Comments on: How to Sell Stuff Without Having a Garage Sale

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:29:19 +0000

danielle – now that sounds like an entrepreneur

By: danielle

danielle — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:56:03 +0000

Tricia- Here’s an idea. You can join freecycle, and trade your stuff for other people’s books. Then, you can take them to half price books and sell them for cash at the selling counter.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:30:25 +0000

Thank you so much for all the comments and for this post! It gives me great ideas!

By: doctor S

doctor S — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:48:54 +0000

I love craigslist too and have had both positive and negative experiences. eBay is a great tool when you get good at it and get the hang of it as well. Posting in work classifieds is also a great tool if you work at a large company. Try your local newspapers as well. Be easy

By: GH4 Wiki

GH4 Wiki — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:05:11 +0000

Gumtree.com is quite good as a classifieds ad service, just like Craigslist.

By: MakeMistakes

MakeMistakes — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:02:27 +0000

One that is very popular where I live is Kijiji.ca

Anytime the topic of buy/sell comes up around here, three people jump up and recommend it!

By: Joe @ Simple Debt-Free Finance

Joe @ Simple Debt-Free Finance — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:51:23 +0000

I’ve don the eBay thing and had pretty good success. I like Amazon.com because there are no listing fees, but it is a bit more limited than eBay. I’ve tried Craigslist, but no joy… I think Craig’s list works well if you’re more urban than rural in geography…

By: LA

LA — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:40:56 +0000

I’ve used amazon.com to sell books, but it’s best for recent books and best-sellers. Usually I’d buy a selection for my book club, read it, and resell it if I didn’t want to keep it.

However, I now have an Amazon Kindle (a gift). Selections from amazon are cheaper, not to mention storage space in my house for all those books has dramatically reduced. Can’t resell selections, though.

By: becky

becky — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:28:33 +0000

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing!

By: Shani

Shani — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:50:24 +0000

For Books: Cash4books.net

Everything else: Craigslist.org (LOVE IT!)

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:34:24 +0000

I second half.com for book sales. It gets less traffic than Amazon but the fees are much lower. I’ve actually lost money on a few Amazon.com sales because the fees were higher than the cost of the item.

By: Skyler Collings

Skyler Collings — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:57:08 +0000

Also to note: Be careful. For example if you plan to sell jewelry or electronics. You might not necessary want to meet the potential buyers at your house. Just a word of caution.

By: danielle

danielle — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:30:02 +0000

I love Craigslist!!! I sold my daughter’s used bumbo seat for full price. This was right after they were recalled, and people really wanted them.

By: Nine Circles

Nine Circles — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:07:43 +0000

My favorite place to sell things (particularly books) is Half.com. Unlike with eBay, you don’t have to pay to list things–you only pay for what actually sells. Also, they pay adequately to cover shipping costs (at least with books). Although books seem to sell faster on Amazon, they take a bigger cut and don’t pay enough to cover shipping.

By: anna

anna — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:13:31 +0000

Around here lots of churches or other non-profit organizations hold flea markets as fundraisers – they use their site and sell you a table/space for $8-$20 which represents their profit and you keep whatever you make from table sales (although some places do ask for a 10% voluntary donation).