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Welcome back to another episode of the Reseller's

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Mindset Podcast. My name is Mike, also known

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as the Used Book Guy on YouTube, along with my

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friend and fellow full -time reseller, Johnny

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B. We help people start and grow their reselling

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businesses from the ground up. We also have a

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weekly Zoom call and private Discord for all

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call, and private Discord today. Let's get into

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this week's episode. What is up, everybody? Welcome

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to another episode of Reseller's Mindset Podcast.

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As you can see, me and Johnny got somebody else

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to come on and actually talk with us. So this

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has been a long time coming, kind of been in

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each other's DMs for quite a while now. So I'm

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just going to throw it over to him. He's going

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to introduce himself, kind of tell you what he

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does. I will say this, me and Johnny have...

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openly trash talk whatnot in the book selling

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space so i figured let's get somebody on here

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that does it right and actually has results so

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take us away hey hi everybody i'm stl bookkeeper

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just coming in i'm a whatnot seller uh i sell

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a little bit on amazon but mainly whatnot full

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-time and i i sell magazines and vintage media

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so uh i think I think you say magazines lightly

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here, and there is, I guess, you know, you call

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like spicy mags, but to be more, I guess, descriptive,

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it's like Playboy type hustler and things like

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that. Mainly Playboy. Mainly Playboy. So that's

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kind of selling. How did you even get, how did

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you decide like this is going to be your thing?

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So, man, I got on Whatnot. Man, like I want to

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say about two years ago almost now. And it's

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only because I got kicked off eBay just because

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of trying to sell, you know, mags and things

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like that. I just stumbled upon them on an estate

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sale. And that's mainly the attraction of just

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like, OK, these are in great shape. I mean, they're

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in the book section. I mean, can these sell like

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books? I reached out to one of my mentors, Max,

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and he let me know, yeah, these are these are

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these are able to be sold. So I'm like, OK, let

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me try selling them on whatnot. So I went and

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tried to show out and I think I started them.

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for like $15. And just because I'm like, this

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is probably what they're going for. And one person

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bought them all. So I'm like, well then I know

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there's other people that probably want them.

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So that just got a light bulb in my head. And

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I'm like, let me try starting to just only sell

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these. I tried yearbooks on whatnot. And they

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didn't do as well for me. I sold a couple of

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them and there just wasn't any interest in that

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for me. But when I started getting into Playboys,

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Playboys is more pop culture and I'm into pop

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culture. So it seemed right up my alley for is

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what I can get interested into and learn more

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about. And I was right. I learned a ton and I'm

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still continuously learning each day. it's a

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very interesting path i started down but uh it

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started all just at an estate sale i thought

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like hey maybe i can sell these uh john i'm gonna

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throw it over to you here in a second i'm just

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curious like so you there i guess there are certain

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limitations on ebay i don't know like you can't

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sell like i know you try selling like i've tried

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giving johnny like some anime kind of like 18

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plus type stuff that he can't sell so i'm i'm

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guessing is it kind of the same with playboy

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or does it depend on like the cover the photos

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i have no idea i'm just asking you too so first

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starting off i tried selling like I didn't know

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any of the rules really on eBay for that, so

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I posted not just Playboy. You can sell mainly

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Playboy, but they still tag you for that if you

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do too much. It's really kind of risky, but I

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was doing Hustlers and other magazines and things

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like that. I got dinged a couple times, and I

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was thinking maybe it's just I see others selling

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it, so I'm thinking it's fine. I go and continuously

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post, and sometimes it's one and done, or two

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or three and done. It depends on your account.

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kicked me off and I can get back on if I really

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tried hard to, but I just was like, let me pivot

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to something else because Whatnot was just being

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promoted so heavily in my book group. So I was

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like, let me try Whatnot out. Let me see what

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this is about. And I definitely, I'm glad I did.

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I'm glad eBay kicked me off, honestly. Yeah,

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the rules on eBay for that stuff, they're really

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hard and it's like speeding, right? Sometimes

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they catch you, sometimes they don't. You can

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figure out how to list that stuff by breaking

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the rules, quote unquote. It's a harder racket.

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And I kind of agree with you. If you're going

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to specialize in that stuff, just go to a platform

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where they're okay with it. So I think OneNote

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was a good choice for that. They do let you a

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little bit on Amazon, but they're kind of like

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eBay. They got certain rules and requirements

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and how you pack that stuff. Are you selling

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the same kind of stock over on Amazon? Yeah,

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I've sold Playboys over on Amazon. I've sold

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maybe like 10 to 12 of them over there. They

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sell pretty well. You just got to be careful

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because I've gotten dinged for logo brand things

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for the covers on Playboys. So I don't think

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they dinged me. don't they have to put them in

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those like black coverless bags or or not oh

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i did it fbm so it was it was fbm i didn't send

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them in so okay yeah yeah so so i think in fba

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you have to use special poly bags where it doesn't

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show the covers um so that's neat so so whatnot

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how so you had the one customer buy everything

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so how did how did you scale the whatnot up to

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like what it is today like every show is a banger

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for you pretty much Man, just I do I do a show

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every day. I constantly get inventory, too. So

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like I do shows six to seven days a week and

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start it off for like an hour. Now I'm doing

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like four to six hour shows a night. So it just

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all started with like, honestly, just getting

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one one hour shows in a day and just being consistent.

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It started off like I maybe did two shows a week

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and then I started to learn to, you know, get

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the inventory a bit and kind of scale the shows

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up more so. Were you nervous at the start? Because

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I know when Mike and I started, we were a little

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bit nervous doing the podcast. And it's exhausting

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just talking and talking and talking. By the

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end, we're kind of like brain dead. Are you just

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kind of the same way after a whatnot show? Oh,

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a thousand percent. It's like I've competed in

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things and done things like with stages and things

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like that. So I know the feeling of being like

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drained from like performing. So it's like, yeah,

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it's definitely a performance whenever you're

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like, you know, putting on for the camera and

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things like that. Right. People enjoy the shows.

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They want the entertainment like they they really

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thrive off the energy of whatnot. That's what

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mainly the difference between other platforms.

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You can bring that energy through the camera,

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which kind of translate into dollars. So. Gotcha.

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So six days a week. That sound that sounds rough.

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I know you like it. I know you like the money,

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but you ever have days like I just don't want

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to stream tonight and you have to do it anyway

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kind of deal. Only days where I come off from

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doing pickups. If I do a pickup that day. And

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I have to do all the heavy lifting. Honestly,

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I could stream every day. I'm looking to hire

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employees because I could stream every day for

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a couple hours. The streaming isn't the hard

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part. More or less, all the things behind the

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streaming, the shipping, the packing, and the

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sourcing, and the moving the boxes. I'm moving

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thousands of magazines and boxes a month. So

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it's a lot of stress on the body. Luckily, I

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love to get massages, so that helps out. There

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you go. So let's talk about the shipping for

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a minute. So how many hours of shipping to how

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many hours of streaming do you say the ratio

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is? Wow. Yeah, that is. So if I do about two

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hours of streaming, it's about three hours of

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shipping. If I do four to five hours of streaming,

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it's about like six to seven hours of shipping.

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So it can get I'm doing I'm doing all the shipping

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mainly by myself right now. I'm on like a tour

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of around. from Midwest to East Coast kind of.

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So and I'm kind of hitting some family members

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houses. So I'm getting some help with shipping

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right now. So it's helping out. But normally

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it takes me a good four to seven hours of shipping.

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I wake up at 430 mainly every day to start working

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on shipping. So do you go to the post office

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to drop it off or you have them come pick it

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up? I go to the post office, have them drop it

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off. I haven't got to the point where I'm getting

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soon. I'm going to be having them come pick it

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up. But right now I'm just dropping it off. Very

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cool. So on the streams, you have to put on a

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show, as you said, and do a performance. Yeah,

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like a persona. What do you find is that people

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react to the best in your personal performances?

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Is it comedy? Is it historical facts? Is it you

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just going, oh, wow, this is so cool? Or what's

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like the your. That's a good question. Yeah.

