CHAPTER 6

eBay: Virtually Limitless Potential to Buy and Sell Collectibles for Great Money

For any potential Garage Sale Millionaire, one realm rises above all others for making amazing amounts of money. It’s an arena where almost any object—baseball cards, toys, action figures, sports memorabilia, art, antiques, watches, DVDs, magazines and books, sporting goods, home and garden items, movie memorabilia, electronics and even cars—can easily be sought out, acquired, then flipped and sold for sizable profits. That province, conveniently located on the Internet, is known as eBay (www.ebay.com).

By the time you’ve finished this chapter, you’ll see eBay is a dynamic, multifaceted online community where almost anything can and is auctioned or sold to an enormously active and extremely loyal customer base. Endless streams of people continuously support eBay with their prodigious purchasing demand to buy items for sometimes serious amounts of money.

Never before in the long, illustrious history of collecting and treasure hunting has there been one singular resource that brings together so many people from around the world—people with diverse interests—the way eBay does. eBay has been described as the world’s largest garage sale. The reason eBay has continued its momentous growth in popularity lies in the website’s simple format—an environment that makes it extremely easy to conduct business. When you want to become a Garage Sale Millionaire, time is money. Selling items on eBay offers ...

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