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safeinOhio

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5. Here is what sells for me.
Thu Dec 17, 2015, 08:07 AM
Dec 2015

Old stuff of interest to men. Anything to do with cars, motorcycles, hunting, fishing, tools, farming, military, phones, advertising and erotica. If it'll hang in a man cave, it goes. Items sold as collectibles, not so much. Can't sell a baseball card, but old baseballs, gloves and bats, fly off the shelf.
Of course price is the biggest factor. I'm happy to cut my profit margin for a fast sale. I see so many booths with top end items at top price. They may have $20K in inventory, but few sales. I have fast turn over so I'm able to go out and buy more. Half of my sales are to other dealers. I've been doing well lately with old treadle sewing machine bases I've made into tables. Takes less than an hour for me to spay paint the base and set a top on it. Usually cost me about $40 to make one and I sell them for $65 to $100. If I can't find a top, I just paint and sell the base. I see the same things in booths for $150 and up and they sit there. In the mean time I've sold 5 or 6.

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