I was trying to come up with some things I could sell on EBAY with a small, but marginal profit. Then I thought small car parts. There seems to be a large number of junkyards in the area that I could pick and choose some of the most common replaced parts. Here are the types of things I was thinking about.

Factory stereos
door switches
window motors
door locks
leather seats
wiper motors
You never know in a junk yard, you may come across some classic car that you can get all types of switchs, knobs, handles and emblems off of.

I was thinking I could get a box of misc. parts for like $50 and then sell them for like $10-20 each.

What types of cars should I look for? I was thinking more of the type people like to restore, not just the average Taurus or Escort.

What type of parts? Something that would sell, but not expensive to ship.

I don't know, this maybe a total waste of time, but I do know several guys that make out pretty good by going to auctions and selling on ebay.
What do you guys think?

PEZ dispensers. No this not a joke. My wife found one a couple of days ago while looking for something. She asked me if I thouht it was worth anything on Ebay. I said lets look. The same one we have was going for $45:eek: There were some gong for $120+:eek: :eek:
Needles to say we put the one up we had with a $25 start price and buy the next morning it had a bid.
:D

There's an old addage that applies to Ebay -one man's trash is another man's treasure...

If they can sell kids on Ebay, pez dispensers are definitely a buy there. heh

Good luck with your venture. I bought a sweet Didjeridoo that would've cost me 2-3x that much buying direct from Australia. Gotta love the internet. (Thanks Al G.! :D )

Pez dispensors - I guess they're collectible, like Beanie Babies.
one man's trash is another man's treasure...
Just as long as you can't just run down the street and get it at Wal-Mart. You can't sell the same $0.50 Pez Dispensor at Wal-Mart on Ebay for $5.

Factory stereos- wont make anything off of them

door switches- IF they sell, 5 bucks tops

window motors- wont sell (dunno why)

door locks- wont sell

leather seats- shipping too high, no profit

wiper motors- wont sell



I sold parts on ebay for 2 years and was happy at times to break even until i found the right parts. large sellers can make $$ small sellers cant do much. i sold 40 to 50 auctions per week on 90 to 97 model parts and only very certain things went for $$$

FORD PARTS DON'T BRING ANYTHING.
(very few of them actually do)

Top $$ for parts were

1. porsche (even little latches bring 25 bucks)
2. vw
3. harley davidson
4. honda


these were the "sure fire" money makers. I'm not talking from just a small time sellers standpoint. i was buying 10 cars a week at the auction and parting EVERY inch of them out.

AIRBAGS- dodge neon especially !! you can buy a junk neon for 300 bucks with a blown motor or tranny and get $225 off the airbags ALONE. (did it over 40 times)

If you just want to sell small parts and make a killing buy old porsche 924's for 800 bucks each that have bad motors. the interior parts alone will pay for the car. the 5 speed transaxle will get you another 300+ and the cosmetics such as rear hatch latches and covers for the pop up lights fetch a killing in numbers.

As a porsche enthusiast as well as an X seller of porsche parts on ebay, i can tell you there is thousands of dollars a week in profit potential in them. a single $800. parts car will fetch about 2900 in parts with no effort.

I had to find a Pez dispenser I had to check the price. Onli $1.00. :)

Most any thing having to do with Explorers won't do well. For car parts, old jacks sell for TONS (sold a Vette jack for $800). A friend of mine went garage saleing one day and found some little 'head vase' for .50 at an elderly couples' home. After the 7 day auction it was at $1200something. Not too bad I guess. Electronics, cameras, antiques, and army stuff all sell pretty well.

"head vase" - with that type of stuff you have to know what it is first, or who made it.

I really don't have the space or time to buy and part out entire cars, but if you get the right car for the right price, there is money to me made.

Most domestic cars won't bring anything.

He didn't know what he was buying when he bought the head vase, just thought it would be worth more than 50 cents. As for cars, I sold a 2001 Cadillac DeVille for a lady a while back that went for $35k, which is what dealers sell them for. Just gotta get the right people looking at your auctions.