Saturday, November 21, 2015

Third sale today!

Bought: $4.50 Sold: $53.31 Fees: $5.70 Profit: $43.11

I found this in a bag at VV and looked it up on eBay and Google and didn't find much. There was none on sale on eBay, and all the Google hits took me to french sites. It was cheap enough and a popular brand of children's toys, VTECH, so I got it. It turns out that it is a children's tablet that has games and lessons in French to help kids learn French. As far as I can tell it was only sold in France, but I'm guessing maybe also Quebec which is why it ended up in an Ottawa VV? Anyways, I found the instructions online, printed them out and included them. I listed it for $40USD, because it was the only one on eBay and if someone was interested they could make me an offer. This was one of the first things I picked up, and I was wondering if it would ever sell. It did sell, for full price, to someone in Ohio. I looked up her recent purchases and she bought another French training computer, so maybe she has a child she wants to learn French? Anyways, this was a nice flip, with good profit. It just goes to show being the only one of something, and willing to sit, could turn into profit.

Also, I was talking to Chris the other day and asked him if he wanted to gamble on what the next item to sell would be. He laughed and said it was impossible, but that he would bet what wouldn't sell. I warned him that was a dangerous game to play as Robin as already learned, but he was confident, and said there is no way that French kid's toy will ever sell. Well, Chris, I guess you've earned your spot on this post...


Counter for things Chris said that will never sell that in fact did sell: 1

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