Selling Stuff To Get Stuff

I love to shop, period. And I really love to shop for stuff that will help me with my horses. But I am trying really hard to not shop quite so much, which is hard (really hard) for me.

But because of what I do, I tend to accumulate a lot of horse stuff. I am always trying out new things to see if they are as really good as they claim to be. Or I justify spending $20.00 on a bonnet, and then $55.00 on a saddle pad to have a matchy-matchy set for my horse, because it looks cool for a photo.

But about this time every year when I clean out my tack room, I realize just how much stuff I have. And my collection of horse stuff has now increased in size to the point of way too much, especially when it comes to saddles. I have my ‘good’ saddle, and then my every day saddle. I have a western saddle and everything that goes with that in case my husband decided one day he might like to go on a trail ride with me.

And there are some new things that I do want to buy, but I don’t want to add to my collection, and spend any money to get what I need (want). So the best alternative is to sell what I have, in order to get what I want. And, I have made a promise to myself that I am not going to buy anything new, until I have raised the money to do so. Which means I have a lot of excess stuff that I am getting rid of.

So how am I going to get rid of this stuff that I have? Well, let me share that with you below, keep reading….

Ebay Selling

So at the time of writing this, I have a lot of things for sale on eBay right now. Saddles, bridles, breeches, filming equipment, cameras, etc. All kinds of gadgets that I really don’t need are up for sale. And if everything sells, I will have enough money to get some new things, make improvements to the horses barn and paint our house while I am downsizing my collection.

So at the time of writing this, I have a lot of things for sale on eBay right now. Saddles, bridles, breeches, filming equipment, cameras, etc. All kinds of gadgets that I really don’t need are up for sale. And if everything sells, I will have enough money to get some new things, make improvements to the horses barn and paint our house while I am downsizing my collection.

So if you want to see what I have for sale, you can check out everything by clicking right here. Then you can click on the link to see what else I am selling. Sorry, I am not good at figuring out how to show you everything in one place! I decided to do Buy It Now type listings instead of auctions because auctions seem to be less and less popular nowadays.

And while eBay hasn’t been as successful for me recently as it used to be, it’s still a pretty reliable way for me to make a little extra cash.

Craigslist

I also have some things that are too big to ship, so I will be utilizing Craigslist to sell the bigger things, like horse jumps, tack room furniture and saddle stands.

I like Craigslist because I can put my stuff up for sale for free. And then I get to keep all of the money for whatever it is I am selling. This is always a good thing in my opinion.

I have had really good luck with Craigslist in the past. And a side benefit from listing horse jumps for sale is that people reach out to me and ask me to make a set of custom jumps for them. So by listing an ad for a set of jumps for $950.00, I will probably get at least 2 requests for custom jumps for around $1500. Not too bad for just trying to sell 1 set of jumps!

And just in case you were wondering what jumps I made to see, here you go…

These are actual photos from the actual ads I have on Craigslist.

The Goal

So breaking down everything that I plan on selling, my potential profits are:

• eBay: $4969
• Craigslist $1565

Grand Total of stuff to sell: $6535.00. And that doesn’t include if I get someone asking me to make them some jumps. If that happens, well that only helps my cause of raising money.

I already have a list of things that I want to buy, I know, shocker, but I have promised myself not to spend any money until I have the cash to do so. Some of the things I will buy once everything sells are:

• Exterior paint for our house ($400.00)
• Wood to build new paddocks for my horses ($750.00)
• New tack (of course) ($1900.00)
• Concrete paint to repaint our front porch ($75.00)
• Materials to make over our back porch ($250.00)
• Stock up on hay and shavings ($350.00)

Grand total of what I will spend is $3725.00, meaning I have the potential to have $2810.00 left over to pay off some credit cards, and stick a little bit into savings for those times when I feel it necessary to go buy something.

You will have to check back in about a month to see if I was able to reach my goal of selling my stuff, in order to buy more stuff. I know, it seems backwards. But like I said in the beginning, I love to shop!