12 Jun
2001
12 Jun
'01
9:03 a.m.
While I haven't been making a living on ebay, I've been doing a pretty fair
supplement, keeping our bills paid as well. Amen on the MCSE's taking credit
for the common layman's handicraft.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 1:03 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: eBay as career
On June 12, John Foust wrote:
Care to share how you've been doing this?
What sort of
items are you buying and selling? Do you think it's been
profitable, if you consider the time per transaction?
I've been selling some analog and digital test equipment, some synth
and music-related stuff, and some computer stuff. NeXT Dimension
boards, for example...I had about a dozen of them, and most of them
went for around $400/ea. It's been profitable enough to pay my
$1400/mo rent and my $700/mo car payment, as well as other bills...no
"think" to it, if I hadn't been doing this, I'd be bankrupt...or
worse, working a 9-5 schedule, being taken advantage of by suits and
having clueless MCSEs trying to take credit for my work.
I'm not bitter..
-Dave McGuire