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So so I feel it's a different crowd. Every night.

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That's one of the things I think it's more or

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less it's you have to adapt. So. each night it's

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it's a little different so some nights I have

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to kind of maybe talk more about the price of

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the mags and how much their value is but more

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or less sometimes I have a lot of collectors

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in there and they're already bidding them up

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already and I have to tell more about the backstories

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like the articles or the centerfolds and things

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like that and that's what really attracts people

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to bid up things so sometimes it's more of the

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energy somebody had a bad day and they're looking

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to like get you know some type of entertainment

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and I make a witty comment under the name I I

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always love. I've like, I got like dyslexia.

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So I've like really hard for me to say names

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really. So especially when it's so small on a

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screen, I usually make up a name similar to their

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letters or, and people love that. So I always,

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and I remember those names. It's easy for me

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to remember the name that I made up for someone.

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So I can kind of always remember that person

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when they come in and say the name and it builds

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that connection with them. So sometimes it's

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the connection with someone, like someone bid

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up a mag and bought it because they really wanted

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it, but they already had five of them that they

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bought from me before. And they just said, They

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reached out to me and said, hey, what's the condition?

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And I told them, like, the condition. And it

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was like, oh, great. I'm always just happy to

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support you. So sometimes they're just there

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to support. So it just depends on the crowd that

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I have that night, you know. If I see a lot of

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my regulars, then, you know, I give a little

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bit more of just like a chill vibe of, you know,

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we're just hanging out, you know. So it's kind

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of like, and I love that. I love to kind of like

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mix it up and mix it, you know, not the regular

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normal stream every day. So it kind of makes

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it a little different. Gotcha. So how many of

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your other peers, whatnot shows, I mean, you're

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working on your own business, of course, but

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how often do you get to watch some other people's

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shows to just pull ideas from or just show some

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support? I only watch Earth One. That's the other

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big streamer on Whatnot that sells Playboys.

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And he does an amazing job. He goes on right

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after me. Most times I really do not watch other

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people's shows. I don't like watching other people's

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shows just because I don't like stealing people's

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ideas. It's easy for me to like. see something

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i read this book still like an artist so it's

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easy for me to like steal something and put in

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my make my own of it but i don't want to like

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make it sound too too you know similar to theirs

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so i like to give people their own time their

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own space to make their own originality because

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i come up with things off of my my own head you

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know so i don't really like you know because

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i could catch myself seeing sometimes seeing

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earth ones like little slang little logos and

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things that make him i know i get people get

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reactions out of because i can see the pattern

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of you know when he said and when the when the

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bids go up so i'm like oh that works and i don't

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want i do that i kind of it's a good thing but

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i kind of don't want to like you know steal his

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style so i kind of like to Only just watch my

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shows and a little bit of Earth One's. I go in

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and support him and watch his shows and things

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like that. But I try not to go watch too many

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other people's shows. I watch a lot of other

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booksellers, people in different categories.

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I love going into other categories and watching

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other category shows, get ideas from there. I

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like that you watch yourself because I tell people

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all the time when they need to make improvements

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in their business, record yourself, see what

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you're doing wrong because you can't see it when

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you're doing it yourself. You're in the act of

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doing it, but watching yourself doing it's a

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whole other thing. You make a lot of improvements.

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So let's talk about the bidding. Do you do dollar

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starts and how do you do like the like sudden

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death stuff? What do you do there for people

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that are not familiar? So Whatnot is set up to

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where you can make your business model kind of

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different. You can do minute starts. You can

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do 10 -second starts. You can do sudden death

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where the time doesn't restart. That's when it

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starts at 10 and someone bids. The time just

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continuously clocks down. But on a normal bidding

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basis, you have an option to add 5 seconds, 10

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seconds, 3 seconds. So I chose to do more of

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$1 starts. And this is just a more recent. Like

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pivot to where I did started doing dollar starts

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and that's been really helpful for the business.

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But I also am a strong believer in doing. Two

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dollar starts, three dollar starts, four dollar

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kind of like I see people doing 30, 30 dollar

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starts. I'm like started at whatever business

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model works for your business. So if you can

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get your things for a. good price and you can

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start a four dollar i would suggest doing that

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but if you can't you could it's totally fine

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to start your stuff at three dollars four dollars

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five dollars you know whatever you can profit

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it and build an audience around that so that's

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what i love about whatnot you can build your

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audience around kind of like what you chose your

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business model to be and you will find your your

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your people you will find your tribe so i think

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that's a really good uh part about whatnot so

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And you and I are in the same group, and I see

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the whatnot numbers being posted. Yours has always

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been way up there, and I see people that have

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been doing it longer or as long as you, and their

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numbers aren't even close to yours. Is it simply

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because of the product you're selling and they're

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not? Or is there some other thing you think that

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it causes them to have a kind of a slower snowball

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effect? Because you're way ahead of the game,

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in my opinion, when it comes to whatnot. I appreciate

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that. Thank you, man. Yeah, you are. You are.

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So I give props for props, too. But I'm noticing

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that they're not yet. I'm not sure it's just

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because of the product or there's something else

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formulaic going on there. I think it's just the

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time. I think it's just the time. I've been doing

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it, like I say, for almost two years, doing the

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same thing. I'm like, I don't. uh really like

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switch up too much i've tried a few different

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products like but every day i still stick to

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my my bread and butter of my my my mag so i know

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people that like you know i'm that that stay

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consistent i think it's the consistency that's

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the only thing that i can see that is the difference

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between uh me and those some of those people

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and i think if they're they're still consistent

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with it within six months i think they'll be

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right there along with me even more I think honestly

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the people in our group can really exceed my

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numbers like Max and like Kent because they have

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like, it's a lot more variety for books. it's

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then you can get for you know max it's like only

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a few type of and everybody can get the max that

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i'm selling so it's not something i'm doing too

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different so i feel like it's it's more of just

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the consistency of building your audience and

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just building people that like trust you and

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want to come see and hang out with you honestly

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is and that's the one thing i love about whatnot

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also because it's like i can be myself and you

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know people come hang out with me and and order

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with me because you know it's me and they're

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hanging out with me so i think that has a lot

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to do with it as well because people have told

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me that they watch me as entertainment for like

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youtube or for tv you know and relief so it's

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like with that comes like other things that they're

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willing to help donate and you know i get donations

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some show so it's like you know it comes with

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just people you know being around you with time

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so personality inconsistency that makes a lot

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of sense to me um so when um So donations. So

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people just throw you money just because they

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like how you are. Do they do you also do like

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giveaways during your show or you don't? Oh,

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yeah. I think a giveaway is a very important

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part of what not. I think it's people that come

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in and abuse it. But I think doing giveaways

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help bring just those people that may have not

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stayed in your show for a little longer to stay

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in that show to see if they're going to win that

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giveaway. And that's when, honestly, is a little

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tip I would give people. to run your best items.

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When you're doing your giveaway, run your best

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items. You're going to have the most people you're

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going to have in your show, most likely, during

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your giveaway. And that's when you should really

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capitalize on running the, you know, the high

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ticket numbers. And then you have maybe five,

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not maybe, you have five minutes to kind of explain

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the significance of that item. And you can kind

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of like really emphasize why they should bid

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it up. I think that is what I use like at the

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beginning of the show. It's really a hot time

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to do it. You can do it in the middle. You can

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do when people rage you. It's a really good way

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to kind of like, you know, get get people into

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the show and stand. So that's what everybody

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wants to know. How do you keep people in your

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show? And that is people hate to hear it, but

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you don't have to give away, you know. five pound

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five pound item but you can give away a four

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ounce item that's like a sticker and you know

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it won't cost you much and you know people are

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willing to stay so cool so maintaining audience

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uh retention but how how do you get them there

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in the first place because i think that's the

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hardest part about whatnot that people don't

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put too much thinking time into like getting

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that initial audience just going so what advice

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do you have there for people that are wanting

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to try this Well, it's a few tips. You can go

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about it as getting saved, getting a bunch of

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saved notes for your shows. And that's just going

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with going and reaching out to people and letting

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them know that you have a show coming up, sending

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your show out to people in your audience that

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you want to be actually selling to. You don't

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want to go to random shows. So I think that's

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a great way to do it. Having people know that

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you're going to be having a certain item that's,

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you know, really, really valuable or rare. And

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that's by using your, you know, your title, using

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that title and putting, you know, whatever start

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you're doing. If you do dollar starts, they have

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a little hashtag for that. So that's a benefit.

