Here are more household items I’ve recently plucked from my city’s curbs for free and resold. For those who may be new to my posts, I most often find items by walking my streets that are lined with piles of clear plastic bags, boxes, and trash bags... all loose and in plain view.
Some see it as waste. I think GOLD MINE and crypto funds.
While some people dabble in this practice here, I’m shocked that more don’t do this as a hobby at least. There’s an overwhelming amount of valuable stuff in sight during the day, despite my preference to have privacy and quiet time at night, which means that I likely miss some of the easy pickings.
6 More Finds Sold:
Sealed New Will & Grace DVDs:
- Sold online for $65.
- I found some of these thrown loose on the curb from someone else who’d open a bag. I found the rest in that bag.
- While selling a complete series is ideal, I knew there’d be some value and listed what I had.
- Shipment weight of 1 lb 8 oz before a USPS discounted regional box to save on costs. Forgive me/
High-end Canister Vacuum Base:
- Sold online for $100.
- I didn’t want to take this because there was no hose or wand, but leaving it behind would be against my cause. It was found at the end of my route so I didn’t have to worry about carrying it for long to tie up a hand.
- It was an older model of a very expensive brand, so I figured someone would eventually want it if it ran.
- I brought it home not knowing, but luckily it did. After a wipe down with rubbing alcohol to remove the scuffs, I listed it for about $130.
- This got a lot of watchers, but it wasn’t moving. I gradually lowered to $100 to move it out for more space.
- Shipping weight with recycled packaging of 18 lbs.
Dyson Vacuum Motorhead Part:
- Sold online for parts/repair for $100.
This was found as a full set, and is one of Dyson’s newer models. - I realized that it was tossed because of a broken trigger, but the fix would cost me about $35 for the part. Everything else seems fine.
- I saved the other parts to combine to future finds of this model since I’m sure I’ll find more.
- I advertised the broken switch, knowing that someone would still bite at it. They did within 2 days of listing it for cheap postage costs to an adjacent state.
- Weight of 4 lbs 10 oz with recycled packaging.
Physics Textbook:
- Sold online for $70.
- This was from 2008, so a solid return on an old book.
- I found this in a box with about 15 Vintage Nintendo Power magazines. I had a LOT of fun flipping through those at home. Talk about nostalgia. I sold one of those magazines for $40 and have the rest still to list.
- Shipment weight of 3 lbs 8 oz with recycled packaging.
Two Panasonic Phone Stations:
- Sold online for parts/repair for $86.
- These were in great shape, but I couldn’t test them.
- Pulled from a full bag of phone electronics, but I had to leave the rest behind since they were too bulky to carry, and not that popular enough to resell.
- Shipment weight of 1 lb 14 oz before flat rate USPS packaging was used to cut costs.
Vintage Video Camera Handle/Battery Cover:
- Sold online for $45.
- I found the complete popular camera in its case with sealed new film, but old batteries leaked badly to ruin something inside.
- When batteries leak, you usually just have to scrape the coils to clear the connection path, but this was beyond that.
- Repair was likely possible, but it’d be too intensive, and I didn’t have the expertise.
- I parted the camera out and will sell the pieces slowly.
- If it worked, it’d be an easy $250 sale. The camera was in a time capsule and pristine minus the battery issue.
- Shipping weight of 3 oz.
...I also found this with a large fake Chanel bag that got me a little excited for about half a day before I wised up. I usually keep my cool until I fully confirm what I have, but I allowed myself to break that rule a little.
Proof as always:
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- 6 sales / $463 revenue = $77.67 per find (a little low for my average, but I’m human)
- 0% of revenue received as cash.
- Revenue is before any fees or shipment.
- No costs. Can’t beat that.
- Yes to more vacuums. Not thrilling, but the money I get from them is.
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I’m posting 5-6 examples here to spread out the recent results since I don’t have millions of examples. I’m also being more detailed for each as you can see, a fair trade versus my typical 10 examples with less info.
The amount of items here in no way shape or form correlates to the amount of effort I put into finding, restoring, fixing, selling and shipping them. My effort is intended to help the environment, others, and to support myself so I can keep doing this while patiently waiting for crypto to do its thing. It’s been almost 6 years since I worked for anyone else, or at all... These things are my rewards.
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Thanks for your interest,
Matt