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If the above posts don`t motivate the new forum members to get going on sales and stealth...then that`s a shame...very eloquent

Lol, I hear you. At random I can get a call about something being available that I know I can sell. When that opportunity arises I have to jump on it or it is gone. I largely sell products that are in liquidation. Sometimes I know it might take me 2 years to clear out what I am buying at the price I want but that is a cost benefit analysis. With interest rates near Zero in recent years holding cash in a Savings account compared to holding inventory has been relatively indifferent. But yea, if I can avoid a storage unit I always try to. But a few years back I did get over my head and had so much inventory I had to stack in the bathroom, the shower etc. Was hard to even figure out where everything was it was so cluttered.

@jeffweico & SandyD...

You guys should start creating a big e-book guide like Aspkin based on your experience of the trade and make some mega bucks from it SFB style!

Thanks.

Already working on plans to do an e book on how to purchase antiques and collectibles ( what to buy and what not to buy in todays market ) and re sell for large profits. I have the website owned I want to use for it but just seems like I never have time. Hopefully someday soon.

I catalog every item I intend to sell.

I account for everything & where it is stored.

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I do as well. Have to be organized. I have shelfs labeled for example Vintage Glassware, Silver, Railroad items, Cosmetic Jewelry, Porcelain Signs, Brass, Nautical, Coins, Pottery, Arrowheads etc etc etc.

No item goes onto the shelf until cleaned and added to the clipboard in front of each section. Dated when purchased, where purchased, how much etc.

@Sandy

Sounds very much like me.

Everything is checked and undergoes quality control

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I love the Items I sell to the point that it hurts to see them leave!!! some items are mass produced so I could care less, but some item are unique and one of a kind I hold a ceremony for my one of a kind items.... It sucks to be a collector of the same items you sell..:s:s

I collect oddball pieces from the group of items I collect. They must be rare, seldom found by most collectors ( they dont know what to look for ) and must be an error, oddball, sample or employee specials.

I do find them because most people in this area of items has little to no knowledge of what errors, oddballs, samples or employee specials are.

I find them on ebay in the wrong category, wrong maker, wrong type, wrong description etc. Last one of these I found was in an antique mall and it was marked as the wrong maker and 100s under priced even if it was not an oddball.

Thrill of the hunt.

Great minds think alike :)

I often wondered why a guy like Mark Cuban would think like I do.

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