Thursday, December 11, 2008

Gotta love eBay

I’ve started a small side business selling empty wine bottles on eBay. I would take credit for being an entrepreneur but full credit must to Christa’s man, Greg. He let me jump on his bandwagon. Also, my brother, cause he told me to try to swoop a couple to sell myself.
Greg is a huge Tool (the band) fan. The lead singer just came out with some wine (his new found passion) and the full bottles range from $22.99-$109.99 and I think there are 7 different types, 1 white and 6 red (correct me if I am wrong Greg).
We went to a wine signing last weekend and got all of the bottles signed by Maynard and his business partner Eric. Greg buys the white wine bottles but I decided to buy 9 bottles, 6 red, 3 white because I think the red wine tastes better and the bottles are beautiful. I never take risks but Greg has been really successful with it so I thought I would give it a shot.
I put my own twist on things, and took some really beautiful pictures of the bottles and sold an empty bottle (I drank the wine), in 24 hours for $69.99! I paid 29.99 and got to drink it! I am pretty sure I will be selling a full bottle outside of eBay for $120.00 (shipping included)!! Everyone is crazy for his signature! I am getting paid to drink wine every night! It’s actually a lot harder than it sounds. I have employed some friends to help me out because I refuse to waste a single drop. Haha. Coolest gig ever! I listed 4 more earlier today. I am keeping my fingers crossed!

While playing around on eBay, I found this awesome eBay site: http://worldofgood.ebay.com/ I am in love with it. Very cool handmade goods, great gifts, and it is all green and environmentally friendly. I couldn’t help but to think of Oma because some of the handmade jewelry from all around the world is so beautiful, I know she would’ve loved it. Thought I would pass that link along.

Cheers to eBay!

My favorite wine bottle:

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