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How To Avoid Getting Scammed
Listed below are some of the most popular and common scams:
1. Nigerian Letter Scam:
This one’s been around for many years but continues to flourish. Many of these e-mails claim to be from a person in Africa, usually Nigeria. The writer claims to have access to millions of dollars, either from a relative or from knowledge of an idle account. A percentage of this money is promised to the victim if they will allow the money to be processed through their personal bank account. The victim is instructed to keep their share and send the remaining money to the scammer.
The check given to the victims is fraudulent. The victim is then liable to the bank for the check they wrote to the scammer. Read the rest of this entry »
Top 10 Items to Look for at Garage Sale
Top 10 Items to Look for at Garage Sales
1. Cheap antiques
2. “Free Box”
3. New items, still in their original packaging
4. Cheap furniture
5. Books
6. Collectors items
7. Unique items (ex. only a chef will sell you a $1 state-of-the-art spatula)
8. Art
9. Kid’s big toys like plastic houses, picnic tables, kitchens, etc.
10. Exercise equipment Read the rest of this entry »
Garage Sale Tips
open 15 minutes to half an hour early.
that plenty of people still visit garage sales during poor weather.
so try to raise your things up to a convenient level. Think of it this way:
would you want to want to buy your goods from a dirty store floor?
amazing how many people actually think they’ll sell dirty, broken, incomplete
items that are close to retail prices!
you’ll thrown in the item they’re looking at, if they buy the old rocking
chair in the corner. At the very least, you’ll get a laugh, and make your
potential customer feel more at ease.
It’s best to have your items properly displayed on clean tables. This way,
people will see your items, not your boxes.
Most people like to be left alone when considering making a purchase – respect
that.
a sign that says “All items: x $”. Most people won’t take the time to make
you any offer on such items, unless they want it badly. Not pricing items
gives the impression that you’re unsure yourself how much the item is worth,
or are too afraid to write down a price (which is usually true).
sure you have a few sets of eyes keeping watch. Although it’s quite sad
to have stealing occur at garage sales, it does happen, so beware. Always
keep your eye on your cashbox as well.
them at busy intersections the night before. Tell friends and neighbors
you’re having a garage sale, and advertise in a paper or two if your budget
permits.
traffic generators. The only downside is that with so many houses, people
will likely spend less time at your house. However, the large amount of
traffic makes up for this.
look puzzling to most people. Stick a lable on it that says what it is -
you’ll probably sell it faster.
Rather, it’s about getting rid of your junk and passing it along to another
who’s now found a treasure at a reasonable cost. When the garage sale’s
over and you have items left over, donate them to your local charity. If
you want to try selling them again, remember this: if you can’t sell the
same item at 2 or 3 garage sales, either the item is priced too high, or
it’s simply worthless. Give it away, or throw it out.
(c) VD
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Financial Books are all the Same
Go to your local bookstore or library and you will find shelves upon shelves of books on the topic of money. Whether it’s how to save, how to invest, how to become rich, what you should be doing with your money – all of these books have the same reoccurring themes. This article is going to stray from the norm, and give you some basic tips on how to save money, and what you should be doing with your savings. It will be different in that it will be brutally honest – don’t read on, if you don’t like the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
Free Ebay tips
The introduction of ebay to the internet was a godsend – how brilliant is the idea of having an electronic marketplace where people can buy and sell each others goods at a reasonable price? It’s the garage sale of all garage sales, and more fun too!
There are a lot of ebay book and guides out there that will give you the same information listed in this article, for tens of dollars. I say, just read on – for free! Read the rest of this entry »
Stop Paying Two Phone Bills: Make Your Cell Phone Your Primary Line
If you find a good service and affordable features, or spend a lot of time away from home, then consider going totally wireless. Many cell phone customers are now using their cell phone as their primary phone line. As the number of cell phone subscriber continues to rise, the monthly fee for basic cell phone service are falling. If you spend a lot of time away from home or constantly have business phone calls forwarded to your cell phone, you can make your cell phone your primary phone line. Read the rest of this entry »
Low on Cash for Christmas? Try Gifts in a Jar
Time is money, and right now you don’t have either the time or the money to answer the call of the shopping mall at Christmas. The only way you can show your friends love, peace on earth, goodwill towards men is by shopping at Macy’s, so you think. Read the rest of this entry »
Building Wealth by Paying Yourself First
When I look around at all of my friends, and a lot of my family, I see a lot of people living from pay check to pay check, under monetary stress. These same people watch the Calendar for payday like a hawk. Pay their bills, and then open up the spending flood gates, before they know it, they are itching for their next pay check. These same people are the people who don’t think they make enough money to build future wealth. They are wrong. Read the rest of this entry »