[TheForge] selling on ebay

[Jerry Smith]

What I have seen is people gather stuff from the
"FreeCycle" B Boards in most cities and then reselling
a lot of that stuff on eBay. Great scam if you can do
it.

Jerry

--- Steve Smith <sos at alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> 
> You could just buy some junk at Walmart and resell
> it.
> I suppose there is a good chance this is net
> folklore, but the story I 
> heard was of a school class that did this and got
> more money back than 
> the stuff cost.
> 
> There are certainly many ebay auctions like
> that--just like at a live 
> auction, only more-so.
> 
> I got lucky with my first item. I had a Swiss coil
> winding machine that 
> I got cheap from a friend who got it surplus...two
> guys bid each other 
> up to $800. I was *very* impressed, to say the
> least.
> 
> I find dabbling in ebay once and awhile to be a lot
> of fun (buying or 
> selling).
> 
> Steve
> 
> dann at wctatel.net wrote:
> 
> > Andy,
> > 
> > Steve made an excellent point.   Buy a few dollar
> items, dvd's or what-
> > ever and get some positive feedback that says you
> are a real person.  Sell
> > some cheaper items, and get some more feed back. 
> Mostly, I don't want to
> > risk much money with anyone with fewer than 10
> positive feedbacks.
> > 
> > Dann
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >>I've sold tools and such like Mike. Ebay is great
> for selling tools and
> >>such, a *lot* of potential bidders. I don't know
> for or against selling
> >>crafts.
> >>
> >>If you have some expensive items to sell, buy and
> sell some smaller
> >>items first and exchange feedback with the other
> party. Assuming it is
> >>good, this will help you get better bids than if
> you put up an expensive
> >>item with no feedback.
> >>
> >>Steve
> >>
> >>Andy Gladish wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Does anyone have any experience they'd like to
> share re: selling their
> >>>crafts on EbaY?
> >>>
> >>>Thanks!
> >>>Andy G.
> >>>Guemes Island, WA
> >>>
> >>>
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