Money.Grabber
BANNED
- Oct 1, 2010
- 98
- 50
Hey all. Don't post much on here, as im mad busy. But i thought you would all like to here my story. I had been selling replicas going on 3 years. The first year i was selling, i didn't really have a clue what i was doing. Paying high prices for crap basically, whilst wearing the products i was buying. I started off by selling ralph lauren polo t-shirts, and as i grew, and had more cash to play around with, i switched over to higher profit margins (perfumes). Perfumes were great, the profit was 60$ turnover on each item i was selling.
I got to the point where i was selling around 100/200 a week (remember this was when ebay didnt have the limits they have now). After a while, the quality really started to drop. I was selling christian dior pure poisons at the time, it was a real niche. My supplier was screwing me over on the quality.
Then came the real turning point. I found a guy from guangzhou (no middle man) someone who was the real deal, and owned his own factory. After going through his agents and workers i got in contact directly. Although i was paying more then my previous suppliers, this guy was really top notch.
After deal with perfumes, again i got to the point where the profits were too low for me (i needed more cash). I moved onto software( i know stupid) but the profits were IMMENSE. This time i was turning over 150-200$ per piece i was selling, with NO problems what so over. I could afford to pay off my student debts, treat my girlfriend, 'living the dream basically'. Then it hit. My ego got the better of me. I moved onto a product called 'Rosetta Stone'. Those of you who know of this product will know the agents out there really are clamping down on the replicas being sold.
I was flogging 25/50 a week (which was quite a lot these days on ebay) to which i was asked by a customer "What is the serial code on the front". Me being stupid, i told him, and boom, 1 week later a letter on my post from Rosetta Stone.
I am not having to ring up to speak with a agent, and i am absolutely bricking it on what i'm going to say..
Morale of the story, quit while ur ahead!!
I got to the point where i was selling around 100/200 a week (remember this was when ebay didnt have the limits they have now). After a while, the quality really started to drop. I was selling christian dior pure poisons at the time, it was a real niche. My supplier was screwing me over on the quality.
Then came the real turning point. I found a guy from guangzhou (no middle man) someone who was the real deal, and owned his own factory. After going through his agents and workers i got in contact directly. Although i was paying more then my previous suppliers, this guy was really top notch.
After deal with perfumes, again i got to the point where the profits were too low for me (i needed more cash). I moved onto software( i know stupid) but the profits were IMMENSE. This time i was turning over 150-200$ per piece i was selling, with NO problems what so over. I could afford to pay off my student debts, treat my girlfriend, 'living the dream basically'. Then it hit. My ego got the better of me. I moved onto a product called 'Rosetta Stone'. Those of you who know of this product will know the agents out there really are clamping down on the replicas being sold.
I was flogging 25/50 a week (which was quite a lot these days on ebay) to which i was asked by a customer "What is the serial code on the front". Me being stupid, i told him, and boom, 1 week later a letter on my post from Rosetta Stone.
I am not having to ring up to speak with a agent, and i am absolutely bricking it on what i'm going to say..
Morale of the story, quit while ur ahead!!
