Woman makes money off other people's stuff on eBay

[mandy]

...FoundValue, a three-year-old company comprising a network of nearly 200 independent specialists in almost 40 states who sell other people's unwanted belongings on the Internet.

Warren is one of those specialists and has the type of relationship with FoundValue that an operator has with a franchise.

Meanwhile, FoundValue and Warren receive a commission from the items sold based on a sliding scale - they receive 35 percent of the first $250; 25 percent of the next $750, up to $1,000; and 15 percent of amounts more than $1,000. Warren keeps most of the commission, as FoundValue keeps only 7 percent of the final selling price of each item.

Although her FoundValue job doesn't provide enough money to live on - thus far, her sales total $2,600...

full article: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercuryne...528264.htm

[bargainbloodhound]

eBay issues a press release about the virtues of its Trading Assistants program and the next day 50 "news" articles magically appear 

thus far, her sales total $2,600

After looking at the information on the FoundValue Specialist program's web site, I'm not surprised that that's all she's made.  It reminded me of Amway  If they had used the word "opportunity" one more time on their web site I would have  . $165 for crap, crap, crap. 

She would have a better chance of making money if she dumped FoundValue and their 7% fee and just built her own trading assistant business.  I think paying $165 for the FoundValue membership kit was a waste of money.

become a specialist  : http://www.foundvalue.com/be_a_specialis...lists.aspx
get 25' of bubble wrap, 50 blank mailing labels and more when you order your very own business kit  : : http://www.foundvalue.com/be_a_specialis...erkit.aspx

[dimucci]

What does Foundvalue do to earn their 7%?