Since my last update in March I have been making lots of buys, sales and profit.
I returned the Whisky Puzzle, because it was not complete.
I was sitting on $957.55 at the end of my last update. Later the same day after I updated I sold the last William Morris Queen Duvet I had for $87.25 and made $24.25 in profit. This put me at $981.80 overall.
On March 18th I sold the Sims video games and made $8.23 of profit. This put me at $990.03 overall.
On March 19th I sold the Steve Jobs book and made $2.58 of profit and put me at $992.61.
On March 22nd I sold the Nintendo Wii U I had picked up from the pawn shop for $130 plus shipping and made $48.73, which was my second largest profit amount to date, to bring me to a total of $1041.34. I was very excited to have grown this to what it has become in just over 21 months. Boom!
On March 25th, I sold a K2 Kickboard I had picked up for $8.11 at Goodwill for $41 plus shipping and made a profit of $25.85. This put me at $1067.19.
On March 26th, I sold one of the knives I bought and lost $4.13, putting me at $1063.06.
On March 28th, I sold the book “Shoe Dog” by Phil Knight, which I paid $2.15 for, and made $2.14 putting me at $1065.20.
On March 28th, I also sold a Nikon camera I bought at a pawn shop for $244.65 for $370 plus shipping and made my largest profit ever of $90.64. This surprised me there was that much potential value just sitting there. I had bought the camera on March 20th and it took me a while to learn how to validate everything was working correctly on it. I picked up some new knowledge which can be used moving forward. This should benefit me over the long term as I learn more this area. Time to do more research and learn more. I was now at $1155.84 overall.
If I could consistently get these items I could make a $1000 a year very easily. As a side note I’ve been getting cash back on everything I’ve bought. If I wanted to add in the 1% I’m getting it would make all of this just a little bit more profitable. I am not going to add this back in to what I’m doing because I didn’t plan on any of that in what I was doing.
As well, on March 28th I sold a Matco product I paid $80 for and made $26.17 of profit. This put me at $1182.01 overall.
On March 29th, I sold another camera I bought for $94.99 and made $85.60. This second sale of a camera is making me feel like I’m in the right spot. This put me at $1267.61 overall.
I had sold the Craftsman Nailer I bought from the pawn shop which got returned on April 1st, because the customer said it didn’t work. I am not sure they were telling the truth, because I had tested it. I will record a video of me using it and relist it, but I lost $8.59 for the return shipping, so I dropped down to $1259.02.
On April 3rd, I sold two of the Hobart cutting tips and made $6.19 of profit. This ended up putting me at $1265.21. I’m not sure where I got off but to reconcile to my tracking spreadsheet I was off by $.13 so I was at $1259.39.
I am up $19.28 on my Verizon as of today which puts my grand total up to $1,278.67.
Additional adds to my inventory since last time are: a Pole Saw, a book, another camera which costs $403, and five t-shirts from a garage sale. I currently underinvested $15.57. I added the t-shirts because I am trying to keep my listing cadence going at a good pace.
I have absolutely had an awesome few weeks at this with the advent of picking up items at pawn shops and taking some risks. I’m just enjoying this so much right now. I’ll probably pick up another share of a stock once I get around another $40 to invest. I’m likely going to buy something different than Verizon this time, because it is getting closer to my potential sale point of $60 a share and the dividend yield I am getting is going down.
Inventory
I am going to start possibly consolidating some buys as I move forward, because I feel like this part of the updates is getting tedious.
