[MLUG - DISCUSSION] another way I could have become a millionaire...

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Right around the time when "ebay it" became an expression you would
actually hear (or read), I thought to myself, "So what happens to
people who are not savvy enough to sell stuff on eBay?"  Well, most of
them *are* savvy enough to drop things off at Goodwill, so I thought
about a place where you could drop stuff off, sort of like you do at
your favored thrift/charity outfit, only to sell on eBay.  Then, if it
sold, the place would cut you a check.  If it didn't sell, you could
pick the item up or let the store dump it off at (say) Goodwill and
give you a receipt for what the presumed value was.

Well, somebody has actually done this:

http://www.i-soldit.com/

Only they were even smarter than me, realizing that the *real* money
was in franchising the concept to people in markets they are too lazy
to do themselves.  All I can say is: Crud! I had this very idea. :-(

jking
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