Inside a Used Appliance Store – How They Operate
Inside a Used Appliance Store – How They Operate
Every house has appliances in it, and eventually they need replaced. But does every unit go to the junkyard? At my store, we bring old, tired units back to life – well, some of then.
In this video, you’ll learn and see a few things that happen in the used appliance industry. There is good money in running the business (or potentially), but what makes a good machine to sell?
I’ve seen places online that say they sell bulk used appliances from $40 to $75 per machine.
I need inventory in 30 machine count batches where is a good safe place to look?
Nice for selling parts. Do you test these parts before shipping out?
Hello, I just started the used appliances business 4 months ago and Its been good mostly washers and dryers Where do you get your inventory from? Thanks, good content by the way 👌
Thanks for posting.
This channel fascinates me for some reason.
What brand was the fridge at 5:13?
Awesome.. thanks for showing the details! You have got a new Sub.
Hello Ben I recently purchased an existing furniture and refurbished appliance store in northwest indiana my brother and good friend who’s a tech were working for the old owner before he retired to puerto rico this past November 1st i paid a reasonable amount for the business I feel. The past month has been insane we grossed almost 50k in november alone, this business is amazing I know my area we sell at a higher price point, but my question Ben is I’d love to speak to you or email you I have a lot of questions and would love to get your feedback, also were trying to utilize all of our parking lot and are now renting uhaul were hoping that uhaul rentals will cover our building rent, I’m so glad I came across you and your brothers youtube its given me a lot of encouragement and excitement moving forward with all of my business endeavors and investments.
Is it generally safe to buy from a used appliance store? I’m looking to get mid grade used washer/dryer combo and refrigerator. Will these used/refurbished appliances last a good amount of time?
What area do you live in ? Im from edinburg tx
I have been selling washers and dryers out of my house for 6 months. Looking to open up a location and start buying wholesale instead of individual buys. Where is a good place to find wholesalers? I’m in FL
Very interesting
Do you sell your units to Brandon for his rentals? I like your "test" area.
Great video iv been doing this on the side making a killing I work at a scrap yard and people were scraping on a regular basis appliances for to talking to them they came from apartments in wanting to expand and actually get a warehouse and repair the ones that are not working been running it out of a storage unit for now
do you have a wtw4855hw1 whirlpool board
Can you please tell me what you need as far as getting everything legal? Do you need insurance and what types to cover your ass for everything? Also what business license?
Ben 👍 it’s a great thing we do . great Video 👍🇨🇦
i gave you the wrong email last time ( i do the same thing in N Ca MrMaintain @ hotmail ) please let me know if you have a control board for a whirlpool dryer modl. wed9150wwo if you have let me know please. I can not find you anywhere else on line, Do you have a website? Thanks
people buy dented appliances? given those parts prices why even sell complete machines, I’d just go into parts business and try to optimize for value over volume
Awesome! We did $1.2 million last year in appliances!! love it!
What is your address? I looked up "bens appliances" in google and couldnt find it
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing, Ben!
Great video Ben!! Your store looks nice.
How did you start learning how to fix appliances? Im looking to start flipping some on the side but have a very basic understanding of how they run. Did you have somebody teach you?
I’ve just started doing this myself. What I’ve noticed and what surprised me is that most of the appliances I have fixed so far just needed either cleaning or replacing a basic component to fix. I bought a Samsung dryer for $10 and all I needed to do was hook up the drive belt (the drive belt was just hanging there) and clean the moisture sensors with a ScotchBrite pad.
Why don’t you remove dents?
I have the same problem…. if I sell everything over the weekend, it can sometimes take awhile to get a lot of things ready again because as other machines are being tested, cleaned and painted, people are wanting to buy them. So most of the time it is hard to keep up with demand.
Can you tell me the way you protect yourself from customers messing with appliances and possibly hooking up power cord wrong etc after you drop it off ? How do you protect yourself from customers as well?
Appliance repair is a Gold Mine
I could do this but the only problem is, how do you get the heavy front loaders up from a basement. It won’t be worth it, braking your back for it.
Total overhead costs?
Love the hat. Without getting into politics, it’s a decent parody and sums up your business nicely.
Make appliances work again! Haha nice hat Ben
do u sell parts? eurekarecycler @ yahoo
Hey Ben! Awesome video! I’m looking to sign a lease for a location to open a used appliance store and I’m so nervous about it. I’ve been doing this out of my home for awhile and running out of space. This will be cool to share with my wife as she’s terrified to take the plunge!
What is the best area of the used appliance business to begin with
Well done very helpful however I would like to know exactly how you did started how much money invested, how did you approach the new customers, how to improve the clientele or to get more customers, what did you already have when you started ? what kind of knowledge about the business you did have at start etc TKS
Jose
Hey Ben, you’re living my dream . Great job.
Great video! Thanks so much.
Hello was wondering how would you go pain grabbing the stuff wholesale? I had a couple incidences with some people but it was just really sketchy. Also I was wondering what is the overhead and would you suggest any tax write-offs in any particular things you might know of? Keep up the great work man love the content
You definitely have a lot to do – good that you involve more people into it. Have you thought about putting up some sort of wall between the sales part and the fixing part of the bulding?
It’s a lot bigger than I expected. Great job.
What do you do with the disgusting worn appliances? Clean and sell or part out?
where do you live ?
Very nice video, no problems hearing or seeing what’s going on. And a lot more than I personally ever knew about the used appliance business.
Where do you get your shipping boxes @?
5:42 was going to show the inside of the fridge until he realized it was all in pieces and had to be delivered soon lol 😂
Ben I’m just starting the appliance repair and sales business myself. I’m glad I’ve found your channel. It’s informative and inspiring. Continued Success to you.
Where do you buy from?
Good afternoon, what is your strategy for Marketing? Is it offerup,craigslist, social media or just word of mouth?