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March has been a very solid month for our ebay sales and today I just had my best ebay sale ever. I purchased an item in a box of junk at a farm clearing sale for $2 last week. I had my suspicians it was a bit special and some research proved this to be correct. I listed it for auction on ebay and it sold tonight for well over $400.00........
With another auction item from the same sale making a bit over $60 and a few regular sales through the stores its been a pretty good day.
I also purchased a number of rare books for $60 from an op-shop on the weekend and have a couple of these listed for $300 each. ( I havnt got around to listing them all yet ) I had an enquiry tonight asking if I would consider a reasonable offer on one of them. If I can sell that one it will make for an interesting and fun week on ebay.
@countessalmirenawrote:, that sounds like an astonishing piece of luck and knowledge. It does seem that occasionally an item listed for sale on eBay is like a suddenly dug-up treasure.
There was a fair element of luck to it. My wife was not impressed with the idea of me going to the sale as I have been buying a heap of stock lately. ( the country seems to be awash with cheap stuff at the moment ), but I chose to go anyway. ( Crazy, brave or stupid ???? ) I went to the sale specifically to buy two highly specialised, collectable items that where advertised. I phoned the owner before the sale to see if he had any other items related to those advertised. NO was the answer only the two.
Some-one else with a much bigger wallet than mine had also come to the sale specifically to buy the two items and I missed out. But while fossicking around in the boxes of junk lined up, I spied what I thought might be an extra piece of the puzzle. No-one else noticed it, so my $2 bid won the box. My initial thought was it was probably worth $150 but after research I listed it for auction at a $250 start bid. 18 watchers and several bids later it eventually sold for well over $400
It has proven to be a very profitable clearing sale day as another $10 purchase sold yesterday for $175 and an $8 item again sold yesterday for $75. I have barely scratched the surface of listing the clearing sale items and there is still plenty of gems to go, so it should be a fun few weeks. I,m already looking for the next sale to attend....... If I can find any storage space in the shed and the wife lets me off the lead....
How hard is it to give a blind lady the slip, unless she sets her dog onto you?
