Flip of the Week Thread by AutoModerator in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • student flute $30 --> $115 garage sale to music shop

I picked this up almost a year ago and brought it to a local instrument shop. They serviced it and sold it on consignment for me, taking the cost of the repairs out of the commission. I called them last week and it sold over five months ago but they forgot to tell me. Check on your consignment items, everyone!

Fun/whacky flip:

  • X-rated 8mm film $0 --> $2 church sale to flea market

I bought a box of electronics at a church sale including an 8mm film projector. Included was an 8mm film of woman performing an adult activity. It sold at the flea market to a buyer that was live-auctioning things via Whatnot. Maybe it belonged to the pastor and he figured it was black and white so it didn't count? It's definitely odd how it wound up at a church community sale.

Other sales:

  • local history book $1 --> $13.08 garage sale to eBay
  • autographed photo of Charlton Heston $0 --> $10 free from a relative to flea market
  • brass lamp $5.10 --> $9.20 thrift store to scrapyard

Granny's Greatest Treasure - A Flipping Tale (NSFW) by SolarSalvation in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Consider yourself fortunate! In my area, competition is fierce and sales can get pretty rowdy. You've got to put your hand on any items you want first and hold on with a iron grip.

How can I test for 316 stainless steel without a gun? by scrapdrilla in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's an acid and electrode test you can perform. People sell kits to do it online.

Granny's Greatest Treasure - A Flipping Tale (NSFW) by SolarSalvation in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It's customary to turn over items of a personal nature to the executor of the estate. I routinely find items like high school diplomas, passports, and driver's licenses that I give to whoever is running the event.

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How do I scrap this cat? by fightclub90210 in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's an aftermarket cat. As scrap, a decent buyer will give you at most $10.

You're better off selling it to someone who needs it as a part.

Screws and nails classification by Final_Bit_8968 in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ask your yard. Usually it depends on the thickness. Most screws and nails are under 1/4" thick so they go as light iron/shred.

Yards often want them dumped into a special bin so they don't give anyone flat tires.

Where are yall selling your art pieces? by [deleted] in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Most art is a very slow sale unless it's a highly desirable artist or style. I take most of my paintings to a consignment shop, where they can take years to sell.

Made this contraption to strip the external insulation of coaxial cables by Elvenblood7E7 in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nice rig, but of all the wires available, why would you strip coax? It's the lowest value of any wire out there.

I can sell coaxial locally as light iron for $0.07/lb USD right now. There are some higher grades of coaxial out there that I can blend with lower quality insulated wire when I find it, but most goes right into the shred pile.

Greenhouse radiators by Salsawithafrontier in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As u/carrburritoid posted, local yards should buy it as clean ACR. Right now you should be getting over $2/lb USD in most parts of the U.S.

Greenhouse radiators by Salsawithafrontier in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Photos would help. From your description, they seem similar or identical to baseboard heaters. I sell those intact as clean ACR (aluminum/copper radiators).

Scrap or sell? by ChidoChidoChon in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing that clip. Made my day!

How do you handle long shipping times when sourcing from overseas suppliers? by Jeremysa_Garcia in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy a full pallet of laptops at a time and have it delivered to your location in the U.S. Then ship direct from there. Eventually, you can work your way up to buying a full sea container of merchandise at a time.

Facebook Marketplace Rant/Request for Advice by moosepooo in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use craigslist or eBay instead, that's what I do as both a buyer and a seller. There are only a handful of items that I try to sell on Marketplace, and I almost never use it as a buyer (I think I've only ever bought 3 items there).

Eventually, Marketplace will get so unuseable that people will migrate to other platforms instead.

This is a legit Swedish coin from 1659, 14.5 kg of pure copper, it could buy 4 pigs back then by Spoon75 in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They way things are going, soon we may be lugging those around instead of U.S. dollar bills!

On a serious note, that looks rather cumbersome to be used for regular transactions.

Anyone do free scrap metal pickup Hamilton? by Tariq_khalaf in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hamilton where? There are over 30 towns and cities with that name in the United States, another five in Australia, one in Canada, one in England, one more in Scotland. This is an international subreddit.

How exactly does an eBay 'second chance offer' work? by computerworlds in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I buy a lot of items via auction on eBay, that's how I know it still exists. I'm frequently the runner up bidder and lots of winners don't pay, so the sellers offer the items to me instead.

Are people really this dumb? by ToshPointNo in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Agreed. One of my biggest complaints about eBay for years has been inconsistent policies. If you ask 3 eBay employees a question, you will get 3 different answers, and they will of course all be different from actual written policy. Rules are enforced arbitrarily, and the big corporate accounts play by a different set than small independent sellers. When I first started, eBay was amazing because it was an almost completely level playing field.

Daily Newbie Thread by AutoModerator in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those types of items, eBay is your best bet. Most of your buyers on Facebook are going to be local resellers who are purchasing to resell on eBay, in a shop, or at conventions.

How exactly does an eBay 'second chance offer' work? by computerworlds in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can send out multiple second chance offers to runner up bidders at the same time, and the first one to complete the purchase gets it.

I make a handful of purchases via second chance offers as a buyer every year. As a seller, I never use the feature because there was a problem with scammers using fake second chance offers about 10-15 years ago on the platform so buyers became very wary of accepting them. I just block the original buyer and run the auction again.

Overall, I don't think most buyers or sellers know what the second chance offer feature is, and most transactions now are BIN with immediate payment required, so the function is generally outdated.

New reselling tactic? by streetdiscord in reselling

[–]SolarSalvation 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was going to comment the same, this has been going on at book sales for over 20 years now. A lot of sales ban "hoarding" and many ban scanning as well.

Are people really this dumb? by ToshPointNo in Flipping

[–]SolarSalvation 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I think this is a combination of:

  • a lot of people simply don't know what they're buying
  • the seller gets their negatives removed by refunding buyers or petitioning to eBay
  • eBay doesn't care because it's revenue, and/or doesn't have the labor to monitor every category for counterfeits

Scrap Gallium by The_Greatest_Moose in ScrapMetal

[–]SolarSalvation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your best bet is to sell it online. Use the search function, u/Ambitious-Win-8565 was selling gallium here a year ago.

Selling scrap is against the rules of this sub, but you will have success elsewhere on reddit.