My best find this season was a Wallace Sterling Silver Water Pitcher it weighs 660-680grams.. I paid $10 dollars for it and the potential value is north of 1k.. 👍💕🔥⚾😷💰
Not all TH-camrs have those positive qualities that would prompt a seller to ask for your phone number. You are polite, respectful and not always trying to beat sellers out of a dollar or two. John and Matt are also the same way.
Man Ben, you got the Mega load and a variety of great stuff. This seems to be one of your best hauls in the history of the RSR videos. Super job Ben. You have the Kool-aid grin on your face, very happy.
I just started TH-cam and I find the hardest part is walking around with the camera on and still having confidence. Your answers to why you wear it are spot on, I've been asked once so far in the past week and they completely understood. Some TH-camrs clam up and it makes them look suspicious. Stay positive brother!
Found your channel from Vincent Valuables. $10 for three calipers? Nice. There was a red box sitting there that looked like milwaukee. Milwaukee tools are big $. Nice video. subscribed.
Nice score on the Callipers... The digital one is from Harbor Freight. The best one is the analog rotary dial! Although you didn't see the name, it is on there somewhere. A true machinists caliper. The other two digital are made by the same company with different branding. Nice video.
Really cool to see the kid from the Vincent's valuable channel bumping into you and showing a lot of respect you've taught many how to bank keep up the great work
Great finds! I went to an estate sale and struck up a conversation with the lady running it. This wasn’t a huge sale as we are in a small community. Turns out, she was looking for someone to help her with her sales! I do have a full time job and work 2 Saturdays each month but hopefully I can start helping her out. Thanks for all your great tips!
I definitely believe in paying up on that first deal when you know it could be a good connection. I tell people what I do when I'm working my full time job, pest control, and I told this one guy what I did and he brought me a bag full of big box PC games. He told me that he use to own a PC store and has a lot more put away in storage. The bag had 14 games in it, he wanted $75, I gave him $100. I broke the ice and made a good relationship with the guy and he told me he'd call me when he goes back out to his storage.
tip on the wayne manor bat cave - you may want to take off all the removable pieces and sell them in a lot. You will likely get just as much as you would selling the whole thing, but the shipping cost will be much less since the pieces can go first class since you're not selling the giant "shell" that's left over.
Reminds me when I found a new in box large Epson old stock commercial printer 🖨 at a random thrift store for $40. Went to the thrift store while my wife and step daughter shopped at ulta make up store next door. At first I got in an argument with my wife when she saw a large box loaded up in her small suv. But it all changed when I sold it fast on eBay as soon as i listed it for $700.00 free shipping. Splurged some of the profits that same day at the mall and a fancy restaurant 😂.
I remarked in DM's about that printer when you showed the initial score on on the printer, on IG. Now, seeing the context in which you got it, and free paper to boot... when she said she got that FREE with a camera she bought -- I would have totally asked what camera she bought. I am familiar with the printer and it's value, but for those who might not know printers, you might know cameras or brands, and that too, might open some more doors.
That was a crazy score.. I enjoyed seeing 2 of my resellers in 1 video.. So guys I am truly thinking of starting my own reselling on the side. Actually my daughter and I.. I'm excited to start this journey with my daughter. We have a lot to learn, but I will be watching n learning from the best.. thanks for sharing your treasures with us.. stay safe and God Bless.
Great start to the yard sale season back in Cincinnati. Yard sales have finally started in full swing here in Ky. Have been finding some solid items but nothing like that printer. Thanks for the videos, have learned a lot.
-Linda- here (I'm using my husbands computer as mine is getting fixed.) been looking around YT and I heard about your Channel from a friend so I've been binge watching your Videos. I love your energy, fun spirit and honesty! So I SUBSCRIBED and joined your YT family! So cool you made a friend to pull off some Toy scores she did seem genuine to help you. I hope she comes through. Like your style.
