In Six Months, Or Less, This Business Could Take Off. Now Is The Time To Get In On It..

I lived in So. Calif. for many years and bought and sold many things from TVs to appliances and cars, trucks, boats, property and you name it (chatteling).

One item I liked to load up on in the cooler months were small, window air conditioners around 5000 to 8000 BTU rating that were great for bedrooms.

They were advertised by private parties in the local pennysaver papers for around $20 to $25 each and often for just $10 - all in good working condition. I could take my time in getting them, since there was no demand in the cool months.

Then, when the summer heatwave would come (and it always did) I would simply advertise two (yes, just two) for $135 and $165.

There were plenty of these air conditioners advertised during a heat wave, but were sold very quickly, since there was only one available per ad. But, when they called my ad to inquire about if I still had it, they were shocked when I said yes and literally "begged" me to hold it for them.

Since I had about 50 of them in my garage (only the two were shown operating in bedrooms with the doors closed, so it was nice and cool when I showed them operating, I was able to sell several a day for days at a time.

As soon as one sold (always for full asking price) and was loaded into their car, I'd grab another from the garage and stick it in the window and let it run for the next customer.

I would only sell them in good working condition, and can only remember buying two that ended up not working.

That was a nice few thousand dollars a week by just preparing way in advance.

Now I just paint addresses on curbs for $1000 to $1500 a week most of the year for more continuity.

Lawrence