Okay So I Sold A Audio Cassette Tape Tonight.

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

Tupac All Eyez On Me Book 2 for $25 that I paid a $1 for at Goodwill. Doesn't matter what it is and if somewhat rare others want it. Sold with in a hour I listed it.

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

Also Cool I have a Thermal printer now and it's ready to ship tomorrow.

[MikeMatt 393]

51 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Also Cool I have a Thermal printer now and it's ready to ship tomorrow.

You sell drugs too ? Drugs are gooood. 

[easilyscan 1,020]

1 hour ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Tupac All Eyez On Me Book 2 for $25 that I paid a $1 for at Goodwill. Doesn't matter what it is and if somewhat rare others want it. Sold with in a hour I listed it.

Don't forget to report the $24 in capital gains when you do your taxes next April...........lol

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

24 minutes ago, MikeMatt said:

You sell drugs too ? Drugs are gooood. 

Never sale only take.

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

Point I'm trying to make is old audio cassettes can be worth something if the right ones and same as VHS which I sold more than a few for that price or higher. People just want to throw both in the trash with out looking.

[easilyscan 1,020]

1 hour ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Point I'm trying to make is old audio cassettes can be worth something if the right ones and same as VHS which I sold more than a few for that price or higher. People just want to throw both in the trash with out looking.

I hear ya. A long, long time ago, I sold a VHS tape of bad boys (the one with Sean Penn) for $100 on eBay. My next project is to go through all my old LPs. I did the Columbia house thing back in the day,, and I have quite a few of them that were never even taken out of the original plastic. On the other hand, I'm a procrastinator. First started thinking about doing that a good 20 years ago! 

 

 

[Fnord 2,537]

9 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Point I'm trying to make is old audio cassettes can be worth something if the right ones and same as VHS which I sold more than a few for that price or higher. People just want to throw both in the trash with out looking.

I still have something like 500 cassettes, the most recent of which was probably purchased ~ 1995. My kids will need to sell them after I die. I'm not parting with any of them, and even still listen to a couple of them now and again. Something about the hissing of the tape still sounds good...

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

5 hours ago, Fnord said:

I still have something like 500 cassettes, the most recent of which was probably purchased ~ 1995. My kids will need to sell them after I die. I'm not parting with any of them, and even still listen to a couple of them now and again. Something about the hissing of the tape still sounds good...

Cool and I still buy the 80's ones I had when I was young because I drive a old car with a cassette player in it.

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

13 hours ago, easilyscan said:

I hear ya. A long, long time ago, I sold a VHS tape of bad boys (the one with Sean Penn) for $100 on eBay. My next project is to go through all my old LPs. I did the Columbia house thing back in the day,, and I have quite a few of them that were never even taken out of the original plastic. On the other hand, I'm a procrastinator. First started thinking about doing that a good 20 years ago! 

 

 

Lol get ya and also Bad Boys Penn one is a great movie.

[WhiteWonder 2,934]

16 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Tupac All Eyez On Me Book 2 for $25 that I paid a $1 for at Goodwill. Doesn't matter what it is and if somewhat rare others want it. Sold with in a hour I listed it.

ebay?

I know it limits your customer base but why not try FB Marketplace? Do cash only local pickup. No 1099, no ebay taking their cut. Or at least list on both.

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

3 minutes ago, WhiteWonder said:

ebay?

I know it limits your customer base but why not try FB Marketplace? Do cash only local pickup. No 1099, no ebay taking their cut. Or at least list on both.

Yea Ebay and just a side hustle for now and do Marketplace once in awhile for bigger items.Yea FB is they way to go if you are selling a lot.

 

[Fnord 2,537]

18 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Cool and I still buy the 80's ones I had when I was young because I drive a old car with a cassette player in it.

Yeah, my biggest impediment to listening to them is finding a functioning tape deck/boom box. Well, that and the ridiculous convenience of streaming. 

[WhiteWonder 2,934]

20 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Yea Ebay and just a side hustle for now and do Marketplace once in awhile for bigger items.Yea FB is they way to go if you are selling a lot.

