One Mans Trash Could Be Your Treasure – 3 Rules Of Thrifty Product Sourcing
Thrift shops and consignment stores can be excellent sources for your product inventory they always have fresh items to pick through and you can find some great pieces for rock-bottom prices.
Consignment stores, are commission-based. People bring in products for the store to sell on commission what doesnt sell is returned to the owner.
Thrift stores are often not for profit and get most of their goods via donations.
In comparing the two, thrift stores are typically more willing (and able) to bargain with you simply because they have more room to do so.
Online retailers sometimes feel that these types of resale stores are not a good place to find inventory because theres not enough of a profit margin. But author Kate Holmes, founder of Too Good To Be Threw (http://www.tgtbt.com), disagrees. Holmes asserts, “These stores have a very limited market. If nobody in their town happens to want to buy a pair of Jodhpurs that week, those Jodhpurs will be sitting there waiting for an eBay seller to snap them up. The end result can be amazing deals on quality items...