

You can't go there and browse, as in a retail store. Items cannot be shipped, due to high shipping costs these days. "Or it could be overstock, because they bought so many, and the end of the season is coming and they don't want to deal with it."ĭiggs says if your bid wins, you are then invited out to the warehouse to pick up your item. "These might be things somebody returned something because it didn't work for them, but it might be right for you," she said. You search for items that interest you, and then place a bid. You can buy these items for a fraction of the original price, according to All Surplus Deals marketing director Meredith Diggs, by bidding online. In some cases, it is overstock merchandise that never sold. The company is called All Surplus Deals, based in a huge warehouse filled with thousands of items from baby strollers to microwaves, to area rugs, and toys.Įverything is guaranteed to be in great shape, except for the fact someone else bought it and returned it in most cases. You get a bargain, and a local landfill gets a break. near the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport, is selling those items for pennies on the dollar. Why? Because it is too expensive to restock and resell it.īut a new online auction house in Hebron, Ky.

It often is thrown away by the retailer, and ends up in a landfill after you get your refund. When you return an air fryer, coffee maker, or Lego set you decide you didn't want, in many cases it never goes back on the shelves for resale.