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But I think the title, your thumbnail is just

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like YouTube, your thumbnail and title are, you

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know, super huge and whatnot. I really from the

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start of it, I focused on my thumbnails and well,

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not as much as my titles, but my thumbnails and

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things like that to like make me different from

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everybody else. And I think that's helped me,

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you know, so I think your thumbnails are important.

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So I think that'll be a very, very interesting

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thing to like, you know, dive deep into for people

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with you. If you have great thumbnails, I think

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that's a really helpful thing for your shows.

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Gotcha. So you said earlier on that you do other

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media, other vintage media. What other vintage

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media do you dabble in? So I also do like DVDs

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when I get them. I do mainly DVDs and CDs when

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I get them. I get them in bulk usually, and I

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try to do shows with those and have a few different

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platforms that I sell those on as well. Very

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cool. What do you think WhatNot needs that it

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doesn't currently have, like the wish list of

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features and stuff? That's a good question. If

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I can get one thing on WhatNot, I think I would

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make it easier to do the graphics, like the graphics

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you guys have behind you. I know it's a program

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like OBS, I believe it is, that you can adapt

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to it. But I think if they made it a feature

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on the app that you can kind of make. Make a

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little bit more of an interesting, like your

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own little interesting things to add into your

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show pop up when you're doing a show. I think

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that'll be a great feature. I think also making

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it international to where you can, you know,

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how Amazon and eBay is the way we're reaching

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across, you know, the world. I sometimes do get

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a few Canada buys, so that's cool. But, you know,

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make it a little bit more accessible for the

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world. Can they just not watch it, or they just

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can't have stuff shipped to them, and they have

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to ship to a U .S. address, then have it shipped

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up to wherever they are? So I think it's only

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in certain countries right now of the world.

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So I don't think it's able to be downloaded and

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them to shop in certain parts. But I know it's

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gaining more and more traction all around the

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world, but it's just not to the point where they're

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spreading to the U .S. and buying. Gotcha. How

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much of your Amazon, how much percentage of your

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business is the Amazon side of your business?

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Maybe like 5%. So low. I like it. Cool. So on

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your whatnot setup, there's all kinds of ways

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to do it. You got your phone, you got your computer,

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you got multiple screens. What does your setup

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look like? Because I know you travel quite a

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bit. Yeah, my setup is like a, right now it's

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a, looking at it right now, it's like a photo

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light box right now. And I just started that

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on the fly because I was thinking about traveling.

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And it's just a photo light box with a stand,

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one of these magazine stands here. And I have

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my tripod and that's it. That's all I need. And

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I grabbed the mags. Mike, what's your setup look

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like? I wish it was that simple. I got too much

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shit going on over here. I'm curious though,

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like what's a, when it comes to buying these

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things, right? Like when I buy CDs and DVDs,

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I pay like 20 cents a piece. I don't care what

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they are, right? So like, I'm just like, I'll

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pay X amount for X dollars. When it comes to

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like, maybe I'm scrolling Facebook marketplace

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and I see a listing and this guy's trying to

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sell his whole Playboy magazine collection, even

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if I wasn't doing whatnot. but I still wanted

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to make like a dollar or make some money on these

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items. Like what would be a dead set? You're

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going to automatically buy like a dollar a piece.

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Is that a really good deal in the space you're

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in? Or is it like 50 cents a piece, $2 a piece?

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Yeah. See, see that, that just depends on your

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business model. So I definitely would suggest

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just as a safe to never buy it over $2. Never

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go over $2 for a mag. You know, if the condition

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is good, if there's no mold or smell, all of

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them are good. And the years are nothing like,

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you know, you got some 50s or 60s in there, you're

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looking good, you know. So the earlier the addition

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of the mags, that's even better. So if you got

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some early additions, you're definitely good

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at $2 a mag. Okay, so the older stuff is better.

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Now I'm curious, do they still actively make

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these magazines? So they restarted making them

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like this past year. So that's the interesting

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part. And that's just this, you know, they did

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:04.859
go back to reprints. They're just starting at

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2025 and up. So that's the cool thing about it.

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So I think it may even be a big boom in Playboy.

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I'm starting to see a lot more. advertisements

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for playboys and a lot more of a different crowd

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that you wouldn't think that is buying from playboy

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so it's actually really interesting yeah i was

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scared i had no idea honestly i just remember

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like uh growing up in the city there was always

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like those uh newsstands and they always had

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like the magazines that had like the dark covers

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over them so you couldn't see as like teenagers

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right so that is i mean that is that's good for

00:23:40.089 --> 00:23:41.690
you but then you also got to worry about you

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know Possibly more competition, but listen, I

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think you sold yourself short earlier when you

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were talking about like being successful and

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whatnot. I mean, anybody that just listens to

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:54.140
this podcast can hear like you're, you're like.

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right you're you're you always are going like

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i i even said to him before we started recording

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like i was in one of his whatnot streams this

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:02.539
past week because we have people on i like to

00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.859
kind of be like a little fbi detective and see

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:07.079
right what the hell they're actually doing right

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so like you're sitting there dude and you're

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just you're literally talking the whole damn

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time and it's one mag after the next and i do

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think you you you have built up an audience because

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i've seen people in the chat asking like hey

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:24.109
do you have the 2006 you know, whatever month

00:24:24.109 --> 00:24:26.029
it is, whatever year it is, whatever type of

00:24:26.029 --> 00:24:28.170
edition it is. And I do think the category you

00:24:28.170 --> 00:24:30.950
sell in helps, but I do think you have to have

00:24:30.950 --> 00:24:34.750
the type of personality to sit there and basically,

00:24:34.869 --> 00:24:37.490
you know, kind of run your mouth for, you know,

00:24:37.490 --> 00:24:40.809
four hours a day about the same thing over and

00:24:40.809 --> 00:24:43.430
over again. So I do think you kind of sell yourself

00:24:43.430 --> 00:24:45.730
short and kind of, you deserve a little bit more

00:24:45.730 --> 00:24:47.269
credit than you give. Thank you, man. I appreciate

00:24:47.269 --> 00:24:49.690
it. I appreciate it. It's kind of good to be

00:24:49.690 --> 00:24:52.089
humble. So estate sales, right? So now I personally,

00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:54.759
don't do estate sales right i i have enough stuff

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:58.660
other other places when you go to an estate sale

00:24:59.309 --> 00:25:01.730
is there always competition for these things

00:25:01.730 --> 00:25:03.349
like because now i'm going to be thinking i go

00:25:03.349 --> 00:25:05.690
to a state sale yeah the first five people in

00:25:05.690 --> 00:25:07.230
line are going to be trying to get the mags if

00:25:07.230 --> 00:25:09.170
that's the case or are they like because vinyl

00:25:09.170 --> 00:25:11.769
records are crazy right now like people vinyls

00:25:11.769 --> 00:25:14.130
like the hottest thing in the media space i wonder

00:25:14.130 --> 00:25:16.210
if the magazines are kind of the same way in

00:25:16.210 --> 00:25:17.910
your opinion like if you go to a state sale do

00:25:17.910 --> 00:25:20.049
you got to be like one of those first three in

00:25:20.049 --> 00:25:22.109
line and then run straight for where the mags

00:25:22.109 --> 00:25:26.059
are In some areas, yes. Unfortunately, it is

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.880
that way. Actually, I did a video where I was

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:30.599
vlogging me doing a collection at a state sale.

