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Household Items Equal Holiday Debt Relief

Gaithersburg Business Owner Shares Tips to Relieve Post Season Holiday Debt

Itโ€™s estimated that the average person has around $2,500 worth of valuable items lying around their house. Thatโ€™s a lot of extra income that most people donโ€™t realize is sitting in their very own home!

Mike Hadad, expert eBay salesman and owner of iSOLD It in Gaithersburg (12101 Darnestown Road), shares a few tips for bringing in some extra cash to relieve that post-holiday season debt:

From junk drawers to entire rooms, everyone has unwanted or unused items lying around โ€“ and possibly a lot of value! Start going through your things and sort them into piles:

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  • Keepsakes
  • Junk
  • Re-sale items

Look on eBay to see what people are commonly selling and consider if you have similar items to sell.
Items that sell for top-dollar include:

  • Old electronics
  • Musical instruments
  • Designer handbags
  • Sporting equipment

Receive a gift you either donโ€™t want or donโ€™t need? Rather than letting it sit in your closet untouched or waiting in the long return lines that often build around the holidays, consider posting that gift for sale online.

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For information on how you can utilize eBay to recoup from holiday debt without making drastic changes to your budget, contact iSOLD It in Gaithersburg at (301) 990-2040 or info@isolditmd.com.

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