Chapter 6 Procurement across time and space(1/2)
It seems that if you want to make money safely, you can only take the industrial road.
After thinking wildly along the way, Su An finally arrived at Zhongguancun Station.
I saw the Zhongguancun hypermarket and the ‘Huaqiangbei’ of this era!
Although today was Friday, after arriving at the store, Su An still felt like she had walked into a bustling vegetable market.
Various discounts and promotions, various second-hand recycling.
There are people everywhere waving computer configuration sheets to attract customers.
There are also fat sheep carrying cash everywhere, walking around among the crowd.
In addition to computers, you can find new sellers and second-hand recyclers here for almost all digital products you can think of.
BenQ 15-inch LCD monitor brand new 2998 yuan.
Second-hand 99 new, Samsung 15-inch LCD monitor 2588 yuan.
Pentium 4cpu, 1.7gh is priced at RMB 1,450.
The hard drive Western Digital 80g 7200 rpm is as high as 1120 yuan.
A 20g piece with 7200 rpm costs 450 yuan.
Su An, who wanted to replace the hard drive first, suddenly felt a little depressed.
However, what surprised Su An was when he casually asked about the second-hand recycling price while holding the IBM laptop in his hand.
After a simple test for two minutes, the other party gave a recycling price of 28,000 yuan. Unexpectedly, the new laptop in this era sold for as much as 40,000 yuan, and many merchants still don’t have it in stock.
Su An did not choose to sell it, after all, this thing now belongs to her own productivity tool.
Although she didn't plan to sell it, Su An was not completely unmoved.
After hearing the price, I immediately ran to the toilet cubicle and searched Xianyu for most of the day.
It was found that the number of Xianyu laptops of the same model was extremely small.
And they all have their own big problems, and at most they can only be shipped as disassembled parts.
Looking at it now, we can only wholesale dozens or hundreds of second-hand 15-inch LCD monitors and resell them.
However, Su An did not place an order immediately, but decided to go around and learn more about the market conditions in detail.
Not long after coming out of the bathroom, Su An found another highly feasible way to make money at a stall besides LCD monitors.
This is second-hand mobile phone recycling!
Motorola's colorful rotating screen v70 mobile phone, brand new, actually costs 7,000 yuan!
More than 7,000 yuan, this is simply crazier than robbing money.
In the future 2022, a waiter in a small restaurant should earn at least 3,000 yuan including food and accommodation.
Even based on a salary of 3,000 yuan, you can buy a brand new iPhone 13 in 3 months!
In Beijing in 2002, waiters in small restaurants only paid 500 to 600 for food and accommodation.
Calculated, it will take a whole year to buy a v70 mobile phone.
"Boy, you asked so many questions, do you want to sell it?" The boss listened to Su An keep asking, but he didn't even take out his mobile phone, which made him feel like he was being played.
"I'm going to the toilet first, and I'll come out later to chat..." Su An returned to the toilet cubicle again.
This time, Su An did not open Xianyu, but went directly to Taobao.
Search for Motorola v70!
Sure enough, there are many merchants selling nostalgic mobile phones.
I clicked on a seller and after a brief chat, the seller said that they had sufficient supply.
What’s even better is that the current price on Taobao is only over 340 yuan.
For 100 mobile phones, the cost is more than 30,000.
Fortunately, I have so much money in Alipay.
If all were sold, this business would earn 450,000.
After deducting costs, you can still earn nearly 410,000 yuan.
After confirming the supply of goods, Su An tried to place an order first.
After all, it’s hard to say whether this kind of nostalgic mobile phone produced in 2022 is exactly the same as 20 years ago.
If it's the same, you can sell it for money smoothly.
If it's different, you'll have to make do with it yourself.
After all, if you want to start a second-hand business, you always need to prepare a contact information for yourself.
It is not convenient to show your 2022 mobile phone to people today.
Half an hour later, Su An retrieved the Motorola v70 mobile phone from the post office and ran directly to the second-hand mobile phone recycling booth.
"Your mobile phone is really new, it's just like the one you just bought." The store owner couldn't help but admire it when he checked it.
Seeing the boss's expression of surprise and admiration, Su An complained in her heart: "No, this is what I just bought, and it was bought 20 years later!"
"I'll take the 4,500..." The store owner was very happy and started to make some money directly.
At this time, the store owner was counting the money and thinking about the whereabouts of the mobile phone.
As long as a call is made, the mobile phone will soon appear on the counter of a certain business hall.
The fate of this mobile phone will be to bundle it with a telecom package and sell it at a high price. This package is likely to be worth tens of thousands of yuan.
The package contract lasts for 3 years, and you only need to pre-deposit 3,000 yuan in phone bills.
And if you spend 300 yuan a month, the company will give away a Motorola v70 mobile phone worth 7,000 yuan for free!
Obviously, this kind of package is not affordable for ordinary people.
"Ahem..." After counting the money, Su An did not leave, but hesitated whether to talk to the boss about a big deal.
Selling a mobile phone is very easy.
But if you want to sell dozens or hundreds of units, this is a problem.
Hearing this cough, the store owner was suddenly awakened from his dream of selling to operators at a high price.
Looking up, I saw that the young man hadn't left yet.
"What? You regret it? We have to clear both money and goods..." When the store owner spoke, he quickly put the phone in the drawer and closed it.
The boss's subconscious action of closing the drawer showed that this mobile phone could earn him a lot of money. Subconsciously, he was instinctively resisting handing over the mobile phone and canceling the transaction.
This is enough to show that this business can be done and it can be done on a large scale.
Seeing the store owner's look on guard against thieves, Su An smiled and whispered: "I still have some goods on hand for this mobile phone. How much can you charge at this stall?"
The store owner thought that the young man regretted it, but he never thought that this guy was actually here for wholesale sales.
"It's broken..." When the store owner heard this, not only was he not happy, but he became scared.
Could this phone be stolen?
"What...are you here for?" The shop owner forced himself to calm down and asked carefully.
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere between the two people became a little solid.
Su An reacted instantly. It was obvious that the store owner thought his product was unclean. He even suspected that he had gotten it from a store warehouse in a shady way.
"You can be careful about where you came from. Our mobile phone came back from abroad by boat." Su An casually made up a reason.
"Take a boat? Go... to smuggle goods?" The boss was relieved when he heard the whereabouts, but he still had a worried look on his face.
“It’s not smuggled goods, it’s declared as second-hand accessories of used mobile phones.
We all have formal procedures and are absolutely compliant and legal." Su An immediately defended.
Formal procedure?
What the hell are you lying to?
Such a new mobile phone is declared as a second-hand accessory, and it is also a scrapped second-hand accessory. Do you think the customs are all blind?
Use these eight words "used mobile phone accessories" to declare to customs, and you can make a mobile phone thousands of dollars cheaper in an instant.
As long as you pass the customs and sell it as a new phone, you can make a fortune.
No, no, wait a minute! Take a look...
Damn...is it possible...
Is it possible that there is a big connection behind this kid?
Can a new mobile phone be declared as a scrapped second-hand accessory?
Still not right!
If the relationship behind this guy is so strong, it stands to reason that this approved new phone should go through retail channels.
To be continued...