netartifacts
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posted on November 24, 2000 07:13:58 PM new
Over the last couple of years I had some great buys on eBay. I was able to double and sometimes triple my money. One time I was able to purchase an old cross dating back to AD for $38.00. The following week after I re-photographed it and wrote a new description I sold it on eBay for $143.00.
Another time I was high bidder for a Secret Service Pin that was owned by a retired agent. I purchased it for $43.00. The following week I sold it for $143.00 on eBay. This shows one thing! Buyer's come and go through eBay all the time...That's why items should be re-posted!
Does anybody have any neat stories of their own to share?
Regards,
netartifacts
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cdnbooks
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posted on November 24, 2000 07:23:12 PM new
I usually do it the other way around.
Bill
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dman3
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posted on November 24, 2000 07:23:22 PM new
Heck I relist on Ebay all the time some times I can list my items three times with little interest set them aside a month or so putthem back up and they will sell and even have a small bidding war.
some times Items no one was interested in last month will sell for 5x more 30 or 40 days down the road happens regularly to me if I could find a single way to get sales stable on a daily bases we would have one heck of a business going.
It is all a matter of waiting bad and good side of ebay is that with listing fees it cost to much to have the same Items listed endlessly.
this also keeps you busy finding new freash Items daily to keep new freash items listed and help keep youtr inventory profitable since listing fees on with no winners eats into all profit on an Item in no time.
http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
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lucky3bonnie
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posted on November 24, 2000 07:29:46 PM new
You are so right. I am always amazed at the number of times I don't get any bids at all, I relist even at the same price and then 3 or 4 bidders will fight over it. I just relisted a fabric feedsack that I couldn't sell for $ 9.99. I relisted with a lower price and it is currently at $14.49. More often than not, it pays to relist. However, I will give up after 3 tries.
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CAgrrl
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posted on November 24, 2000 07:40:01 PM new
Very recently bought a boxlot of toys on ebay for $24.99. Sold just ONE of the toys for $255.00. Sold the rest one by one for $5 here, $10 there. Was VERY HAPPY!!!! 
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CAgrrl
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posted on November 24, 2000 07:43:02 PM new
remember mommybird you guys? She used to post that she did the same thing...with books I believe. I think anyone with some time on their hands could do it in whatever category they know well.
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bondmoviebuff
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posted on November 24, 2000 07:50:38 PM new
I've been selling Three Stooges cookbooks. I get them for $2.99 or less and have been selling them for anywhere from $9.00 to $12.00. I've got about 12 more to sell!
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BlackCoffeeBlues
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posted on November 24, 2000 10:59:42 PM new
I bought a book on eBay for $1 (plus $2 shipping) and sold it on eBay 2 weeks later for $40. Original seller had oodles of feedback, but just didn't take much time with his listing. I got the book, provided several clear photos, detailed description, fully "crammed" title, and made a huge profit! Wish that happened more often, though. Most of the time my great deals come from garage sales, thrift stores, etc.
Sheri
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tomwiii
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posted on November 25, 2000 02:47:36 AM new
My all time best auction:
Bought a videotape for $5.50 on eBay and sold it 2 weeks later on eBay for...
$201.00!
I just about $%#$ !!
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HartCottageQuilts
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posted on November 25, 2000 04:20:40 AM new
Found yet another genealogical book at an estate sale. Nobody seems to want to buy these things. Folks running the sale told me I could take as much stuff as I could carry for $2 - including a huge bundle of linens.
14 hours to go, 15 bids, and it's up to $76.52. Works every time.
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mjh2
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posted on November 25, 2000 04:37:36 AM new
Never bought and resold on eBay, but do have two great war stories: bought a painting at an antiques store for $27.00, sold on eBay for $227.00; bought antique wooden bowl for $190.00, sold on eBay for $677.00--had four bidders email me and say that had eBay not crashed they too would have bid.
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pumpkinhead
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posted on November 25, 2000 04:43:06 AM new
Sometimes you just have to shake your head in amazemnt! I listed a vest and it sold for $19.00. Girl ended up being a deadbeat. Relisted item and it sold for $33.00. It didnt fit the high bidder and she returned it. At this point, the vest cost me more in fees and shipping than I originally paid for it. So, I marked the price down to a dollar just to get rid of the darn thing and hit the relist button. Ending up selling for $132.00!
Go figure........
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sadie999
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posted on November 25, 2000 07:26:50 AM new
Bought a costume jewelry set for $7.99. The seller left out one descriptive word that I had a feeling would have made the set increase in price.
I broke up the set, used the adjective in question, listing the pin in one category, and the earrings in another.
Earrings sold for $15.00 and the pin sold for $42.00. Mini happy dance.
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docadoodle
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posted on November 25, 2000 07:58:12 AM new
I collect hand colored photos and will often bid on photos not within my specific area of collecting, if I see they are going cheap. I then relist them, as you did, with better pictures and a more detailed description. As well, I add to the description "Nutting-like" which almost guarantees an extra 100 hits and ususally 2-3X what I originally paid. So many sellers either don't have the time or don't do their research on their items to ensure maximum prices. For someone who is for the most part a buyer, it is certainly to my benefit.
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brighid868
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posted on November 25, 2000 08:21:01 AM new
I bought a vintage clothing item that didn't fit for 9.00 and resold it for something like 36.00.
I bought a vintage sewing lot for 10 bucks, kept the two things I wanted, and resold the rest for $20.00.
I bought 20 yards of some notion or trim or other for 8.00 and I only needed six yards, so I sold the other 14 yards for 18.00
Nothing real amazing, but it kept this stuff from cluttering up the house (the fabric stash "room" keeps trying to take over the living room, and it's already far too late for any closets to step in and solve the problem.)
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hammerchick
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posted on November 25, 2000 09:18:10 AM new
Every item I have ever bought low on Ebay and turned around and sold high on Ebay had an original description with so many misspelled (did I spell that correctly?!)words that it would have been impossible for a normal search to find them. I sometimes sit around putting oddball things in the search and see what comes up. Whoops, there's my secret. Don't tell anybody!
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CAgrrl
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posted on November 25, 2000 04:06:29 PM new
LOL Hammerchick!
Even better- take an hour or 2 to search through some categories! Once you get out of the habit of using "search" to find everything you are really in business! I am constantly amazed at some of the key-wordless titles people come up with.
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keziak
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posted on November 25, 2000 04:20:27 PM new
I remember Mommybird, and from time to time "check her out" under her new ebay name, just to shake my head in amazement at the prices she gets. I gave her general techniques a try a time or too, looking around on ebay and half.com for things with low prices that I felt would re-sell, but never got to the point where I'd be willing to invest "real" money to pay for an item, plus shipping, just to try listing it myself.
Has anyone tried hunting on Yahoo for such potential gems?
keziak
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