Buying and fixing 40 almost new Walmart customer return mowers
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Got this lot of 40 new/like new Walmart customer return mowers from a wholesaler who has contracts with Walmart and other big box retailers and sells merchandise by the pallet. Mostly Murray, a few really nice Snapper mowers too. Bought them for pennies on the dollar and have fixed almost all of them in 2 months. Most were easy fixes. Ready to go for the 2017 season when the grass starts to grow again! Also included are some of my other equipment that didn't sell in 2016 and advice on buying in bulk and working with customers if you are, or want to be, in the mower fixing/selling business. Feel free to comment and ask any questions you may have!
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Great video...its great that you sell lawn mowers that are new and tested for a affordable price..my friends laugh at me when I mow my lawn with a 45 year old 5hp tecumseh engine lawn mower until they see it start right up and cutt grass 12 inches high with no problem..
Sell a mower and buy a couple light bulbs for down there.
Thankfully this is purely for storage, if I did not rent the house I would have definitely improved the lighting by now.
Good advice, I always build the push mowers or trimmers like its for my use and keep customers happy and coming back.
I enjoy working on the small mowers such as these as a hobby and the fact that I don't have room for a bunch of tractors. I think it's great that you are profiting from your hobby. Perhaps I'll turn a profit someday.
Thank you, I found this works best over the years and only buy them like this now. Will take trade-ins though. Best of luck to you!
Very nice score! Would love to get something like that! I'll be sure to check out my local liquidator and see what happens!
Thank you! Yes they are a good way to go to get stuff fixed quick and sell something reliable, I only have 3 of these left as of the end of June!
Casey, this just flashed on my feed for some reason and I remembered that I saw this video many years ago before I knew you! I was tripping realizing that I had become friends with you not realizing this video was yours! I was intrigued by your resourcefulness in buying those and flipping them! I guess this may be before I even started flipping! I may have even commented on it four years ago!
That's awesome Henry, this video was the one that started the channel because at the time there was very little content out there on the "new" OHV Briggs and I saw nobody else doing customer returns like this. It helped carve my niche in the small engine world and start off the channel back in 2017. Closing in on 5 years!
@@EllisMowersandmore small world bro
How to Buy Walmart Returns and Overstock Through Liquidators?
I knew a guy that used to work next to Sears service center. Sears was just dumping any mower returned and these guys were fishing them out of the dumpster. I was buying a few of them until sears service closed. I need a good frame for a Toro, the engine runs great but the frame ir trash. Murry push mowers typically sell for $127 so you are charging almost store prices. I fix and sell mine to use the money for my other hobby,RC planes. Yeah, you have more than I want to mess with. I live in a trailer park and really have to be care full as to not get too many. I had my own shop 10 years ago but got Cancer, that ended my fun. Now I just pick and choose what I do. Sadly, I got into riding mowers, not any more. I have one left to sell, thats it, no more riders. They suck.
I got out of riders a while back because they take up too much space and could easily turn into a money pit. I'm trying to charge about $50 under retail. Good deal with the Sears store!
Wow, I was wondering what happened to the free one I got it was only a couple years or even one year old, everything was new looking but the motor knocked bad and it smokes like crazy so I swapped the 550 ex briggs from my old mower that just needed a carb clean. Now I have one good mower 👍 I keep the other one for when my neighbors are making a lot of noise outside, smoke them back into their house lol
Haha very nice!
You said you are in North Carolina. I’m in North Carolina, near Raleigh. I just happened to be looking on Craigslist for random mowers in the Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill section and I seen your listings. They were Murray push mowers (mostly). I seen you listed a Murray self propelled for 195. So I found that cool.
I'm about an hour north of Raleigh. The one you saw is probably from Lumberton, he sells them too. I don't have any listed now but should by next Spring.
Murray is MTD!. MURRAY way bought out by Briggs and Stratton.
I just bought my first bulk lot....the shipping cost hurts but I will still be able to make some easy money on them. Crossing my fingers that all are fixable and none will be salvaged but even if a couple were damaged beyond repair I should still be able to make some decent profit.
Very nice and good luck to you. I pick them up myself which helps and only costs me about $100-$150 in gas costs to get them at current prices. In my experience out of the multiple lots of 40 I've gotten I typically have 2 or 3 that aren't good or need to take parts from to make the rest sellable.
@@EllisMowersandmore wow I hope I get just as lucky the lot that I'm buying is Walmart returns Snapper and Honda mowers make up a lot of them and then I have another lot of 10 Murray mowers that retail for $200 at Walmart but the Snappers and a Honda's retail for $300 each and one mower retails for $600
@@macknumber9 That sounds like a good lot, I always have good luck selling the Snappers and the Hondas in addition to the cheap Hyper Tough mowers. The middle ones typically sell a bit slower. although they all sell well. Good luck!
