Dirty people earn less money

Did my title catch your attention?

One basic rule that kijiji-ers across the land are breaking - much to my satisfaction - they do not CLEAN their items before they sell!  wtf dudes... can you imagine going into a store to buy say a piece of furniture and it's covered with fingerprints, grape jam, old pieces of tape and unrecognizable crap?  Probably not, right?  Well, why on earth would you assume someone will buy your item online in that condition?  Seriously people... if you are dirty.. you will earn less money.

That said.. I LOVE buying from dirty people... they obviously don't value the item they own so they will most likely be trying to give their stuff away.  Plus, the items show like.. well, garbage so if you can see through the grime, you can make a real pay-off.  It is important at this point to differentiate dirty people from clumsy or careless people who damage their items.. stay away from these folks like the plague.

DIRTY

So anyway - this dirty ole bachelor guy was selling a dirty table (not that the guy himself was dirty, but his house was dirty, etc.. read hoarder) I forget what he was asking for it - but I negotiated him down to $35.. he wanted more for it but was probably confused by the lack of interest/offers.. so he accepted.

CLEAN

Geordie brought it home, I scrubbed it clean, Geordie waxed it.. that is literally all we did.. we re-listed it the following day for $100 and had a full price offer that night.

OH - this reminds me.. make sure you stage/show off your item in it's best light.. put a pretty decorative such-and-such on top and try and take photos on an angle.. let your inner artistic director come out and try a variety of shots until you find ones you're happy with. If I had an awesome camera - maybe I could take even BETTER pictures?  hmmm.. something to think about.







Here are the final deets on my tidy little score:

Summary

Purchased: $35
Sold: $100
Profit: $65