make money, lose money.

My childhood friend from the Pacific Northwest came down to visit, so I had dinner with him on Sunday night. Tim-o-tee was coming up on his one year marriage anniversary. It was good to see that everything was going really well for him.

I think he realized how much of a hobo I was so he paid for dinner even though I threatened him that I would no longer be his bff if he paid. He obviously didn’t care about our friendship because he pulled out his American Express black card without hesitation.

Haha thanks Tim! I even got the leftovers.

Remember those “riding jeans” I was trying to sell at the swap meet a couple weeks back? Well I threw those bad boys on eBay and sold those babies along with some other crap I had. Looks like there are some other chubby bastards out there cuz they sold.

I totally forgot to use my own packaging, so I ended up shipping via Priority Mail; blowing my whole margin of profit. Suc.

shameless self-promotion.

I am probably going to get a lot of flack for writing this post. But then again, I only have about two readers, so maybe only a little bit of flack.

Remember how I was telling you about my technical problems? Well, I am now selling that problem on eBay.  Click here

This just goes to show that you can get money for stuff no longer useful to you. One less thing to worry about. I’ll let you know how much it ends up selling for.

resale value.

Well the year is finally coming to an end, and I just want to wish a Happy New Years to all. I also want to end on a nice little frugalistic high note. Resale value. Case in point.

Let’s say that you just purchased yourself a brand new Apple Macbook. You bring it home, and since it’s officially yours, you want to customize it by adding laser letter engravings, stickers, and etc. Well, don’t.

Chances are somewhere down the line for some reason, you may need/want to part with your beloved item (Macbook in this case). You’re going to get a lot less money for an item that has Hello Kitty decals than for a nice, clean decal-less item.

recoup your costs.

When it comes to purchasing bundled packages, there is always going to be some unwanted item in the deal.

Example: I don’t want the bundled games included in the Xbox 360 package. Going rate for the games on eBay: $15. Done. I just knocked a few bucks off of my purchase.

UPDATE:

I was able to sell the game for $25.