$20 to $800: One of Our Best Flips Ever

Shop our eBay store: https://ebay.us/RGj1W6 Candice paid just $20 for an Epson Perfection V600 photo scanner and sold it for $799.99, making this one of our best individual flips ever! We hadn’t planned to visit garage sales that morning. Candice woke up around 6:00, opened Facebook and immediately saw a nearby sale. The scanner caught her attention even though she normally doesn’t spend much time looking at electronics. After checking the sold prices, she messaged the seller and asked what they wanted. When the answer came back at only $20, Candice immediately offered to pay through Venmo and collect it when the sale opened. She visited only three local sales and was finished sourcing in approximately 30 minutes. The scanner was genuinely new in its open box. The accessories, software and instruction manual were still sealed, and the protective factory tape remained attached. A comparable scanner had sold for $799.99 just one day before we created our listing, and there were no other new open-box examples available. We decided to aim for the top of the market—and it worked. Now Lonnie has to make sure this $800 scanner reaches its buyer safely. We use the original packaging, plenty of additional protection and a modified large Home Depot box. We also discuss the surprising price difference between large and extra-large moving boxes. This wasn’t merely a good flip. Considering how Candice discovered it, secured it before the sale opened and paid only $20, it may be her best garage sale score ever. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Candice’s second-biggest sale ever 0:30 Why this may be her best score 1:00 Getting called out in our own Facebook group 1:43 We paid $20 and sold it for $800 1:55 The unexpected Saturday morning sale 2:30 Training the Facebook algorithm 2:41 The scanner that caught her attention 3:24 Used scanners were selling around $400 3:50 Asking the seller for a price 4:07 Paying before the garage sale opened 4:18 Three garage sales in approximately 30 minutes 4:43 Trumpets and a $3 Cajun cookbook 5:10 How we arrived at the $800 price 5:28 A perfectly timed recent sale 5:56 No competing new open-box scanners 6:42 One of our best flips ever 7:00 Verifying the scanner was genuinely unused 7:45 Packing it in a large Home Depot box 8:22 The shocking price of extra-large boxes 8:46 Making four large boxes work 9:10 Lonnie wants to visit a Cold War museum 10:08 Getting tickets for the guided tour 11:00 Inside a Cold War missile facility What is the best item you’ve ever discovered through a garage sale advertisement?