Thrift with me! I spend $25 on inventory to resell in my bookshop!

I had to go pay rent and I looked like a waif doing it. I'm glad I didn't ask for a ride. I was uninfluenced by any one around me, not having to think too hard about socializing.

from a reseller's perspective, I wasted money.

I spent $24.67 on 19 books for the shop. I carried 10 pounds of books and walked 3 miles. You could say that I got a good exercise while sourcing. And one of the books from the haul sold less than 24 hours after listing it!

Goodwill thrift haul

come book shopping with me! vlog

(And I have if not hundreds of ex library books that still need to be listed.) I am feeling buyer's remorse. I posted a YouTube video of my book haul except I forgot to mention a few details:

This haul was on May 5, and I had all books listed on Mercari, Depop, and Pango books by May 6-7. I'm hoping I will make my money back by the 20th.

I walked into Goodwill the first time with every intention to only spend $5. I bought a small batch of children's books: Clifford the Big Red Dog, Rainbow Brite, The Foolish Tortoise, Detective Arthur on the Scent, and Cajun Night Before Christmas.

Rainbow Brite sold for $10 on Mercari. Buyer paid for shipping. After Mercari fees I made $8.09. My COG for that book was .99. So let's make that profit of $7.09.

That means that I need to make $17. 58 to make my money back from these books, and whatever left over is profit. I already know the Cajun Night Before Christmas can sell between 10-15 and the Frog and Toad book will sell.

If I do end up keeping the tales of the Beatrix Potter book, then I must resell 2 books from my personal shelf. One book in, two books out. I know this sounds like negative self talk, but hopefully it will make me more selective of the books in my personal collection.

Then I went and spent $19. Looking back, I know I could have found a one or three garments to flip and not had to have carried so much weight back, and maybe even have made more profit.

I will eventually branch out into more clothing, but I know books the best. I also don't like having clothes around me, not in my size or style. I am consoled by bookshelves full of books.

There's that quote by Cicero: a house without books is like a body without a soul.

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