Somebody on these boards told me a long time ago, that they have learned that when they go to thrift stores, to not only look for the video game bargains, but to also look for non video game related items that they knew would fetch good money on Ebay, and then they could use that money for games that they wanted to get.
My question is for those of you that use this technique, "What items do you look for at the thrifts, that you can sell on Ebay for good money"?
Comic Books? Baseball Cards? Pokemon Cards? Board Games? Hardback Books? Vinyl Records? VHS tapes? etc, etc.
Basically, I would like to use this same technique, but I'm not sure what to really look for. I have seen Comic Books at the thrifts, but I'm guessing that Comic Book geeks go to all the thrifts looking for that rare comic in the wild that is worth a small fortune, so I would imagine that any of the really valuable comics have already been snagged. So, I never buy the comics that I see. As for Baseball Cards, you really need to know all about that stuff, because some baseball cards aren't worth nuthin, while other ones are really valuable, and I really don't know that much about it. As for Pokemon Cards, I have seen some at thrifts, but I thought that they were probably overpriced, or maybe fairly priced. As for Board Games, I'm sure there are certain board games that are worth some good money on Ebay, but I don't know which ones they would be. And then you get into the whole issue of whether they have all the pieces and stuff that come with them. As for Hardback Books, I actually think this could be a really good idea. I see alot of Hardback Books there for pretty cheap, that I would think are worth some good money, but I don't really know for sure if they are or not. Vinyl Records, I see tons of these at thrifts, and I always see people looking over the entire collection. I'm sure that they are looking for specific records, that might fetch good money on Ebay. As for VHS tapes, not to many are really worth much, and you would have to buy them for a really low price, but I'm sure some of them can be somewhat valuable. I have seen some Anime VHS tapes at Thrifts and I thought about buying them to re-sale, but I didn't know if it would be a good deal or not.
Basically, what I'm asking, is if there are any super experts in terms of going to thrift stores and knowing what items will fetch money on Ebay, and which items don't, if they could share some of the specific items to keep an eye on.
This way, when I go to a thrift that doesn't have anything video game related, I can at least look for some other stuff that I might be able to throw up on Ebay and get some good money for, that I could then use on Ebay to get what I really want.