When the video first started, I couldn't help but revel at how beautiful of a morning it was. Also, please don't feel like you have to explain yourself about forgetting your GoPro batteries. That is totally ok, and anyone who complains about it will surely get over it. @13:10 you give some very important advice with an example. I hope everyone paid close attention to that and not just the great finds and potential profit.
It was a great day out for sure and yeah I try to give tips and advise. It’s just up to others if they want to listen to it or not. Thanks for watching!
Awesome find's at the yard/garage sales Ben.. Huge profits to be made with the Cannon Printer.. Also very cool A-team vintage toy's plus you got a new contact for potential gr8 toy's and rare toy's.. Well done.. Stay safe homie..👍💕🔥⚾😷
I would have to disagree on telling people your a re seller. i go to this little thrift store and got good deals right when i told her i was a re seller anytime i would start buying a certain brand or looking for a certain item. The prices were triple next time. Got some good deals at a garage sale. At the end told her i was a reseller and then she had a garage sale the next week. Then it became high prices and "well thats this much online" tryna charge 15-20$ for games selling for 12- 15$ online and somehow there worth 30$ each. In her mind atleast.
I do have 1 little non profit thrift store and the volunteer whos like the manager told him and he will tell me that theres this item or that. So it can workout but it really is iffy i try to feel people out before telling them
ooh Thanks for the heads up. I need to learn dvds and blu rays more so I can spot them off the top of my head. Ill go back and pause the video to see which ones you are refering to. Thanks for the heads up!
@@ReadySetResell my best advice isn’t to focus on the title of movies but more by the label and studio. Boutique label blu rays can fetch 200+ bucks because they make limited prints
HOLY SMOKES ON THE PRINTER💯💪🏽 I found those same Tory Burch glasses and 2 Burberry glasses never sold glasses before but Hey this is conformation that it's a GO💪🏽 THANKS for always sharing 💎 like you do!! Garage Sale season 21' LET'S GO EVERYONE!! what did you all find?
When you go out garage Saling just a tip try not to tell them that your reselling on ebay etc because most of the time they will bump up the prices and go by ebay prices and you have a new subscriber now keep up the good work
I actually have the opposite experience. When I let people know I resell they understand I’m buying to sell and need a certain margin to actually purchases so a lot of time they will lower prices because they want to get rid of stuff and make the sale. I appreciate the sub 👍
@@ReadySetResell I've done a lot of learning on DVDs lately. There's a lot of out of print stuff that can go for a good bit. Generally, look up Criterion Collection, lifetime/hallmark movies, Mary Kate and Ashley, Disney movie club, wrestling, workout dvds. There's a lot more than just those categories but they are a decent launching point.
That's a good one. Hopefully you'll be able to find a local collector or something so you dont have to ship it out. I'm assuming its one of the large stand up ones?
When sourcing at garage sales, I don't like to tell people I'm a reseller. If they think I am buying for personal use, I think they give me a better price.
I find that when most people having a sale learn I’m a reseller they know that I will only be buying from them if the price is right. So they are more likely to work with me on prices and not try and sell me on the item based on personal use.
"I offered more and paid up to gain her trust...So I offered her $25 ".....That A-team playset new in box goes for $300. $100 would have been a "Fair" offer....what a Rip.
This was over 3 years ago. And even in todays market it doesn’t go for anywhere near $700. The last one I see went for $300. You should really learn how to read comps before you speak. It ended up selling for $200 3 years ago FYI.
@@ReadySetResell my fault I was looking at A-team VAN comps. By the way glad you took the time to comment on a 2 year old video...pretty sure you have learned more along the way dealing in toys and Collectibles. Your area is stacked and loaded with stuff it's to bad you didn't grow up with the stuff to care to much about it...but hey if it's a cash cow...why not.
I always wonder why a serious collector like that one would decide to sell their items in a yard sale. When someone has items that are 30+ years old but still new in package, you would think he knows there is a much bigger market for them outside of a yard sale. Oh well. Nice score. His loss is your gain.
