Re: The $100 Week
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Jul 1st, 2009, 12:21 PM
#17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PhxMJ
Yup garage sales are better. Honestly, I cannot believe all the shit I've been selling on Craiglist.
I've had a broken pot rack/chandelier in my garage for a year -- it needs to be repaired -- I took some good photos, explained the repair, and sold the thing for $50. I am enjoying getting paid to "declutter" my life.
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So millionaires do have garage sales too
Ironic as we just had one this weekend and I know there was a thread from a while back about how slowlane flea markets and garage sales are being that they are very time intensive and limited in scope(unless you're the organizer of the big flea market, like the one here in Chicago- Wolff's) and the time we spent setting up, tearing down and cleaning up after the garage sale(still not done with this part) is getting in the way of taking action on a fastlane plan.
Now using craigslist or eBay as a tool to sell old junk or re-sell items from craigslist, garage sales or goodwill is a great 21st century way of doing what my mom did to make a decent amount of extra spending money in the 90's(flea markets and garage sales)
In fact it'd be nice to see what Luke12321 has to say on this subject, I know he's done pretty well with the online resale biz
The plus side however, is that we do have some extra spending cash, but most of all, less clutter = less worry and thus more positive energy to focus towards fastlaning and of course making it easier to pack up and move when we're ready to
