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    Scrap sales- $113 last week- Use Facebook "Virtual Yard sale" Sites when available

    I had primarily been selling items via craigslist and ebay before now. My wife joined a local "virtual yard sale" Facebook group recently and I think it is going to be a really great resource. We have gotten a lot more sales and interest in items much more quickly by using the yard sale page vs craigslist. On the facebook page, people just browse through what has been posted to see if anything piques their interest or if there is anything that a friend would like. It also helps that an interested buyer can see your profile picture and know that you are a real person living in their community. We sold the Foosball table, 2 of the beach chairs, the tent, trunk and tennis balls all through the Facebook group within 5 days of posting them. In hindsight, we should have priced the trunk quite a bit higher which is the other benefit of the facebook site. You get people posting stuff for way way less than actual value often times because they are moving or just need to get rid of it. i.e. a beautiful marble vanity that sold for only $20.

    Do any of you use Facebook yard sale groups in your area? Are there other online sales sites you prefer? If you want to find a group in your area just type the name of the city or area and "yard sale" in the search box on facebook.

    Foosball Table- $50
    6 Beach Chairs (4 aluminum, 2 steel, poor condition) - $30
    Rio Beach Shade Tent - $15
    Wooden Trunk - $10
    6 cans of sealed tennis balls - $8

    Last weekends finds
    -2 nice aluminum beach chairs with minor repairs needed
    -60" Rear projection TV- Mitsubishi 60735- needs a new light engine. Anyone have one of those? :-D I am not willing to spend the $180 for a new one so it will get turned into parts and a giant fresnel lens.
    -48" tall chalkboard easel in good shape
    -Hard bottom boogie board

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    I'm part of a few for my area. I used them in December right before ny passed their escrap law. Good sales out there. Thanks for sharing.

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    I use them and have had much better results than CL for my area. All the single item clothes sales bug the heck out of me though. They just take op too much space that could be filled with good stuff

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    My girlfriend uses those sites all the time. She has found some good stuff, and she has also sold a few items on them they seem easy to use and everything. They all have there own rules though so you have to follow each ones guidelines or they remove your post (For example, some facebook yard sale pages want you to use albums for multiple listing, and some have limitations on how often you can bump it.) but overall I thing its better then Craigslist.

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    My wife was just complaining about how she saw the couch she wants on there and the next day it was already gone.
    METAL IS MY MISTRESS...PLEASE DON'T TELL MY WIFE!

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    I run 2 groups and help admin a 3rd...these are the single best way I have found to sell stuff QUICKLY. I can buy something at a yard sale Sat morning and have it sold by the afternoon for 2-3x what I bought it for. I use Ebay for specialty things and CL sometimes (I generally by my broken cell phones from CL). I can post to a yard sale group and know it will be in front of 1000's of people within an hour or so. You just have to have rules on the groups (trust me mine do and I don't put up with crap).

    They are free and you can find or start a specialty group within minutes.
    PROFIT is made when you BUY/ACQUIRE NOT when you sell

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    I have my own yard sale fb page pawpaws yard sale. it s got a few sales for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by pawpaw View Post
    I have my own yard sale fb page pawpaws yard sale. it s got a few sales for me
    Look for groups in your area...search for <city> or <county> yard sale....there are also specialty groups for tools, cars, **** near anything so keep looking. You can get your item in front of 1000's in minutes. My 2 groups I admin have 8K+ EACH....the one I help with (NE Georgia Big Boy Toys) is cars, atv, guns and all sorts of stuff....10K+ people on that one.

    Yes, have your own, but get on these and pimp your stuff...I sell a TON of stuff on there all the time....and best part...no fees. LOL

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    o yea i use others too its bout six or eight right here local


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