Someone posted a link to the blog recraigslist.com on Reddit a while back. The author (Ryan) makes a living buying and reselling things on Craigslist and several posts relevant to anyone wanting to sell things on Craigslist.
One interesting post I saw discusses "How to Survive Price Negotations." Ryan's thesis is that you should stick to your guns and not accept a lower offer. Personally, I think this is a flawed strategy. While I'm sure it works for him -- he does, after all, need the money to support his family -- for those of us who do this only as a hobby, it's a poor idea. I think this will be the subject of my next post.
He also has at least one post devoted to garage sales. Again, I disagree with Ryan only because we're approaching the topic from two different directions. He's doing it for his job; I'm doing it for entertainment. He suggests searching the Craigslist postings ahead of time for items he hopes to resell and then just going to those sales which is a fine strategy if you're just doing this for business. For me, the business side only started as a way to justify it to disapproving parents; I still see garage saling more as entertainment than business. So, if you're like me (you want to garage sale more for personal items than for profit), I suggest you look for sales using the methods I discussed in my third and fourth posts
I personally really like Ryan's blog. It's well-written and he clearly knows what he's talking about. If you want more information regarding selling stuff on Craigslist from another experienced Craigslist seller, I suggest you head over.
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