Richard Simmons dealt me a final sale price of...

$70.69!!!!

After all is said and done I profited over $60 on my $2 vintage (and sealed) Richard Simmons Deal-A-Meal kit (see post below). What a score!

Will this Deal-A-Meal deal me some major money?

I found this vintage (well vintage 1992 - that's vintage right?) and SEALED Deal-A-Meal kit at my local Habitat for Humanity thrift store. I rarely visit this place, mainly because I forget it is there, but I usually find something worth picking up.

Bought this for just $2, listed it two days ago starting at $15. It already has a bid and two people watching. What do you think this will go for? I would love to see this get up to $50 or so! I will update when the auction ends.

Another $200 record

Another Goodwill find, and another $200 sale!

During this particular Goodwill search, I dug through about 500 records before finding a small stack of ten or so to do some research on my phone. I carried them back to the furniture section and sat down to check ebay and a few other sites I use. Out of all I chose to research this is the only one I bought! It had sold previously to someone for nearly $300. I listed it as soon as I got home (with TONS of pictures) and started it at $75, with a $200 Buy-It-Now. Within 2 hours someone from the Netherlands bought it!

I might have left some money on the table but a quick $199 profit is nothing to be upset about. Buying and selling records is tricky. If Goodwill had GIVEN me every record they have and I listed them all, I would have lost money in fees and probably only sold a fraction. By carefully keeping an eye out for certain attributes I can whittle down records to a few to research and then purchase, with a much better chance of finding some big money.

Phoning it in...

Ah, an update! I am a big watcher of a few favorite deal sites, and a few months ago I noticed a deal posted online for pre-paid cell phones from one of the major carriers selling for just a few bucks each. I had ordered phones from this company a few times before (since my wife is constantly losing or breaking phones) and knew the ordering process was quick and easy.

I ordered six phones and quickly posted them and sold all of them for a $20 profit each. Only problem? They limit you to 3 or 6 phones (not sure) every few months, to make sure you are not a terrorist or something. I have done similar deals over the past year and always make a profit. Just wish that they didn't limit my purchases!

400 times my money!

Hello - is anyone still there? Sorry for the complete lack of posts, life has been busy. Hope to reanimate this blog and get a few readers back.

Here we have a nice Goodwill find that - wait for it - didn't double or triple my money, but 400 timed it! I bought this record for 50 cents (all LP's are .99 at my G-will, but the color tag was 50% off that day).

Research online revealed that this album had sold in the past for $125-$380! This one was still sealed. I listed it at a $99 starting bid and soon had many watchers. The final sale price was $200 to a buyer in France! I charged for registered shipping and I have already received positive feedback.

In case you were wondering, the name of the band is "Omega Sunrise" and they are a Christian-Funk band from the 80's the best I can tell. The search continues!

And I'm back...

To the very few who follow my little online selling blog - sorry for lack of updates - I have been focusing more on selling offline (over craigslist and the like) while I scaled back from eBay. They made me downgrade my store and I got stuck with about $400 in eBay fees. Have about 1200 listings on hiatus while I wait for a few low DSR's (all from the same person - such a long and bogus story) - should be happening soon. If you are reading this - thanks for sticking with me!