Selling crap around the home

**sweeps** · 11-12-2005, 10:52 AM

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The buyer pays the shipping costs on ebay. Don't worry, people eat that stuff up (DVDs, video games, electronics, etc.). List them on ebay.

**Synacle1** · 11-12-2005, 11:00 AM

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Just called play it again sports, I've had an old bowling ball laying around for years. Its a 16lb never been drilled. I think My parents gave it to me for christmas 5 years ago. Anyway my brother whom hit rock bottom needs a bike to get around. I called them and might be able to turn a bowling ball into a bicycle!!!.

Never even thought about that before.

**Snoopy2645** · 11-12-2005, 05:32 PM

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Wow that is nice of you to help your brother out like that!! I would check out ebay or shops like you did around town either to sale the stuff yourself like say a flea market or stores that buy it. But I am guessing lots of it you can make more with it on ebay than anywhere else.

**TBH** · 11-12-2005, 06:14 PM

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What about Craigs List? You can often find somebody local enough to come over and pick something up. Craig's List is not as regulated as Ebay, tho, so I've heard of deals falling through a lot. But it's worth a try.

I'm also hesitant about Ebay, not because of the cost of shipping since the buyer pays it, but because it is such a pain in the butt to ship stuff. That's part of why I do all my holiday shopping online. Who wants to keep tons of bubble wrap around and different size boxes? Also, I'm not really sure how to calculate the cost of shipping before I actually ship it, so I'd be worried about undercharging the buyer for shipping and having to eat the difference.

However, I'm thinking about taking the Ebay plunge. Have four boxes of books in my basement, some of which have got to be worth something.

**34saving** · 11-12-2005, 06:37 PM

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I do Craig's list and eBay. Craig's list works great for things that basically can't be shipped. (30 pounds of slate and a crib are my most recent examples.) However, at least in my area, Craig's list can't compete with eBay for prices. Ebay will bring in much higher prices as well as sell many items that won't sell through Craig's list. As far as shipping on eBay . . . you need a scale, but even a fish scale will work in a pinch and they're very cheap.

Once you know the weight, add a pound, go to USPS.com, plug in a far away zipcode (for me it's 90210), and round up. Oh, and remember books, videotapes, DVDs, CDs, etc. can be sent Media Mail. That's A LOT cheaper than normal mail.

**whaskins09** · 11-12-2005, 08:40 PM

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take a look at uzed.com

its a good place to sell those extra dvds and cd's. ive used them twice now, both times getting over 100$ and never had a problem. my only advice is to wait until you have enough merchandise to sell because once you sell them over a certain number of items, the shipping costs to send them the dvds or cds is free

also, if you get a new cell phone dont throw that old one a way or "recycle" it. check out cellforcash.com
my cell plan called for a free upgrade after 2 years so i kept my cell in good condition and then sold it there for 40$ while receiving the newest model for free. not too shabby

**PennyPincher** · 11-14-2005, 05:07 AM

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I've had great luck with consignment stores. Less luck with pawn shops. (But they will happily take electronics off your hands!!!)

My consignment store pays 60% of the profit to me, less a 3% placement fee that I pay up front. It can be difficult to find consignment stores that take more than clothing, but it's worth a look. You can usually price the items yourself, or have them do it to save time. I get a few checks every so often...and clear out my house. I just stopped by yesterday, AND hit Good Will... (I love those productive days...)

Selling crap around the home