I noticed that on Ebay, quite a few sellers are making money selling
goods that come back from consumers en masse.  Some are broken, some
merely returned, and cannot be legally resold as new.  (They have to
be sold as "refurbished," "used," or "pre-owned.").
 I'd like to know - where do these Ebay sellers get these goods?  I'd
like to take a crack at acquiring these lots, perhaps even trying to
piece together some bad ones to make working units.

Dear pcventures-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

There are clearinghouses to whom returns, damaged goods, pre-owned
item, or whichever of the many names you prefer to call them, are sold
to for pennies on the dollar for redistribution. The clearinghouses
themselves are in the business of moving bulk return merchandise and
do very well for themselves in this business alone, so only rarely, if
ever, will you see items being offered directly from the
clearinghouse. . Like many online auctioneers, you will be dealing
with these clearinghouses to find your wares. The trick is to develop
an understanding of them, and to be diligent when checking for new
offers. Others will also be watching for the new posts around the
clock (international buyers in other time zones will also be doing it
during the hours that sleep) so grabbing a true “deal”, though
possible, is very competitive.

The items you are looking for can be found in various places in the
Internet using, among others, the search term PALLET DEALS (I have
also included other successful search terms). Here you will find
discounts on entire pallet loads of items, usually categorized so that
all items on the pallet share some type of general identifier, such as
clothing, foodstuffs, appliances, electronics, etc. On the other hand,
there are some offers, as you will see, that are sort of “grab bag”
deals. These are a bit more of a gamble because they are normally an
amalgamation of items that were saved until they had enough to throw
together to fill a pallet. These are definitely a
“what-you-see-is-what-you-get” offer.

Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any
questions about my research please post a clarification request prior
to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final
comments and I look forward to working with you again in the near
future. Thank you for using Google Answers.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga


INFORMATION SOURCES

GCD DISTRIBUTION
http://gdcdistribution.com/
Listings: http://eis.net/lib/start.cgi/gdc/listings.html


IMASD PALLET DEALS
http://eis.net/lib/start.cgi/surplus/searchpallet.html

DEPARTMENT STORE RETURNS 
http://mywebwholesaler.com/pallets.htm


CLOSEOUTS SALVAGE
http://www.closeoutssalvage.com/pallet.html


DEPARTMENT STORE RETURNS 
http://www.palletsmart.com/specials4.html


WHOLESALE PALLETS & 
http://liquidationwholesalers.com/Pallets.htm


AMES DEPARTMENT STORE 
http://www.wwwin.net/Listing.html


CLOSEOUTSDIST.COM 
http://www.closeoutsdist.com/pallets.html


SALVAGE CLOSEOUTS 
http://www.salvagecloseouts.com/pallets.htm


INTERNET GRAPEVINE
http://www.internetgrapevine.net/a1discount2/pallets.html


JDCLOSEOUTS
http://www.jdcloseouts.com/specials/gifts.html
 

WHOLESALE CENTRAL
http://www.wholesalecentral.com/out/side_ban2.htm
 

WAREHOUSE 2 YOU
http://www.warehouse2you.com/pallets.php


S&M DISTRIBUTORS 
http://www.smdistributors.com/

PRICEZAP.COM 
http://www.pricezap.com/cgi-bin/showcat.pl?cat=Wholesale%20Pallets


CLOSEOUTS
http://www.closeoutscloseouts.com/clearance-clothing.html


PALLETS OF RETURN TRADE 
http://www.jewellerydiscountshop.co.uk/pallets.html


CR BRISTOL - CATALOGUE RETURNS  
http://www.crbristol.com/html/returns.htm


WHOLESALE CLOTHING PALLETS  
http://www.1wholesaleclothing.com/pallets.htm


WHOLESALE GENERAL MERCHANDISE LOADS  
http://www.1aaawholesalemerchandise.com/general.htm


MWW LIQUIDATIONS
http://mwwliquidations.com/cgi-bin/user/shop.cgi?category=107






SEARCH STRATEGY


SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


SEARCH TERMS USED:


PALLET DEALS

PALLET MERCHANDISE

PALLET RETURNS

BULK DEALS

BULK MERCHANDISE 

BULK RETURNS

PALLET CLEARINGHOUSE

BULK MERCHANDISE CLEARINGHOUSE

PALLET CLOSEOUT

CLOSEOUT MERCHANDISE

CLOUSEOUT CLEARINGHOUSE

SURPLUS MERCHANDISE

SURPLUS PALLETS

SURPLUS BULK

WHOLESALE BULK

WHOLESALE SURPLUS

WHOLESALE CLOSEOUTS

BULK LIQUIDATION

RETURNS LIQUIDATION

MERCHANDISE LIQUIDATION

Terriffic answer - just what I was lookin for! :)