roseburg

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What it Really Takes to Make Money(recraigslist.com)
2 points by roseburg 14y ago|0 comments
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by roseburg 15y ago
I have a 7" samsung galaxy tab with built in 3g from verizon. I also have a dash mount so I use it as a gps as well as to pull up emails, addresses and listings on the fly. It also acts as a hot spot to give internet to my laptop when I'm
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by roseburg 15y ago
If you go to news.google.com and type in Craigslist you will get a vastly disproportionate number of negative/positive Craigslist stories. Muggings get reported, smooth transactions don't. Shoot me a message if you ever need help with some
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by roseburg 15y ago
More context. Paid cash for the van and the utility trailer. Paid off a good chunk of debt on top of those big purchases and didn't use credit at all this past year. Hawaii: We used to live here, and have spent the past few years saving
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by roseburg 15y ago
Exactly, I'm not worried about raising up more competition. A very successful business owner friend of mine said the same thing to me when I first ran it by him.
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by roseburg 15y ago
Respectfully, I would encourage you to find someone personally to give your item away to. Craigslist is not a charity, it's a marketplace for people to buy/sell goods. Giving away an item on Craigslist is like throwing bread to ducks at a
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by roseburg 15y ago
I already paid my taxes. Self employment taxes were a decent chunk. I keep records of everything. Just entered it all in a database.
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by roseburg 15y ago
Exactly. The kid was a junior in high school. I'm 30 years old. It wasn't like I was picking on some little kid. The sooner someone gets called out for stuff like this the better.
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by roseburg 15y ago
People appreciate me being prepared to remove their appliances without damaging their house, showing up on time, paying cash, and often times I will buy all their appliances (and other items they might be selling). Sellers appreciate me cl
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by roseburg 15y ago
Thanks man. Sometimes I over think things, or am too cautious. Out of 600 or so buys that I made this past year I would have probably been better off being a little more aggressive and taking a few more risks. I've learned more this past y
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by roseburg 15y ago
It definitely will take a lot of work to scale it, but I think it can be done. I could probably be watching 3-4 cities at a time fairly easily. Portland has a very active Craigslist community and I have a lot of down time waiting for new
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by roseburg 15y ago
Your spot on with what I've been wrestling with over the past months. It's difficult, but possible. I did a trial with a friend in Houston and it worked out well. We made a little over $200 in a day on one laptop. Communication wise, it
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by roseburg 15y ago
The van I drive, a Toyota Sienna, gets pretty good gas mileage . I factor distance/time and what I will be able to sell the item(s) for before pulling the trigger. I listen to music and relax while driving around. I avoid rush hour traff
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by roseburg 15y ago
I'm straight up with people. Sometimes people will pick up on the fact that I'm not the average consumer joe buying their appliance and they ask what I'm going to do with them. I tell them and no one has ever complained. I show up on tim
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by roseburg 15y ago
Not yet :) They are all years old and younger. When they are teenagers though...
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by roseburg 15y ago
I have a really solid aluminum hand truck with stair skids on it. Most appliances weigh less than 250 lbs (I would guess average would be 175-200 lbs) and I'm able to move even the heavier ones up and down stairs by myself (not always easy
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by roseburg 15y ago
Thanks! Appreciate it.