This month we're not only trying to not spend any unnecessary money (regular monthly bills) but we're also trying to 1)reduce clutter and 2)make a little $ on some things we no longer need/use.
My tip this week is to buy things worth value at a garage sale and/or thrift store and sell them at a higher value. This week, I listed a Coach purse on Ebay. It was one I got last summer for 50 cents at a garage sale. I'm not sure if it was fake or authentic and I said that in my Ebay listing. It sold this week for $65!! That's a $64.50 profit. I was super excited. I haven't done this too often. Most of the time I just buy things at a garage sale that my family needs and will use but in the summers when I'm off of work, I should do this more often.
Including my purse sale, I've sold nearly $450 worth of things that were just sitting around our house or in tubs being stored. I still have quite a bit to go but it's $$ that will go toward our "get-out-of-the-trailer" fund....aka: Down payment on another house.
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I have tried Craig's List a few times and I have had some success, but the time involved waiting for people that don't show drives me bonkers! Do you ever have that issue??
wow, that is awesome. I use ebay and to a lesser extent, amazon. Thank you for joining our Frugal Tuesday Tip. Maybe you could enter our giveaways next week? http://juliecache.com/2012/01/10/frugal-tuesday-tip-51/.html
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