Flipping...

BoyceyLDN

BoyceyLDN

BoyceyLDN

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No not burgers, I am wondering does anyone have a side project of flipping items / products (buy low, sell high) from Car boot sales, HUKD, Garage sales, even spotting items on ebay bidding and then flipping them for a profit etc?

I often see videos shared from GaryVee etc do the rounds on Facebook and wonder if anyone has any success stories or has any side projects as a bit of pocket money or even got to stage of doing it as almost a full time job? I know people do matched betting for a bit of extra change but wonder if anyone here does buying and selling, i could imagine there are some people who are good at keeping an eye out for vintage games or harware.

Would be intrested to hear any stories :cool:
 
I used to make a decent bit of money going around charity shops seeking out pottery and selling it on for a good profit. Once got two matching early Moorcroft vases for a fiver and sold 'em on for a little over £1500. :D
 
Malevolence said:
I used to make a decent bit of money going around charity shops seeking out pottery and selling it on for a good profit. Once got two matching early Moorcroft vases for a fiver and sold 'em on for a little over £1500. :D
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very nice, is pottery something you like learned or studied what's what online?
 
See it as pocket money. I've sold second hand books on ebay for more than you can buy them for new on amazon. People are idiots.
 
BoyceyLDN said:
No not burgers, I am wondering does anyone have a side project of flipping items / products (buy low, sell high) from Car boot sales, HUKD, Garage sales, even spotting items on ebay bidding and then flipping them for a profit etc?
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I had a good run for 18 months or so by doing 1 year subscriptions to Loot Crate, Nerd Block, Zbox, Geek Fuel and a few others. I'd get the box, split it and sell each item individually. I never lost money on a box although some came close to just covering costs. Conversely, I could sell some items from a £20 box for over £50.

For example, people were paying stupid money for limited edition Rick n Morty card packs, I did a few of those for over £50 each on a box that cost £15 with 5 more items left inside to sell.

Everyone is doing it now though so everyone undercuts so much there isn't a lot of profit. However if you've got a spare 3/4 hours a weekend to list and pack, it's some easy extra money.

I did this all via eBay by the way, sold over 700 items and only had 3 people claiming for non delivery.
 
1. Buy tat
2. Waste time and energy selling said tat
4. Realise you are a worthless husk of a human being
5. Lock yourself away from the cold stares
6. Nobody notices
7. Made 5p profit
 
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