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.
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