| Item | Cost | Date Purchased | Sold | Profit |
| NFL Puzzle | $3.45 | 6/27/22 | ||
| Serving Dish and Bowl | $9.29 | 7/20/22 | ||
| *2 Coca Cola Puzzles | $6.91 | 9/13/22 | ||
| *Floral Plate | $2.71 | 9/26/22 | ||
| *Old Spice Cologne bottle | $3.25 | 9/26/22 | ||
| *Wood block set- kid’s toy | $2.17 | 9/26/22 | ||
| *Japanese Stein 1 | $4.33 | 9/26/22 | ||
| *Satellite Puzzle | $2.37 | 11/28/22 | ||
| *Board Game | $3.78 | 1/4/23 | ||
| *Antique? vase | $8.11 | 2/21/23 | ||
| *Antique Plates | $7.56 | 3/19/23 | ||
| *Rollerblades | $16.77 | 4/1/23 | ||
| *Granite Cutting Blades (4) | $32.43 | 4/4/23 | ||
| *Crystal bowl | $5.94 | 4/10/23 | ||
| *Perfume bottle | $8.11 | 4/10/23 | ||
| *Casserole dish | $8.11 | 5/17/23 | ||
| *Nike Air Jordan V.5 Canvas | $27.11 | 5/22/23 | ||
| * Air Jordan Flight Remix Wolf Grey | $42.50 | 5/24/23 | ||
| *Coffee Cup- Floral | $2.70 | 6/20/23 | ||
| *Twin Duvet Set | $25.98 | 6/21/23 | ||
| *Skateboard | $8.11 | 7/26/23 | ||
| *Queen Sheet Set Brown and White Plaid | $64.94 | 8/23/23 | ||
| *Accounting Book | $6.27 | 9/6/23 | ||
| *Brooks Brothers Sheet Set | $12.99 | 9/8/23 | ||
| *1.035 Share – Verizon | $33.75 | 9/29/23, Div Dates | $10.60 | |
| *William Morris Queen Duvet | $54.11 | 12/13/23 | ||
| *Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet | $42.22 | 1/3/24 | ||
| *Peter Reed Reina Blue King Duvet | $42.22 | 1/10/24 | ||
| *1 Share Verizon | $38.92 | 1/18/24 | $3.92 | |
| *2 Hobart Cutting Tips | $2.70 | 2/2/24 | 4/3/24 | $6.11 |
| *Hobart Cutting Tips | $6.78 | 2/2/24 | ||
| *Ralph Lauren Queen Green Teal Sheet Set | $64.94 | 2/5/24 | ||
| *1 Share Verizon | $40.88 | 2/23/24 | $1.96 | |
| *Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson | $3.24 | 2/25/24 | 3/19/24 | $2.58 |
| *PDP Bass Drum Pedal | $8.11 | 2/26/24 | ||
| *Cabbage Patch Kid | $3.78 | 2/26/2 | ||
| *1 Share Verizon | $40.04 | 2/28/24 | $2.80 | |
| *Madden 15,16,17,18 Xbox | $4.29 | 3/1/24 | ||
| *The Sims 3 | $2.16 | 3/1/24 | 3/18/24 | $8.23 |
| *Matthew Lesko DVD | $1.08 | 3/1/24 | ||
| *RNs DVD | $1.08 | 3/1/24 | ||
| *Fireproof DVD set | $1.08 | 3/1/24 | ||
| *Adidas Nastate Size 13 | $16.77 | 3/2/24 | ||
| *Comics (23) | $21.43 | 3/5/24 | ||
| *1 Pocket Knife | $11.91 | 3/6/24 | 3/27/24 | -$4.13 |
| *Pocket Knives | $48.71 | 3/6/24 | ||
| *Nintendo Wii U Console | $68.18 | 3/6/24 | 3/22/24 | $48.73 |
| *Utawareumono DVD | $1.08 | 3/6/24 | ||
| *Nike Aunt Pearl Size 7.5 with box | $20.57 | 3/6/24 | ||
| *Craftsman Brad Nailer | $43.30 | 3/6/24 | -$8.59 | |
| *K2 Kickboard | $8.11 | 3/18/24 | 3/25/24 | $25.85 |
| *Pole Saw | $35.72 | 3/19/24 | ||
| *Matco Tool | $80.11 | 3/20/24 | 3/28/24 | $26.17 |
| *Nikon Camera | $244.65 | 3/20/24 | 3/28/24 | $90.64 |
| *Nikon Camera | $94.99 | 3/20/24 | 3/29/24 | $85.60 |
| *Shoe Dog book | $2.15 | 3/20/24 | 3/28/24 | $2.14 |
| *Principles Book | $3.24 | 3/20/24 | ||
| *Canon camera | $403.00 | 3/27/24 | ||
| *5 garage sale tshirts | $5.00 | 3/30/24 | ||
| Underinvested | $15.57 | |||
| Total inventory amount | $1278.67 |