Hello, welcome to New Steel. It has been a month since the DMP formed the government in Tamil Nadu and has fallen to cover as the DMP. We have with us, as Krishna Swami of Orlandia People's Science and Engineering Group discuss how the past one-one has been to respect the COVID-19 pandemic. He will be telling us what measures the new government has taken and whether they have been effective or not. Hello sir, thanks for joining us. So could you please brief us on this, what measures the DMP has taken and how it will be implemented? One month is a very short time to look at implementation in total but of course they are doing it much better than what was happening earlier. The DMP government luckily and very sensibly, even though they have a majority, they have taken on the partners in their ruling in the coalition that was for the elections. So decisions have been taken in all party meetings or at least involving all the people in different parties which have been in the state. And this is a good process that not leaving out even the opposition but having all of them together and making decisions. And the other thing is that it is unlike earlier scenarios, one good thing that this government Stalin has done is that to provide continuity but not changing the health secretary. The health secretary Jay Radhakrishnan was there before and sensibly he was continued so that there is some continuity provided the whole handling of the issue. And the other thing which has been done very well is the choice of the health minister. Unlike people's expectations, many people thought he will get a whole doctor and so on but he chose really a man on the ground. Who is known to be a worker who does work on the ground and takes into account suggestions by officials, doesn't overrule them if they are sensible and so on. So that way choice of the health minister, retention of the health secretary are very good decisions that were administratively done in order to compare this COVID. And the other thing of course is that immediately on assuming charge, providing this 4,000 rupees, of course the first installment of 2,000 rupees to the people through the ration cards, that is a very good move because especially during the lockdown, almost just a few days after the ministry was formed and government took over, lockdown was announced and then this lockdown has been continuing. So during this lockdown period at least people got some 2,000 rupees at least in Chennai, the rural areas are still to get. So this 2,000 rupees will provide good, at least money for people to keep during the lockdown. And subsequently they have also said the other 2,000 rupees will be given. So this is a good thing and also bringing in at this point of time, COVID-19 affected children, children who have been orphaned because of COVID-19, either both parents or a single parent, so they have been given good support in terms of future education as well as current support if they are living with some guardians. And all provided admission in the government hostels. So I think these are good moves that have happened. Of course writing to the central government has also been done on time immediately almost within the first week to render service. So these are good measures involving the community, involving the people in fighting COVID and not making it as if it's only a government thing and so on. And also this other thing of removing the emblems of people and having only the state government emblems and what is being distributed. I think also gives the impression to people that it is their government or it is not some particular person who is being projected. So these are good measures which I think even other governments and the central government essentially should follow rather than keep you on putting pictures of Prime Minister and everything that is being distributed, including the vaccine certificates. Yeah, so that is one thing. And of course also this question of, there's been some visiting of Mahasubramaniam and the Health Secretary to different districts has also been quite good. They have managed to visit all the important affected districts and come up with interactions with the collector to provide facilities. And for example in Coimbatore, which is the second largest now compared to Chennai, there has been more attention that has been paid to Coimbatore. And I think this also shows that irrespective of the party, whether the party won or lost or so, it has been a fairly uniform rendering of service, providing of services, government facilities to all the districts and places. Yeah, so overall I think this government within one month has shown real good measure and hopefully they will continue the same sort of attitude and performance in the next coming months also. On the one hand, we see the state trying to tackle pseudoscience activities like eating snake to contain COVID or the public's team. But on the other hand, we also see the COVID care centers developing in the state itself, the government itself is opening up these centers. How do you see this contradiction? You know that is compared to the earlier situation, at least things which are definitely not agreeable, for example, the snake eating and the sort of steam inhalation thing and so on. So they've come down heavily on this. And for steam