<p>I go to thrift stores and buy dress clothes for cheap and resell them on eBay for a big profit. I sell 50-75 items a month for about 10k a year. Legit?</p>
<p>If you say you give the money to charity… hahah or that you sew the clothes and create new fashions or something</p>
<p>LoL I do neither…</p>
<p>If your going in undeclared it seems business related so you could pretend your into business and it could count as an EC lol</p>
<p>Nice idea btw</p>
<p>It certainly does count as an EC!!..if your admissions officer was drunk as a skunk…</p>
<p>I run my own business. . . I purchase inventory, display and sell items, package and ship items. . . what’s wrong with that?</p>
<p>To me you just answered your own question ^ :)</p>
<p>that counts as EC only if you could apply as a business major. It would be nicer if you could write some research paper on the methodology of marketing that you have used to raise 10K each year… sounds like some good money you earned! haha…> great!</p>
<p>Just use the money to buy your way in.</p>
<p>I’d say it’s definitely an EC, whether you plan to go into business or not. You’ve spent time on it, it’s important to you, it shows your entrepreneurial skills and dedication to something, and it’s fairly unique. Playing baseball is still an EC even if you don’t plan to make it to the MLB; likewise selling clothes for a profit is an EC even if you don’t plan to go into business.</p>
<p>Lol are you serious? I personally think that could easily be considered a scam.</p>
<p>^It’s what every business does though. They buy things, then they sell them at a higher price so as to make a profit. It doesn’t seem fair unless you’re the one making money, which is why it’s the consumer’s job to be smart about where they shop. Now how much a “big profit” is would play a role in how fair it is to people, especially since these are used clothes we are talking about.</p>
<p>that doesn’t count as an EC…but holy crap, thanks for the idea man. i have this list of stuff i want to buy…but it all adds up to 5K LOOOOL. thanksddddsss</p>
<p>It’s not really an EC imo, it’s more like a way to make some money on the side. It’s comparable to opening a lemonade stand to some extent. Technically it’s a business venture, but it’s not particularly sophisticated.
It’s really up to you in the end whether or not you want to tell the college you’re applying to about it. Hopefully you have other ECs as well.</p>
<p>If you’re slick enough to structure this into a formal-sounding business, it’ll be a great EC.</p>
<p>What specifically do you buy/sell? I’d like to make some extra cash and I already love to thrift. :)</p>
<p>I’m still in the early stages of this process, so it will be awhile before it develops into anything big. Would it help if I donated the profits to charity? I am a type 1 diabetic so I could donate the proceeds to JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation). This is just something I like to do, and I want to take it further. I don’t think it is a scam. Nothing is holding back consumers from going to thrift stores themselves and buying clothing. I am here for those that are unaware of the low prices at thrift stores.</p>
<p>Oh, and I would say I buy shirts for $3 or $4 and sell them from anywhere between $25-$50, depending on what people pay.</p>