In my experience it’s the exact opposite. When people know you will buy only if you can make a profit they want to give you a good price so they can move the item.
this video shows that the reseller job is just one of information asymmetry- you make money by having more info than the seller. That's really the only main skill of this "job". Had that couple spent 30 seconds typing in the model number of the massive box they just wanted "gone" they'd see it was worth far more than $75. But not your job to inform them. But you hit the lotto, not because of your skill, but because of luck, luck that you find the 1/1000 garage seller couple that was too lazy to look up a model number. That's nuts. I must say as a reseller- you are lucky living in a tertiary city like Cincinnati- none of this would happen in a major city like NYC / Chicago / LA- where even the thrift stores try to sell at ebay prices.
The information is key 💯. But I’m not sure why you put “job” or “gone” in quotations. That’s exactly what those words meant. Also, while luck is defiantly a factor when it comes to what specific items are going to be out, the majority of this job is not luck dependent. It’s about knowing how and when to put yourself in situations and places to find stuff like this. And then having the knowledge to know what your looking at. Luck plays a small part but it’s defiantly not the main factor. Also, them not looking stuff up doesn’t make them “lazy” as you put it. They just wanted things out of their house they weren’t worried about getting top dollar. That’s not being lazy at all, it’s just a different motivation for having the sale. And lastly while I do live in Cincinnati I am 100% confident I could make a living anywhere doing this. For example I just got back from Charlotte where I started a store from scratch and was successful. Also, I have thrifted (and been successful in doing so) in both Chicago and NYC before and even videos of me doing it on this TH-cam channel. I 100% believe reselling can be done from anywhere you just have to educate yourself and gain the skills to be successful in your area.
My wife and I run a eBay store out of houston( one of the largest cities in the united states') that has before her full time job. What started as a fun way to spend time in the weekends with 200$ ended up being a full time (solid) income. We've been doing it for a little over 2 years and have grown from a corner of the 2nd bedroom in our condo to 800 sq ft inventory storage and a full office dedicated to listing / shipping items. Looking at leaving my job soon to join her full time. It's more than just something to look down on. Aside form everything her and I both learned we see it as just as much a service for the people we sell the item to as well. Can't tell you how happy people are who get that one thing there been searching for, the person who sells it is happy it's sold. Some people don't have the time or energy to put into it. It's crazy to say all he does is get lucky. If that were the case then the people or are successful would run out of luck. A ton of hard work goes into this, buying something is just the first part.
What's your best score so far this yard sale season?
My best find this season was a Wallace Sterling Silver Water Pitcher it weighs 660-680grams.. I paid $10 dollars for it and the potential value is north of 1k.. 👍💕🔥⚾😷💰
Retired Lego boat from the Ninjago movie. It's called Destiny's Bounty. Got it for $15!!!
How do you ship the printer? Put another box around it?
Remco 1951 Marine Raider Bazooka. Paid $10 Sold on ebay same day $175.
Found mini figurine spice girls, new. Paid $1, sold for $11. Ship it
"I always hear about those people" LOL
Aww that's cool, Vincent's Valuables ran into you! I started watching him and he scores huge at estate sales.
I just started watching his videos and I have been enjoying them. He’s a nice guy 👍
Not all TH-camrs have those positive qualities that would prompt a seller to ask for your phone number. You are polite, respectful and not always trying to beat sellers out of a dollar or two. John and Matt are also the same way.
Thank you I appreciate the kind words. I always try to show respect when I’m at someone else’s sale. It seems to go a long way 😁👍
Man Ben, you got the Mega load and a variety of great stuff. This seems to be one of your best hauls in the history of the RSR videos. Super job Ben. You have the Kool-aid grin on your face, very happy.
I just started TH-cam and I find the hardest part is walking around with the camera on and still having confidence. Your answers to why you wear it are spot on, I've been asked once so far in the past week and they completely understood. Some TH-camrs clam up and it makes them look suspicious. Stay positive brother!