 

I just don't have the patience to ship items in general. I used to list antiques on CL and FB for my uncle before he passed so I started listing my own stuff as well. A few times I have agreed to ship via FB if the buyer e-mails me a pre paid shipping label and if they pay me through venmo friends and family... but that is rare. Mostly I stick to local pickup and cash. They either come directly to me or a store parking lot convenient to me. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

4 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

I just don't have the patience to ship items in general. I used to list antiques on CL and FB for my uncle before he passed so I started listing my own stuff as well. A few times I have agreed to ship via FB if the buyer e-mails me a pre paid shipping label and if they pay me through venmo friends and family... but that is rare. Mostly I stick to local pickup and cash. They either come directly to me or a store parking lot convenient to me. 

I don't like doing the meet ups much and while I prefer to ship but for big items the meets are a must.  Last meet up I did was for a 1979 Mattel electric baseball game, bought for $20 sold for $100.Ebay pays me right after I ship which is cool and just took a payout for that Tupac which gives me money to bet tonight.

[easilyscan 1,020]

2 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Last meet up I did was for a 1979 Mattel electric baseball game, bought for $20 sold for $100

Nice!

I used to go to the local Honda motorcycle dealership back in the 1980s. Back then they always had nice pamphlets to give away. 

I put one of those for a Honda V 65 magna for sale on eBay sometime in the early 2000s. I was astounded that some guy from Europe agreed to pay me $100 + huge shipping.

The rest I have left are all MX bikes (Elsinore's) another one I'd like to test the waters with is pamphlets for high-end stereos which I also collected in the 80s.

 

 

 

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

11 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

Nice!

I used to go to the local Honda motorcycle dealership back in the 1980s. Back then they always had nice pamphlets to give away. 

I put one of those for a Honda V 65 magna for sale on eBay sometime in the early 2000s. I was astounded that some guy from Europe agreed to pay me $100 + huge shipping.

The rest I have left are all MX bikes (Elsinore's) another one I'd like to test the waters with is pamphlets for high-end stereos which I also collected in the 80s.

 

 

 

That's awesome and only have two international sales so far and last one was about two weeks ago a Scream doll from 97 with a voice recorder that still works I sold for $60 or $80 and can't remember lol.

[easilyscan 1,020]

6 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

That's awesome and only have two international sales so far and last one was about two weeks ago a Scream doll from 97 with a voice recorder that still works I sold for $60 or $80 and can't remember lol.

Something else I should try to move is a full set of Beavis and Butthead comic books in mint condition, an unopened box of B&B trading cards, & B&B toilet paper.....lol

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

Just now, easilyscan said:

Something else I should try to move is a full set of Beavis and Butthead comic books in mint condition, an unopened box of B&B trading cards, & B&B toilet paper.....lol

Cool and should be worth something and I know I love B&B. I have a thermal printer and keep my Amazon Boxes from what I bought and have Ebay tape now and just tape over the Amazon parts lol So pretty easy for me to get crap I sale out quick and I learnt. That said I'm lucky to sale two items a week and again just a side hustle for now but I'm getting smart if I want to take it more serious.

[WhiteWonder 2,934]

9 hours ago, BeenHereBefore said:

I don't like doing the meet ups much and while I prefer to ship but for big items the meets are a must.  Last meet up I did was for a 1979 Mattel electric baseball game, bought for $20 sold for $100.Ebay pays me right after I ship which is cool and just took a payout for that Tupac which gives me money to bet tonight.

They either come to me or the meetup location is 3 minutes away. My uncle passed last October and starting Feb 2025 I listed some of his stuff I inherited. Mostly items he had me listing before he passed. I cleared 3k with the highest single item being an antique dresser for $450, and used the funds to pay for all the dinners on a big family vacation in May in his honor. 
I’ve also snagged a few free items when they pop up on my feed and are local and flipped them for fun. Coffee tables, trunks, lamps… got an old writers desk that I fixed up but decided to keep it and made it a mini bar. 

[BeenHereBefore 1,596]

1 hour ago, WhiteWonder said:

They either come to me or the meetup location is 3 minutes away. My uncle passed last October and starting Feb 2025 I listed some of his stuff I inherited. Mostly items he had me listing before he passed. I cleared 3k with the highest single item being an antique dresser for $450, and used the funds to pay for all the dinners on a big family vacation in May in his honor. 
I’ve also snagged a few free items when they pop up on my feed and are local and flipped them for fun. Coffee tables, trunks, lamps… got an old writers desk that I fixed up but decided to keep it and made it a mini bar. 

Cool and won $35 on the money I got on the Tupac Cassette I sold. Lakers game! Cool you was a good man to your uncle.