Know When to Sell

Warning . . . warning . . . I’m about to hit you with some of my clichés: Timing is everything. Sell what you know and know when to sell. Buy low and sell high. Fast quarters are better than slow dollars.

Okay, granted, clichés may be painful to hear over and over, but they do contain nuggets of good information. (Perhaps they’re well known for a reason?)

Experienced eBay sellers know that when planning a sale, timing is almost everything. Fur coats don’t sell well in July, and as a collectible seller you don’t want to be caught with 200 Nintendo Wii games during a run on Xbox. (Hold on to them; vintage games often sell well.) Star Wars action figures are traditionally good sellers unless a new sci-fi flick is all the rage.