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10 things you need to know before you check the Criagslist Free Section.

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Friday, February 10, 2012

Craigslist Secrets

Pay for your.........Rent, Gas, Food, Car Payment WITH CRAIGLIST
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I'm going to tell you a secret. I'm going to tell you how I make $400-$700 every week just by selling my crap on Craigslist.

I see a lot of people selling Ebooks for $20 a pop. Not here! Never!

I believe in paying in forward. So here it goes.

1.Check the Wanted Section This is often over looked. But chances are someone is wanting something you have or maybe you know someone who has what they are looking for. Can you say finders fee? Enough said.

2.Upload Photos! I still cant believe how many people don't upload photos of the items they are selling. If you have a really cool piece of art glass that you want $75 for but just leave it to the buyers imagination and tell them its green and really bitchin, that will result in very few (I expect no) phone calls or emails.

3.Link to your other items I cant tell you how many dozens of sales I generate a month because I informed my buyers of the other items I have on craigslist. An easy way to accomplish this is informing the future buyer that if they search your phone number in craiglist your other items will show up. If you are using email make a nice search word that is unique for your buyers to search. JoesCLitems is a nice example.

4.Search the Free Section I make it a habit of searching the free section several times a day. I once found a gentleman only blocks from me who had a truck load of scuba gear. (I have no idea why) I parted it out over a few months on craigslist for around two grand. Don't cheat or lie to people. If someone says they have a newer fridge to go to a struggling family don't take advantage of that. Its just wrong.

5.Five And Ten Dollar Items Add Up. Before you have a garage sale and mark everything a quarter list it on craiglist for five or ten bucks. You would be surprised what some people will pay for small items like logo-ed mugs, books, nicknacks and the like. If after a few weeks or months with no bites start putting your items in groups and sell in lots. Someone might not pay $5 for a little red bottle but they might pay $20 for a box of little red bottles. If all else fails put your items on the quarter table at the garage sale.

6.Don't Cheat People Really this is a no brainier. If your dishwasher is making more noise than a group circus clowns on bicycles or your 70s station wagon is missing more parts than a leopard on a pogo stick, tell the truth! First of all you don't need that karma. Second you don't need someone flaming all of craigslist telling everyone that you ripped them off.

7.Haggle Only When You Have To Chances are the buyer made an emotional commitment to buy the moment he or she agreed to meet you. Use this to your advantage and don't sell out until the last second. When you do negotiate back off on your price 10% or 20% at a time. You have a $100 item and they offer $50 you counter with $90 and so on until you reach a fair price.

8.Keep Change & Schedule your Buyers You would no believe how many buyers come to my door with a $20 bill for a $5 item. Keep plenty of fives and tens. Also get yourself a big day planner or a notebook and make appointments with each buyer. I like to schedule buyers a half hour apart. The last thing you want is two or three people coming up to your front door at one time.

9.Don't Try to get the last Dime out of everything Unless you just bought a $200,000 Picasso I would not worry about getting the last dime out of everything you are selling. I make it a general rule tel sell 40%-60% of the fair market value.

10. Be Good to People We don't live in an easy world. When you have the chance to help someone out who is truly in need. I can guarantee you will sleep better at night knowing someone got that box fan or box of clothes who needed it the most rather than having a few extra bucks in your pocket.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Crap I Own

CRAP I OWN

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My Investments

GOLD & SILVER

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