Selling things on eBay can be a nice side income. The premise is simple: buy low, sell high. EBay began as an auction-only site. Potential buyers bid against one another for an item, just like in a live auction. Five years later, in November 2000, eBay introduced its Buy It Now option. This allowed sellers … Read more
One of the most visited posts on Mighty Bargain Hunter is my post on seven ways to conquer Chuck E. Cheese. It was hit up on The Consumerist a few years ago. And just a week ago it was hit up again, but this time by the Frugal Reddit. The point that’s been the center … Read more
Online retailers are kicking it up a level for Cyber Monday. One great way to take advantage of even more savings and make your holiday dollars go a little bit further is with a rebate portal like Mr. Rebates. Taking advantage of the extra savings is easy. Instead of heading to your favorite store directly, … Read more
There’s a time to buy things, and there’s a time to sell things. The thing has outlived its usefulness, or it’s the wrong color now, or it’s no longer played with by your kids. The thing is taking up space, or taking up your mental energy, or costing you some monthly maintenance fee — or … Read more
Gresham’s Law now has small business backing. There’s a fair bit of activity on eBay buying and selling 95% copper cents, and the coin sorters to distinguish them from the newer zinc variety. Why the interest, you might ask? It’s the copper content of the cents that’s interesting. These high-copper cents, minted for part of … Read more
I don’t remember what prompted me to poke around on eBay to check for gift cards. I do remember that there had been some restrictions placed on gift card sales on eBay because of rising occurrence of fraudulent activity. However, I did find a new practice that I found a little hard to believe. It … Read more
And if you bid on Swoopo.com, please stop. Even if you’ve won an auction. I can just about guarantee you’ll pay back every cent you saved on that one auction win, plus a lot more. Swoopo bills itself as an auction site, but the auctions are little more than giant, real-time, horribly-addicting raffles: one winner, … Read more
I was revising the prices of some of my items on my eBay store and noticed that eBay has taken keen notice of inflated shipping charges. EBay charges sellers fees based on the final sale price of the item but not on the shipping, so it has taken aim at sellers who inflate their shipping … Read more
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