This past weekend I hit a few yard sales and landed a cool bargain.

You know the old saying, if it's not broke, don't fix it.

I've been using the same heavy bulky desktop monitor for years and it works good.

However, in the yard sale was a widescreen, trimeline Acer monitor that looked just like
new and it works like new too and it only cost me a measly $2.00

Measure top to bottom and left to right it measures out to 12 1/2" x 19"

It really makes a difference.

Sounds like a successful business.

But that they only have the energy to stand and sell stuff for $ 2 , incomparable patience for pennies.

Bulky monitor , are you financially or just stingy ...

If you think like a penny banger, you will always be a penny banger.

You guys should listen / read, think. You might learn something and boost your own income.

Big money to be made in yard sales.

One can make some big money from your old stuff that you don't use anymore that's taking up space
in the closet, garage.

I use to blow money like crazy, now I will squeeze a penny into three ( 3 ) pennies.

Yea, I've gotten stingy Zegon, it's called being a Smartshopper.

I'll take my old monitor in my next yard sale and put a price tag of $2.00 on it.

People will buy anything at yard sales. People love going to yard sales, it's cheap entertainment
for people and everyone loves a bargain.

At the same yard sale I purchased a really nice upright lamp stand with glass bowl. I paid $4.00 for
the light and put it in my yard sale and it sold for $12.00 - $8/00 profit.

At another yard sale, purchased four ( 4 ) set of sheets. Queens and King size total price $12.00 for all.

Turn $12.00 investment into $36.00 a $24/00 profit

Another buy at Goodwill I purchased this nice piece of furniture for $25.00 and sold it for $40.00 to this lady
and profited $15/00 and the lady I sold it too, she flipped and had it sold within 24 hours and sold it for $80.00 and she profited $40/00

Now, I could of asked more for the item myself in my yard sale. But I buy smart, sell cheap and move lots of items fast. If a dealer hits my yard sales as they all do and they buy an item and flip it for more, that's good. They will be back to see me for more stuff next time I have a yard sale.

I purchased this unique piece of brass for $1.50 and had no idea the purpose for it. But it did serve a purpose. It was a heavy brass ball with a hole and another brass piece that goes in the hole. I didn't intend to sell it, but a shopper got in my box of brass of 100 pieces I had and he walked up to pay for it. It was not marked and I didn't want to sell it till I did some research. I shot him a price hoping he woudn't buy it and I said $20.00 and he didn't blink an eye and out with the cash.

I come across all kinds of deals at the yard sales.

I purchased a king size mattress for $30.00 and it sold in the first 30 minutes I was open on one yard sale and sold it for $60.00

I agree that yard sales/garage sales are an excellent way to make an extra income if not full time income if one has a yard. The other way is to use ebay if one has the room to store the items that one plans to sell.

@ ShadowWalker

Stocking items to sell on ebay is one way.

But, the way to really do it is to drop ship and never touch the merchandise.

ProAdCo wrote: @ ShadowWalker

Stocking items to sell on ebay is one way.

But, the way to really do it is to drop ship and never touch the merchandise.

Who is a good, really good and reputable, drop shipper?

ShadowWalker wrote:

ProAdCo wrote: @ ShadowWalker

Stocking items to sell on ebay is one way.

But, the way to really do it is to drop ship and never touch the merchandise.

Who is a good, really good and reputable, drop shipper?

I was an affiliate to a drop shipper company that paid me lead fee's and may still be if they not deactivated my account, but it's been couple years since I've checked.


You could deal direct with drop shippers and / or join the affiliate site that's set up for residual monthly income on the affiliate side of the business and they teach you the drop shipping business, plus you earn on the drop shipping sales on EBAY via Amazon products.

I don't recall the business names now.

You can do the research on it.

On the affiliate one, I can send you to the member that I know that is doing it. But, he's never done me
any favors, but when he first started, he made $500.00 his first week or it could of been his first month.

That program cost $20 per month, but you do earn commissions on referrals that follow you if they join too.

I've never sold anything on ebay so I really know nothing about how to do it. The costs, etc. I've bought plenty of things on ebay but never participated in an auction. They seem too risky to me. Anyways, I'd really have to check into this more before I'd commit myself to it because I can't afford to lose my benefits. Know what I mean?

