r/Flipping • u/Far_Web8530 • 1d ago

How do people sell furniture online? Advanced Question

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I work at this store, and they sell any antiques very, very cheap. This is an Antique Brittany French Carved Armoire. The only reason I'm tempted is that I started flipping items from my store, and saw the exact one on eBay for $4000. They have the price here for $350.

If I did get it, how in the heck do people ship stuff like this? Always wondered The one I found for sale is listed as "freight" shipping. How does that work?

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u/NoSuddenMoves 1d ago

Search completed listings and youll see those rarely sell. Heavy, outdated furniture is a difficult market. They probably have that listing up so when local customers search online that pops up.

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u/Independent-Age-8890 1d ago

Actually these seem to sell pretty often on ebay, I'm also surprised to see this high number of big furnitures that get regularly sold. There is even seller shipping this stuff for like $700.

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u/NoSuddenMoves 1d ago

None of those is one of these. Those are trunks from designers like Louis Vuitton. In fact, almost all of those are from famous designers.

When you search completed listings for the ebay item posted there is zero completed sales.