We bought a £750 Amazon returns pallet and made enough profit to cover our mortgage payment
A COUPLE has revealed how they made enough money to cover their mortgage payments by selling off products in an Amazon returns pallet.
Jamie and Sarah McCauley who live in West Michigan bagged two boxes full of returned electrical equipment for £750.
They shared their haul in a recent YouTube video, revealing that they planned to sell on the kitchen equipment and use the profit to pay that month’s mortgage payment.
Jamie explains: “The reason we paid so much for them is because they are mostly appliances and we knew we could sell them quickly and make a good profit.
“Our mortgage is around $1,000 (£750) a month so even if we sell these items at 60 per cent of retail value we’ll have enough to pay our mortgage plus a little extra.”
Inside the pallets, the couple found themselves four Nespresso machines, two microwaves, two deep fat fryers, and three air fryers just to name a few.
“We added up all the values and the total comes to $4,582 (£3,408),” Sarah says.
“I’m going to try and account for my hours and see if it’s actually worth my time because my time is valuable, it’s not worth nothing.”
After testing the products, the couple eliminate any duds before placing them for sale on either Facebook Marketplace or Ebay.
Although they faced an initial struggle, the couple were finally able to shift most of the appliances after reducing their price point to 40 per cent of the retail value.
Reflecting on their experience, Jamie said: We preferred Facebook marketplace because of porch pick-up which just makes it really convenient for us because people would just come and put money under our mat.
“Ebay was a little more complicated but I have been selling a lot through it you do have to weigh things, measure them and then bring them to the UPS store.
“But once we learned how to do that we got it down really easy and we started getting really quick at it so far our sales are $1,496 (£1,113.)”
He continued: “We do have enough merchandise to make another $500 (£372) if we sell things at about 40 per cent of retail value.”
The couple are set to be left with a $966 (£718) profit after keeping one Nespresso machine, which is more than enough to pay their mortgage that month.
Sarah says: “It’s definitely possible, you can make money doing this however, we definitely would advise that you proceed with caution because it was a lot of work.”
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