ProAdCo wrote: If you think like a penny banger, you will always be a penny banger.

You guys should listen / read, think. You might learn something and boost your own income.

Big money to be made in yard sales.

One can make some big money from your old stuff that you don't use anymore that's taking up space
in the closet, garage.

I use to blow money like crazy, now I will squeeze a penny into three ( 3 ) pennies.

Yea, I've gotten stingy Zegon, it's called being a Smartshopper.

I'll take my old monitor in my next yard sale and put a price tag of $2.00 on it.

People will buy anything at yard sales. People love going to yard sales, it's cheap entertainment
for people and everyone loves a bargain.

At the same yard sale I purchased a really nice upright lamp stand with glass bowl. I paid $4.00 for
the light and put it in my yard sale and it sold for $12.00 - $8/00 profit.

At another yard sale, purchased four ( 4 ) set of sheets. Queens and King size total price $12.00 for all.

Turn $12.00 investment into $36.00 a $24/00 profit

Another buy at Goodwill I purchased this nice piece of furniture for $25.00 and sold it for $40.00 to this lady
and profited $15/00 and the lady I sold it too, she flipped and had it sold within 24 hours and sold it for $80.00 and she profited $40/00

Now, I could of asked more for the item myself in my yard sale. But I buy smart, sell cheap and move lots of items fast. If a dealer hits my yard sales as they all do and they buy an item and flip it for more, that's good. They will be back to see me for more stuff next time I have a yard sale.

I purchased this unique piece of brass for $1.50 and had no idea the purpose for it. But it did serve a purpose. It was a heavy brass ball with a hole and another brass piece that goes in the hole. I didn't intend to sell it, but a shopper got in my box of brass of 100 pieces I had and he walked up to pay for it. It was not marked and I didn't want to sell it till I did some research. I shot him a price hoping he woudn't buy it and I said $20.00 and he didn't blink an eye and out with the cash.

I come across all kinds of deals at the yard sales.

I purchased a king size mattress for $30.00 and it sold in the first 30 minutes I was open on one yard sale and sold it for $60.00

I'm also a smart-shopper. When you get older, you become wiser. Thanks for the great tips. I've had a few yard sales in my life . Some items were new or given as gifts that I didn't use or want. Just glad to get rid of the stuff, because I needed the space..

ShadowWalker wrote:

ProAdCo wrote: @ ShadowWalker

Stocking items to sell on ebay is one way.

But, the way to really do it is to drop ship and never touch the merchandise.

Who is a good, really good and reputable, drop shipper?

Good question, ShadowWalker.

For once you & I are in agreement ProAdCo

As they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure.

I don't go to yard sales as I live on a public housing estate in the inner-city where there are no yards & I don't have a car. However, I still like a bargain, so eBay is usually the place for me.

I've never owned a brand new PC. Bought my 1st 2nd-hand PC in 2001 with Windows 95 on it, my 2nd in 2003 with Windows 98, and a couple of years later I dumped Windows for Linux. I think I've bought 3 PCs since then.

Spending less than $100 each time to upgrade my PC every 4 or 5 years has been a good choice. I would much rather have decent 2nd-hand hardware with a quality free operating system than inferior hardware with an expensive OS.

Being disabled & not in employment makes it hard to get finance for new equipment, and I don't like going into debt. But it isn't hard to find decent quality 2nd-hand boxes which are no longer able to cope with the latest versions of Windows going cheap on eBay (or other online classifieds sites). Anything made in the last 10 or so years will easily handle most Linux distros.

However, if I was considering a used replacement monitor, I probably would prefer to do what you did & get an actual look at it before buying. I've had my current (bought new) 19" ViewSonic widescreen monitor for about 7 years now & it is still going strong.

I am disabled and am not employed so I am not able to go out and purchase a computer on a whim. I keep my computers until I absolutely have to replace them but in the meantime I put what I can aside in a fund that is for hardware, software, and, ultimately the replacing of my computer. When it comes time to replace my computer my brother adds to what I've saved up to cover what I don't have which isn't much because isn't I've to pinch those pennies until they scream.