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Investing in second-hand goods: Buy used, buy American

Stocks aren't the only way to invest some money to make some money. There's a very interesting way I found to invest small amounts of money to make some nice returns. Buying second hand goods for resale can be very lucrative. Here are just a couple examples.

As a (temporarily abstinent) eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) user, I learned a dynamic approach to buying and selling that earned me a fair amount of cash. For instance, Buffy the Vampire Slayer collector cards can be purchased regularly on eBay at below market prices. A savvy business person can buy individual cards in pursuit of creating sets. Completed sets can then bring as much as 300% more than the cost of the individual cards. It's a game of patience, but it works.

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