On Mar 6, 2007, at 08:38, Mary Gelewski-Ray wrote: > I invested in 6 prepaid kits w/$100 refill cards thinking I could make > a profit on eBay. Then after I worked extensively on listings and > calculated eBay and PayPal fees, less my original cost, I realized the > profit isn't worth all the time and effort. I have tried listing on > Craig's List which doesn't have fees, but I've only had one > response so > far. In a highly populated area of Craig's List where there are many > listings a day, I think listings just gets lost in the maze. In a > smaller area, not enough people visit the site. > > Does anyone have any other ideas as to where I could list these and > make a decent profit? Or should I just return them all to the store? > > I am considering unlocking the phones which may be the best option.
One "trick" that some people have learned as far as eBay is to make the actual price of the item relatively cheap and put on a large shipping charge. I think it's sneaky, but it's what eBay hath brought on itself for being greedy with insertion and final auction fees. As far as "getting something" for your effort, you have to consider that it's very likely that other people saw the ad for Tarjé as well and perhaps had the same thing in mind as you did. On a positive note the deal that was going on last week (through Saturday) was a very good deal since they charged $88 for the 100 minute card and with that $100 it also came with a Nokia 6030. As far as unlocking things may have changed since I got mine, but using the standard "on line" calculators none that I tried seemed to be able to calculate successful unlock codes for the 6030. Calling T- Mobile to obtain the code they were unable to get the code for me at that time. It may be different now. As far as the $100 refill cards they are "Fastcards" which means you have to "activate" the cards within 90 days. However, with the way that Fastcard works the thing to do is to "activate" the cards. All that does is gives you a "real" PIN to apply to a TMTG account. Those resulting PINs do not expire as the Fastcard PINs do. So you could even hang on to them if you want just as long as you obtain the "real" PIN resulting from your activating the Fastcards. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Transfer from your equities account. Receive up to $1,000 from GFT. Click here to learn more. http://us.click.yahoo.com/aZttyC/X_xQAA/cosFAA/G6uqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> - - T-Mobile-US on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/T-Mobile-US _ _ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/T-Mobile-US/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
