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by djborschtbeets 751 days ago
This was a rabbit hole I was not prepared for tonight.

Target electronics returns - auction ends tomorrow, current bid $200. The stuff in there I'd be semi interested in: $500? Total value: ~$9000 @ 300 pounds in a box in Kentucky.

Okay. Lets say this auction ends around $1000. You then pay an 11% premium, $1110. Shipping 300 pounds from Kentucky to Pennsylvania? $500, maybe?

$1600 later, you get a whole slew of sellable good that you got at nearly 17 cents to the dollar.

Sell most of it off and you've got yourself a years worth of free legos.

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Liquidation.com is more like the "prosumer" shopping site. If you want to get the real deal it's

https://bstock.com/target/

On many of the Bstock sites you have to be approved (as long as you have a tax certificate from the state, which is easy to get, it's not difficult)

(My wife and I have a reselling business side hustle)

One word: cashthedayofthesaleasiswhereisnowarrantiesofanykind.

Sometimes the best of deals.

Go one step further and raise you hand for "sight unseen", woo hoo !

Caution: when you acquire electronics by the pound, you need to figure out what to do with all the tonnage ;)