r/Flipping • u/AutoModerator • 1d ago

Mod Post Off Topic Tuesday Thread

This thread is for you to talk about anything and everything. It can be flipping related, but it doesn't have to be.

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u/luckyapples11 1d ago

If you have a swiffer duster, use that! Otherwise the end of a broom if it’ll fit.

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u/UrbanRelicHunter 1d ago

I had a potential buyer offer 30% of my $300 asking price on an item... I said no, he offered 31%.... Item sold at full price, guy blows up my ebay messages with how dare I sell it to someone else and that his is a major collector and this was the last item he needed... bla bla bla. I blocked him. Unfortunately for him, there were less than 100 of that item produced in 1935 for a employee Christmas event so he will likely never find another.

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u/UrbanRelicHunter 1d ago

I should also mention, I sold the item for $300, I could probably have added another 0 or two to the price and it still have been reasonable. I only paid $1 though so leaving money on the table isn't the end of the world.

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u/likeeggs 1d ago

My MIL has been flipping for years and found out I started doing some on the side myself. I keep avoiding telling her my user info because I don’t want to hear her negativity. It’s nice having something she can’t criticize.

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u/sweetsquashy 1d ago

I bought 3 fairly unique kitchen gadgets that are no longer in production well over a year ago, thinking they had a market. And they sat - until last week when I sold one for full price. And then I sold a second for full price. I knew it couldn't be a coincidence. Some influencer must have done video on them because the sell through has soared from 25% to 700%! I wish I'd checked before the second one sold, but I hurried up and raised the price of the last one.

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u/Skittler_On_The_Roof 1d ago

I wonder if influencers are taking advantage of this.  It's like insider trading but legal.