Found your channel from Vincent Valuables. $10 for three calipers? Nice. There was a red box sitting there that looked like milwaukee. Milwaukee tools are big $. Nice video. subscribed.
Nice score on the Callipers... The digital one is from Harbor Freight. The best one is the analog rotary dial! Although you didn't see the name, it is on there somewhere. A true machinists caliper. The other two digital are made by the same company with different branding. Nice video.
Two of my favorite resellers in the same video! Shout out to Vincent's Valuables. 😃
Just started watching his channel and it’s been good so far 👍👍
Really cool to see the kid from the Vincent's valuable channel bumping into you and showing a lot of respect you've taught many how to bank keep up the great work
You and Vincent are the cutest, I love when you pop up in each others videos!
Great finds! I went to an estate sale and struck up a conversation with the lady running it. This wasn’t a huge sale as we are in a small community. Turns out, she was looking for someone to help her with her sales! I do have a full time job and work 2 Saturdays each month but hopefully I can start helping her out. Thanks for all your great tips!
I definitely believe in paying up on that first deal when you know it could be a good connection. I tell people what I do when I'm working my full time job, pest control, and I told this one guy what I did and he brought me a bag full of big box PC games. He told me that he use to own a PC store and has a lot more put away in storage. The bag had 14 games in it, he wanted $75, I gave him $100. I broke the ice and made a good relationship with the guy and he told me he'd call me when he goes back out to his storage.
tip on the wayne manor bat cave - you may want to take off all the removable pieces and sell them in a lot. You will likely get just as much as you would selling the whole thing, but the shipping cost will be much less since the pieces can go first class since you're not selling the giant "shell" that's left over.
Awesome scores Ben!! Thanks for the advice and tips. Love your videos.
Way to go Ben! That was an awesome fine with the Canon printer. Also like the Batman and A Team toys. Wish you the best on your vintage toys endeavor.
Thank you! I’m hoping the toy leads turns out to be a good one.
dude u are so helpful lol i sit here watching your vids with a pad of paper and a pen making notes, so thanks and please keep at it lol!!
Reminds me when I found a new in box large Epson old stock commercial printer 🖨 at a random thrift store for $40. Went to the thrift store while my wife and step daughter shopped at ulta make up store next door. At first I got in an argument with my wife when she saw a large box loaded up in her small suv. But it all changed when I sold it fast on eBay as soon as i listed it for $700.00 free shipping. Splurged some of the profits that same day at the mall and a fancy restaurant 😂.
Great video and awesome haul. Power of asking got a big score this weekend for a big haul of vintage nfl sports memorabilia
I remarked in DM's about that printer when you showed the initial score on on the printer, on IG. Now, seeing the context in which you got it, and free paper to boot... when she said she got that FREE with a camera she bought -- I would have totally asked what camera she bought. I am familiar with the printer and it's value, but for those who might not know printers, you might know cameras or brands, and that too, might open some more doors.
Hey Ben, Awesome scores, so happy for you. Can't wait to see you pick those toys. Stay safe 😷 & ✌
Thanks! I cant wait to get in there haha.
I’m really liking the hair style right now!
I started watching Vincent’s valuables a few weeks ago. He finds great stuff.
Dude that’s a crazy score on the printer. Sold a few of those in the last but never brand new sealed! Wow. Nice to meet you again lol
Thanks! It was good seeing you again. Hope you did well!
That was a crazy score.. I enjoyed seeing 2 of my resellers in 1 video.. So guys I am truly thinking of starting my own reselling on the side. Actually my daughter and I.. I'm excited to start this journey with my daughter. We have a lot to learn, but I will be watching n learning from the best.. thanks for sharing your treasures with us.. stay safe and God Bless.
@@ReadySetResell Vincent had a great channel. He's killing it out there.
Dang. You got some nice deals! A great variety of things, too. Love it when folks venture into clothing-related things and boots, too!
Thanks! I'm always trying to diversify and dip into lots of different types of items.
