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John David Bradshaw January 18, 2002 11:38 AM

OOPS!
 
Oh, no. Here you are with a website but no product of your own to sell. And for whatever reason, you don't want to produce your own product. (You should check out Rick & Gordon's "10 Day projects"...)

Or you have been having a good time on Ebay selling all the stuff from your attic and garage. But you just sold your last piece. (When you eyed your wife's jewelry box, you got your hand slapped when you reached for it!)

So what to do? You just have to have something to sell to keep the cash flow going...

So you must look elsewhere.

You could make money with affiliate programs. I just read in Phil Wiley's ezine about a guy that lives on a south sea island that pulls in $23,000 a month through affiliate programs. Must be nice...

Or you can "chattel"...that is, buy and sell things. You buy low and sell high. Simple cash business. If you know your stuff, you can do quite well. Just ask Gordon, Mr. Chattel.

Or you can sell things for others in your neighborhood on Ebay...some folks don't have a computer, or just don't want to "Ebay". So you do it for them...sort of an online consignment store. If it sells, you get a commission.

All of these ways to make money are examples of OOPS. O-ffering O-ther P-eople's S-tuff.

Everybody does it. Even Walmart does it. You don't think Sam Walton started Walmart by making everything in the store himself. Of course not! He sold other people's stuff. Lots of other people's stuff.

Power Sellers on Ebay run hundreds of auctions each month. They buy large quantities of product at wholesale prices and offer them on Ebay. One of the biggest sellers on Ebay specializes in shipping supplies. Tape and bubble wrap...give me a break!

So why not try OOPS yourself? You might be pleasantly surprised. Your cash flow could skyrocket. (Might make your wife happy, too!)

JDB




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Dien Rice January 18, 2002 09:01 PM

I found this while just walking around the neighborhood....
 
Hi JDB,

OOPS - Offering Other People's Stuff - that's a good idea! I like your free report too....

JDB, here's something I found while walking around my neighborhood just a couple of days ago.... (I had my digital camera with me, because I was snapping photos of anything that looked interesting while I walked the dog....)



I don't know much about these, but this looks like a kind of run-down old wagon, designed to be pulled by horses.... It's just sitting in someone's front yard.... I wonder if I should approach them and offer to sell it for them, for a cut? It might be worth something to someone, as a possible "slice of history"....

(I live on the edge of the city, so a lot of this area was farm land just 10-20 years ago....)

- Dien Rice

John David Bradshaw January 18, 2002 11:59 PM

I wish it was in my neighborhood...
 
> I don't know much about these, but this
> looks like a kind of run-down old wagon,
> designed to be pulled by horses.... It's
> just sitting in someone's front yard.... I
> wonder if I should approach them and offer
> to sell it for them, for a cut? It might be
> worth something to someone, as a possible
> "slice of history"....

Dien,

I wish it was sitting in my front yard! If it was, that's where it would stay...I'd have you buy it and ship it to me, but shipping charges would be out of this world. (I checked on shipping my "business-in-a-box"...2 lbs. to Australia costs $15.00...no telling what a horse-drawn wagon would cost!)

People around here go crazy over just the wagon wheels...they place them at the gate posts of their driveways. A whole wagon would really draw a crowd at a country auction...

I'd sure ask the folks if it was for sale?

JDB


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Julie Jordan Scott January 22, 2002 01:02 AM

Or Make A Mini-Cooper's Load, eh JDB?
 
Come to think of it, the Mini-Cooper probably would not hold enough....

:-)

Julie

John David Bradshaw January 22, 2002 10:03 AM

Re: Or Make A Mini-Cooper's Load, eh JDB?
 
> Come to think of it, the Mini-Cooper
> probably would not hold enough....

> :-)

> Julie

Yeah, but it would be a great way to save on gas on all the trips to the bank!

JDB


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