Thumper
09-05-2018, 08:07 AM
... people will buy ANYTHING!
I was cleaning out my office yesterday and decided it was time to get rid of a pile of "old" Cabelas catalogs that do nothing but lie around gathering dust. I piled them into a box and was getting ready to haul them outside to our recycle bin. Then the thought hit me to check eBay first. Now mind you, I don't have a VINTAGE collection of super-old books here. For years, I'd throw the old catalogs away once I received the new ones. For some reason, around 2000, I just let them pile up. Well, these things actually sell! They're not the proverbial goldmine of course, but they'll bring $10, with some of the larger ones (like the Fall or Spring Master Catalogs) going for as much as $20 or so!
As stated, not a ton of money, but it appears I have a couple hundred $$$ worth sitting here. Postage is just pennies since they'll ship under the USPS's super cheap Media Mail rates, so the profit margin is much higher than most items! What the heck, they were about 3-minutes from hitting the bottom of the recycle bin yesterday. Today, they'll help pay for our next cruise! :)
I was cleaning out my office yesterday and decided it was time to get rid of a pile of "old" Cabelas catalogs that do nothing but lie around gathering dust. I piled them into a box and was getting ready to haul them outside to our recycle bin. Then the thought hit me to check eBay first. Now mind you, I don't have a VINTAGE collection of super-old books here. For years, I'd throw the old catalogs away once I received the new ones. For some reason, around 2000, I just let them pile up. Well, these things actually sell! They're not the proverbial goldmine of course, but they'll bring $10, with some of the larger ones (like the Fall or Spring Master Catalogs) going for as much as $20 or so!
As stated, not a ton of money, but it appears I have a couple hundred $$$ worth sitting here. Postage is just pennies since they'll ship under the USPS's super cheap Media Mail rates, so the profit margin is much higher than most items! What the heck, they were about 3-minutes from hitting the bottom of the recycle bin yesterday. Today, they'll help pay for our next cruise! :)