inhalation, again, Master Brown has very clearly said that all these things should not be provided in public places and they will only lead to increase. No people using the same mask again and all will lead to only transmission of infection from asymptomatic to others. And also that it does not approve and benefit and can cause harm. So this has been good. The SIDDA centers have been opened. I think at least this pushing for this untested medication has not happened so much. And mostly the SIDDA centers have been in terms of mild COVID cases and more like COVID care centers. So that has been okay. And I think the overall handling of misinformation coming down on misinformation has been better performance within this one month than earlier. And they've also welcomed people coming on board to help fight this disinformation part. So for example, Science Forum was also organized with respect to Arrivedal Corona Revival. So that's a good that is using science for defeating Corona. And these have been welcomed and there have been local interactions with health department people. And so some joint work, as I said earlier, government has allowed people to participate in this COVID management process rather than making it only as a party effort. So since day one, the new government has been writing to the central government in Modi, asking for several things, whether it's the intensive oxygen or more recently also the new thermite process. So this has been going on and what is your take on it? I think handling remedies, sir, again, they have shown good thinking by bringing enough remedies where for people and also making sure that it's not the black market part and people having to run around that is reduced. They've provided outlets where remedies can be obtained and so on. And the oxygen part again, it is a complete mismanagement of the center and the earlier government of not forcing that oxygen demand and making enough oxygen availability locally. And there was one year of preparation which was completely wasted. No, nothing was learned from the first day. And though Tamil Nadu had enough oxygen supply, obviously the demand went more than what is available. And now, temporarily they managed to get some amount of oxygen from other states, Orissa and also Singh. So this is one thing of course, in this process, the Sterlite which sort of used this to bring on their own factory, get some sort of food hold into it. They have not really been performing what they said they would perform. They're supposed to give 1,050 tons but they've hardly managed to give about 70 tons so far. And so this is a thing of course, the vaccine part again, vaccines were in short supply and they managed to procure more vaccines. And the other good thing is that opening up of 18 to 45 and especially targeting people like auto drivers and people who are more occupationally at risk. That's a good move to target the 18 to 45 age group. But vaccines are a big problem because again, the population of Tamil Nadu or the population of India did not change drastically between last year and this year. So the simple arithmetic would have given the numbers of how many doses should have been ordered. After April end, it has become completely crazy by asking states to buy bid on their own. Obviously, that will increase the total pricing and where will the states go and buy different vaccines on this? So this is just what is a little not understandable is why the states have all sort of fallen into this. That the state should have robustly rejected just as like for example, they rejected the NEP part. They should have said, no, it's a responsibility of the federal government to make the purchase of vaccines and give. And you don't ask the state governments to go around purchasing and doing this. But please the state governments have said that they will supply the vaccine free. But this is a problem and one thing that could have been earlier itself is that opening up the public sector to making the vaccines. Chengalpet HLL, which is a story in itself, it has been languishing for the past almost nine years after it was started. And it has not produced a single vaccine, no other vaccine has been produced. After public interest litigation was put in the High Court, they started manufacturing sanitizers with that. This is a completely ridiculous situation. You have some 800 crore investment with 100 acre land, which is just lying idle. And the people who are working there will try to get attached to other places. Obviously, what should have been done in January 2020 or that period itself that HLL should have been made to produce these in the Chengalpet facility, the integrated vaccine complex. They should have been made to produce a co-vaccine and the CoV sheet. No, that's quite possible. And even though it's possible, all that the federal government has to do is do what the state government is asking. The state government has very rightly, first they try to have expression of interest floated. And then they said, look, you give us a lease so that TITCO, which is part of the Tamil Nadu government thing, can industrial development cooperation, can take over the HLL and make use of the HLL facilities. Intense lockdowns are continuing in the state and more recently district-wide lockdowns have been implemented. What