/reseller/ thrift store edition

And no I’m not going to tell you my best sources please stay away.

well what are some old items that you used to sell bc it's interesting to know

no. employees can't shop at the store they work at for that very reason.

Same here, the careless employees are your best friend. Recent nice Goodwill flips:

comic book, bought for $2 sold for $50

Saeco coffee machine, bought for $60 sold for $350

There's also decent money in picture frames, you can get them there for $1-5 and sell them on Etsy for $15-40. It's a bit of a slog but it's consistent money, lots of rich hipster girls who like the vintage aesthetic

Can you at least help me with two tips?

One, how much inventory before you start profiting 75k+ a year?

Two, could I use my basement and garage instead of renting a big space to start out?

no, one of the employees that i used to see all the time got fired for doing exactly that. i talked to the manager and apparently every employee has the same idea and she had to fire like a dozen people in the past 2 years. sometimes they would just put the good shit in the "trash" bin while sorting then come back after work to pick up stuff at the dumpster

Goodwill is such a jew company i swear. They literally are given shit for free and do everything they can to squeeze as much profit out of it as possible

its hit or miss. sometimes you can find something good but im just saying from my experiencce going there for over 20 years the consistency of finding good stuff has gone way down. especially for reselling. trying to make a business out of resselling goodwill shit is futile now. you can get a good find every few trips maybe but you wont be able to consistently generate revenue. but if youre NEET and not doing anything then you got nothing to lose i guess. i still remember the days in the early 2000s where i could go in every time and find sterling silver

That's because the jews at goodwill caught on to all of the missed (((profit))) and take the good shit for themselves these days

Anyons who thinks Goodwill is a charitable organization is a schmuck.

yeah i can confirm storage is a pain in the ass. if you live with anyone they will get pissed off at all the junk you stack around the house when you run out of space in the garage. i had to get a storage unit

People who start thrifting these days have no fucking idea how great it was before the big chains started hiring appraisers and using auction sites. You simply don't find gold and silver like you used to and you'll be lucky if you come across a decent frying pan.

good fuck zoomer resellers that ruined thrifting. it used to be so fun.

Just don't donate to these greedy jews anymore. Send it to the fucking landfill.

Resellers didn't ruin thrifting. The thrift stores ruined thrifting by ceasing to be thrift stores and instead being cleverly disguised collection points for online auction sites.

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Markdown / liquidation retailers are better than thrift stores these days. Generally new shit. 80-90% of it there's not enough profit in, but when you find something good you can usually buy a lot of it.

Good thread for once btw Anon Babble, something other than crypto / stocks.

Have any suggestions for markdown/liquidators and stuff to look out for there?

get a cheap storefront in the cheapest non nigger infested part of town. you can then do ebay and make some walk in sales on the side.

that's not bad, if i just work part time and even just get something like some rare vintage shoes or someone's old yugioh cards that's worth getting fired for

I have a bunch I hit. Also make sure to check the dumpsters after buying in the store. Don't make a huge mess just see if there's some easy stuff on top to pull.

I'll give you one name but it's only really east of the Mississippi with a few locations in TX and OK - Ollie's bargain outlet.

Otherwise check your area for local/regional chains. They all generally have the same business model and I see a lot of the same stuff at different stores. The key is just finding the right product at the right time.

I got Ollie's out near me. What items should I look out for in Ollie's?

this is true, anything really valuable goes for auction, they are also a horrible company and exploit the disabled by paying them worse than prisoners, disabled kid at my store got paid like 5 cents a hour, theres some loopholes where they can do this.

it changes every few weeks. I'd just spend 2-3 hours in the store scanning as much as you can. Sometimes there's a solid grocery item that you can get like 30+ units of. Sometimes it's a home good or an auto related item. Always buy just a couple units first to test, then come back and buy them out if it flips quickly. I do it mainly for Amazon flip.

Only thing I will advise NOT to buy is the appliances - especially the one's that say remanufactured. They have a very high defect rate I've unfortunately learned the hard way.

Check local apartment complex trash when you pass by. Occasionally someone leaves perfectly good furniture.

Oh, do this at the worst places in nice areas. People earn enough to have nice things but are more likely to have to move suddenly and be forced to leave stuff behind. Go by price on apartments.com

Currently only selling on eBay but looking to expand to another app. Is there one in particular that anyone here would recommend now that I've gotten my feet wet?

