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Originally Posted by Sandy D (Post 336233)

I recently met a guy at a local antique auction who buys box lots of mostly crap.

I overheard someone ask him what do you do with all that stuff you buy every week?

He said I sell it on ebay as a hobby, something to do since I do not go out on a boat anymore.

The guy said but you are buying a lot of small items and dont you have to take pictures and all that?

The man said yes but it gives me something to do and pays for my wife and me to go on a couple cruises, Hawaii etc anytime we want without using any of my retirement or savings.

The man said yes but come on that is a lot of work.

The buyer said to him, would you come here once a week and take pictures of this stuff to make 100k per year?

The eyes were then large. He said well maybe.

He said I sell everything I buy because I start everything at 0.99 and most everything gets bid up but a few items.

The man said would not be worth the hassle.

Buyer said I bought enough junk to make 100k PROFIT last year and work 1 day a week buying and one day listing and packing and it is not worth it.

Once the conversation was over I said to the buyer, good for you. Some people want to get greedy and make 3-4 times their money on everything they touch and that aint going to happen anymore like it used to.

He gave me his ebay user ID and wow, the man is awesome and I have already learned a ton from him and his marketing smarts.

Watching him buy a box lot last week and knowing what was in the box he paid 10.00 for, the items so far are well over 200.00 and are all green.

So sometimes thinking greedy and thinking smart can get people into trouble.

This man is making a ton of money 1.00 at a time.