@@EllisMowersandmore thank you my biggest concern is being able to accept this shipment because I work a full-time job and also accepting the shipment without a liftgate I hope the driver will be happy to do it if I give him a $40 tip I'm a truck driver myself so I know that I'd be happy to make an extra quick $40 I'll keep in touch with you let you know how it works for me are you still doing it?
@@macknumber9 Gotcha, yeah I work full time as well but take a weekend trip or two as it's only 4 hours away and I have a truck and trailer and the wholesaler has a forklift to put them on there for me. I am still doing it and have another 40 to sell this year. It works extremely well and I typically sell them for about $60 off retail and they usually go pretty quickly. Last year they were all gone by the first week in June. Good luck on getting yours and selling them!
Man you sure scored on those Murray & snapper mowers!
Thanks Alan, it was a lot of money up front but got them all in one trip (4 hrs round trip) and most were really easy fixes (carb clean, oil on plug) or hadn't even been taken out of the box. Hoping they'll sell like crazy when Spring hits down here in central NC. The last group of them I got did really well even in the mid-July and August heat.
I subscribed before I watched your video, because you had 666 subscribers, now its 667. But now that Ive watched the video, im glad I subscribed!
Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video and good luck on the mowers
Thanks for watching! I bought a similar lot of 24 mowers back in July 2016 and they did really well so hopefully so.
Good advice. Thank you
Would like to try that !
Interesting place to store them. I guess at least you don't have what Gacy had in his crawl space.
I wish I had a garage to store them in but making what I have work although it isn't the most ideal.
great info and thanks for sharing! How did these sell (the bulk purchase)
They sold very well, had all of this season's sold by first week of June. The key is to buy them off-season (July or later) and store them until Spring because of the return cycle of the mowers going through Walmart's distribution center.
Wow u sell em for pretty cheap. U seem like a nice guy
Thank you, I enjoy doing this and enjoy pricing them to move so I can turn more around. Have done another 2 loads since these and working on what is now my 5th load this season.
How do I install the deflector for the grass discharge chute? Don't have any instructions
for doing this. Need to cut the grass bad.
If it's not one that bolts on like the little 20" mowers, it should slide on after you lift the mulching plug and sits between the mulching plug and deck.
Last year I got 7 Murray push mowers from Walmart that was customer returns. They were actually going to just throw them in a dumpster.One was a no oil lockup. I just filled it full of diesel fuel and let it soak. All of the other ones had their sparkplug's flatten with no gap. Reset the gap and sold them all for $90 each. I kept the one that was locked up and I'm still using it. Now it does smoke some, but who cares.
What a great deal. Out of each lot of 40 I've gotten so far there typically are one or two blown up and most of the others are easy fixes like water or old gas in the fuel, etc. A couple that are completely trashed too. It's a lot of money up front but they are easy to fix, if they need fixing at all, and sell like hotcakes in the Spring.
most '' dime store'' mowers that are returned had no oil in them, or people over-heated them......its like buying a car that was in a flood
I would shit myself If I ever came across a haul like that... great vid man, I wish I had contacts like that....
It was a big haul, he has contracts with Walmart and he ended up buying nearly 30 pallets of 8 to liquidate. Stumbled upon him on Craigslist last year and it has been a win-win so far on all fronts. Already have sold 9 of them to date and the season's just beginning here in NC.
Hank and Ellis, there is kind of a place like this in GA. They have similar locations nationwide. I know in the Aug time frame they sell pallets of lawnmowers and lawn equipment typically the overstock and perhaps returns from walmart/Kmart etc. I have never been to this place as I don't have the room for such things. here is the link
www.novacommercecorp.com/
Yes there are many places like that dotted across the US, it just depends on whether they are willing to sell to the general public. I got those from a very small (husband and wife) company that does it on a much smaller scale. The August time frame is a good time to get them, harder to sell at that point but if you're able to hold them through the Winter they sell like crazy in the Spring. And you get them cheaper that time of year too since demand is down!
I'm surprised people will pay 80-120 for a used Walmart mower. You can score a toro with a cast aluminum deck for 100-150 used.
They do just because they're still in basically "new" condition aside from a few and it's a good deal for someone wanting a nearly new mower but are value-conscious. I have an aluminum self-propel Toro that is in great condition for its age that I tried to sell for $120 for about 3 months and I've still got it...people generally want "new" versus "quality" at least in this area.
Ellis Mowers You make a valid point.
How do you get that much mowers? I do th is for a living and make great money, the only problem is hunting them down
I get them from a wholesale liquidation outlet that gets them direct from Walmart. They were very limited this year so I wasn't able to get my hands on any this year.
