The Idea: One day as I was browsing Instagram I came across this guy named David Keen master of Luxury Thrifting (http://masterofluxurythrifting.blogspot.com/), and what he would do was go to A thrift shop and he has a really good eye for rare furniture and antique stuff so he would see things that were “luxury” and would buy them for just a couple of bucks. When I saw this I was blown away. I wanted to know more. I wanted to do this. So I set out on my journey of thrifting.
What I did: I did what I always would when I was interested in something or wanted to do it, I researched. I watched all the YouTube videos I could on it. I saw that there where different types of Thrifting:
- Clothing
- Gold & silver/ jewelry
- Antiques
My first thought was jewelry/gold and silver would be a quick way to make some money but in truth, there is no quick way to make money, there are just some more fun and more accessible ways. What followed was a bunch of research and trips to goodwill that would not end in me finding any silver or rare jewelry or anything. So I gave up. But then one day I was scrolling through YouTube and in my suggested I saw a thrifting video and out of boredom clicked on it, this person was looking through clothing and they ended up with like 5-10 shirts, and they sold these shirts, for like 10-20 bucks each. I had to give it a shot, so I went to goodwill and found a couple but didn’t get anything that day. However a couple of days later I went to Goodwill again and I found a pretty cool shirt and I decided it would be good to get some practice, so I bought it and listed it on Ebay. My Mom and I also had some vintage little luxart library books we bought about a year ago to sell but never ended up doing it so I listed those too.
How much money I made: I sold the shirt for $18.40 and the shipping and original cost was about $13 so I made a profit of $5.40. The books my Mom bought for about $30 and I sold for $63.70 and since we already had a box the shipping was $3.70 also I had to pay my mom back so Iended up with $30.
What I learned: I learned, how to find shirts at goodwill, how to make ebay listings, and most importantly I learned if you try something and it doesn’t work find out if you truly want to do it, and if you don’t then stop your wasting your time, but if you do keep trying or look into other options.
Will I do this again?: Yes! I would love to get better at this skill and it could be a good way to make some money.
Thanks for reading!
Isaac