Need Some Extra Cash? Look no Further

Need some extra cash? Look no further than your garage or basement! Yes, you heard me right. I don’t have some lame product I’m trying to shove down your throat, or some tear jerking success story. I just have facts.

Over the past 16 years my wife Carole and I have been together, I’ve learnt that most of us accumulate a lot of “stuff”. Notice I used the word “stuff” and not “junk”. That’s key here, because what you might think is junk, actually is worth something to someone. If you’re real lucky, some people may be prepared to pay a lot for it. It don’t matter what it is. It could be a car, children’s toys, books, sports equipment, you name it.

So what’s my point? I’m getting there. Before I go further though, let’s make one thing abundantly clear. Well known classified ad websites are NOT good places to sell your “stuff”. Most of us have a lot of things around the house that you no longer need, but could come in handy for someone. The problem with big classifieds websites is that very few people want to drive an hour to pick up your “stuff”. In fact, most of the time you get that typical reply, “Duh, I’ll give you $20 for it if you can deliver it to Tim Buck Two”, yeah, right!

What I’ve just recently discovered is Faceboook. Ok, now don’t laugh at me. I know it’s not really well known, and many of you have probably never used it, so just thought I’d help you out here. (sometimes I’m very sarcastic by the way, lol!) What I’m getting at, in a very round about manner, is that you shouldn’t advertise on a website as vast as some of those big classifieds websites for small items. You’re really wasting your time. You need to concentrate locally.

I live in Limoges, Ontario. It’s a small town of approximately 3,000 people located 20 minutes east of Ottawa. My wife Carole introduced me to 3 or 4 local classifieds groups on Facebook this week. No word of a lie, we’re lucky if the stuff we post in these groups lasts a day. I put a drill press on there 5 hours ago and it sold in 5 minutes. It’s crazy, Carole sold $150 dollars worth of kids toys and books in the past 18 hours. Perhaps it’s the area we live in, but I’m telling you it’s been a real eye opener.

So here’s what I want you to all do. Dig out all those used clothing, books, toys, and other unused goodies. Then go on Facebook and search for groups in your area where you can post your “stuff” (NOT “junk”, lol). I’m sure there must be a group, for example, called Twillingate Classifieds on Facebook. If there is not, then create it! Let’s get local classifieds groups running everywhere on Facebook. It’s absolutely FREE and there’s no hidden agenda. We’re just a bunch folks trying to buy and sell the things we want or need, and we don’t want to have to drive 3 hours to pick it up.

There’s an added bonus by the way. We’ve noticed you can get more money for your stuff locally as well. Who would have known. Happy shopping!