December...

So - how many people buy used furniture in December?

Not many.

Everyone is running around, trying to do last minute gift shopping.. saving their pennies for Snuggies and plasma TVs - so I only sold nine items in the whole of December.  I can't really say that this was a problem for me since I too was running around trying to prepare for the holidays.

I did have a nice situation where someone was giving away a FREE IKEA shoe rack/bench.. and I actually got it (shocker).. so this is free money to me essentially.

We re-assembled it properly, ran some beeswax over it and re-listed it for sale...

 I got a really low-ball offer from someone but I knew this was a really nice piece so I held firm.  He then tried to play coy with me and make me sweat it out a few days while he "considered" the situation.  By the time he came back in a few days time, I had already sold it to someone else... you vacillate - you lose?

Summary

Purchased: $0
Modifications: $0 
Sold: $65

Profit: $65