I stumbled across this hilarious article and I thought you might enjoy:
When my husband and I moved across the country last year, he had a job lined up — but I didn’t.
Living in a new state without a full-time job, I tried to think of ways to bring in some income. My love for bargain hunting really got me thinking…
Thrift stores and garage sales are amazing places to find a needle in the haystack, a lost Picasso or a first edition Hemingway.
While we hear stories of those lucky few who hit it big on “Antiques Roadshow,” I decided to focus on more common items people tend to throw away.
Specifically: board games.
And not even complete games, but the tossed-aside, falling-apart, missing-pieces games which most people pass up.
Not me. I saw them as potential moneymakers!
In fact, I ended up making $250 from these board games in just six months. Continued at
http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/selling-on-ebay-board-game-pieces/
When my husband and I moved across the country last year, he had a job lined up — but I didn’t.
Living in a new state without a full-time job, I tried to think of ways to bring in some income. My love for bargain hunting really got me thinking…
Thrift stores and garage sales are amazing places to find a needle in the haystack, a lost Picasso or a first edition Hemingway.
While we hear stories of those lucky few who hit it big on “Antiques Roadshow,” I decided to focus on more common items people tend to throw away.
Specifically: board games.
And not even complete games, but the tossed-aside, falling-apart, missing-pieces games which most people pass up.
Not me. I saw them as potential moneymakers!
In fact, I ended up making $250 from these board games in just six months. Continued at
http://www.thepennyhoarder.com/selling-on-ebay-board-game-pieces/
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