Reselling Staples Purchases Part 2

Reselling Staples Purchases Part 1
Reselling Staples Purchases Part 2
Reselling Staples Purchases Part 3

New Item from Amazon.com

Reselling 

My first thought was to put the items on Craigslist.  I received zero interest; I am guessing these are a bit more of a niche product than the average Craigslist-er.

My friend had good luck with selling on Amazon, so that was my next step.  I decided I would give FBA (Fulfillment By Amazon) a shot for the larger items.  How FBA works (in short) is you send your items to an Amazon warehouse.  It then is listed on Amazon and when it sells, Amazon ships it to the customer.  Basically once you send it in, you don’t have to worry about the product.  I figured this would be easier for me.

The problem I ran in to is when you are setting up your items to sell through FBA, they may have you ship your items to different warehouses (Lesson #4: Even with Amazon’s lower UPS rates, it still costs a lot to ship the items unless you do a bunch of items together.  You pay the cost to ship the item to Amazon up front).  

I printed out the shipping labels and headed to the UPS store.  (Lesson #5: I didn’t repackage the items.  I sent the items to Amazon in the boxes they came from that you see in the photos above.  What I should have done is rebox them but that adds another cost and more time.  A buyer could potential return the item if the box was damaged).  

It took over a week for my items to arrive at the Amazon FBA warehouse.  I chose to price my items at the lowest “New” rate on Amazon as I wanted the items to sell quickly.  This would undercut my profit, but also allow me a quicker turn around and assured money.

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Reselling Staples Purchases Part 3

Reselling Staples Purchases Part 1
Reselling Staples Purchases Part 2
Reselling Staples Purchases Part 3

Mail In Rebates

Staples has a fairly painless online submission process for your rebates (my shopping trip included three types: check, Visa gift card, Staples gift card).

Step 1: Visit http://stapleseasyrebates.com as soon as you get home from making your purchases (so you don’t forget/lose your receipt).

Reselling Staples Purchases

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Using the Citi Price Rewind Benefit

Citi Price Rewind I recently applied, and was approved, for a Citi Prestige MasterCard.  The card has some great perks including airport lounge access, Global Entry application fee credit, and reimbursement for airline tickets.  One of the lesser known but powerful perks is the Citi Price Rewind benefit. The Citi … Read more

Best Credit Cards for Single Travelers

Credit Cards

I should put a couple of big asterisks after the title: Best Credit Cards for Single Travelers*****  These are actually just the credit cards that are currently in my wallet.  And they work for me, some better than others.  Please take these with a grain of salt, I am not a financial expert.  I do not get paid if you get one of these — no referral links here.  You’ll have to just google them if you want to sign up.  And of course, if you don’t have good financial history or you don’t trust yourself with a credit card, then don’t get these.

With that said, here is what is currently in my wallet and why I find them useful.

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