Some Great Trash Picking Finds to Start out 2021 Right!

I accidentally came across my first trash finds in 2021 and it opened my eyes to what I am missing out there. When the weather broke and started to get colder, I quickly moved away form trash picking and started up my eBay store. To be fair, I also had a few bad nights of trash picking in a row when the weather started to get bad and I just decided that it was going to continue that way. That was probably a bad assumption on my part.

So as you will see in this video, there are plenty of great items out there for grabbing. Now that my eBay store is at a level that I am pretty comfortable with maintaining, I want to start doing some trash picking runs each week. I am going to try to get 2-3 evenings in each week.

Here is the video on how we did on this accidental trip as well as a planned trip out:

I have already sold the kitchen table/island that you see in the thumbnail. I took $40 for it since it had some condition issues and had been refinished already. Another great score was a bin full of board games that I would estimate worth between $100-$200 dollars depending on if all the games are complete or not. Then there was a dresser and a Schwinn beach cruiser that we come across as well. They are both listed on Facebook Marketplace and I have been getting questions on those already as well.

Don’t forget that we are also doing weekly giveaways now on every Friday. You can enter to win 1 free item up to $50 in value from our eBay store.

Here is a link to enter that contest: https://thetrashbandit.com/enter-to-win/

So this trip out showed us that we certainly cannot be skipping this profitable aspect of our side hustle. I am going to focus on splitting my time and making sure that my income is more diversified. For now it will be 50% eBay and 50% Facebook Marketplace. Eventually I would like to start adding in YouTube as a revenue stream as well as some affiliate marketing options from our social media presence.

So make sure you get out there on trash night and pick up some items to resell! Good luck!

-Joe