Trust me on this, it happens all the time, I sold postcards at antiques and collectors’ fairs for more than twenty years and you’ll be surprised at the genuine mistakes and even scams dealers operate to rob other people of high value items.
( Page 10 ) Why you should never let other people value your finds , even top experts at auctions and antiques events, they’ll price your item way too low, and even offer to buy it from you at their pathetic low price, simply because they want to rob you of your profits.
And it doesn’t matter where in the world you live or which eBay site you use most, it doesn’t matter if you don’t even know what a topographical postcard is right now, and you definitely don’t need bundles of cash or previous experience to make a good living right from day one.
How to spot a card worth potentially hundreds of pounds against one that will lose you money, how to do it day after day, several times a day, right from day one.
And spot it you must or you’ll end up being cheated and robbed and unsure about ever bidding again at auction.
Once you know who these people are and where to find them you’ll be able to buy from them again and again, every day if you like, but if you let them know what you are doing you’ll be kissing goodbye to this incredible product profit source.
I did nothing to the card, I sold it exactly as I had bought it, and I took just two minutes to add more than £27 to its value.
( Page 20 ) How to hone in on inexperienced sellers offering quality postcards in bundles , sometimes complete collections or entire business stock, at a tiny fraction of their resale value on eBay.
( Page 47 ) Why the first few seconds spent viewing at auction or flea market or boot sale or collector’s fair will tell you more than most people will ever know even after several hours spent studying the very same items.
Which two words to include in your eBay title to ensure everyone wanting to buy your item will quickly find it and immediately place a bid.
Profits from a scam that’s worked at auctions every day , few people notice it, but it’s the easiest trick in the book to spot.
This is a really nifty trick, so outstandingly subtle, and once you know how to play this game you’re guaranteed to sell every postcard you ever buy and always double, triple or even further expand your investment.
The last of these much despised cards I found cost me 10p from a shoebox packed with hundreds of similarly ‘worthless’ items and it reached £28 on eBay.
( Page 70 ) How to make a good card look even better and more appealing to bidders. In so doing an ordinary card can become the subject of a bidding war that turns a card that cost you a few pence into a three figure multi-bid item on eBay.
The one type of postcard that’s despised by dealers , it has zero resell value, to them that is, because that card – and hundreds more like it - can be a unique source of very high profits for you (once you know the secret sign to a really valuable postcard that less experienced sellers always overlook).
I really mean that, if you tell anyone else about this secret, the game is up and your supplier is gone.