re: Update on my quest to get to Japan with 50¢

why wouldn't the person selling the old zippo for $2 sell it for more then?

Here is one "easy on the pocket book" way:

Join the armed forces, go through basic training, and asked to be stationed in Japan.

Uncle Sam pays for travel and expenses, and you will even get even a housing allowance. It might take a few years. Basic training, more training, and a few station assignments before you get your prefered choice.

Just have to be in shape unlike the Texas National Lardarses.

See the world on Uncle Sam's Dime.

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why wouldn't the person selling the old zippo for $2 sell it for more then?

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Because to them it's clutter and they want it gone but not trashed.

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why wouldn't the person selling the old zippo for $2 sell it for more then?

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We do this with coins, silver and gold. Plenty of people have no idea what stuff is worth. Had a lady and her husband come in with a roll of gold US coins. They were looking to sell/exchange at $10 because that's what they were. They were shocked when the offer was much much higher. She had given 2 away, and showed back up a week later with them to sell.

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I don’t need to do eBay for supplemental income, I do it as a hobby,

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Look i"m not knocking it, I love to flip for the same reason. It's a rush to find a nice pair of shoes at Goodwill or a piece of art at an antique store that I can double or triple on ebay. I just always have the those questions in my mind, could I go write a few work emails and sell something that would result in a higher finder's fee than selling a $100 item on ebay for $200.

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Look i"m not knocking it, I love to flip for the same reason. It's a rush to find a nice pair of shoes at Goodwill or a piece of art at an antique store that I can double or triple on ebay. I just always have the those questions in my mind, could I go write a few work emails and sell something that would result in a higher finder's fee than selling a $100 item on ebay for $200.

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That’s just it, I don’t hunt to double my money, I look for 25:1 payback or higher. I settle for 10:1, and try to avoid anything less than 3:1.

I will buy a huge lot at (let’s say $100). I know one of the items is worth over $100. I sell it real quick, and then sell the other items for pure profit, no matter the value. That’s where most of my $15-$25 sold items come from.

I average over $50 an item sold on eBay. Right now, over the last 90 days, I’ve averaged $57+ per item (that does include money collected for shipping).

About 3 months ago, it was near $70 an item.

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Maybe it will start snowballing. I hope it does. I say that because, being that you’ve set a goal of $8,000 for the trip and you’ve made $133 in 5 months, that means, at your current earning rate, you will reach your goal in a little over 25 years.

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you’re using a linear model when this is obviously an exponential growth situation.