Now is the time of year to de-clutter! Very soon we will all have new things to wear, use, and play with. It is a great time to sell old things you no longer need or want to make room for the new. Added bonus you can add to your funds rather quickly by de-cluttering. I have been doing just that. I go room by room. Starting with each person’s clothes, then on to toys, and then everything else. I add all the undesirables into a box. If its hanging clothes I separate them on the rod. Then I go thru the box and decide what is to be donated and what to sell. Next I have to decide the best way to sell each item. For that you might want to a little research.
For me name brand clothes do well on Ebay. Gently used toys do best for me on local Facebook garage sell groups. Electronics that aren’t to old are sold to Gazelle. Furniture goes on Facebook Garage sell groups. Collectibles, designer purses, and other items go on Ebay. If you haven’t used Ebay in a while check it out. They have really caught up with the times. I used them years ago. It just got to be to much work to photograph the item, upload the items on to my computer, and list. Now there is an app that makes it very easy. You can even take pictures thru the app. I have only gotten thru 3 rooms so far. By selling my old items, I have made $51.00 after fees. When selling on Ebay they do charge you a small fee to do so. My total fee for 4 items was $4.80.
Don’t you hate when you get in a coupon mailer for a high priced item that you just bought? I do! That happened to us this past week. We bought a washing machine from Home Depot last month. A week later a coupon for $30.00 back in credit on our card if we buy an appliance priced $399.00 or more arrives in the mail. We met all of the requirements. I called and requested the $30.00 be applied anyway. They agreed and credited me $30.00! That is another $30.00 of found money going directly into my Universal fund. It never hurts to ask. The worse a person or company can say is no.
If you have a health insurance plan that rewards you for doing things like getting a checkup. Don’t forget to check the balance of those rewards. I had $75.00 in rewards on a debit card they sent. That $75.00 was used towards paying my insurance payment this month. The $75.00 from my budget that was suppose to go towards the payment will be added into my Universal fund.
Surveys on SB have been plentiful and high paying! Chloe got into a panel that is a year long one survey per month for $12.00 each time. On surveys like that we split the money. Half goes into the vacation fund. The other half she gets to keep. In the past week, I have gotten into a $30.00 panel survey, and a $15.00 in store mystery shop type survey. I am hearing the same from other Savears.
*Goal 1 was plane tickets. – DONE
*Goal 2 is the hotel. Need $1509.19 after the down payment.
*Goal 3 is park tickets.
*Goal 4 is spending money and the food budget.
11/22 – 12/4
My Swagbucks – $75.00
Selling Items – $51.00
Survey Panel From SB – $6.00
Home Depot Credit Offer – $30.00
Ibotta – $40.34
Insurance Company Rewards – $75.00
Total to date – $3,407.72
Money Spent and cash balances:
Southwest Plane Tickets for 5 – $1433.42
Universal annual pass and two 5 day tickets – $643.00 – Already spent!
Cash Remaining in my Universal fund – $1331,16
My current goal I am working towards is paying off the hotel. I want to have it paid off by Jan. 1st. In order to do that I have to earn $178.03 between now and then. That comes out to $59.34 a week or $8.47 day. Just a month ago I needed to earn almost a $1,000. This seems like a walk in the park!
Thanks for sharing
Your gettting there