is your take on these lockdowns and have they been effective in containing the virus? Over the last earlier time, during the ADMK, it was completely a police ranch. No, section 144 and the police, given full sync to, they were treating people like terrorists on this thing. At least that is not happening now. But even then, decentralization of containment is something that we still have to learn from other countries which have very successfully done it in New Zealand and Singapore and South Korea, in China. No, you cannot just have a total entire country-wide or a statewide lockdown and that's not really very meaningful. And livelihoods have to be considered. You have people who are selling things on the street, they are the ones who suffer a lot. There's no compensatory mechanism for them. The earlier farmer markets are all closed down. So instead of just closing them down like that and in fact in local here, people had brought vegetables from the villages to sell and they were just forcibly thrown away. No, vegetables were missing and they were made to take. So this is the wrong way to do things. So rather a decentralized mechanism, of course our panchayats are not being functioning. The panchayat system is completely defunct without elections and so on. But even then, it's possible administratively to empower the local panchayat and the local collectors so that they take a decision sector-wise or local region-wise rather than doing it statewide. Thank you, sir. Thanks a lot for joining us and throwing light on this.


I said it right! Yes! Used pre-owned boots sold for almost $250. $400. Hey, fellow buddies, thanks for watching. Amazing, right? Alright, let's get started. Hey, fellow buddies, thanks for watching. Alright, in this video, we're going to talk about big money Bolo's items that you can pick up cheap and sell for a big profit. I am going to tell you where they got it, what they paid for it, and what it sold for. These come from members of my Bolo Buddies Facebook group. This is what it looks like. And if you're not in it, definitely go and join. There is a link tree link down there and that has my Facebook group in it along with a bunch of other links. So you can follow me on social media. These Bolo's, wow, some of them are just incredible things I've never even heard of. So I think you're definitely going to be learning a lot in this video. So let's get started with the first one. It says I went to a yard sale last summer. The woman was moving out and offloading a lot of stuff. We found a whole lot of very cool vintage items there. Rooting through the DVDs, which I never bother with. I found this video game, which was still sealed in the original shrink wrap. I don't normally pick up sports games, but new and sealed caught my eye. I paid a dollar. This game took a long time to sell, but I suppose that the March Madness NCA NCAA tournament helped me out. I am not a sports person. I got this game sold for asking price of $55 plus shipping on Mercari. It's an NCAA basketball 09 Sony PS3 PlayStation sealed. So I would have to agree if the item is new and sealed, I am usually going to pick it up because if I can get it cheap because it's new and sealed, it's at least going to be bread and butter. If you pay a dollar for it, you know, you're at least going to flip it for 10, right? If it's new and sealed. So that is a very good tip that I absolutely 100% agree with. So I don't think I mentioned this, but these are the best April Bolo's. So I posted this in the Facebook group and these are Bolo items that members of my Facebook group found. So I post this, they share in the comments, and then I share it with you and we all learn. So definitely go share a Bolo if you want to have your Bolo featured in a video like this. All right. So he has another one here for us. If you ever see this weird looking fat gray tires, they are called wheelies. Snatch them up. You will be stunned at the resale value. Living in a beach town, I often see rusted out beach carts in the trash. Rarely do they have these type of wheels, but last week I scored these. Left the cart, took the tires. I could have made more money listing on eBay, but I knew they would move fast for a quick score locally. Took two days to sell for $50 full price. I love me that good old curbside shopping. So they're wheelies and he actually put a bigger and large picture for us. So I think these are meant to be in the sand. Pretty cool, right? Curbside shopping there. All right. The next one. I bought this at my local Goodwill last summer, paid $4 each, sold one shortly after listing for $500. This one I sat on a little bit and it just sold for 360. I was on one side of the buggy digging. Someone is on the other side. So I decided to wait until they were done. So I took a little stroll down the close aisle, went back to the buggy, didn't see anything on top, but something told me to dig deeper. And there they were. This is what it is. It is a Lisa Larson. Oh, Gustavus Berg, Sweden. And I, I can't read the rest of the title. Oh no. Is it a statue? Oh goodness me. It looks like it's some sort of figurine or statue here. Wow, $360. Huh. Wonder what she means by buggy. One side of the buggy paid $4 each. Maybe it was the Benz. I'm not 100% sure. And if you guys have not checked out my Goodwill Benz videos, definitely go check them out. I just did a collaboration video with DadPlanet. And this is that video right there. You can go and check that out. I'll try to remember to link it down below. But I'm actually digging in the Benz. You guys get to see me source. And I also pop up screenshots of how I listed everything that I found. Okay, so this next one is my Bolo. I got this at a garage sale. I want to say it was 15. It might have been 10. And I took a best offer of $175 plus shipping. These are scholastic books. And what makes them special is I had 45 of them.  