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  • Fast shipping, packaging good as described and good price. This was the buyer’s review of my laptop that I sold him.

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    • Originally posted by QuarterMillionMan View Post
      Fast shipping, packaging good as described and good price. This was the buyer’s review of my laptop that I sold him.
      Well done. That's the kind of feedback you always want to get.
      Steve

      * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
      * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
      * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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      • I picked up a Marketplace purchase this morning. A woman was selling two pieces of Pfaltzgraff for $25. I knew that one piece was worth $80 to me. I didn't check the other piece because her photo wasn't great and I wasn't sure what it was but it didn't matter since I knew I'd make a $55 profit on the other piece. I just looked it up and that piece is worth $30 so my total profit is actually $85. Nice quick flip - $25 to $110. I'll take it.
        Steve

        * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
        * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
        * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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        • Good job. On Offer Up, I listed this new baby stroller for $5 and a woman just bought it. I paid $18 for it on Ebay w/free shipping. Before selling it I was going to put it in the dumpster but figured to try selling it first, glad I did.


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          • Before "Easy" says wow good deal I only lost $13 (lol), when I worked for the Dept of Children and Family services I bought the stroller just in case needing it but never needed to use it.

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            • Originally posted by QuarterMillionMan View Post
              Good job. On Offer Up, I listed this new baby stroller for $5 and a woman just bought it. I paid $18 for it on Ebay w/free shipping. Before selling it I was going to put it in the dumpster but figured to try selling it first, glad I did.
              Doesn't matter what you paid for it. The point is you got $5 cash for something that was going to get trashed and now someone else will benefit from it. Keep it out of the landfill and help out another person.
              Steve

              * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
              * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
              * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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              • That's a good way of looking at it with less trash in the landfills and helping out that woman. It took about 3 months of it sitting on Offer Up before she bought it today. The easy thing to have done would have been to trash it where it was taking up space in my small apartment and collecting dust and it was irking me every time I'd walk past it and it reminded me of DCFS a job that I hated with a passion so I was so tempted to dump it but it paid off not dumping it. What a relief to get rid ot it though.

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                • Answered an ad on Marketplace yesterday for some dishes (4 plates, 4 bowls). Picked them up a little while ago. Paid $20. Came home and sold them to Replacements for $84. Add them to the pile I'm taking down next week.
                  Steve

                  * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
                  * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
                  * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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                  • I think I mentioned this before but what Replacements buys on any given day is all based on supply and demand. I've learned to periodically recheck what they're buying because something I have that they didn't want a couple of months ago might be on the list now. This morning, I rechecked the items that I have listed on ebay and found two that Replacements is now buying so I ended the ebay listings and submitted the purchase orders to Replacements for $25 and $40. In both cases, that's more than I would have gotten on ebay especially after fees. It frees up storage space in my ebay area and gives me more to take to Replacements next week without spending another penny for stock.
                    Steve

                    * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
                    * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
                    * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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                    • Do you have a local Replacements outlet or do you have to drive somewhere for that?

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                      • Originally posted by Like2Plan View Post
                        Do you have a local Replacements outlet or do you have to drive somewhere for that?
                        Their one and only location is outside of Greensboro, NC. It's about an 8-hour drive for me so I try to have the most I can for each trip. My goal is $5,000 though I'll probably be a little short of that this time unless I find some good stuff this week. Right now I'm at $3,727 but I've had days where I got $500 or more in a day so you never know what will turn up.
                        Steve

                        * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
                        * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
                        * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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