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:33.119
I told everybody that I was going to pick it

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:35.920
up. And I recorded me walking through the state

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:39.000
sale. And it's a part of the video. You see the

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:41.119
person picking up the magazines that I was going

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:44.480
for. And I'm like, that's exactly what they were

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.960
like. Yeah, I've been out here waiting for, you

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.559
know, my friend told me to come up here. And

00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:49.640
we've been waiting out here all day. So, yeah,

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:52.720
sometimes you think that no one's coming. You're

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:55.980
20 minutes late and they're gone. So I definitely

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:58.940
have gone early and been waiting for hours to

00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:01.559
pick up mags at estate sales. It's definitely

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.319
one of those things that people are starting

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:05.779
to kind of come around to. And it's a lot of

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:07.680
like a lot of older gentlemen are starting to

00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:09.839
really get them just for their collections. You

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:12.759
know, they're collecting them. I got another

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:15.700
one. When I go to a thrift store, maybe they

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:18.579
have like three of the same DVD or book or something

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:21.180
like that. And the person's like, oh man, what

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.980
are you going to do? Play one of these DVDs in

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:24.359
every room? Like they're trying to be a smart

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:27.119
ass about me being a reseller. But I think like,

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:29.940
dude, you've had to be in some weird ass positions

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:32.279
where they're just like, why the hell is this

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:35.539
guy buying 5 ,000 Playboy magazines? Like, have

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:38.200
you been in awkward, weird situations just because

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:41.230
of the business model? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's

00:26:41.230 --> 00:26:43.849
pretty it's pretty crazy because I do meet a

00:26:43.849 --> 00:26:45.690
lot of different people. I've met people who've

00:26:45.690 --> 00:26:49.109
been dated play playboy models and I've met people

00:26:49.109 --> 00:26:51.250
who's hung out with Hef. And, you know, I've

00:26:51.250 --> 00:26:53.150
met people who just like, you know, got them

00:26:53.150 --> 00:26:55.809
from their from their dad. So it's people who,

00:26:55.869 --> 00:26:58.109
you know, really want to talk to me about, you

00:26:58.109 --> 00:27:00.529
know, the Playboy Max and get in depth on what

00:27:00.529 --> 00:27:02.690
my collection is and things like that. And I'm

00:27:02.690 --> 00:27:04.609
just like, you know, because I like because I

00:27:04.609 --> 00:27:06.109
tell them, like, I collect a bit, which I do.

00:27:06.170 --> 00:27:09.119
I got a collection. I enjoy it, but I'm more

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:12.240
of a seller because I'm here for my people. I

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:15.440
have an audience of people that depend on me

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:17.779
almost to get them certain mags that they really

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:20.680
want. It's people who are getting mags for their

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:24.039
husbands or their grandpa. It was their birth

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:26.599
date, and they want to frame it. It's people

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:28.700
who reach out to me personally for significant

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:33.019
mags that mean a lot to them. I try to not get

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:36.799
too attached to them. When people reach out to

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.299
me, And, you know, kind of when I pick them up

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:40.119
and, you know, try to really connect with me

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:42.400
on that, I always get a little off about it.

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:44.579
But it's like I understand I'm a collector at

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:47.119
heart, too. So I understand. But, yeah, it gets

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.920
a little weird. Some people can kind of, you

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:51.599
know, be a little off putting with it. But, you

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:53.619
know, I kind of just roll with the punches. I

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:56.220
really wish I had someone with me, you know,

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:58.880
to kind of like buffer. I see why that that picker

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:01.019
show all the best history shows, channel shows

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:03.440
where they picked across the country. They always

00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:05.799
had a buddy, you know, so I wish I had that buddy.

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.910
And I see. why they had to buddy because it's

00:28:07.910 --> 00:28:10.710
for those awkward you know buffers conversations

00:28:10.710 --> 00:28:13.589
that you need so but you know it's part of the

00:28:13.589 --> 00:28:15.750
game I try to keep it cool because I'm always

00:28:15.750 --> 00:28:17.970
in some weird area of the country so I just like

00:28:17.970 --> 00:28:20.369
all right yeah that's cool like I'm I'm just

00:28:20.369 --> 00:28:22.650
here and they're never any any harmful anybody

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:25.359
you know mean or anything it's it's always just

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:28.440
you know that awkwardness you know so it's just

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:31.180
like really really cool but just you know i just

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:32.759
try to get out of there and load up you know

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:35.059
especially like traveling too right it's different

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:36.900
like i can just go down to my local police station

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:38.839
right i'm familiar with the area right so it's

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:40.500
a little bit more sense of comfort you you're

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:45.069
always traveling yeah a lot Yeah, see, that's

00:28:45.069 --> 00:28:47.670
another thing, right? You're like, hey, the collections

00:28:47.670 --> 00:28:50.069
in the basement where it can't be seen. And you're

00:28:50.069 --> 00:28:52.210
like, shit, is this the last time I'm going to

00:28:52.210 --> 00:28:54.190
walk down a basement? Yeah, I always tell people

00:28:54.190 --> 00:28:56.009
where I'm at. I'm like, hey, this is the collection.

00:28:56.150 --> 00:28:57.930
But because I'm just starting to do that, honestly,

00:28:58.029 --> 00:28:59.890
because a lot of times I go so many places. I

00:28:59.890 --> 00:29:02.390
don't remember the places, the names and things.

00:29:02.470 --> 00:29:04.589
I have a route and, you know, I'm going on. It's

00:29:04.589 --> 00:29:07.329
a state sale. I'm going there. So it's like I

00:29:07.329 --> 00:29:10.170
sometimes get a little mixed up, but I'm getting

00:29:10.170 --> 00:29:12.349
better at letting people know where I'm at because

00:29:12.349 --> 00:29:16.960
I do go. travel a lot so have you put any thought

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:20.599
of uh beyond whatnot or addition to whatnot as

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:23.740
far as your business goes like in media land

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:25.680
we see people that maybe want to open a bookstore

00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:30.119
or retro dvd cd shop or that kind of stuff or

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:32.019
some other business entirely like opening a car

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:36.000
wash or uh a U -Haul rental thing. They're using

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:37.799
their resale business to funnel into another

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:40.619
business. Are you planning on doing all that

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:43.180
or just it's too early? I'm making too much money.

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.819
I don't got time to think about that right now.

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:47.640
No, no, I'm, you know, I'm a 30. So I'm trying

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:49.460
to, you know, get settled down, start a family

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:52.440
thing. So I've already invested into property.

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:55.259
So now I'm just like wanting to get more into

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:59.000
that and also just expand my business for, I

00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:01.059
see a lot of opportunity with whatnot. So I want

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:03.819
to expand more into the whatnot space, live streaming

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.779
or selling. I think it's a lot of opportunity,

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:08.640
not just in magazines. I think the whole app

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:10.480
of selling, you can sell anything on there. You

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:12.380
can, you can literally, I've seen people sell

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:15.279
like. cotton you know tissue paper for like 30

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:17.539
bucks on there on that show so like that's the

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:20.519
type of if you see that you see the potential

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:23.819
in that so I see too much potential so I'm just

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:26.019
gonna like you know nail down on whatnot really

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:29.059
heavily for my main income but also I'm a strong

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:30.599
believer in having multiple sources of income

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:33.539
so of course I'm still staying at Amazon I'm

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:35.500
getting a really nice check from Amazon this

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:38.059
month so that's great from all of that textbook

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:41.299
season. So that's great. So I I'm a strong believer.

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:43.220
I think Amazon is going to be something I do

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:46.119
seasonal for the textbook season and really loading

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:48.740
up during the summer and enjoying the textbook

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:50.799
season. So I think that's what I'm going to move

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:53.200
forward towards Amazon because Amazon is really

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.339
great. Honestly, I love Amazon too. It's just,

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:58.000
you know, I love the, the whatnot faster pace,

00:30:58.119 --> 00:31:01.279
you know, income and then the consistent Amazon

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:06.200
income is also awesome. So. Very cool. So. When

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:09.359
you find something, it's a lot more pieces than

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:12.299
your vehicle can hold. Do you do the multiple

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:15.960
trip thing, or do you call a guy, a buddy you

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:17.880
know with a bigger truck, or you go down to U

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:20.420
-Haul and rent something? What's the process

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:24.880
for a big score for you? Most times, I make a

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:27.519
trip out of it, and I'm doing big scores. I try

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:31.400
to rent a van or a truck, and I load that truck

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:35.460
up. Sometimes, I've rented a U -Haul. But I don't

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:37.900
usually go to U -Hauls if it's not nothing like

00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:41.200
too major, big, you know. So I usually just make

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:43.619
a big trip out of it and fit it all in a truck.