They were so cute. This is what it looks like. It took a little while to sell, but not. I mean, it was less than a year. So to me, I knew that I priced it high and I was super happy selling it for $175. So they are called Puppy Patrol King Street Kennels Playset and Dogs by Jenny Dale. So if I just had the books, definitely probably would not have gone for so much. But anytime you can get books that are in series, definitely lot them up if they don't have individual resale value above a certain margin. You can lot them up and then get more for your more and less work. If I would have listed 45 books individually, that would have taken me a long time. This did not take me a long time to list. All right, this one comes from Bolo Buddy's member Champagne Taste 73. What does that mean? Bolo Buddy's member? That means she is a member of my Bolo Buddy's YouTube channel at level two or level three. And she gets a mention in this video. So I'm going to pop up her eBay store and I'm going to link it down below in the description. So definitely go down to the description if they have a YouTube channel or an eBay store and they are a member, I am going to put them down there. They are usually Bolo finders. So go check out their stores. You can click on the heart of the eBay store and that will let you follow them and you'll get notifications if they have coupons and also when they list new items. And if they have a YouTube channel, that will be linked down below. She does not have a YouTube channel. So what she said is I found this at a thrift store for $3. It was new in the box and has never been used. I've never found anything. Shia Pirelli? Shia Pirelli, we're going to go with that. This is what it looks like before and it sold for $125 yesterday. Man, oh man, I have no idea what that word is. It's a wallet and she sold it for $125. Yeah, you guys are going to have to help me out with that one. Alright, if you're new here, I struggle a little with pronunciation. Those weird words that I've never seen before. Yeah, I usually don't say I'm right. We still have a lot of bells, got it at the Goodwill, bought four cases for $125 per case. That's the sold price right here. Oh my goodness. It's a Marmark G number 4 AB4 note handbell for $100. They bought four cases for $125 a case. I wonder if they were all different. Wow, that's incredible. Wow, wow, wow. Okay, paid $8 at the Goodwill sold for asking price of $249.98 within a couple weeks. They are Kennertrek Mountain Extreme 400 Boots women size eight and a half and it says clean and this is what they look like. So used pre-owned boots sold for almost $250 and the buyer paid shipping. So actually they paid over $250 for a pair of used boots. It can happen. LA Gear Michael Jackson sneakers. What bought for $799 at the Goodwill in March of 2023 and listed them on eBay for $375. Had lots of eyes watching them but no buyers. I lowered the price and received an offer for $75 but I declined that offer since these shoes are extremely hard to find. After a month someone did the buy it now price of $175. Not bad. This is what they look like. Eight bucks into $175 and who has heard of LA Gear and Michael Jackson? So tell me, where LA Gear would that be considered Y2K? That's probably older. LA Gear was probably yeah 89 90s. It says so older than Y2K. If it is a Y2K item definitely use Y2K in your title that can help you get more exposure for your listing. At my local Hope of the Valley thrift store I found a gallon size Ziploc bag that would that had what looked like a huge furball inside of it for $499. I was so happy to find that inside where four beautiful and high quality esthetica you know what they actually put in parentheses how to say it and I said it right yes esthetica I said it right without looking at their parentheses yes yes yes um wigs I listed them for $69 each and one has already sold for a best offer of $52 on Mercari and this is what it looks like thank you this was rescued from the Denver Benz ended up getting $149 plus shipping oh my goodness the Goodwill Benz you guys it's a little treetopper $150 wow it is an extremely rare vintage Kermit the Frog treetopper Sigma Beauty Ceramic Star and this is what it looks like and you guys normally like I'm sitting here and my table is cleaned off and now I'm on whatnot and I'm having shows like two to three times a week and there is stuff everywhere so I've got all kinds of vintage jewelry and vintage fun stuff sitting around me for my next show so if you guys are not following me on whatnot definitely do that there is a link down in the description if you use that link you're going to get $15 to shop that is my referral link if you want to sell on whatnot there's a referral link for that as well which may expedite