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The Most For Your Investment

The 2007 Holiday Toy Guide has launched - and the weekly updates begin later this week… that means - to get the most for your money, you’ll have to act now! Learn more about the Holiday Toy Guide and how to make money this holiday season. www.holidaytoyguide.com

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2007 Holiday Toy Guide is LAUNCHED!!

It’s HERE!

The Holiday Toy Guide is better than ever this year… with a GOLD level membership that gives access to the latest and greatest info regarding toys for this holiday season.

Check it out here: www.holidaytoyguide.com

Enjoy!

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Holiday Toy Guide… It’s Coming!

The popular Holiday Toy Guide is coming… due to be released on October 17th - You can get the latest scoop and be one of the first to know it is available by signing up here: www.holidaytoyguide.com.

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Amazon puts restrictions on sellers for toys this holiday season… again

Amazon is placing restrictions on sellers of popular toys this holiday season. Effective September 19, 2007, Amazon.com will not be accepting new sellers to sell within the Toys & Games category. They will be requiring weekly check-ins to prove that sellers are meeting the requirements. You can find out all about the restrictions and learn more here:

http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m08/i20/s02

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Ebates Pays $791.51 - Could This Be You?!?

I wanted to tell you about Ebates, a shopping site that gives you up to 25% Cash Back every time you shop online. You can shop at over 800 stores including Barnes & Noble.com, Gap, Target, Buy.com and Expedia. Plus you get additional savings with exclusive coupons, free shipping offers, and limited-time sales!

This is SO cool - in fact, a friend of mine just showed me a copy of their paypal receipt for the payment from eBates… get this - $795.51!

Sign up with Ebates today and we’ll each get a $5 bonus when you make your first purchase!

Click here to sign up:
http://www.jennihunt.com/recommends/ebates.html

Happy shopping!

Jenni

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One of THE best eBay resources you will find

I am a HUGE fan of Jim Cockrum… and if you know him - you know he never produces junk.

In fact, Jim’s ebook, the Silent Sales Machine is a must have for any eBay seller who is interested in taking their eBay business to the next level… it is the book that inspired me to move beyond eBay. I highly recommend it!

Well - Jim has FINALLY put together a membership site that is absolutely amazing! The resources available are unmatched on any other site… you have to take a look:

www.my-silent-team.com

Once you are over there - pop in the forum and say hi… I’m one of Jim’s experts on the site and will be visiting frequently.

Enjoy!

Jenni

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Tired of listing large items?

Do you list large items? It use to be that if I could turn a nice profit, I would list pretty much anything on eBay… regardless of size. I have sold a huge round crib, a little tikes cottage bed, double stroller, easle, and many more… I’ve shipped via greyhound, UPS, FedEX, USPS - whatever it took to get the item to the customer.

Well, a few years ago I picked up a Little Tikes Activity Garden (http://tinyurl.com/2j25vd) and one of those bee mailboxes (http://tinyurl.com/3ar5j8) for $10 each. At the time they were perfect for my daughter… and then my youngest son. About 3 months ago we decided that we don’t need those things taking up space in our little house… and today it was still there in our living room waiting to be pictured and lsted. To be honest, I just didn’t want to deal with listing it on eBay. I knew I’d make an incredible profit (did you notice in last weeks hot list there was this very set that sold for well over $100?)… but, I just wasn’t motivated. Do you ever feel this way? Well, I wanted it out of the house - I was tired of tripping over it as we headed out the door every morning… so, I decided to take it to a consignment shop. Boy were they thrilled! I imagine they will sell them for $70-80 together… and I get 50%. Not as much as I would have made on eBay - but, it only took me 10 minutes to drop it off and I don’t have to deal with shipping. So, for 10 minutes of my time, I will likely make $25-30 - not bad. Of course if I had listed it on eBay and it sold for $100, I would have had a gross profit of $80… but, if I calculated the time to picture, list and create a custom box for the thing, I think I came out ahead.

I wanted to share this story because sometimes we get a bit burned out on selling auctions - and that is okay! There are other options to making money with toys… you can take it to your local consignment shop or list it on craiglist. Remember that your time is worth something and sometimes it is worth making a little less to have a lot less headache.

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Know When Elmo TMX Is Available

I just stumbled on this site…. very cool if you are waiting to get your hands on the hottest TMX Tickle Me Elmo. Check it out here: http://tmxtracker.com/

Jenni

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2006 Holiday Toy Selling Guide… Get a sneak peek!

I’ve been burning the midnight oil working on the 2006 Holiday Toy Selling Guide… it is just about ready — but, if you want to get a sneak peek before it is released, you can request one at www.holidaytoyguide.com

Toys are one of the hottest items to sell on ebay - they actually sell well throughout the year; however, there is nothing that sells better during the Christmas holidays!

Jenni Hunt

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9 Tips for finding the most HTF toys!

Here are some great ideas for hunting down those hard to find toys…

1. Communicate with your local stores to learn stocking patterns

2. Talk with store stockers just to learn how they run their store

3. They are more likely to talk with collectors than dealers - I don’t recommend lying… but, I would be careful of the wording. They will figure out that you are a dealer/reseller when you visit buying the same things over and over

4. Talk with customer service folks - Don’t assume all employees have the same level of information. Sometimes they have information the stockers don’t have. Where a stocker may not know when they are getting a shipment of a specific toy, the customer service folks may be able to tell you.

5. Avoid the big stores - check out drug stores, grocery stores - even smaller online toy stores

6. Visit grocery stores/drug stores in less affluent areas

7. Visit Out of the way cities

8. Look behind other toys on the shelves

9. Look under shelves in hidden storage areas - and places employees would hide toys.

Do you have anything to add? How do you find those htf items?

Jenni Hunt

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