X-box? Do we use you anymore? Do we play Rockband still? Sadly, no. SOLD. Does Nathan need his old IKEA loft bed? I hope not. Suddenly, we're $200 dollars richer.
Dog cage (I found at DI for Toby for 5 bucks) sold for $45. Who knew those things were so expensive? My friend Julie. She told me: "Don't give that away! You can make 40 bucks!" So I did. Other dog kennel for flying sold for $20. Dog fence sold for $40. And it just gets better.
So, in two weeks, Nathan and I have sold over 30 items on the classified items. Our highest seller was Nathan's old Fender electric guitar.
Second place goes to Nathan's bike I bought at a yard sale for $80. He was sadly too tall for it.
But, my best sells were the stroller I found for free and sold for $20 and the IKEA highchair I bought for $5 and sold for $60.
I'm addicted. It's so much fun to get paid to get rid of old stuff and to make money garage sale-ing. Yes. That's a verb in my vocabulary.
Ty said, "Silly girl. That's not a bass." I'm taking no sides. Haha.
ReplyDeleteWay to go with the makings of monies. You're so awesome. I think I'm going to have to give that a try. That is, if my hoarder husband will let me get rid of anything.
Ha! I thought the same thing about the guitar. Not a bass... I would have bought it. I can't wait until my kids are old enough to want electric guitars and drum sets so I can buy them and play them when they are not home...
ReplyDeleteWe do that all the time. Buy something used. Re-sell it later for more than we paid. I did that with just about all Ben's baby stuff: swing, high chair, bouncy seat, car seat, etc. Chris did that with a Segway. He was like, "I want a Segway." I was like, "Go for it, as long as you can sell for as much as you paid." He rode it for a few months and sold it for a few hundred more.
It's a little addictive. I haven't done it since we got to Atlanta, taking a buying/selling break. Plus, Atlanta doesn't have as good of a craigslist as Virginia and Seattle.
Haha. I updated it! It no longer says "bass" instead of "electric." Thanks for showing me the error of my ways :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, Chris had a Segway? That is pretty awesome. Good thing he sold it before the CEO rode one of a cliff this past weekend. I'm sure that didn't help the resell value.
And you can always get away with reselling things a little higher than what you paid if you are patient. I love it!
You're brilliant! I'm impressed with the profit on the high chair! I think how you word things in your ad helps too. You probably wrote some enticing sales pitches. :) I've clicked on a few ads promising "vintage" or "rustic" things which are instead just "disgusting." It makes all the difference. :)
ReplyDeletethat bike is beautiful! i'm kicking myself right now for not seeing in sooner!
ReplyDeleteThis is so inspiring! I am excited to try this with our furniture!
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