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:46.240
A lot of people love to think that it's not going

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:49.099
to fit each time. Yep. I've never left a mag.

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:51.920
I've never left a mag. So that's the thing. I

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:54.539
always find a way. Sometimes it's a tight fit.

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:56.480
They're going under the seats. They're stacked

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:58.619
onto the ceiling. It's going to fit. Yeah, and

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:02.140
it's a drive back. And the cool thing about it,

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:04.140
it's one of those things where, you know, you

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:06.279
see someone driving with those mags and, you

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.960
know, I'm pulling over at gas stations. I'm trying

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:11.900
not to open all of the doors. It's like, you

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:14.059
know, it's one of those things. But it's one

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:16.059
of those things. If you get pulled over with

00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:17.859
a bunch of mags, it's one of those things you

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:19.700
could get out of that ticket. Pretty easy most

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:22.500
times. So it's got its perks. It has its perks.

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:26.920
There you go. So have there ever been any awkward

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:32.460
moments on your stream? Awkward moments? Or somebody

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:35.440
getting out of line on the stream? Yeah, I mean,

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:37.579
some people come in and, you know, troll all

00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:40.259
the time. I mean, that's part of this new generation,

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:44.200
you know. I get trolled every stream. I always

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:46.400
have one of the same jokes at least three or

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:50.319
five times a stream. And it's, I hope those pages

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.920
aren't stuck together, you know. So it's what,

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:56.460
I get that joke so much. It's, you know, I just

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.700
roll with it now. And it's one of those things

00:32:58.700 --> 00:33:00.740
I'm like, I know it's coming. And most times

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:03.200
that's as far as it goes. I don't get too many

00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:05.039
angry people. Because there's no editing and

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:07.039
whatnot. So you kind of have to deal with it

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:10.039
suddenly. It's a live show. Yeah. You know, sometimes

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:12.180
I have family come in on me and stuff like that.

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:15.160
But at first I used to get real, real like anxious

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:17.559
and things like that about, but now I'm super,

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:19.660
super comfortable kind of like being on camera

00:33:19.660 --> 00:33:21.839
with them and like people come in and talk. I

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:23.819
talk with people, you know, like my family members

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:26.480
on, you know, so it's like not, not too, too

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:29.519
much anxiety with it. Like I said, I'm pretty

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:32.000
good at adapting. So that part of it doesn't

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:34.599
really get me too worried. I try to stream in

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:37.259
one room that I don't I won't get bothered. So,

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:40.900
you know, I try to keep it simple. So I deal

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.759
a little bit of magazines myself, but it's mainly

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.700
like pulp stuff for eBay from like the 30s, 40s

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:48.740
up into the 60s. Do you ever mess around with

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:51.819
some of those kind of magazines? Or are you?

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:56.720
OK. I know they don't probably perform as well

00:33:56.720 --> 00:34:01.559
as the Playboys, but how do they perform on Whatnot

00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:06.579
for you? Do they perform slightly less? I honestly

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:10.750
believe they perform pretty well. And now at

00:34:10.750 --> 00:34:13.590
first they wouldn't have like the first eight

00:34:13.590 --> 00:34:15.610
months or nine months, but now it's an audience

00:34:15.610 --> 00:34:18.510
for magazines that has been thriving. The good

00:34:18.510 --> 00:34:21.230
thing about competition that you can't stream

00:34:21.230 --> 00:34:23.289
all the time. So when you're not on people, new

00:34:23.289 --> 00:34:25.769
eyeballs are seen and, you know, they don't have

00:34:25.769 --> 00:34:28.449
to see you, but eventually they will. So I think

00:34:28.449 --> 00:34:31.329
that that is kind of really helped. So I think

00:34:31.329 --> 00:34:33.389
mainly people are really focusing on Playboy

00:34:33.389 --> 00:34:35.750
because they've seen success with like me and

00:34:35.750 --> 00:34:38.469
a couple of other big streamers. But I think

00:34:38.469 --> 00:34:41.230
it's so many. more magazines that people can

00:34:41.230 --> 00:34:43.789
see success with. I've sold Sports Illustrated.

00:34:43.829 --> 00:34:45.949
You can just specifically focus on Sports Illustrated

00:34:45.949 --> 00:34:50.710
and sell them pretty well. I was doing $4 or

00:34:50.710 --> 00:34:53.869
$5 over what they sell on eBay the other night,

00:34:53.929 --> 00:34:56.789
just all Sports Illustrated. It's just not something

00:34:56.789 --> 00:34:59.130
that I'm focused on. I think people, if they

00:34:59.130 --> 00:35:02.409
focus on one particular niche, they can really

00:35:02.409 --> 00:35:04.909
dial down on and scale up their market because

00:35:04.909 --> 00:35:08.170
you're going to find it's I don't want to say

00:35:08.170 --> 00:35:09.869
it's millions of people on what not, but I feel

00:35:09.869 --> 00:35:12.130
like it's millions of people on what not. It

00:35:12.130 --> 00:35:14.349
feels like it sometimes, but it's a lot of people

00:35:14.349 --> 00:35:17.510
on what not. And I feel like it's more than enough

00:35:17.510 --> 00:35:20.570
people if you have like a certain niche that

00:35:20.570 --> 00:35:22.550
you can build an audience around it, you know,

00:35:22.590 --> 00:35:23.969
and make a good living. I don't know if you can

00:35:23.969 --> 00:35:26.090
go full time, but you can definitely make a lot

00:35:26.090 --> 00:35:28.429
of good extra cash. So I think that's a really,

00:35:28.449 --> 00:35:30.909
really interesting part. If people focus on different

00:35:30.909 --> 00:35:32.670
magazines, so many, so many different type of

00:35:32.670 --> 00:35:34.789
magazines out there that I think you can build

00:35:34.789 --> 00:35:38.670
an audience around it. just a certain mag cool

00:35:38.670 --> 00:35:44.130
so what do you do with the junk because us booksellers

00:35:44.130 --> 00:35:47.449
and dvd and cd sellers we we have means to kind

00:35:47.449 --> 00:35:49.489
of get rid of it i imagine it being a little

00:35:49.489 --> 00:35:51.769
bit more difficult for magazines so what do you

00:35:51.769 --> 00:35:53.949
do with the stuff you don't want to you don't

00:35:53.949 --> 00:35:56.210
want to sell on whatnot or you can't sell it

00:35:56.210 --> 00:36:01.409
it's water damaged or etc Oh, yeah. If it's like

00:36:01.409 --> 00:36:04.110
damaged or stuff like that, then then I kind

00:36:04.110 --> 00:36:07.489
of toss it unless I've actually had people that

00:36:07.489 --> 00:36:11.030
really ask for more damaged mags because it's

00:36:11.030 --> 00:36:13.690
it's a it's an area for those people who use

00:36:13.690 --> 00:36:17.750
it just for doing craft. So I've had tons of

00:36:17.750 --> 00:36:21.949
people who made murals and all these crazy cool,

00:36:22.070 --> 00:36:24.670
you know, things with Playboy covers. So it's

00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:26.449
one of those things that crafters love that,

00:36:26.489 --> 00:36:29.610
too. So I kind of keep a pile of them. uh stacked

00:36:29.610 --> 00:36:32.789
near like my streaming area and try to keep them

00:36:32.789 --> 00:36:34.630
there just in case anybody comes in and asks

00:36:34.630 --> 00:36:36.389
you know for some craft stuff like do you have

00:36:36.389 --> 00:36:38.289
any damage max like i've get i've gotten that

00:36:38.289 --> 00:36:41.230
quite a bit so just depends on like the the the

00:36:41.230 --> 00:36:44.130
crowd but i usually save a few of them but mainly

00:36:44.130 --> 00:36:46.409
i toss them if they're like completely trashed

00:36:46.409 --> 00:36:49.530
you know well the the non -trash ones like they

00:36:49.530 --> 00:36:52.090
got mixed in here's a pile of i don't know highlight

00:36:52.090 --> 00:36:54.579
magazine I don't know if it's a sell or not,

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:57.019
but I'm just using it as an example. What do

00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:59.099
you do with that kind of stuff? Do you junk them?

