After a few sales, this week I felt I had a little income on the way in to justify looking for a little more inventory. When thinking of a route to buy low and sell high, the thrift store seemed like a pretty good bet. I've picked up some great deals for personal use at them before, and if I looked a little more thoroughly I decided I'd probably be able to find things of value. It was even easier than I expected.
What makes things so easy and straightforward now is the speed and usefulness of smartphones. On my iPhone I can fire up the eBay app and search for an item I see in the thrift store that I'm curious about. The book "The Kite Runner" for example was in good condition and sold from the thrift store for 25 cents. After searching eBay's "Completed Listings" I can know that it will sell for about $5. I had my phone out the entire time I was thrifting.
I spent about $30 at a couple of thrift stores buying an HD-5000 webcam, a Sega Dreamcast, and a couple of VHS tapes which were a quarter each.
Edit 7/27/2012:
All but one of those VHS tapes has sold for a total of $99.98 before fees.
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