Thumper
08-22-2016, 12:49 AM
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I was at an estate sale a week or so ago and there was a shed out back that was full of junk. I have to admit, it was a lot of dirty, dusty crap ... old dishes, broken stuff, worn out mops, rusty hand tools, shovels, rakes, brooms, boxes of old clothes, magazines and newspapers ... like I said ... CRAP! People would peek in there and keep on walking. Well, my buddy and I climbed in there and started getting dirty (we'd already picked through the house). After about 30 minutes of sweating and digging through what was mostly trash, I found a large plastic tote buried under a pile of junk. I finally moved enough stuff out of the way to drag it out far enough to peek under the lid. I pried the lid up a bit and BINGO! I couldn't believe my eyes! It was a tote full of Ja-de-it-e coffee cups! (you can remove the hyphens, I just don't want people Googling this post) Nothing special ... just the cheap crap every coffee shop in the world used a few years back. BUT ... these days, the stuff is highly collectible! I dragged the tote out into the sunlight and started counting. FIFTY-EIGHT of 'em! Did I say BINGO?? Then it hit me ... problem! We were at a sale of one of the people who is usually pretty high-priced. We know him well enough he'll usually be pretty fair with us, but he's still generally high AND can be a bit of a prick at times ... especially if you try to grind on him for a lower price. I asked what he'd take for 'em and he said I could have 'em all for $100. I flinched a bit and started digging through the boxes to see persactly what I had and what condition they were in. He then said, "NO! If I want to cherry-pick the sumbitches, the price is $150!!" (I told ya' he can be a prick!) Crap! I gambled and shelled out a hunnert dollar bill, then loaded 'em in my truck. I just got around to listing them a few days ago and since I have so many, and need to move them fast (I don't like to keep my cash tied up), I have them listed at only $23.50 each. I'm on 15 watch lists already (people who are interested and watching my listing while they decide what to do) and I just sold my 11th cup a few minutes ago! So, I've already more than doubled my investment! Somebody in Japan bought 4 of 'em yesterday and somebody else bought 6 of 'em a couple days ago! Not a bad start, only 47 to go! ;)
This ain't all of 'em, I have a pile in my office within easy reach for shipping, and will replace them from this pile as I go. If you see any of this stuff layin' around ... pick it up for me. The going rate on coffee cups these days is about a dime ... I'll give ya' 15-cents! :D
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I was at an estate sale a week or so ago and there was a shed out back that was full of junk. I have to admit, it was a lot of dirty, dusty crap ... old dishes, broken stuff, worn out mops, rusty hand tools, shovels, rakes, brooms, boxes of old clothes, magazines and newspapers ... like I said ... CRAP! People would peek in there and keep on walking. Well, my buddy and I climbed in there and started getting dirty (we'd already picked through the house). After about 30 minutes of sweating and digging through what was mostly trash, I found a large plastic tote buried under a pile of junk. I finally moved enough stuff out of the way to drag it out far enough to peek under the lid. I pried the lid up a bit and BINGO! I couldn't believe my eyes! It was a tote full of Ja-de-it-e coffee cups! (you can remove the hyphens, I just don't want people Googling this post) Nothing special ... just the cheap crap every coffee shop in the world used a few years back. BUT ... these days, the stuff is highly collectible! I dragged the tote out into the sunlight and started counting. FIFTY-EIGHT of 'em! Did I say BINGO?? Then it hit me ... problem! We were at a sale of one of the people who is usually pretty high-priced. We know him well enough he'll usually be pretty fair with us, but he's still generally high AND can be a bit of a prick at times ... especially if you try to grind on him for a lower price. I asked what he'd take for 'em and he said I could have 'em all for $100. I flinched a bit and started digging through the boxes to see persactly what I had and what condition they were in. He then said, "NO! If I want to cherry-pick the sumbitches, the price is $150!!" (I told ya' he can be a prick!) Crap! I gambled and shelled out a hunnert dollar bill, then loaded 'em in my truck. I just got around to listing them a few days ago and since I have so many, and need to move them fast (I don't like to keep my cash tied up), I have them listed at only $23.50 each. I'm on 15 watch lists already (people who are interested and watching my listing while they decide what to do) and I just sold my 11th cup a few minutes ago! So, I've already more than doubled my investment! Somebody in Japan bought 4 of 'em yesterday and somebody else bought 6 of 'em a couple days ago! Not a bad start, only 47 to go! ;)
This ain't all of 'em, I have a pile in my office within easy reach for shipping, and will replace them from this pile as I go. If you see any of this stuff layin' around ... pick it up for me. The going rate on coffee cups these days is about a dime ... I'll give ya' 15-cents! :D
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