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Not My Way, but A Good Way to Start, May 21, 2005
This review is from: How to Make a Fortune with Other People's Junk (Paperback)
I find that after reading this book, she's dead right on a number of points, and yet there are a few things where I believe differently. First though a point of absolute agreement. She says concentrate on something, it really doesn't matter, but something. I concentrate on books and computers.
First she says that she sets her alarm to go off at 5 AM so that she can get to the opening bell at the garage sale, flea market, or whatever. Nope! I'm not going to set the alarm anywhere nearly that early. Today a local church had a flea market from 7 to 11. I got there about 10:45, I was just about the only customer there. The church ladies were beginning to recognize that they had an awful lot of stuff left. The book table still had an awful lot of books. The sign said Paperbacks $1, Hardbacks $3. These numbers were scratched out and new numbers of 50 cents and $1 were written in. These were scratched out and 20 cents and fifty cents were written in.
I asked, "How much if I take all the books you have left?" That caused a conference among the church ladies.
They came back, "Make us an offer."
"Well, I brought my truck with me, how about I help you haul stuff out of here in turn for the books?"
Another conference and we made a deal. (This works really well at estate sales where the kids are there from out of town to clean out Grandma's house.)
Free is a good price for books, you can list any of them for sale at Amazon for a penny and make fifty cents or so on the shipping allowance that Amazon gives you. More important, you may find a jewel. I've sold a few free books for $5, $10, $20, in one case $75.
Ms. Carbone recommends several things that you should carry in your car. A thing that I find invaluable is a computer type cell phone with web capability. I can browse to the Amazon web site and quickly check the value of an obscure book while I'm looking over the inventory at a thrift store. Some books look like they would be rare and hard to find but it turns out they were recently reprinted and Amazon has 441 copies available starting at a penny.
As Ms. Carbone says, you will probably eventually specialize. You can't be an expert in everything. Pick something you like, you're going to spend a lot of time working on those things.
Good Luck!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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I Found my Fortune by reading this BOOK!, May 11, 2005
This review is from: How to Make a Fortune with Other People's Junk (Paperback)
This book is awesome! I made money from the first tip I read and let me tell you, there are hundreds of tip to get you excited about making money. I needed to supplement my income because I'm a single Mom. And guess what? I even learned how to take my kids and get a bargain on items just because they were with me. The treasure success stories are inspiring. The Chapter on Creating Your Secret Treasure Map is so detailed and easy to follow and the author is so right on about mapping
out your yard sale route ahead of time so you can hit more yard sales in less time. My kids love to help me plot the map and then we get up early and go on a treasure hunt! What a fun way to include the family and make money at the same time. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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This is a fantastic insiders guide book I already made money, May 11, 2005
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I've always loved tag sales and auctions, but on my first time out after reading this book, I came across several items I would have passed by before. So far I have made over $1,000.00 with my new finds.
This is a fantastic insiders guide book, full of brilliant strategies and tips. Every person who wants to supplement their income or make extra money should have a copy of this book!!!!!
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