Garage Sale Treasure Hunter

Organizing garage sale merchandise doesn’t have to be all that complicated.  There are a couple of very easy models that you can follow, or you can use something entirely different that works for you and your situation.  Really, the key is to avoid making your shoppers work to find what they want.  The easier it [...]

People are strange.  Jim Morrison and The Doors  sang that people are strange when you’re a stranger,  and apparently they are pretty strange when you are a friend too sometimes.  Forgive me while I express my frustration for a minute.  Most of my posts on this site have been related to finding garage sale items [...]

About a week or so ago, a very nice lady emailed me asking what she and her siblings should do with a bunch of collectibles her Mother had collected over the years now that she had passed on.  The listing of items she sent was like an estate sale dream.

This post is a little bit out of the ordinary for me. Most of the time, I am writing about how to make money with eBay. Today, I am going in a bit of a different direction. I’m about to tell you about what I’ve learned regarding other ways, besides eBay selling, to make money [...]

Looking for WWF VHS tapes? You are not alone. Back when I was growing up, I was pretty into the whole wrestling scene. That was back in the late 70′s and into the 80′s. I didn’t realize at the time, but the whole wrestling thing was just about to explode commercially. Bruno Sammartino, Rowdy Roddy [...]

In the world of internet marketing, there is a thing called niche marketing.  Volumes have been written (and sold) regarding this topic.  Basically, you try to focus on a small area of interest that holds a market that’s ready to buy.  An example might be “hunting.”  This example is actually a rather large niche, so [...]

The Giant Online Garage Sale I sometimes think of eBay as one big online garage sale.  There is a very important difference with this garage sale though.  At this HUGE online garage sale, you can buy something cheap in one section and then turn around and sell it for a lot more in a different [...]

It has been quite a while since Jimi Hendrix fans have had something new to talk about. Internet is abuzz with the release of the new Jimi Hendrix CD “Valley’s of Neptune”. Of course Hendrix died way back in 1970, but his legacy has lived on, to say the least. He’s a great example of [...]

I was looking around for a video today when I came across something that I just had to share here. The song is called Estate Sale and it is by being performed by Cheryl Wheeler. I had never heard of this song before, but when I watched the video, I found myself laughing over and [...]

My Secret Treasure Map People love the idea of a good treasure hunt. What I thought I’d do today is give you a treasure map to help you out as you look to get some extra money in your pocket. The good news is, the treasure maps I’m thinking of are a lot easier to [...]

I decided to start little experiment.  I want to take all of the money I earned selling garage sale finds over a specific period of time, I’m thinking two months, and invest it in purchasing more inventory to sell.  As I sell the merchandise, I intend to keep on reinvesting in estate sale purchases which [...]

Wilton cake pans are something that I pick up whenever I see them at garage sales or yard sales.  I learned that it can be hard to find specific pans a few years ago when we wanted a special character for a birthday cake.  I can’t remember which one it was at this point, but [...]

Unimat Tools There are some very devoted craftsmen in the world.  Some work professionally and others keep it to a hobby, but they pretty much all want to have the right tools for whatever job they choose to do. Unimat is a very popular brand on eBay.  There are a variety of Unimat kits available.  [...]

If you like coffee and have been around for a while, you have probably owned a Farberware coffee pot at some point.  If not, then your parents might have.  This is the coffee pot I remember from my days growing up.  I could hear it percolating in the morning and smell the fresh brewed coffee [...]

Well, I can’t say for sure whether or not this applies to everyone in the world, but eBay is working for me now.  After a day eBay won’t soon forget, things appear to be getting back to normal.  My search for Elvis that previously brought back zero results now brings back over 4,000 again.  Life [...]