Lazy summer day here. Got up early and took Winston to Butte Lake and then to Butte Creek Falls. The water drags in mid-August. Butte Lake appeared more a murky marsh than Cascade Lake. The Falls tinkle along, shadows of their spring selves. It's hot.
I did a little accounting today, seeing how much I actually made attending the Woodburn Auction and selling the stuff I bought on Ebay and elsewhere.
Totallng up my Paypal transfers this summer, I transferred in almost exactly $1,550. This is after the 15% cut that Ebay and Paypal combine to take.
Add a few random sales on Craigslist, Amazon, and from a small and largely unsuccessful yard sale, and that number is more like $1,650.
I probably spent about $700 purchase the items, leaving me with a profit of $850.
Really, it wasn't a bad part time summer job. The auction is a ton of fun, and I scored a few treasures. The biggest find easily was a $10 box of Rage: The Collectible Card Game trading cards. For those of you unfamiliar with Rage, you probably were the unpopular kid in school and for that I'm sorry. It is much like Magic the Gathering or the Pokemon card games. You build a deck, and play opponents. Only this game deals with Werewolves that get really angry apparently. Hence the name, Rage. That $10 box ended up netting nearly $700, including 1 card that sold for upwards of $100.
The downside? I collected a lot of stuff I don't need. I've made three trips to Goodwill last week trying to reclaim my garage. Two of the weeks I bought a ton of stuff thinking I could turn it all for a profit, when that wasn't the case. That involved hours of sorting, listing, and packaging for ship. My girlfriend deserves a huge award for helping me. Collectible plates? Turns out they aren't collectible. Purses? Only if you want to work full time selling purses and making about $2 a purse.
I've become a lot more selective in what I buy, only getting items I'm sure I can flip for more than $25 gain. I bought nothing last week, and only spent $5 the week before. My most consistent money maker? China sets.
All in all it took up a few hours of my life each Tuesday, but they were fun, social hours. I brought friends. We got lunch afterwards. I'd like to think it was time well spent. Probably a difficult way to make a living, but not a bad way to make some money on the side.
I did a little accounting today, seeing how much I actually made attending the Woodburn Auction and selling the stuff I bought on Ebay and elsewhere.
Totallng up my Paypal transfers this summer, I transferred in almost exactly $1,550. This is after the 15% cut that Ebay and Paypal combine to take.
Add a few random sales on Craigslist, Amazon, and from a small and largely unsuccessful yard sale, and that number is more like $1,650.
I probably spent about $700 purchase the items, leaving me with a profit of $850.
Really, it wasn't a bad part time summer job. The auction is a ton of fun, and I scored a few treasures. The biggest find easily was a $10 box of Rage: The Collectible Card Game trading cards. For those of you unfamiliar with Rage, you probably were the unpopular kid in school and for that I'm sorry. It is much like Magic the Gathering or the Pokemon card games. You build a deck, and play opponents. Only this game deals with Werewolves that get really angry apparently. Hence the name, Rage. That $10 box ended up netting nearly $700, including 1 card that sold for upwards of $100.
The downside? I collected a lot of stuff I don't need. I've made three trips to Goodwill last week trying to reclaim my garage. Two of the weeks I bought a ton of stuff thinking I could turn it all for a profit, when that wasn't the case. That involved hours of sorting, listing, and packaging for ship. My girlfriend deserves a huge award for helping me. Collectible plates? Turns out they aren't collectible. Purses? Only if you want to work full time selling purses and making about $2 a purse.
I've become a lot more selective in what I buy, only getting items I'm sure I can flip for more than $25 gain. I bought nothing last week, and only spent $5 the week before. My most consistent money maker? China sets.
All in all it took up a few hours of my life each Tuesday, but they were fun, social hours. I brought friends. We got lunch afterwards. I'd like to think it was time well spent. Probably a difficult way to make a living, but not a bad way to make some money on the side.
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