One small tip on perfume Ben, always keep it in the dark, put it straight into a box. If the perfume gets darker golden colour it’s probably off.
Great finds!! Love your enthusiasm.
Great score! Hopefully you hear back from the toy Lady !!
Wow! Unbelievable score! Way to go! Welcome back to Cincinnati! 💰 🎉 🙂
Thanks!
Thanks for the video and great haul
I like your channel! I’m glad I found it. You have very nice personality
Great start to the yard sale season back in Cincinnati. Yard sales have finally started in full swing here in Ky. Have been finding some solid items but nothing like that printer. Thanks for the videos, have learned a lot.
Nice! what part of Ky? Good to hear things are going well so far.
@@ReadySetResell About 60 miles south of Louisville.
They were too high to resell, but man I would have loved to go through those Criterions!
Always fun and educational.
-Linda- here (I'm using my husbands computer as mine is getting fixed.) been looking around YT and I heard about your Channel from a friend so I've been binge watching your Videos. I love your energy, fun spirit and honesty! So I SUBSCRIBED and joined your YT family! So cool you made a friend to pull off some Toy scores she did seem genuine to help you. I hope she comes through. Like your style.
Thanks! Glad you ive been enjoying my channel and hopefully been learning some stuff haha. I appreciate the support!
Great scores Ben!
I hope the lady calls you back about the toys. Looking forward to many more exciting videos.
I hope I’m able to take you all along with me when I get over there. It could be a great little video to make.
When the video first started, I couldn't help but revel at how beautiful of a morning it was.
Also, please don't feel like you have to explain yourself about forgetting your GoPro batteries. That is totally ok, and anyone who complains about it will surely get over it.
@13:10 you give some very important advice with an example. I hope everyone paid close attention to that and not just the great finds and potential profit.
It was a great day out for sure and yeah I try to give tips and advise. It’s just up to others if they want to listen to it or not. Thanks for watching!
NICE score on that printer! What a way to start the day! Nice job Ben!
Thanks! it was defiantly a great way to start things out 😀
Nice day to marathon garage sales
💯 for sure!
Awesome find's at the yard/garage sales Ben.. Huge profits to be made with the Cannon Printer.. Also very cool A-team vintage toy's plus you got a new contact for potential gr8 toy's and rare toy's.. Well done.. Stay safe homie..👍💕🔥⚾😷
Thanks! its was a good day for sure and I'm really hoping that contact leads to another awesome haul. Fingers crossed haha
25 for that A team figure is epic! That figure is worth a lot.
I would have to disagree on telling people your a re seller. i go to this little thrift store and got good deals right when i told her i was a re seller anytime i would start buying a certain brand or looking for a certain item. The prices were triple next time. Got some good deals at a garage sale. At the end told her i was a reseller and then she had a garage sale the next week. Then it became high prices and "well thats this much online" tryna charge 15-20$ for games selling for 12- 15$ online and somehow there worth 30$ each. In her mind atleast.
I do have 1 little non profit thrift store and the volunteer whos like the manager told him and he will tell me that theres this item or that. So it can workout but it really is iffy i try to feel people out before telling them
Another awesome video!!! Congrats on the printer score, well deserved!!
Thank you 😁
Are you listing the Tori Burch glasses? I looked in your store and didn’t see them.
Awesome haul...love the videos
Nice printer find. I never get that lucky. Good for you.
I hope you do sometime.
That was one heck of a day man, congrats👍🤙
Thanks man. It was a good day for sure!
Great job 👏
I am way late watching these, but I still have my Colorforms from the 80s and I don't think I'll ever get rid of them. And..I'm 42.
Holy Cannon printer, Batman!
Great deal and good luck with the printer sale!
Thank you 😀
I bought some horn back tony llama boots at a yard sale for $1.50 & sold them for $200!!!