you getting accepted quicker so there's seller link and a buyer's link so check those out do the buyer's link first to get your $15 and then do the seller's link but yeah come see me on whatnot I am selling all kinds of stuff I think I'm going to be doing a toy show soon so really really excited I actually I'll show you guys this by the time you see this it'll probably already be sold but I did a little video and you guys may have seen it it was a short and I showed this and I was like I'm bringing it to what not I was just pulling it out of a tub and I was looking for vintage items because I'm having a vintage show and Noelle farm girl scavenger messages me and she's like better look that up I'd put that for over a hundred dollars on eBay and I'm like I already said I'm bringing it to what not and she's like your better price at high and I'm like oh no anyway it's vintage and it's got some writing on the inside and it's coming to whatnot so I'm trying to bring like really cool interesting things that I myself would want to sell you know I'm not just bringing the things that I don't want to sell on eBay so definitely check it out down below I would love to see you guys get a show even if you don't buy anything just come hang out in the chat all right a state sale home office for 50 cents home office is my favorite area of estate sales and often overlooked sold these on a quick flip in two days it is ink it is epson ink four pack ink expires once so this is not expired now I know some people sell expired ink but this is not expired 2690 it looks like and 50 cents pickup into 2690 is fantastic especially when you can flip it quick some people prefer to just find the things that they know will flip quick so let me know when you guys search solds and active listings are you looking at sell-through rate or are you just basing it on um how many um like the comps what the solds are for let me know if you look at sell-through rate if that's important to you I'm a long tail seller so if it has good comps and there's a whole bunch listed I'll wait it out I'll also cross post it I'll start on eBay and cross post it to Mercari and Poshmark and sometimes if it's flooded on eBay it'll sell on Mercari or Poshmark quicker I use this perfectly and I do have a video that shows how that works down below um how I use it to cross post if you decide you want to try it based on that video you can get 30% off your first month with coupon referral code BOLO buddies all one word now um why do I say that it's important to cross post because the people that sell on Poshmark are buying on Poshmark they're probably not buying on eBay and they're not buying on Mercari the people that sell on Mercari are buying on Mercari now me I sell on all three platforms eBay Poshmark and Mercari so guess where I buy all three platforms so um but I I I kind of like Mercari a lot so but I spend a lot of money on eBay as well okay I purchased this before I go any further let me know which platform you source the most on is it the platform you sell on let me know I purchased this at an online auction I spent ten dollars on the entire lot it sold in less than a month for two hundred and fifty dollars it's Blanco glass crackle decanter with shipping and tax buyer was all in for two hundred and ninety four dollars and this is what it looks like it is fantastic it is beautiful um it's something I would walk right past so uh I like these types of BOLOs because they teach me that I need to even if it's breakable think about does it have resale value even if you don't want to ship it bought this at a yard sale for two dollars not my best BOLO because it took four months to sell but since this is the beginning of April it's the best this month thanks for doing all the BOLO videos I learned so much and appreciate your hard work okay so to me four months I am good with four months um two bucks and a fifty three dollars and ninety three cents plus shipping I just list it and forget it it is a bridal bug by Christopher Radco Christmas ornament wedding gift decoration so this is what it looks like and I actually have one of these listed in my ebay store right now and um Terry from mindful recycle actually gifted it to me in a box of BOLO she sent me you guys gotta go watch this video if you did not see it oh my goodness and if you have not checked out Terry mindful recycle this is her channel definitely go and sub her up and I mentioned farm girl scavenger noelle earlier BOLO finders those two check them out moving on keep your eye out for these 60s chalkware figures got this one at a state sale as part of a box of items I put together I paid 10 for everything so I'm probably into this for less than a buck and I sold her for a best offer of 65 pronounced kitschy just for you Courtney hippie retro mod kitschy flower power girl vintage chalkware figurine pencil holder and this is what it looks like yeah kitschy that one always gets me all right this one comes from a rural squirrel to be honest I didn't know this brand but when I found this bag in the Minneapolis bins it felt nice so I looked it up Henry Bendell is a luxury brand for L brands who owns Victoria's secret pink and bath and body works oh I didn't know that I've heard of Henry Bendell and I know that their items are a BOLO but I did not know that about L