00:36:59.260 --> 00:37:02.500
Do you have a buyer for that? I set it aside.

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:04.440
Yeah, I set it aside. I got quite a few different

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:06.719
ones because you never know. People come in asking

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:08.519
for so many different publications of magazines

00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:10.699
that I've never even heard of. So sometimes when

00:37:10.699 --> 00:37:13.920
I remember the name when I read it, because I'm

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:15.440
like, oh, I remember seeing that somewhere. And

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:18.300
I'm like, OK, yeah, I seen it on this magazine

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:20.519
that I got in a couple of weeks ago. And I'm

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:22.340
like, oh, I have a few of these. So I run them

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.940
for them. That's happened quite a few times,

00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:25.960
too, as well. So sometimes I just hold on to

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:27.659
them. They look kind of valuable. I look up the

00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:29.300
price of them. They're not like, you know, something

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:31.539
that's just like, you know, worthless. And I'll

00:37:31.539 --> 00:37:35.940
hold on to them for a bit. Sometimes I actually

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:37.800
throw in a few of them throughout the stream

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:41.099
or I say, hey, someone buys something with like

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:42.960
a certain cover on it. Like, yeah, I bought it

00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:45.380
for this. I'm like, well, I have more computer

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:47.599
Macs like this over right here if you like that,

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:50.380
you know, so. Gotcha. So you say them because

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:51.760
you never know when you're going to need them.

00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:55.139
And it sounds like it's happening more frequently

00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:57.780
that they're going to be able to go out. So speaking

00:37:57.780 --> 00:38:02.349
of that, talk to me about your storage. For that

00:38:02.349 --> 00:38:04.510
kind of stuff and then for your stream stuff,

00:38:04.730 --> 00:38:06.389
right? Because you got to hold on to them for

00:38:06.389 --> 00:38:08.230
your different shows throughout the week. So

00:38:08.230 --> 00:38:10.389
you don't need a gigantic warehouse, but I'm

00:38:10.389 --> 00:38:13.710
assuming you need some kind of organization shelving

00:38:13.710 --> 00:38:17.110
system for the week. Yeah, so basically I do

00:38:17.110 --> 00:38:20.030
it all out of my home location, which is a one

00:38:20.030 --> 00:38:22.670
-car garage. And when I get back, I'm definitely

00:38:22.670 --> 00:38:26.840
going to be... moving to a larger location, uh,

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:30.199
because of just, uh, just the pure volume of

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:32.460
how many orders I have to ship. I don't have

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:34.820
the space for currently, but, uh, right now I'm

00:38:34.820 --> 00:38:38.019
just using three, uh, like four tier, uh, metal,

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.780
metal racks that I kind of like put the orders

00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:44.039
on a table where, where I use for like just the

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:46.019
orders that I need right here and there, you

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:49.900
know, and then I have stacks of magazines kind

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:52.750
of like around me. I like to be able to see them.

00:38:52.769 --> 00:38:54.789
I don't like to be in boxes. So I kind of have

00:38:54.789 --> 00:38:57.469
them kind of stacked around me in areas just

00:38:57.469 --> 00:38:59.710
so I can kind of grab them. And I prep, you know,

00:38:59.710 --> 00:39:01.210
before my show with the mags and I'm going to

00:39:01.210 --> 00:39:04.789
run mainly that show. So I kind of make it into

00:39:04.789 --> 00:39:07.769
like a kind of like like as the kids would have

00:39:07.769 --> 00:39:10.989
it, like the Roblox blocks around me of mags,

00:39:10.989 --> 00:39:13.530
you know. So and then I have, you know, my table

00:39:13.530 --> 00:39:15.530
and kind of the area where I would just reach

00:39:15.530 --> 00:39:17.829
back and kind of put the mags. I'm working on

00:39:17.829 --> 00:39:20.889
a better streamlined system to where I can better.

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:24.480
you know basically one more mags while i'm on

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:27.599
stream so that's the whole goal gotcha talk to

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:30.159
me about your your sorting process is it is it

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:33.099
also in the garage or yeah everything is all

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:36.639
in one on one spot in the garage uh my i have

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.039
like my computer and all that stuff kind of in

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:41.559
a separate room but uh just just to print out

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:43.480
my shipping labels and things like that but i

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:45.679
do it all in one garage i have my my shipping

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:49.179
supplies in the back of the garage area I have

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:52.559
the magazines that have been sitting a while,

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:54.980
kind of like the ones that you would say that

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:57.260
maybe I'm not using or not the brand that I'm

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:59.139
going to sell, kind of sitting off on the side.

00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:01.440
And then farther up, closer to the door of the

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:04.239
garage opening, I have my racks, my table, and

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:06.960
my stream set up. Just a small table where I

00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:09.519
show the masks. I don't need too much space to

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:13.320
stream. So you bring it in and you open the box

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:16.119
and you pull it out or tub or container, however

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:20.639
you're doing it. How do you do the card shuffling,

00:40:20.639 --> 00:40:23.039
if you will, for sorting? Like, is it by year

00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:29.480
or is it by stylization? A lot of times I go

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:31.340
through, I pick out all the ones that I know

00:40:31.340 --> 00:40:33.719
that are like super valuable and I set them aside.

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:38.679
Then I... I go through and put them in by 10

00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:41.659
years, by decade, separate them by decade. And

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:45.659
then after that, I kind of go through and just

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:48.199
set them in order from decade to decade. And

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:50.699
then I'm kind of ready to go from there. You

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:53.880
know, once someone asks, I feel the volume of

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:55.920
the show is kind of deadened down. I throw in

00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:58.099
a different year, kind of flip the show around.

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:59.880
So it kind of helps me with that organization

00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:04.119
when I have it in by decade. Gotcha. So I'm not

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:06.579
sure our audience knows the rules and regulations

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:10.119
or whatnot or lack thereof, but is there anything

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:13.059
you're not allowed to show on your stream? Oh,

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:15.400
yeah. You can't – that's the thing. It's just

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:17.900
definitely one of those things where it's no

00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:20.320
nudity or anything like that. It's not something

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:22.179
that you can just show nudity or anything, but

00:41:22.179 --> 00:41:24.719
I'm just – you just have to cover things up with

00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:26.579
notes and things like that. Certain things you

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:29.239
can't say. Of course you can't say anything that

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:32.710
– has any sexual things you know related to it

00:41:32.710 --> 00:41:35.670
so you know it's just mainly just you know magazines

00:41:35.670 --> 00:41:37.969
yes that's all you can you know people like to

00:41:37.969 --> 00:41:40.409
go a little farther but nope it's playboy's in

00:41:40.409 --> 00:41:43.750
a in a classy classy box it's in a box of its

00:41:43.750 --> 00:41:46.170
own it's not just your average smut you know

00:41:46.170 --> 00:41:48.570
yeah down to the dirt you know they're pretty

00:41:48.570 --> 00:41:52.230
classy so i'm not sure people know this so i'm

00:41:52.230 --> 00:41:53.530
going to bring it up there there are certain

00:41:53.530 --> 00:41:58.260
issues way back where the the uh model was indeed

00:41:58.260 --> 00:42:01.000
underage are those barred from whatnot because

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:03.719
they are definitely barred from ebay i know that

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:05.679
for a fact yeah but they're still collected because

00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:08.420
they are collectible just she may have lied or

