One of the most profitable ways of finding inventory is going to a library book sale that is NOT advertised on BookSaleFinder.com. The reason is simple – you will most likely be the only one there with a scanner (i.e. buying for resale purposes). So you will get all the profitable inventory for yourself.
My biggest score at an unadvertised book sale was on a Friday afternoon in a suburb of Chicago. The library was culling their inventory and selling their books for a $1 a bag. I knew this was going to be a good day because I was finding many ex-library books worth $50+ and a few worth over $100. I walked out about 3 hours later with 16 bags and a total investment of $16. When I got home, I rescanned the books and the total Amazon value was $4000! Needless to say, I was the only one at that sale with a scanner.
There are a couple ways to find unadvertised book sales. The first way is to do your own research.
1) Do a Google search of every library within 2 hours of your house.
2) Call (or email) them and ask when their next annual or semi annual library sale is.
3) Check booksalefinder.com and see if that sale is listed on there.
4) If it is not – then you have a winner. Write down the date and location on a big desk calendar.
Another possible angle...might be using the new website Book Sales Found. They contact every possible book sale source in the country including libraries, hospitals, and universities. Many times these sales are not advertised on any other website. It's currently $10 a month with a 7 day free trial.
1 comments:
This site "sales" that it claims to have over other book sale directory sites is a joke. It just copies information (word for word in some cases) from craigslist and yard sale directories. Its hospital "unknown book sales" are just like scholastic book sales, new books at "bargain" prices (not anything you can resell).
As for the book sale portion, there isn't anything new that isn't on booksalefinder.com or booksalemanager.com for free. Its not really worth it. (do the free trail and check for yourself, but don't forget to cancel before the trail is up!)
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