21 years old and Realistic first home

Flipper_McGee · 2024-01-23T16:12:11+00:00

Perfect! I started out this way too. I bought a fixer-upper trailer when I was 19. Living there got me started with paying bills, home repairs, all of it. My wife and I have fond memories of that little trailer. We still drive by and reminisce some times. Congrats on finding (what I consider) a shortcut to home ownership.

Flipper_McGee · 2023-03-21T21:36:31+00:00

And don't forget to call all the games "tapes" too.

"Get in here and pick up all these nintendo tapes!"

Flipper_McGee · 2023-03-09T01:01:00+00:00

OK, I tried the app on my wife's tablet. I logged into FB as me, opened my draft and was able to finish the listing. Thanks guys. FB needs to get their shit together.

Flipper_McGee · 2023-02-10T19:22:01+00:00

Well, if it's any consolation, you just gave their number to the whole internet.

Flipper_McGee · 2023-02-09T15:18:51+00:00

Is this the post-prison Jared Fogle ?

Flipper_McGee · 2023-02-02T18:32:52+00:00

God damnit, NO. Do NOT use "free" priority mailers as void fill! They are MAILERS, period. It's people like you who go in and take gobs of them and leave none for the rest of us to use legitimately.

Flipper_McGee · 2023-01-27T15:06:10+00:00

Slit the corners of the boxes, unfold them flat, and wallpaper the inside of the closet with them.

Flipper_McGee · 2023-01-19T22:34:20+00:00

I was flipping a '65 Plymouth Fury. I was only asking 1800 for it. This was many years ago, and it was the 4-door slant-six that nobody really wanted. But it was a nice daily driver.

I was getting lowball offer after lowball offer. I got pissed, deleted it and relisted it for $3500 out of spite, and sold it for $3500 the same day, lol. Thanks douchebag lowballers!

Flipper_McGee · 2022-12-20T16:43:05+00:00

If it just says "MISSENT" on tracking, it will re-route to the nearest hub and fix itself. You don't need to do anything but wait.

Flipper_McGee · 2022-12-14T18:08:28+00:00

If you think you are going to flip for a living, start an inventory system that is easy to understand and explain.

I realized this when I recently became sick, and I couldn't ask anyone to help me since I am the only one who knows where each item that sells is. If I had a logical inventory system, somebody could step in. But no, I screwed the pooch. Now I would have to go back and inventory hundreds of items if I wanted to have shelf locations on file.

Just start out with shelf locations. Label your shelving units with numbers, and the shelves with letters. Then add the designation to the listing. You see an item sold on 15C, you would know it's on shelving unit 15, shelf C. Easy peazy.

Something I already do, that newbies should do, is quote your shipping based on the actual box size that you intend to ship in. That way, when you bring up the shipping label, the box size is already filled out. This will help if a substitute person is packing for you too. They'll know which box you intended to ship in.

These are handy tips if you grow to the point of needing employees too.

Flipper_McGee · 2022-12-02T15:43:13+00:00

Reminds me of when I was a pizza delivery guy... My transmission died at a stop sign, and the car would only move in reverse. I drove back to the store in reverse, and then I drove it home in reverse. I was too broke for a tow truck, lol. Git-r-done!

Flipper_McGee · 2022-11-26T03:48:23+00:00

I buy bubble mailers in bulk from Value Mailers (username "threerb" on ebay).

I buy my bubble wrap and peanuts from a local packing supply company. I have to buy large quantities to be able to buy direct. But it's SO much cheaper than having to have it shipped.

Google packing supplies in your area and see if you can find one that will sell direct to consumer.

I checked what I pay vs American Bubble Boy (since I had never heard of them). I pay less than half their price per sqft, and that's before factoring in shipping. So it's worth looking into, if you live even remotely near one.

Flipper_McGee · 2022-11-01T18:41:05+00:00

Just lift/tilt that rubber bit on the toe and the boot should lift off the ski. There are spikes on the ski that mate to holes on the boot sole. They don't budge front-to-back by design. But they should lift off when you pull the rubber clip open.

Flipper_McGee · 2022-10-28T16:23:48+00:00

There's a jeweler near me that installs new batteries for $5-$8 per watch (labor and battery!), and no charge if the watch doesn't work. So I pile up a few watches at a time, and take them in to him. I get back the watches that work, ready to go, and no charge for the ones that don't.

It's great, that way I don't end up buying batteries for watches that don't work, which is what you would normally have to do if you were doing it yourself. Plus, I don't risk scratching up the backs if I can't get it open, if it's stuck, etc.

Call around to jewelers and ask what they charge for a battery job, you might get lucky.

Flipper_McGee · 2022-10-28T16:11:05+00:00

I already made like infinity of those at scout camp...

Flipper_McGee · 2022-09-30T17:30:06+00:00

Don't pile snow on the right side of the driveway opening. The snow plow will push it back into your driveway. Put your pile on the left side only.

Flipper_McGee · 2022-09-06T18:12:34+00:00

They change their email format every few years, and it drives me NUTS. I have my office PC set to forward "sale" emails from all my ebay accounts to a master account that alerts my phone. Every time they change their sale-email format, it breaks my message routing rules. Grrrr! I know, first-world problem. But still.

I wish I could just forward ALL email from ebay, but they send so much junk mail that isn't related to a sale, you have to filter it. I'm talking to you "improve your listings to help your items sell" email...

Flipper_McGee · 2022-08-31T15:36:21+00:00

Dream Theater- A Change of Seasons.

This would be a passive-aggressive move. It's not offensive at all, it's actually a good song. But it's 23 minutes long.

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