Always looking ......

I am always looking for some way to sell the stuff I get. I look even harder for the stuff that becomes a pain to move or is near impossible to move. For example. I have been sitting on Silver Plated hallo ware and flatware for damn near a long long long time. Couldnt find anyone to buy it. I finally came across a vendor who will buy it from me. No doubt he is most likely making at leastr 50% - 100% profit from me, but the way I look at it, I finally got rid of it all. And will have a sales channel to get rid of more when I come across it. Roughly about 45 pieces of flatware and 5 pieces of hallo ware. All finally sold for $25. Originally posted for $30, guy offered me $20 I haggled him up to $25. So I am now happy about finally moving that.

Way more money than what my melt guy would of paid, and these pieces were in horrible condition, lots of the silver plating was coming off. So I am happy with the sale, especially since it is getting to be a harder market to sell silver plate. Everyone wants sterling or fine.

Moral of the story is to always look for a way to get rid of things for a profit. Everything has some kind of value, EVERYTHING!!! Even when you find a channel to get rid of things, keep looking, you can sometimes find even better deals.

Definately gotta strike a balance. Sometimes I get in the mindset everything has value, gotta squeeze every penny of out every unit. I wind up keeping corporate logo clothes, tshirts, etc because hey at the flea market I can probably get a quarter for each shirt which isn't much but when you got a few thousand it adds up. It also adds a lot of clutter to my garage.

Othertimes I'll get in t he mindset where anything that's not easy to flip or decent money gets tossed.

I'm always one of two extremes.

Just found this thread and wanted to pass along some info. There is a company in North Carolina called Replacements Ltd. that deal in china, glassware, silver and stainless flatware. They are a very reputable company that buys as well as sells. My family has bought china from them to finish a collection. In one of my units I found some stainless flatware that was a unique design and very heavily made. I checked their website to see if they dealt in this pattern and they did. I had 27 pieces (knives,forks,spoons) that they purchased them from me for $45.00. It cost me $7.00 to ship, so it was $38.00 more profit on this unit. If they deal in a pattern you find, even if it's a few pieces, check the website and follow the directions for selling to them. The process was very easy and their communication was awsome. Read all the information so you don't waste shipping dollars on something they won't buy like chipped or cracked china or bent flatware. Hope this helps some of you sell some items.