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<p>[QUOTE="Cascade, post: 2753315, member: 75984"]So you're saying you ripped off a little old lady? How do you sleep at night!? Lol just kidding. All's fair in the picking game. Nice score! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't do it much anymore but I have a great eye and real knack for buying $20 +/- items at estate sales and selling them for $500+. A couple of examples:</p><p><br /></p><p>Pair of art deco era bronze wall sconce lights with original pristine curved milk glass diffusers. Paid a whopping $2 and sold for $800. Needless to say I went overboard on packaging to ship lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>1960s "Colonel Hap Hazzard" a robot toy made by Marx. No box and missing twirly thing on his head but otherwise worked. Bought for $20. Sold for $500. It was returned two weeks after buyer got it with the buyer saying it didn't walk. Got it back and it didn't. Called eBay and told them he broke it cuz it was fine when I sold it. EBay sided with me and gave me my money back and I got to keep it. Then sold it again for $300 as semi-functional</p><p><br /></p><p>1950s hand painted on wood large 8'x2' Mercury Outboard Motors dealership sign. Kind of weathered but in great condition for what it was. Paid $30, Sold it on Craigslist for $600[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cascade, post: 2753315, member: 75984"]So you're saying you ripped off a little old lady? How do you sleep at night!? Lol just kidding. All's fair in the picking game. Nice score! :) I don't do it much anymore but I have a great eye and real knack for buying $20 +/- items at estate sales and selling them for $500+. A couple of examples: Pair of art deco era bronze wall sconce lights with original pristine curved milk glass diffusers. Paid a whopping $2 and sold for $800. Needless to say I went overboard on packaging to ship lol. 1960s "Colonel Hap Hazzard" a robot toy made by Marx. No box and missing twirly thing on his head but otherwise worked. Bought for $20. Sold for $500. It was returned two weeks after buyer got it with the buyer saying it didn't walk. Got it back and it didn't. Called eBay and told them he broke it cuz it was fine when I sold it. EBay sided with me and gave me my money back and I got to keep it. Then sold it again for $300 as semi-functional 1950s hand painted on wood large 8'x2' Mercury Outboard Motors dealership sign. Kind of weathered but in great condition for what it was. Paid $30, Sold it on Craigslist for $600[/QUOTE]
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