Making money off Ebay

[RaistlinZ]

Has anyone actually tried buying and selling on Ebay as a home-based business? And if so, does it actually work?

I've been looking for a way to make some extra cash from home but I don't know what kind of start up fees there would be for something like this.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

no

 

[Inappropriate4AT]

If it didn't work, nobody would do it. It takes money to begin with, and it takes product.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Not like that.
Buy stuff for cheap, resell for higher price!

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

if you have to come here and ask if it works, you do not have the ability to make it work.

 

[alent1234]

i hear there is a huge demand for dragonlance books

 

[skdsp]

ive tried it before but i only end up making like 10 dollars off each sale + i have to go to the post office on a regular basis and wait in the damn line forever.

 

[Cattlegod]

your best bet is to buy new hardware and let it age so it goes up in value. then resell it

 

[TheShiz]

dont quit your day job

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Someone made $8, and another person made like $14 today and yesterday.
Tas.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
your best bet is to buy new hardware and let it age so it goes up in value. then resell it

I hope your joking, that would only be true if it was a rare product to begin with or the factory that made that product was bombed... So are you saying my ATI Radeon 9800PRO 128 is not worth $400 when I purchased it but maybe $550?!

 

[bamacre]

Yep. I do.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: bamacre
Yep. I do.

me too .. im well rich now .. EBAY for Elite

 

[Amplifier]

All Ebay will do is give you a place to sell your products. You'll still need to get product at a price to resell them.

 

[NL5]

There is a way to make a quick 50k off ebay - and it's ebay approved!

 

[Koenigsegg]

Originally posted by: goku2100

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
your best bet is to buy new hardware and let it age so it goes up in value. then resell it

I hope your joking, that would only be true if it was a rare product to begin with or the factory that made that product was bombed... So are you saying my ATI Radeon 9800PRO 128 is not worth $400 when I purchased it but maybe $550?!

He is.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: NL5
There is a way to make a quick 50k off ebay - and it's ebay approved!

im listening

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: NL5
There is a way to make a quick 50k off ebay - and it's ebay approved!

whoops on the double postio

 

[shilala]

Originally posted by: skdsp
ive tried it before but i only end up making like 10 dollars off each sale + i have to go to the post office on a regular basis and wait in the damn line forever.

Or if you weren't brain damaged, you'd print your postage at home and arrange the free usps pickup online.
Or maybe you'd have a UPS account, print postage at home, and schedule pick up.
Hell, maybe you could even drop off your UPS packages at one of thousands of free drop-off locations.
Maybe you could order free packaging supplies that are delivered to your house from USPS.com.
Nah, that'd never work.

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: goku2100

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
your best bet is to buy new hardware and let it age so it goes up in value. then resell it

I hope your joking, that would only be true if it was a rare product to begin with or the factory that made that product was bombed... So are you saying my ATI Radeon 9800PRO 128 is not worth $400 when I purchased it but maybe $550?!

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[NL5]

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: NL5
There is a way to make a quick 50k off ebay - and it's ebay approved!

im listening

Well, I was on the recieving end of this, and eBay seems to have no problem with it, so here goes -

List a bunch of High end pro audio gear (having actual gear not needed) at a low (but believable) price. Require "buy-it-now", and instant payment via paypal. Then make excuses for as long as you can as to why your not able to ship (friend has cancer, familiy emergencey, etc - the more sorry you make people feel the longer you can keep it going). Keep selling more "gear" and only refund money when things get nasty. If people feel sorry enough for you, you can get eBay fees reversed, since no actual transaction occurred (other than trhe free 6 week loan)

Link -

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php3?t=38200

You'll have to register to read it. She has floated about 50k in funds by my estimation.

 

[waggy]

I do it on a little. On weekends i hit garage sales and auctions. Then put it up for sale on Ebay.

Usually i make a decent amount of money. about 80% of the time i break even. but when i do make money its usually double or triple what i paid for the stuff.

I do not make a LOT. But i do it more as a hobby then a way to make a living.

 

[axelfox]

Originally posted by: waggy
I do it on a little. On weekends i hit garage sales and auctions. Then put it up for sale on Ebay.

Usually i make a decent amount of money. about 80% of the time i break even. but when i do make money its usually double or triple what i paid for the stuff.

I do not make a LOT. But i do it more as a hobby then a way to make a living.

When you do it this way, you have to add in the time to go to garage/yard sales, cleaning the items up, and preparing the items.

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally posted by: NL5

Originally posted by: RichUK

Originally posted by: NL5
There is a way to make a quick 50k off ebay - and it's ebay approved!

im listening

Well, I was on the recieving end of this, and eBay seems to have no problem with it, so here goes -

List a bunch of High end pro audio gear (having actual gear not needed) at a low (but believable) price. Require "buy-it-now", and instant payment via paypal. Then make excuses for as long as you can as to why your not able to ship (friend has cancer, familiy emergencey, etc - the more sorry you make people feel the longer you can keep it going). Keep selling more "gear" and only refund money when things get nasty. If people feel sorry enough for you, you can get eBay fees reversed, since no actual transaction occurred (other than trhe free 6 week loan)

Link -

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthread.php3?t=38200

You'll have to register to read it. She has floated about 50k in funds by my estimation.

Can you say Fraud?
The ebay feedback would suffer as well.

 

[NFS4]

If you know what you're doing and specialize in areas that you are comfortable/knowledeable with, it's easy to make money. I do it as a side thing and make quite a bit.