Buying Clearance Items
Summary: booksnstuff_8 asked about the best way to purchase clearance merchandise, considering options like buying online, in-store, or on a website. mam98031 and kalyoth emphasized that the decision depends on factors such as the item's market demand and associated costs. eoma689485 and inhawaii mentioned that purchasing in-store avoids shipping fees. onlinecentral shared personal experience in reselling items bought in bulk to minimize listing work.
Is it better to buy clearance merchandise in bulk online, in person at the store, or on the store’s website?
7 comments
redmodelt
·3 weeks agoGet a receipt that is broken down by item IF you can. If eBay asks, you have something to fall back on.
inhawaii
·3 weeks agoIn person. No shipping.
onlinecentral
·3 weeks agoI started by buying merchandise from eBay to resell. Lots of 10 of 36 identical units to reduce the labor of creating 10 to 36 listings.
Later, I bought mixed lots of one brand. Sorted that into identical items.
kalyoth
·3 weeks ago · EditedIt varies greatly depending upon if what ur buying even has a market - since it's already on clearance, lower chances of the market. Getting it to you from the location is your largest delivery cost. In many cases getting yourself there is far easier to transport. Anything involving a shipment to you, regardless of cost, is a replacement value of the time & effort you would use going direct. That cost value is determined by each person & has no answer otherwise.
eoma689485
·3 weeks agoIn store - you don't pay shipping.
mam98031
·3 weeks agoNot necessarily the best price to buy it at retail in a store. Unless it is one heck of a clearance sale.
mam98031
·3 weeks agoDepends on the items, the price and availability, as well as if there is a market for them. There is NOT a single blanket answer to your question. There are variables.