Buy It, Sell It, Make Money: Your Guide to Finding and Reselling Luxury Goods for Personal Wealth [Paperback]

Nancy Baughman (Author), Daren Baughman (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 25, 2007

Buy It, Sell It, Make Money is not about clipping coupons to save twenty cents on a bottle of ketchup. It’s about spending wisely to increase your buying power and living richly without working a high-powered job and earning a million-dollar paycheck.

With their unique Flipster System, Daren and Nancy Baughman show you how to find, purchase, and resell luxury items for a remarkable profit. They teach you what to buy and where, how to sell and where, which risks to take, how to negotiate, and ways to avoid common—and costly—mistakes. They keep you apprised of current trends and styles and explain the “trading up” principle so that you can get the high-end goods that most people only dream of owning. The Baughmans also show you how to invest wisely by distinguishing quality goods from mass-made, production-line pieces with a categorized field guide to buying (including “good,” “better,” and “best” name-brand items for the resale market).

Don’t be fooled by get-rich-quick schemes promising unbelievable profits. Become a Flipster with Buy It, Sell It, Make Money, and carefully build your own personal wealth as you live a more rewarding and fulfilling life—starting today!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Daren and Nancy Baughman are cofounders of eBizAuctions in Raleigh, North Carolina. Daren is a certified and licensed auctioneer and a certified purchasing manager (CPM) with the Institute for Supply Management. Nancy is a certified personal property appraiser (CPPA) and a member of the Certified Appraiser’s Guild. She has a background in business and corporate finance. She held the position of Business Analyst for a major fortune 500 company.

Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (June 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595426891
• ISBN-13: 978-0595426898
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,034,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FUN READ - Great info - Loved It, July 18, 2007

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D. Banks "Garage Seller 1" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buy It, Sell It, Make Money: Your Guide to Finding and Reselling Luxury Goods for Personal Wealth (Paperback)

FINALLY .... A book that actually helps me! I highly recommend this book. I have been going to yard sales and flea-markets for years but I never knew how much I was missing. The "Good Better Best" guide to name brand items is a great research tool. The sourcing guide has great places to buy and sell items - I never thought of going to some of these places but now I will give them a try.

I like that they do not try to fool you into believing that you are going to be a millionaire like a lot of the eBay books on the market. The information they give really works, it is easy and does not cost anything to start - so there is nothing to lose to try. The best part about this book is the stories. They are fun, informative and show you what to do and what not to do.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy and Fun Read! I couldn't put it down!!, October 6, 2007

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Karen K. Richards (Auburn, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buy It, Sell It, Make Money: Your Guide to Finding and Reselling Luxury Goods for Personal Wealth (Paperback)

My husband and I have been selling on ebay for about three years now, and we're always looking for new information to help improve our business. This book gave us a lot of great ideas which we put into action the first week after reading. It's an easy book to read and understand, and we both couldn't put it down until we were finished reading. If you're not into ebay, it also gives great advise on other avenues for selling your goods. Buy this book, you'll be pleased!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked Like MAGIC, September 9, 2007

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Pearl "Florida Grandma" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buy It, Sell It, Make Money: Your Guide to Finding and Reselling Luxury Goods for Personal Wealth (Paperback)

This is a great book that I recommend. I purchased the book for the guide but it provided so much more. I have been selling on eBay part time but was always in need of things to sell - NO MORE. Thanks to this book, my husband and I went to our first storage shed auction (recommended by the authors) and we purchased one full of great things. Inside the shed we purchased are some great antiques, some very nice china, some English porcelain figurines, tools but the best was a jewelry box. The jewelry box had 2 14kt gold necklaces and a 14kt gold ring with a beautiful ruby. It also was filled with tons of very nice costume jewelry! We are going to make a ton of money off this one purchase - thank you Daren and Nancy for this wonderful book - I Bought it - I'm selling it - and I am MAKING MONEY -- YA