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:12.119
the audience did or the people didn't fact check

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:14.300
her actual age or whatever it happened she's

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:17.820
like 80 years old now but is there a rule on

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:20.800
whatnot for those particular issues or that happened

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:23.400
that happened mainly in in the penthouse publication

00:42:23.400 --> 00:42:27.070
playboy didn't do tune uh Didn't really get too

00:42:27.070 --> 00:42:29.570
into that. They did pretty well with that. I

00:42:29.570 --> 00:42:32.590
mean, some would say a couple, but no one has

00:42:32.590 --> 00:42:35.409
any real proof on real Playboys, too many. So

00:42:35.409 --> 00:42:38.929
mainly Penthouse and a few of those non -named

00:42:38.929 --> 00:42:42.170
or popular magazines that are dope, that you

00:42:42.170 --> 00:42:44.429
can catch that going on again. And those are

00:42:44.429 --> 00:42:46.989
the ones, that's why it's a catchy thing. You

00:42:46.989 --> 00:42:48.750
got to know your stuff. You don't want to be,

00:42:48.869 --> 00:42:52.260
you know. involved in any of that so you really

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:54.619
need to know your covers your you know the backstories

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:57.260
and things like that so it's it's not too much

00:42:57.260 --> 00:42:58.920
into playboy but you still got to be careful

00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:01.820
with certain issues that show just a little too

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:03.519
much and things like that and playboy articles

00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:06.079
in playboy so you got to just be careful with

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:10.960
things like that gotcha so i just for curiosity's

00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:15.280
sake the um the celebrity ones i imagine do better

00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:18.739
than the non -celebrity ones in playboy or is

00:43:18.739 --> 00:43:21.659
there a non -celebrity playboy issue that's like

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:23.980
the best of them all that people may be unaware

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:30.179
of non -celebrity just like a famous issue we

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:31.460
ain't gonna know who the hell they are if they're

00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:33.679
not a celebrity i know right yeah that's what

00:43:33.679 --> 00:43:36.119
i'm trying to think of one of those people a

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:41.239
lot of people go for What's the most valuable

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:43.440
one out there? Yeah, that's a better question.

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:45.719
There we go. Oh, that's cool. I got it right

00:43:45.719 --> 00:43:50.780
here. I can show you. It's not a bad one. Oh,

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:56.519
Marilyn. Oh, okay. What'd she go for? She goes

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:59.960
for, at the low end, ungraded, which I'm going

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:01.880
to get this one graded, but she goes at a low

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:06.860
end for about two to three grand. Nice. And what

00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:10.210
about graded? uh she goes for graded i believe

00:44:10.210 --> 00:44:13.010
this one i just got a few mags graded back and

00:44:13.010 --> 00:44:16.170
the ones that's on the market that sold in this

00:44:16.170 --> 00:44:18.750
condition at a it was a six it went for eight

00:44:18.750 --> 00:44:22.010
grand so i think this was about yeah i think

00:44:22.010 --> 00:44:24.809
this was about a six to seven so it may get eight

00:44:24.809 --> 00:44:28.389
to ten grand all right i got some rapid fire

00:44:28.389 --> 00:44:30.369
questions for you These are more on the silly

00:44:30.369 --> 00:44:33.349
side, all right? Can't sell Playboy no more.

00:44:33.449 --> 00:44:36.269
As of today, you have to sell Nat Geo magazines,

00:44:36.570 --> 00:44:38.889
National Geographic magazines. Do you think you

00:44:38.889 --> 00:44:42.329
could still make it? A hundred percent. You know

00:44:42.329 --> 00:44:45.619
your animals then. Yeah, I could, I could, I

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:47.519
tell, I'll tell you, I could, I could really

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:49.420
honestly, I think I can sell anything on there.

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:51.739
That app is a lot of opportunities. And also

00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:54.420
in my family, I come from a family of really

00:44:54.420 --> 00:44:57.719
good salesmen. Like my dad is a really good salesman.

00:44:57.760 --> 00:45:00.119
My brothers, both of my brothers, they're all

00:45:00.119 --> 00:45:02.719
the top salespeople at all of the jobs they work

00:45:02.719 --> 00:45:05.380
at. Like they're extremely good at selling. And

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:07.579
my dad's really good at, with talking with people,

00:45:07.619 --> 00:45:10.059
he's had jobs where he's done like, you know,

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:13.119
a lot of, you know, a liaison or I think that.

00:45:13.199 --> 00:45:15.099
that's what the word is i'm not like i said i'm

00:45:15.099 --> 00:45:16.739
not i'm not that that they're good at talking

00:45:16.739 --> 00:45:19.420
as them but what did you do before resale like

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:22.400
what was your what was your last real job before

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:26.239
you decided to get into resale before i did resale

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:30.139
i uh i had a business where i did atms i installed

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:33.280
atms uh that's like entrepreneur like have you

00:45:33.280 --> 00:45:35.780
ever had like a crappy real job like cbs yeah

00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:39.159
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah so oh yeah oh 100 so

00:45:40.839 --> 00:45:44.739
My last job, I worked for a company where I took

00:45:44.739 --> 00:45:48.000
care of mentally disabled people and homeless.

00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:49.500
I'm not homeless people, but mentally disabled

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:52.059
people and old people. And, you know, I was a

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:54.360
caretaker. So I did that for like seven years.

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:56.400
I did that from like high school all the way

00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:58.559
through college. So that was like my last real

00:45:58.559 --> 00:46:01.099
job. And I love that job. That was good. I worked

00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:03.420
with people. That's like the perfect answer you

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:05.519
ever could give, right? Nobody could ever hate

00:46:05.519 --> 00:46:07.699
you ever in life. You're like, yeah, I took care

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:09.800
of people that were in need before I decided

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:12.710
to. to start doing yeah yeah yeah that uh that

00:46:12.710 --> 00:46:15.949
gets me to the next one so when i talk to my

00:46:15.949 --> 00:46:18.349
family about like reselling books like they kind

00:46:18.349 --> 00:46:22.030
of just like laugh about it right like i i almost

00:46:22.030 --> 00:46:24.780
should just tell them Just tell them, act like

00:46:24.780 --> 00:46:26.400
I'm you and just tell them your story. Like,

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:28.739
hey, I decided I'm going to sell live on this

00:46:28.739 --> 00:46:31.019
website online and it's going to be Playboy magazines.

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:33.820
Like when you first like started getting like

00:46:33.820 --> 00:46:36.539
traction with this, that initial conversation

00:46:36.539 --> 00:46:40.079
of like maybe just a family member being like,

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:41.519
hey, what the hell are you doing to make this

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:44.059
money? And you say, well, I actually sell these,

00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:46.719
you know, classy magazines, spicy magazines.

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:50.659
And what was their reaction? Man, they were they

00:46:50.659 --> 00:46:53.800
were shocked. I mean. My my my partner, she was

00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:56.780
shocked. My brother and my one of my best friends,

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:59.500
they just they just honestly they they were a

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:01.659
little shocked at first. And then they were they

00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:03.659
were like, I'm really into getting into like

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:06.460
niche things. So like I get I get into, you know,

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:08.679
little fun things that I like to get into. So

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:10.139
they were kind of a little shocked. And then

00:47:10.139 --> 00:47:11.800
they were like, well, that kind of makes sense.

00:47:11.940 --> 00:47:14.519
You you seem like you you would find something

00:47:14.519 --> 00:47:16.199
like that. A lot of people say a lot of my family

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:18.400
was like, say that kind of makes sense. You seem

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:19.840
like you would you would do something like that.

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:21.380
They were just shocked that it was actually.

00:47:21.449 --> 00:47:23.829
audience for it, just like people with books.

00:47:24.630 --> 00:47:26.349
They're not more shocked that I got into it,

00:47:26.369 --> 00:47:28.210
more shocked that it was actually people that

00:47:28.210 --> 00:47:32.050
wanted to do it, wanted to buy it. It's crazy.

