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10 Benefits Of Opening An eBay Store
Whether you are just getting started or are an experienced eBay Power Seller, having an eBay Store is a wonderful way to reach potential customers you may not get through eBay auctions. Here are some benefits having an eBay Store can provide your...
AUCTION TIP: A Basic eBay Listing Template
The following article pertains to anyone who is looking to start an online auction business on eBay. Please feel free to use it for your ezine, web site, or any other electronic or print publication, with the following exception: You may NOT use...
eBay Auctions and the fear of the unknown
eBay Auctions and the fear of the unknown
One of the things that keep people from performing is fear of the unknown. Hosea 4:6 says, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." The good news is that the unknown can be conquered with good...
I cannot tell a lie - Washington's hair selling on eBay
Reported in The Enquirer on July 17th BOONEVILLE, KY. An eastern Kentucky woman hopes to fetch at least $750,000 for a Revolutionary War map and a few strands of hair that she says belonged to George Washington. Christa Allen from Kentucky needs...
To eBay or NOT to eBay
To eBay or Not to Ebay by Gillian Tarawhiti Community Training Centre http://www.millionairerippleeffect.com FACT: eBay’s Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) 2003 - GMS, the total value of items sold, was a record $24 billion, representing a 60%...
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Sweetheart Deals For The eBay Hopeful
Sweetheart Deals For The eBay Hopeful
We have all heard about sweetheart deals, and I have one. Next to my home is a quasi-antique-junk store. I don't mean to sound snobbish, but that's what it is, and I love it. The owner of the place buys estates and rejects from other estate buyers. Just think, I live next to this three story heaven! And heaven it is - filled from top to bottom with the kinds of things to make a pack rat cry in envy!
If Forest Gump were to go there, he would definitely say it's like a box of chocolates-"You never know what you are going to get." I found 10 marble eggs which I bought for 10 dollars. Now this is not a Jack-in-the-Beanstalk story, and I didn't take them out back and plant them. I did admire them, spin them around like tops, and even juggled them over my bed. Alas, I placed them on eBay and waited for the feeding frenzy. Well, the feeding frenzy never happened and they sold for $9.50. Ugh. Fine, but what about the sweetheart deal you might ask?
Since the guy knows me as his neighbor and trusts me, he lets me take his higher- end items and place them on eBay without paying him one cent. He tells me what he wants for the item, and that's what I pay him if the item sells. Now that, my friends, is a sweetheart deal! So far, I haven't exactly hit the jackpot with this agreement, but the potential is there.
Recently, I grabbed three absolutely luxurious fur coats off his rack and asked him. "How much?" One beautiful black fur coat was a mystery fur but I took it anyway for $120.00 due after I sold it. I also took another one for $85.00 and a
third for $75.00. Being the clever guy that I am, I thought it would be a good idea to place the one I could identify on eBay first. This one was a mink stole. To protect myself I placed a 75.00 reserve on the stole. Placing a reserve on anything on eBay is like dumping ice water on all bidders. The mink stole was not an exception, and it received zero bids. I learned that fur coats were not selling at this time and returned them being the loser for about $3.00 in listing fees.
I knew success was waiting for me so I pressed on in the form of a wonderful painting of an old man framed in a magnificent gilded frame. How much, I asked. Fifty dollars was the reply. Moments later the picture was staring at the whole eBay world, of course with a $50.00 reserve! In the last hour of the last day, bidders came out of hiding and bumped the opening bid of 20.00 upward. The excitement of it all! This unknown painter from the past was going to be my ticket to a Caribbean vacation. The bidding was going fast and furious, but only one dollar at a time-not a good sign. Time ran out! The winning bid was, you may have guessed it...$50.00!
Have you ever packed a large painting? Ugh. I paid the junk store guy his $50.00 and was left with another $3.00 listing fee. I know success is waiting for me somewhere in that three story building, and I am going to find it next time.
About the author:
John Lundgren offers free garage sale tips at his website www.garagesale-rx.com
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