Economics of surplus trading

What about shipping costs & customs? The cost to do business? You can't make a living buying FOB China and selling it for the same price in the US.

Well, I do not think of myself as semi-socialist. I am an old fashioned capitalist, making money using my own capital. I do not borrow and I do not seek "investors", every business asset I have is

Neither do I think that, say, Democratic party is socialist. It is dishonest and misleading to discuss these matters in these terms.

Also, a lot of people who would have liked to start their own business, are held back due to unavailability of health insurance.

I do not own copyright to these books. And I also hate PDF sellers.

They are also difficult to scan.

My hatred is reserved for those who accumulate and license intellectual property and have never had one useful original idea of their own. Copyright and patent laws should be restored to their original purpose.

My standard bill of sale says explicitly that the buyer is responsible for bringing this item to OSHA compliance. For the exact reason that you outlined.

I have noticed one thing with scrap/surplus traders- they virtually never involuntarily go out of business unless they get sued and/or get into trouble with the government (taxes, environmental, zoning etc.). Unless, of course, the main guy gets sick or dies, which doesn't count.

Health insurance is readily available, you just have to pay for it as a cost of running a business, and like everything else the higher quantity of numbers covered reduces the price. I paid for my own BC/BS when I was driving OTR.

Still looking for a manual for Baker/Linde B30-PL 3000 lb forklift if you run across one.

And some parts for one.

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure

- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

I do not have any.

This is why you tend to give goofy answers to questions.

Yes..you are acting as a good old fashioned Capitalist...but your brain is STILL locked into socialism, based on many of your answers here on Usenet.

Its like having a bulldozer showing the yellow Cat colors underneith a company coat of paint.

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure

- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

Keep it in mind if you ever see a carcass

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure

- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

Has anyone considered a forum for posting wants & for sale for the group? maybe something where the individual who posts an item can remove it when it's no longer needed? Add a search function, and it would save people a lot of searching. :) Yahoo groups are a pain, and only moderators can delete a post. There is one for electronics parts, but it was such a mess that I unsubscribed. Call it something like, 'The old tool boneyard' or 'Where old tools refuse to die!!!' :)

No, but I buy LED MR10 lamps for $3.00 each, landed price, that Home Despot sells for $39. And I sell them for $8 in quantities of 10 or more. ($130 to one customer)

Sell EVERY machine a "parts" - the buyer/installer becomes the "manufacturer" and bears all of the risk. You don't get as high a price, of course - - -.

And "affinity group" insurance is MUCH cheaper than buying it personally. An OTR trucker? there will be a "program" put together for any one of a number of trucking associations. A retailer? a trade association will have an insurance "program".

As a retired teacher (I only taught for a few years - but I'm on record with the local school board, and paid into the pension plan) I get my extended health coverage for HALF what it would cost to buy the coverage directly from the carrier on my own - and I get some coverage that I could not buy on my own for ANY price. I bought into this coverage when my wife retired from her medical secretary job - without having to pass any medicals because she was currently under coverage with another plan. If we had let her coverage lapse, getting ANY coverage would have been virtually impossible as she has been diabetic for olmost 30 years. It's been about 40 years since I taught.

You couldn't do that, with HD's overhead.

Why not, Future shop sells computers for about 7% over cost when they are not on sale. There overhead is higher than HD.

Seems a hell of an idea. LIke a Craigslist for machinery stuff.

Gunner

One bleeding-heart type asked me in a recent interview if I did not agree that "violence begets violence." I told him that it is my earnest endeavor to see that it does. I would like very much to ensure

- and in some cases I have - that any man who offers violence to his fellow citizen begets a whole lot more in return than he can enjoy.

- Jeff Cooper

I ran independent. Paid BC/BS with a check every month.