# Make a career out of this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-career-out-of-this/402499>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 2, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-career-out-of-this/402499 "2007-05-02T17:43:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-career-out-of-this/402499/1 "2007-05-02T17:43:05Z")

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I don’t know if it’s a national or regional publishing, but I get this little newspaper/magazine called the Pennysaver that’s basicallya classifieds section. It lists garage sales, estate sales, old TVs, sofas, lawnmowers, puppies, etc.

Do you think I could make a career out of reselling stuff on Ebay? I figure selling things from estate sales would be the best way to do that, but I also know I could mark up a 17" monitor from $25 up to worth my time.

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-a-career-out-of-this/402499/2 "2007-05-02T17:49:24Z")

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People do this all the time. If you’re good at guesstimating the worth of an item and what the traffic will bear, you can make a decent living at re-selling resale stuff.