00:47:32.190 --> 00:47:34.269
And just for those kind of wondering, give a

00:47:34.269 --> 00:47:37.730
ballpark range of like, I don't know, maybe a

00:47:37.730 --> 00:47:41.329
roundabout of your monthly sales at the beginning

00:47:41.329 --> 00:47:43.750
of the year to where you kind of grown it to

00:47:43.750 --> 00:47:45.690
at this point of the year. You don't got to be

00:47:45.690 --> 00:47:47.630
exact. I don't need all your financials, just

00:47:47.630 --> 00:47:49.449
kind of an idea. So people are like, wow, this

00:47:49.449 --> 00:47:53.099
actually can be done. OK, yeah. So first starting

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:56.940
off, I mean, I had a first year I did pretty

00:47:56.940 --> 00:48:01.619
well on on and I did over six figures the first

00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:06.690
year. So and this year, I think. I'm on track

00:48:06.690 --> 00:48:09.469
to do around the same, a little bit better. But

00:48:09.469 --> 00:48:11.630
the year first, beginning of the year, started

00:48:11.630 --> 00:48:14.449
off shaky. It was a rough year, just like for

00:48:14.449 --> 00:48:17.469
everybody. So in this past, you know, last few

00:48:17.469 --> 00:48:20.150
months have been, you know, a game changer. And

00:48:20.150 --> 00:48:22.809
I just take that to more or less me being consistent

00:48:22.809 --> 00:48:26.130
on just. It's it broke that maybe six to 18,

00:48:26.230 --> 00:48:29.110
16 to 18 month mark for me of like, you know,

00:48:29.110 --> 00:48:30.969
being on the app and, you know, getting that

00:48:30.969 --> 00:48:33.190
traction of just doing that. So I think that

00:48:33.190 --> 00:48:35.769
really helped. But I really think that, yeah,

00:48:35.889 --> 00:48:38.349
that this past, you know, four or five months

00:48:38.349 --> 00:48:41.489
is really this last three to four months has

00:48:41.489 --> 00:48:43.909
really been a game changer. And, you know, I'm

00:48:43.909 --> 00:48:46.630
thinking I'm going to do well over, you know,

00:48:46.670 --> 00:48:50.360
the six figures. you know, this year. And I think

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:53.019
that's all due to just, you know, streaming consistently

00:48:53.019 --> 00:48:55.940
and being consistent with my audience and just

00:48:55.940 --> 00:48:58.219
trying to bring good energy. I'm going to keep

00:48:58.219 --> 00:49:00.760
it 100%. My ass is not streaming six days a week.

00:49:00.820 --> 00:49:03.300
I don't care what it is I'm selling. So you definitely

00:49:03.300 --> 00:49:06.920
have the hustle muscle and you've actually dropped

00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:09.119
shit off at post offices not too far from me.

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:10.860
So next time you're in my area, you definitely

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:13.460
need to shoot me a message so we can go grab

00:49:13.460 --> 00:49:15.719
some food or whatever it may be. You're a traveling

00:49:15.719 --> 00:49:18.019
man, dude. Yeah, I'm going to be – what are you

00:49:18.019 --> 00:49:19.780
on, the East Coast, right? Yeah, I'm by, like,

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:22.960
Harrisburg. Oh, yeah, I'm going to be – oh, I'm

00:49:22.960 --> 00:49:25.980
going to be in your area a bunch with a U -Haul.

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:28.139
So I'll definitely catch up with you. Oh, shit,

00:49:28.199 --> 00:49:29.139
dude. That sounds like you're going to try to

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:31.340
put me to work. I was about to say that. That's

00:49:31.340 --> 00:49:34.039
just a con to get you to go work for him. Yeah,

00:49:34.099 --> 00:49:35.500
I'll buy you lunch. You're just going to work

00:49:35.500 --> 00:49:39.099
nine hours first. Yeah, perfect. I got a buddy.

00:49:39.239 --> 00:49:42.230
I got a buddy in town. Perfect. Yeah, yeah. Give

00:49:42.230 --> 00:49:44.349
all the sticky ones to Mike. Yeah, he'll take

00:49:44.349 --> 00:49:47.530
all the sticky ones. Jesus, what did I get myself

00:49:47.530 --> 00:49:51.170
into? So, I mean, where can people find you before

00:49:51.170 --> 00:49:53.110
we wrap this up? Like, where are your socials?

00:49:53.409 --> 00:49:55.829
It'll all be in the description, but for those

00:49:55.829 --> 00:49:57.530
that are listening and don't catch the description

00:49:57.530 --> 00:49:59.150
or the YouTube comments, like, what are your

00:49:59.150 --> 00:50:02.070
handles and where can people find you? You can

00:50:02.070 --> 00:50:05.050
find me at STL, like the, you know, let's say

00:50:05.050 --> 00:50:09.389
the STL bookkeeper. So, S -T -L -B -O -O -K -E

00:50:09.389 --> 00:50:14.869
-E -P -E -R. On Instagram and then STLbookkeeper314

00:50:14.869 --> 00:50:18.510
on Whatnot. And I'm there on Instagram, YouTube.

00:50:18.829 --> 00:50:20.750
That's about the same thing everywhere. So you

00:50:20.750 --> 00:50:23.369
can catch me there on YouTube and Whatnot and

00:50:23.369 --> 00:50:26.289
Instagram. Born and raised St. Louis. Is that

00:50:26.289 --> 00:50:28.630
why you roll with the STL? Yeah, born and raised

00:50:28.630 --> 00:50:31.289
St. Louis. And anyone from St. Louis knows, you

00:50:31.289 --> 00:50:33.429
know, people from St. Louis love to let you know

00:50:33.429 --> 00:50:36.309
they're from St. Louis. And 314 is the zip code,

00:50:36.409 --> 00:50:38.469
right? Or the area code, whatever it is. Yeah,

00:50:38.550 --> 00:50:41.409
that's the city life. I'm the same way, you know,

00:50:41.429 --> 00:50:44.929
like, I just need PHL 215 in front of me. And

00:50:44.929 --> 00:50:48.250
then we basically can be joined. I know what

00:50:48.250 --> 00:50:50.789
it's about. Yeah. Anyway, we appreciate you hanging

00:50:50.789 --> 00:50:53.250
out with us and we'll definitely check back in

00:50:53.250 --> 00:50:55.369
on you next year because I you sent me some of

00:50:55.369 --> 00:50:57.230
the numbers you're pushing. And yet again, this

00:50:57.230 --> 00:50:59.329
guy is super humble. So we appreciate you spending

00:50:59.329 --> 00:51:01.710
your your day with us and coming on and kind

00:51:01.710 --> 00:51:04.210
of, you know, proving that what not can be done.

00:51:04.289 --> 00:51:06.210
Me and Johnny knew kind of sort of that maybe

00:51:06.210 --> 00:51:08.309
what not could be successful. We just had to

00:51:08.309 --> 00:51:10.050
find the right person. And you're definitely.

00:51:10.070 --> 00:51:12.050
So thanks for hanging out with us. I started

00:51:12.050 --> 00:51:14.710
from the very beginning. No, no followers. No,

00:51:14.829 --> 00:51:17.449
no audience. Nothing. So it's definitely I still

00:51:17.449 --> 00:51:19.320
don't have an audience. on any other social media.

00:51:19.639 --> 00:51:23.139
So I think you just start and don't stop being

00:51:23.139 --> 00:51:24.699
consistent. That's my number one thing I can

00:51:24.699 --> 00:51:26.960
tell. Yeah, that's the whole thing. I always

00:51:26.960 --> 00:51:29.699
said it could work. It's just a different, harder

00:51:29.699 --> 00:51:33.280
grind in my opinion, but it can be done. It's

00:51:33.280 --> 00:51:36.000
not easy. I'm not saying it's easy at all, but

00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:38.800
it's a blast when you get in the groove of it.

00:51:38.820 --> 00:51:40.860
When you get in a routine of it, it's a blast.

00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:43.179
All right, man. We appreciate you. We'll talk

00:51:43.179 --> 00:51:46.199
to everybody in next week's episode. Thanks for

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