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Looking for a Consignment Trading Assistant in the Chicago Area

I'm seeking someone in the Chicagoland area to consign a bunch of items for me. Is there anyone located in the Northern Suburbs?

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Looking for a Consignment Trading Assistant in the Chicago Area

You probably won't find any takers here. Have you tried to advertise locally? Good luck...

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Looking for a Consignment Trading Assistant in the Chicago Area

@pucks28 

You should advertise locally.  On FB or CL.  Unless you are willing to take responsibility for taxes, seller fees, returns, shipping, supplies, CC chargebacks & possible fraudulent transactions, not to mention paying out a hefty fee to that seller, I doubt you 'll get any bites here on this forum.

 

Good luck to you!

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Looking for a Consignment Trading Assistant in the Chicago Area

Other EBAY sellers will not want to sell your items (nobody wants to take on your tax liability and added headaches).   I see you already have an EBAY store so you only need as assistant to help you sell.   You should ask a trusted friend or teenager (offer them a percentage of the sale).

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Looking for a Consignment Trading Assistant in the Chicago Area

     If you are talking about somebody taking physical possession of the items and using their account to list and sell the items as well as handling all the logistics, returns, buyer issues and tax liability that may be difficult. Even if you do they are probably going to want a significant 50%+ percent of the eBay net profit to cover taxes and risk. 

     There have been a lot of posts like yours looking for consignors. I assume some of those are to potentially avoid the tax issues and the receipt of a 1099-K from eBay. You need to realize that the person you consign to would be required to issue you a 1099-K for any profits they disbursed to you so they are able to write that off of their own taxes. 

     If you are looking for somebody to simply use your account to list the items and you handle the logistics then caldreamer suggestion of finding a teenager to do that for you is probably the best avenue. If you are simply looking to unload a bunch of stuff and a quick turnaround you might try a local auction house or list everything as one big lot on a local forum. 

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