Holy smokes on that printer. 💣🖨️🔥🤯
You just missed out on what looked like air pods at 3:20
I am surprised that the Jordan 1s in the back ground still haven't sold .By the way great vid i really enjoyed it
To be fair I have them priced pretty high 😅 but it’s don’t mind sitting on them for a bit. I like how they look haha
Those were Michael Keaton batman toys, I think he is reprising that role. Maybe it will cause a value increase.
Hmm interesting thought. I didn’t think about that.
Some of those criterion blu rays from the action figure buy sell used for 20+
ooh Thanks for the heads up. I need to learn dvds and blu rays more so I can spot them off the top of my head. Ill go back and pause the video to see which ones you are refering to. Thanks for the heads up!
@@ReadySetResell my best advice isn’t to focus on the title of movies but more by the label and studio. Boutique label blu rays can fetch 200+ bucks because they make limited prints
Nice score bro...
yes..i have sold good name boots too for good $$..i sold pr tony lama and Dan West for $75 each , and paid around 10 apiece
Nice!
Hey I watch Vincent 😂
OH, nice score with those toys!!
😎
Let’s Go!!!!!!!! Indeed👍👍👍🥳🎊🎉🍾🍾💥💥💥💥💥sweet Happy Yardsale Hunting✌️congrats
Thanks! 🙌
YOu can still sell used perfume on Ebay under the collectible perfume category.
That one toy was from 50 shades of Gray. You put it around her neck or arms and it lifts them up..
HOLY SMOKES ON THE PRINTER💯💪🏽 I found those same Tory Burch glasses and 2 Burberry glasses never sold glasses before but Hey this is conformation that it's a GO💪🏽 THANKS for always sharing 💎 like you do!! Garage Sale season 21' LET'S GO EVERYONE!! what did you all find?
Nice! Those glasses have already sold too 😁 hope you are able to do well on yours as well!
Loved the Batman Colorforms!!
😎👍
When you go out garage Saling just a tip try not to tell them that your reselling on ebay etc because most of the time they will bump up the prices and go by ebay prices and you have a new subscriber now keep up the good work
I actually have the opposite experience. When I let people know I resell they understand I’m buying to sell and need a certain margin to actually purchases so a lot of time they will lower prices because they want to get rid of stuff and make the sale. I appreciate the sub 👍
Congratulations on the printer!!!!!
Thanks!
You got some great stuff!!!
Thanks!
I see finally getting more into Action figures. Can find gold mines.
I love doing toys I just don’t find them much at thrifts. But I always am looking for them at yard sales.
What do you use to to sell locally, Facebook?
✔️😎CONGRATS!!
I do not buy or resale, i just like looking at the video's.
Digging the channel im a new subscriber WHOOP WHOOP
Mannn those criterion films at the sale with the Lord of the Rings figures. I'd love to have found those.
I need to learn films more. Someone else pointed them out as well.
@@ReadySetResell I've done a lot of learning on DVDs lately. There's a lot of out of print stuff that can go for a good bit. Generally, look up Criterion Collection, lifetime/hallmark movies, Mary Kate and Ashley, Disney movie club, wrestling, workout dvds. There's a lot more than just those categories but they are a decent launching point.
Do you still have the tory glasses?
Yes they are on my eBay store now. The link is in the description of you are interested. Feel free to send an offer 😁
@@ReadySetResell thanks I bought them! Appreciate it:)
Picked up some reel to reel machines Sony and pioneer brand that I need to find a local buyer for. eBay comps at 500 each
That's a good one. Hopefully you'll be able to find a local collector or something so you dont have to ship it out. I'm assuming its one of the large stand up ones?
@@ReadySetResell yes one even has speakers that are with it that fold out.
When sourcing at garage sales, I don't like to tell people I'm a reseller. If they think I am buying for personal use, I think they give me a better price.
I find that when most people having a sale learn I’m a reseller they know that I will only be buying from them if the price is right. So they are more likely to work with me on prices and not try and sell me on the item based on personal use.
Hit the like button 👍
OMG..your amazing great...❤
"I offered more and paid up to gain her trust...So I offered her $25 ".....That A-team playset new in box goes for $300. $100 would have been a "Fair" offer....what a Rip.
