Nearly anything can be sold if you can find the right buyer. Some items have more interested buyers than others, however, and recognizing these items will save you a lot of time and hassles when it comes to reselling. Any time you look at a storage unit, you’ll want to keep an eye out for these easy-to-sell items:
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New, high-quality electronics including flat-screen televisions, gaming systems and good computers. You need to be fairly well-versed in technology in order to identify the high-quality new items from those that are outdated, however. A recent, high-powered computer can be resold for several hundred dollars. A computer that’s a couple of years old might be worth less than $50, and an old-fashioned rear-projection TV is pretty much worthless.
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Collectible items. This almost goes without saying since it’s the bread and butter of all the storage auction TV shows, but it’s true: If you can find a bona fide collector’s item in a storage unit, you can probably sell it for a decent profit if you can find the right collector. Not all collectibles are worth the same amount, though, and some can be a bit obscure. Obvious collections that were cared for by their previous owner will be easier to sell for a profit than assorted bits and pieces.
- Exercise and sporting equipment. A lot of people buy exercise equipment only to decide they won’t use it, which means a lot of this equipment ends up in storage units. Fortunately, they tend to resell quite well as long as you have the ability to haul and store it. Things like treadmills, elliptical machines and stationary bikes all sell quite well on Craigslist, especially around the beginning of the year when people are making New Years resolutions. Bicycles can also be worth quite a bit of money and tend to hold their value if they’re well made.
Depending on how patient you are, you can also make a decent profit off selling small items that other resellers aren’t as interested in. When bidders see a unit full of clothes, small appliances, dishes and other household wares, they often overlook the units entirely because they’re just not very flashy.
If you can secure one of these units for a cheap price, though, you can often make a profit selling these small items individually through yard sales; over time, the profits really do add up.
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