Ive worked on small engines for over 25 years and I called my local wall mart and talked to the lawn and garden manager and ask if he wanted to make a contract, id fix them for $25 a mower or fix 3 for 1 and he told me they didnt sell returned mowers weed eaters if was something someone in,the store couldn't fix they donated to the vo tech school
Interesting, I didn't know they had that option. My local one sells one or two returned ones but I guess most go back to their HQ in Bentonville, Arkansas (hazardous materials) where people buy them by the pallet at wholesale.
wow
Hey Ellis, I have been a long time viewer. I enjoy fixing mowers and trimmers too. I was wonder how much you paid per Mower.
Thanks for watching! In general I got them for about 50-60% off retail but keep in mind many of these needed repair.
I'm curious about the mowers with the cracked supports. Are the supports made of plastic or metal?
If you are talking about the base plates, they are made of thin metal and have a definite weak spot at the right rear. Poor design.
Thanks for the reply. It seems to me that Briggs and Stratton are really cheapening their line. Especially with the plastic carburetor.
They definitely have cheapened it for the consumer grade stuff. Those plastic carbs are not the best.
Gift for gab
How much was it per unit originally because that is awesome
Depending on a few factors I have gotten them for anywhere between $50 and $80 per unit. Buying them off season is key. Trying to buy them in the Spring will probably be almost twice as much.
sweet!
Ellis Mowers, is there any place in New Jersey that sells bulk power mowers??? I have two 25+ year old machines ready to bite the dust literally, actually, & physically!!!!
Check FB and CL and do a Google search and you will probably find something up that way. They're all around the U.S. it seems. Good luck!
@@EllisMowersandmore I thank you, sir!!!!!
I'm a small engine mechanic and I'd like to know how or where to buy these returns. I live in West central TX.
Sure, I buy from a very small liquidator that has contracts with local area big box stores. There are quite a few places that do this on a much larger scale and you just have to find someone that is selling to the general public. Check on local Craigslists as well as a general online search and you might find some people close by that do similar things!
good video
Where would I find a place to buy bulk like you do or what would i search for.
Thank you
I found them by chance via Craigslist. Maybe a "lawn mower pallets for sale" search will turn some results for you.
Ellis Mowers. Thank you I will check
I am in central N.C. also would you be willing to share your contact for bulk mowers?
Why would he do that?!
How to Buy Walmart Returns and Overstock Through Liquidators?
Where are you located.. Dan the man
I used to be in High Point, NC but now live in the Raleigh/Durham area.
@@EllisMowersandmore usually find mowers by the roads Dan
So u got this haul from a local liquidator?
That is correct, he buys directly from Walmart and I buy from him. He makes his money and I make mine so it works out great!
Ellis Mowers nice so how many would u say r good out of the bundle
The reason I ask I found 13 brand new mowers an snows for 680 an I'm thinking about jumping on that
It all depends on the bundle, this bundle I was able to fix all 40 of them, I'd say 3/4 needed either nothing or a carb clean and the others needed more major work but it's always luck of the draw. Sounds like a good deal, keep in mind if shipping costs may be a factor if it's not a local seller which could be pricey.
Ellis Mowers thanks for the tips an advice
do u have a wedsite?
ellismowers.com
check the internet , easy peasy
Do you sell them online or just locally?
I just do local sales through Craigslist.
Where can i purchase customer return lawn mowers from walmart like this?
There are wholesale liquidators dotted across the country that get all kinds of merchandise. Many of these guys sell mowers too if they get them in.
But after doing some research I have read that all wholesalers are not good (i've read some really bad reviews). How do I know which ones i can trust?
I've only had limited work with them as I've only bought about a dozen pallets, I would just use your judgement and make sure they look legitimate. They all sell them in "as-is" condition so it's more the retailers fault than the wholesalers if the pallet ends up not being good especially if it looks good physically. I pick them up myself and take them home vs having them shipped, too.
And I thought my Friend's Dad having 6 was a lot as a kid? he used to find the ones on the side of the road and fix them up.
I wish I was quick enough to find the ones on the side of the road but there's so much competition for those in my area that I don't even try to find them.
I bet the Lawn mower with the spray paint on it has a blown motor a lot of places will spray paint a machine if it has a blown motor. let me know if i was right. because i am just guessing lol.
That's a good theory, I have no clue why this one was spraypainted, it was brand new and if I remember right just needed gas and oil along with a carb clean.
A guy that has a contract with walmart and big box stores......... lol he just buys them off pallets in trucks loads from walmart direct anyone can do it.
I see that and didn't realize you could, but from what it sounds like they contact him with offers and ask if he wants them, so maybe he gets a pick before they go on the site but don't know for sure. Because they are "hazardous materials" they go through Arkansas and he has to pay the shipping costs too. But looks to be some good deals on the liquidation site!