10.28.2009

{ ME vs. debt }


Check out my guest post today on Man vs. Debt ---- How I paid of $15,000 in school loans in 9 months by selling 'stuff' on ebay.

ps. Thank you Colgate for the wonderful (albeit expensive) education. However, I am equally as thankful to finally done with my school loans. Hooray!

11 comments:

Christy said...

That's wonderful that you finally paid off your school loan. I never tried Ebay but wondering how do you pack them and going to have it shipped?

amy and ann said...

oh girl, you have inspired me so much! thanks for writing this detailed article. I have always been afraid of ebay! I think I have enough crap to pay off one credit card! thank you, amy!

LobotoME said...

Hi Christy - I have a scale to ship orders so I just weigh it once packaged up and plug the weight into paypal multi-order shipping which is linked up to usps.com - then print out the labels... Good luck!

LobotoME said...

Hi Amy! Thanks for your sweet comment! You go girl!

Anonymous said...

so glad I could help pay off that loan - and treat myself on something fun from a store that I have never been : )

LobotoME said...

Thanks Denise! :)

paula said...

yeah! congratulations. being debt free is the best.

paula said...

Okay I just read your guest post and I am inspired. A good purge would help pay for future projects.

Strongvillage said...

Question:

If I have about 3 weeks to sell the following items (about 40 items @most):

-books
-dvds
-anime toy collectibles
-clothes/shoes

And I've never sold anything online before, which is the quickest method for a novice to unload all these items? Like what do I need/ don't need?

Strongvillage said...

Oh wait, I have another question:

If I'm just selling these items to fundraise my moving out of state (it's just a garage sale to me), do I need to get a seller's permit? Or will I get in trouble?

Strongvillage said...

Ok, LAST QUESTION. Promise!

(pulled all-nighter so not thinking straight)

Does eBay charge you even if your listed item doesn't sell?