Making Money from Cheap Purses and Handbags
The next time you have the urge to purge and dive into a cleaning project with a full speed ahead attitude, you might want to exercise just a bit of restraint. Â You may have some very valuable items disguising themselves as clutter. Â Experienced garage sale visitors know to look out for these treasures, and they often snap them up in an instant so that they can hurry them home and list them on eBay.
One of the items that often gets undervalued by ladies performing a cleaning mission is used designer purses. Â A lot of women figure that no one would have any interest in a bag that has already finished a tour of duty with its original owner. Â The truth is, as long as the bag is in fairly good condition, it may very well still hold much of its original value. Â Some purses and handbags actually become more desirable with age because the makers have stopped producing them.
Before putting out any designer purse from your collection at a yard sale, take a moment to check eBay for listings of the same purse. Â You may be surprised to find that people will pay much more than garage sale prices for the right bag. Â Looking online, you will see plenty of cheap purses for sale, but you will also see some very expensive bags getting bid on like crazy. Â Auctions for certain brands and styles such as vintage Bottega Veneta handbags may end with prices ranging into the hundreds of dollars! Â Good luck getting those types of prices if you put your bag out on a card table at the local flea market!
If you do find that you have a purse or handbag that is collectible, clean it up according to the manufacturers instructions before listing it. Â Then take some quality photos of the bag before listing it for sale online. Â Always be honest about any flaws. Â Buyers usually are willing to accept some dings and scratches when they know they are buying a used item. Â If you do well with the auction, remember what you learned. Â You may just find yourself with a new interest in visiting your neighborhood garage sales in the future!