This was over 3 years ago. And even in todays market it doesn’t go for anywhere near $700. The last one I see went for $300. You should really learn how to read comps before you speak. It ended up selling for $200 3 years ago FYI.
@@ReadySetResell my fault I was looking at A-team VAN comps. By the way glad you took the time to comment on a 2 year old video...pretty sure you have learned more along the way dealing in toys and Collectibles. Your area is stacked and loaded with stuff it's to bad you didn't grow up with the stuff to care to much about it...but hey if it's a cash cow...why not.
@19:16 lol
Carry extra batteries!
Do you empty the perfume bottles or are buyers actually looking for old perfume ?
No I don’t empty them. People want the perfume.
@@ReadySetResell Thank you for the reply.
@@FloridaNative59 no problem. Glad to help spread some knowledge. Hope it helps you out sometime 👍
Insane
Wow!!!
😎
What’s the name of the other channel at 5:12 ?
Vincent’s valuables
I always wonder why a serious collector like that one would decide to sell their items in a yard sale. When someone has items that are 30+ years old but still new in package, you would think he knows there is a much bigger market for them outside of a yard sale. Oh well. Nice score. His loss is your gain.
💜🔥💜🔥💜🔥
Saying you are a reseller at a yard sale automatically raises the prices in my experience.
In my experience it’s the exact opposite. When people know you will buy only if you can make a profit they want to give you a good price so they can move the item.
@@ReadySetResell might just be area specific. In Pennsylvania there is always backlash against reselling. We are called scalpers etc
this video shows that the reseller job is just one of information asymmetry- you make money by having more info than the seller. That's really the only main skill of this "job". Had that couple spent 30 seconds typing in the model number of the massive box they just wanted "gone" they'd see it was worth far more than $75. But not your job to inform them. But you hit the lotto, not because of your skill, but because of luck, luck that you find the 1/1000 garage seller couple that was too lazy to look up a model number. That's nuts.
I must say as a reseller- you are lucky living in a tertiary city like Cincinnati- none of this would happen in a major city like NYC / Chicago / LA- where even the thrift stores try to sell at ebay prices.
The information is key 💯. But I’m not sure why you put “job” or “gone” in quotations. That’s exactly what those words meant. Also, while luck is defiantly a factor when it comes to what specific items are going to be out, the majority of this job is not luck dependent. It’s about knowing how and when to put yourself in situations and places to find stuff like this. And then having the knowledge to know what your looking at. Luck plays a small part but it’s defiantly not the main factor. Also, them not looking stuff up doesn’t make them “lazy” as you put it. They just wanted things out of their house they weren’t worried about getting top dollar. That’s not being lazy at all, it’s just a different motivation for having the sale. And lastly while I do live in Cincinnati I am 100% confident I could make a living anywhere doing this. For example I just got back from Charlotte where I started a store from scratch and was successful. Also, I have thrifted (and been successful in doing so) in both Chicago and NYC before and even videos of me doing it on this TH-cam channel. I 100% believe reselling can be done from anywhere you just have to educate yourself and gain the skills to be successful in your area.
My wife and I run a eBay store out of houston( one of the largest cities in the united states') that has before her full time job. What started as a fun way to spend time in the weekends with 200$ ended up being a full time (solid) income. We've been doing it for a little over 2 years and have grown from a corner of the 2nd bedroom in our condo to 800 sq ft inventory storage and a full office dedicated to listing / shipping items. Looking at leaving my job soon to join her full time. It's more than just something to look down on. Aside form everything her and I both learned we see it as just as much a service for the people we sell the item to as well. Can't tell you how happy people are who get that one thing there been searching for, the person who sells it is happy it's sold. Some people don't have the time or energy to put into it. It's crazy to say all he does is get lucky. If that were the case then the people or are successful would run out of luck. A ton of hard work goes into this, buying something is just the first part.
Great job!