I'm (finally) turning a profit week-over-week and definitely see eBay as having some juice left in her. But the site feels like a slowly sinking ship, so I'd like to diversify now.

I use eGay for online sales and FB marketplace for local ones. Hate FB, but it receives the most traffic of any local sales avenue by far.

So you'd still say eFag is king for this stuff?

I mostly sell clothing (I know that's a rough market, but I'm making it work), so I figure cultivating a presence on Mercari, Poshmark, etc would be beneficial. But it seems like everyone else in this thread, perhaps wisely, focuses on bigger ticket items.

I know a dude who got into this and he turned into a hoarder because you couldn't stop buying random crap that he thought he could resell

Still just a rookie, but a big part of the skillset seems to be learning what not to buy.

Admittedly it's just a side gig for me, but I'm just as happy to walk out of a thrift store with nothing or very little because it shows that I'm learning.

Amazon seller is the best for sales volume IF you can find good products to sell. But they favor customers far more (whereas ebay is fair to both parties) and many many items are gated from being able to sell at first.

Where do you find the best stuff to resell? Goodwill? Salavation army? What's your specialty?

local online auctions, the competition is a lot less crowded and you can still find some real gems, the trick is finding sites that have auction near you since most of these places don't ship and you have to go pick it up.

Pic related is a recent win at a local Estate sale, already resold for $300

most of the donated shit goes to the landfill anyway thats the funny part. those greedy fucks dont donate shit to the homeless or shelters they just throw away the mountains of clothes and other shit they cant sell.

yeah what i do is go to the auction sites and find amazon or costco returns which is probably what this gatekeeping faggot doesnt want to tell you you can buy overstock or returns from all the big box stores. home depot, walmart, amazon etc. check out sites like bstock. but keep in mind its easy to get burned if you are an idiot and buy something thats unsellable. also the shit gets better up the food chain. the big boys buy this shit by the shipping container or truckload, pick out all the easy and best stuff to sell then repackage the trash on pallets while putting like a couple nice looking things on top under the shrinkwrapped plastic for the auction pics. so keep that in mind. personally i like govt auctions better although for some reason all those idiots use the most potato blurred pictures possible becasue they are lazy and high as fuck. but some of my best flips have been from that.

cheap storefront in the cheapest non nigger infested part of town

i live in cuckfornia, theres no such thing. selling retail here is completley retarded because people will just steal and rob with impunity since its legal now. and you will spend half your time fighting homeless drug addicts from coming in to charge their phones and sleeping or doing drugs in your store. i have worked retail here its not worth the risk. if i move to america someday though i will definitely open a retail shop.

i used to do that too but furniture isnt worth the hassle to me anymore. its fucking big and bulky and heavy and can take forever to sell because it moves slow and sometimes sells for almost nothing but yeah i used to refinish and repair broken furniture and flip it. but again storage space becomes a huge issue and id rather just use my valuable storage space on easier to sell higher profit margine items.

mercari and poshmark are what i use other than ebay. amazon for shit you have in high quantity if its new

poshmark is probably the best for clothing by far. unelss you have something niche specific like high end shoes there are better sites to sell basketball shoes and shit on to collectors. my sales on poshmark are slow and far between because i dont try hard on it. to be competitive on poshmark you really have to put in a lot more effort than you do on ebay and other sites. i think part of it is their layout and algo but also the type of people who shop on there seem to really gravitate to the QVC style of selling. if you dont mind spending like a couple hours livestreaming showing people clothes and have a good stage presence then poshmark could be pretty good for you. i just dont have the time or people skills for that.

ut a big part of the skillset seems to be learning what not to buy.

this is huge and the fact you already figured this out tells me youll be successful. so many people fail because they buy shit with too low profit margins or shit they cant realistically sell in any decent time frame. if you want to be good at reselling this i probably the #1 skill to develop. know when to walk away. save your money for the best possible flips. dont buy shit at mediocre prices that takes forever to sell and will cost you a ton to ship

I've never done clothes before, how do you guys find pricing?

For example, there's a vintage Ferarri jacket from an estate sale near me that's selling for $15, how would you guys find pricing on it, check ebay?

ebay search completed listings, green ones mean it actually sold for that price