there's a reason why eBay is one of the best places to shop online so today I'm
gonna talk about the five things to buy on eBay that are gonna save you a lot of
money now I've bought and sold a lot of stuff on eBay so I'll tell you straight
up that this list comes from my own personal shopping experience with them
and it will save you money now if you just found this channel I'm Jason with
honest finance and I make a lot of videos that'll give your life and your
finances more value so feel free to subscribe if you feel like doing that or
at least give this video a like and now onto this list from eBay now the first
thing I want to talk about on the list is what I like to call kit items these
are basically items that are sold individually rather than a kit like they
normally come in let's say that you already have a power drill at home and
all you need is a new battery for it but you don't want to go to Home Depot
because the batteries are pretty expensive well I guarantee you that
somebody out there has already bought a kit and they're gonna be selling that
battery on eBay for a better price than what you can get at Home Depot and on
the flip side if you're looking into buying something I would recommend
buying it as a kit and then selling those items individually on eBay because
you're gonna end up saving more money as well it's a win-win for everybody
because the guy that's selling the battery probably didn't need it and
that's why it's on sale on eBay and now you can snag the battery for a better
price and it's new as well now if you're buying kid items they're generally not
gonna come with a warranty but that doesn't really matter because you're
getting them at such a better price so the next time you need some random
accessory that generally comes in a kit be sure to check out eBay first because
you're probably gonna find a much better value next on the list is overstock
items which I know is obvious but let me just give you some examples so that this
makes sense so let's pretend that there's a bike shop in the middle of
Kentucky and they've got all of these different helmets that they weren't able
to sell during the biking season now if they really want to sell those helmets
then they're gonna hop on eBay and they're gonna list the helmets at a much
better price and then you can come in and get a much better deal because
they're just cutting their losses so instead of going to the big retailers to
try and find that stuff just hop on eBay and try to look for small sellers that
are trying to sell their overstock items I've done this with a ton of stuff like
ski goggles camel backs and all sorts of things that you would find in a small
little hobby shop I mean check out these oakley sunglasses that I got for more
than half off all because they come with this stupid folding thing that nobody
seemed to want now these were the style that I wanted anyway but because I
checked on eBay I found that they had the F version that
was overstocked and then I got them for a lot cheaper than the regular version
all because nobody wanted them and I assumed that F just means folding which
I didn't really care about anyway so just think about all the tiny little
shops out there that are trying to sell their overstock items and if they're
smart they're gonna be on eBay and you're gonna be able to find that kind
of stuff and get a much better value now next on my list are gift cards and these
are some of the best deals that you can get on eBay now if you've made it this
far into the video could you please just comment down below and say I'm still
here because that's gonna help me out tremendously
thanks now I know that we've all gotten gift cards before that you don't really
want but that's the kind of stuff that's actually sold on eBay so it's a good
thing for you if you're looking for a gift card and that's all because those
people just want to get rid of the gift cards but they're gonna be selling them
at a better price than the retail amount of the gift card so typically you're
gonna see gift cards that are about ten to thirty percent off their face value
which is excellent and I guarantee you that if you just hop on eBay you're
gonna find gift cards for almost every single retail store that you're looking
for so as an example if you want to buy a new TV from Best Buy then go on ebay
first buy a gift card and then go buy your TV because it's gonna be a better
price overall now next on my list are om car parts from eBay so if you've got an
accessory that you want for your car or if you've got something that you need
fixed then I would highly recommend going to ebay before you go to the
dealership and get ripped off I mean seriously there's so much
inventory for car parts on eBay that you're gonna find what you're looking
for I mean I sold the running boards on my truck on eBay because I didn't want
them anymore and they sold really easy there is a huge demand for third party
and OEM car parts so if you need something like that then I would highly
recommend checking out eBay first because they're probably gonna have the
best deal now next on my list are coupons which I never thought twice
would ever be on eBay but they are like for instance if you ever gotten a 10%
off your entire purchase coupon from Home Depot in the mail but it just
wasn't the right timing for the coupon well instead of just throwing the coupon
away there are people that actually sell those coupons on eBay so seriously if
you were gonna buy something really expensive from Home Depot then wouldn't
you rather have a coupon to get 10% off just because you went onto eBay and paid
a little bit for the coupon they've even got a coupons that'll go straight into
your email and those are freaking sweet because you don't have to pay for
shipping and you don't have to wait for them in the mail I've bought them before
and I know they work because all I had to do is just take the code from the
email and then plug it it online and I instantly got the discount and if you
really want to get the best deal possible then I'd buy a coupon on eBay
and I'd buy a gift card that way you could double down and get the best price
possible now just for kicks I want to add a bonus
item to this list which are called open box items now let's say you buy a fancy
stereo and there's nothing wrong with it but you just don't like it so you return
it well some of these types of returns can't actually be restocked because you
would have messed up the packaging or something like that and because these
returns can't be restocked they're gonna end up on eBay as an open box item and a
lot of the time they're in really new condition so just check the descriptions
on eBay because they're gonna give you the best idea of the condition that the
open box items in now once again I'm Jason with honest finance and I make a
lot of videos that'll give your life and your finances more value so feel free to
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