re: Best items to flip/arbitrage on Craigslist, eBay, etc

buy stuff on clearance.

Back when Academy started their online shopping site, they were putting almost everything at clearance prices. I'm talking Nike tights, compression shorts, shorts...everything was from $0.88 to $2.88. I bought everything in sight, nearly their entire inventory and proceeded to flip most of them on eBay, averaging a sell price of around $19.99.

My biggest score from Academy was some Mueller Knee Braces which were on clearance for $0.88 a piece. This must have been a pricing error because everywhere else that I saw still had it priced at around $32.99.

So, I sold each one (around 15-20 or so) for at least $29.99 with $3 shipping.

I'd say I made out pretty well on those items and they paid for some LSU tickets that I wanted.