Furniture Wholesale Supplier - What do I do with it?

Hey,

I have an account with a wholesale furniture manufacturer - desks, tables, bedroom sets, futons, etc.

I had fam that used them a decade or more ago, and they would mainly buy tables. They would buy them for around $100-$150 and resell for double+

A lot of it a really nice stuff.

They would assemble the furniture and basically place it out there like on garage sale days - and they'd sell.

So invested like 2K in various furniture mainly dining rooms tables.

I placed it out to sell - and it's not like it used to be the economy is tough people aren't buying it. I even lowered pricing figuring selling more as quantity sales, etc.

Is there another way I can make money with what I have or through another way with this furniture wholesaler?

I've thought about just loading up on futons and trying to sell them via parking lot/truck in the college town nearby?

While they were loading up my order I jived with the other guy that was loading up too and that's what he was doing - He may have only made $30 profits each one but he was selling a lot a day as a weekend gig.

Edited: I wanted to mention on the "garage sale" thing - I live on a main street, everyone in town on the weekend has to pass my house so the items are being seen.

Last Edit: I wanted to mention the guy isn't selling in the city I want to go too (didn't want to make it appear like I'm going to sell on top of somebody).

What about selling them on craigslist?

Thanks.

I think I'll take a pic of a few of the futons and post on there.

I just checked the city, no one has any new futons on there. So product isn't there.

I'll post for a few days and see what happens.

I'll also mention new dining room furniture in ad, but I think I'm gonna get stuck with them, I'll post back later this week.

Have you tried ebay? Not sure where you are but ebay UK has a lot of furniture lisitings some of the guys on there seem to be doing well

I would think shipping cost would kill profit....

yeh ive always wondered how they do it in the UK..

Just out of curiosity, how much does shipping cost on these items? Where is your manufacturer/supplier located if you don't mind my asking.

I would imagine shipping to be OUTRAGEOUS this time of year (and in general) for these type of big, bulky items.

Is it like a dropshipping situation, or do you have to keep your own inventory somewhere?