them, but tend to move things around, to make room etc. Just yesterday, I had a hanging wall type shelf come crashing down. I either didnt secure it too well, or put one to many heavy pieces of Pottery on it. I was going to sell it when I felt the timing was better for it; but now its all in garbage!!
