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A Small guide of entering the world of buying wholesale

by: daveroby1( 82Feedback score is 50 to 99) Top 10000 Reviewer
37 out of 50 people found this guide helpful.
Guide viewed: 2587 times Tags: wholesale | dropship | dealthief | xbox | ipod


     Always wanted to buy wholesale dirt cheap and then sell on EBAY for a profit.... Well so do many others, and because of that fact other's yet are there willing to simply take advantage of this fact and your money.


  When I first started out looking for a wholesale buyer I simply typed in wholesale in a search engine an BAM 143,273 pages where found "this will be easy" or so I though. First 10 site’s were simply Estores selling items at same or above normal prices and the next 100 sites sign up with us for government auctions, wholesale, unclaimed money an seized property..."nice I am in".  WRONG!
 

I thought this would be the anwser and that I found all I would need and at prices not to good to be true, but defiantly with some profit to be made and even had a $1 trial offer. Well and this is where it gets ruff. Most of these companys regardless of what the cost to join are fraud they will either offer you a list of wholesale stores you can buy from at bargain prices and in bulk. Then take your money and give you either no info or a list of other sites just like this 1 that also have no wholesale store lists. Well if that isn’t bad enough others out there will do that plus debit your account everyday or so of 1 dollar to $1000's and more...everyday till use close card.


       So with all this stated, to truly find your wholesale supplier the answer being not simple and sweet as some would would like is simply do your research and lots of it. First start off by checking around your local area for auction houses and yellow pages some cities offer many of these services right in or near your own area. Another Thing to do is to use the search engines but carefully, look for sites that offer a money back guarantee and check the bbb (better business bureau) they don’t have all business in there but its a good spot to check also check reviews by major reporting companies like time, USA today, Newsweek and other there have been reports an investigations into sites like these and found some companies that really do spend allot of time an effort in finding an making lists of good wholesale an goverment auction sites/company’s with real deals. Also look for Veri sign and paypal logos and check with them to make sure there real cause both those company’s especially paypal has methods in place to help buyers be protected. Trust e is a good thing to look for to make sure the info you are sending the company will be protected.  Finally, but not least is to email them with your questions and concerns frequently to see if they can alleviate your concerns.
  

     It is really important that you do all your research 1st and ask many questions and keep in mind that there are many out there trying to make there riches by scamming you.

UPDATE: I recently just partnered with a web store(dealthief)  that you can find link in my ME page, And there you can find useful ebooks or drop/wholesale/gov liq/seizure lists. There are some good sites in them and I use a few my self enjoy.


Guide ID: 10000000000137930Guide created: 01/08/06 (updated 03/08/08)

 
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