Hold on to your Zhu Zhu Pet Hamsters

OK, if you are lucky enough to have some Zhu Zhu Hamsters HOLD ON TO THEM. Last week you could use the Buy It Now feature on eBay for a set of 4 for $79.99. Now the cheapest one listed is for $123.99 and they are selling fast at that price. Here is another reason you might want to wait to list them on eBay.

Starting Nov. 16th most of the Zhu Zhu pets sold on Amazon will not be up there which will drive the demand up and turn more buyers to eBay. Here is the part of the e-mail that I received from Amazon where I sold most of the Zhu Zhu hamsters that I had. I bet most people selling the Zhu Zhu hamsters are small sellers and do not meet these requirements.

• Merchant’s first sale on Amazon.com must be prior to 09/16/2009 (sale does not need to be Toy-specific)
  
• Merchant must have processed and shipped at least 25 orders (do not need to be Toy-specific) during the 60 consecutive days preceding 11/1/2009
  
• No greater than 1% short term defect rate as of 11/1/2009
  
• No greater than 2.5% pre-fulfillment cancel rate for the trailing 30-days preceding 11/1/200(
  
• No greater than 5% late shipment rate for the trailing 30-days preceding 11/1/2009:

Last Friday my local Toys R Us store was stacked with them and all the accessories, then they were told to take them down and only sell 1 hamster per person to the first 50 people on Saturday. I don't get it, they change up every week and each store is different with there policies. But if you can find them now, you might want to wait a while before you list them on eBay.

Here is a helpful article about what to sell on eBay around Christmas time.

Good Luck
John Paul

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Review - Pocket Auctions for eBay App - Android

If you are a serious eBay seller and in the market for a new cell phone, I will give you some advice, consider it an early Christmas gift. Go buy the new Motorola Droid and download the Pocket Auctions for eBay application by Bonfire Media. You can also download this on any other phone running Android.

This is a must have when you are out shopping or thrifting for items to resell on eBay. Here are some of the highlights.

• The speed is amazing, it runs faster than my home computer


• You do not have to sign in to run a completed items search


• There is a scan bar to price check items (more information below)

That's right a bar code scanner. Here's how it works: Just hold the phone up to the bar code on any product and it will pull up the product on eBay. You can compare prices and see if it is worth buying to make a profit. Trust me once yo start using it you will start scanning things all around the house for fun.

I have only had this application for one day and already it made my thrift store shopping experience so much easier. I was able to get a lot more done during my time then in the past when it would take me minutes to research an item, now it takes seconds.

Here are a few eHow articles below to help you learn about thrift store items to sell on eBay and stayed tuned for the release of my first thrift store eBook in early December. It will be a must read if you want to make some extra money selling on eBay. I will back up everything with my own completed auctions to prove that there is good money to be made reselling thrift store items on eBay.

Good Luck

John Paul

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eBay Photos - Cameras

One of the most important factors in determining the outcome of your eBay auction is how your photos look to potential bidders. I think it is best to have a separate camera just for eBay, it just makes life much easier. If you want to spend a lot of money on a digital camera use that camera as your personal camera. You do not need to spend a lot on a digital camera for eBay use. My recommendation is the Nikon Coolpix 4500. I love this camera. The key feature is the swiveling frame, which makes taking a shot at any angle very easy. The close up photos which are very important come out excellent. The Nikon Coolpix 4500 used on eBay can be purchased for around $150.00 with extras included. If you have any other eBay camera suggestions feel free to post and let us know what you like about it.

John Paul

Thrift Store Item 2 Sell - Vintage IZOD Lacoste Sweaters

Vintage IZOD Lacoste Sweaters are excellent thrift store finds. Very popular in he late 70s & early 80s. Now they have become trendy and do very well on eBay. The tennis sweater and the cardigan pistured below are the most popular styles.

Here is the latest Vintage IZOD Lacoste Cardigan that I sold on eBay. Not a bad profit for an item purchased for $3.99. I have sold others for as high as $40.00, this is just the most recent example.

Good Luck,

John Paul

Thrift Store Item 2 Sell - French Canister Sets

French Canisters are excellent sellers on eBay. The better selling canisters are enamelware and usually consist of a set of 5 or more canisters. You will see the French words like 'Sucre', 'Farine', 'Café', 'Pâtes', The' and 'Poivre' written on the canisters. Sugar, Flour, Coffee, Pasta, Tea and Pepper.

So next time you are out thrifting or at a garage sale keep an eye out for French Canisters sets.

John Paul

Hot eBay Tip For Christmas 2009 ~ Pleo Dinosaur ~

Pleo an interactive robotic dinosaur is another hot toy for Christmas 2009. Add it to the list along with the Zhu Zhu hampsters so far.

Here is a way to make some cash from it. It is selling for $151.oo on QVC.com. Compare that to $199 and up on eBay or better yet $215.00+ on Amazon. So if you hurry you can make a few bucks reselling them.

It is actually selling for $349.00 at Target.
John Paul

Cap'n Crunch Fire King Mug

You probably know this by now but just in case you don't - Rare Anchor Hocking Fire King Mugs are one of the best thrift store finds possible. I found an excellent one last week:

Fire King Captain Cap'n Crunch Cereals Mug HTF RARE NR

They are beautiful mugs and I can easily see how people become hard core Fire King Mug collectors. When you get a chance do a completed items search for Fire King Mugs and sort by highest price. You can see all the cool rare Fire King mugs selling for top dollar. (Snoopy, Pizza Hut, Nike, Ghostbusters, McDonalds and many more)

So keep an eye out at Thrift Stores, Garage Sales, Craigslist.

John Paul