brands she said it and it dissolved in 2019 but still has value it won a thrift challenge I did with I'd flip that and Mick flip and ship and just sold for a best offer of a hundred dollars ps sold for five hundred and seventeen dollars and forty eight cents got for free from another business that we own this is an old stock that the business no longer sells be on the lookout for James Bama artwork it is very popular and highly sought after this one comes from Nina's jewels and she's talked about this one before this James Bama so it must be just a big money BOLO because she's featured it before because they sell for big bucks this is what it looks like and definitely go check out a rural squirrel and Nina's jewels all right here comes another one from BOLO buddies member champagne tastes 73 she sold for 80 dollars in it is going to Australia international shipping purchased many years ago for six dollars didn't know how much about Boucher Boucher jewelry just kept it and never wore it just thought it was interesting finally put it up for sale for 95 and took a best offer of 80 nice profit so I don't know what she paid for it but this is what it looks like all right I am posting this for it's all goods 94 because she does not have a Facebook group but she sent me over the BOLOs and here is the first one it is a vintage snowboard snow thrasher 1990s by black snow used she paid a dollar for it at a garage sale and sold it for 45 plus shipping the next item here is this tinkerbell it's a tinkerbell figurine disney class collection margie ray certificate detail um so i'm guessing she wants you to go to read the details found at a garage sale for five dollars and sold it for 100 plus shipping and the next one is this view master how many of you pass by view masters i know i typically do this one is a gaf view master monster gift pack collectible six disc set vintage view master paid two dollars and sold it for 45 and it's all goods 94 is selling a lot on whatnot so definitely check her out over there take two enterprises bolo buddy's member and this is her ebay store um it says ebay store name is selling is my game she said i have just randomly found these dice in games i've gotten over the years so for the price i paid i would say free just sold these dice for 49 99 plus shipping to germany and this is what they look like so they are vintage translucent catalan bakelite dice die so that is her title and they're green very cool got it at the goodwill for two dollars and 99 cents and sold it for 222 dollars and 50 cents excuse me it is a vintage 1960s gopher israel pottery camel mcm avraham avraham blue signed and this is what it looks like oh that's the name of her store okay that's cool i like the name of her store i sell stuff i hope you like oh that's such a cool name i love it bought it savers for six dollars prices were all over for these so i bid at 60 and sold for 144 oh no i'm sorry i started the bid at 60 and so it was an auction and it's a howard pierce porcelain hippo figurine how fun is that it's a hippo oh my goodness this next one so cute bought this for two dollars at salvation army sold for 45 sold in less than a week oh my goodness i think i would have kept this if i find one of these i'm keeping it this is the cutest thing ever it says fungi friends blue plush stuffed animal by aurora it's not the cutest oh i love it okay i'm gonna be on the lookout for keeps for keeps all right not really big money but these were fast sales the trinket box sold on mercari and three days for an offer of 42 which was two times the price others were listed for paid six on hybrid so this is a vintage hobnail pink milk glass oh art alt lin will lin while china trinket dish japan and this is what it looks like and she did show the little breakdown of the fees so if you guys are interested about how the fees work on mercari that's a great way to know um if you're not selling on mercari i love mercari um and if you join with my referral link down below you're going to get ten dollars to shop when you join and another twenty dollars to shop when you sell a hundred dollars worth of stuff on mercari so that's thirty free dollars to shop and what should you do with that thirty dollars you should buy something to resell and then you're making even more money um my referral link is down below if you guys want to check it out the track mouse sold on ebay for asking price of 45 dollars and two hours free from work and have another listed okay so this is it's a longitech marble mouse usb track ball and this is what that looks like and she said let's see courtney thanks so much for the content you put out i found the trinket box using google lens and i have a video that teaches you how to use google lens it looks like this if you guys are not using google lens it is a free tool it is super easy and it is going to help you identify so many items um half of the people in the facebook group i don't think they have it you guys need to get it because a lot of you are asking what is this and you could take a picture of it and use google lens and you would know immediately and she said let's see i found the trinket box using google lens which i learned about in your videos and knew there was a good bolo on some computer mice also from your videos and thank you ronda got junk in our trunk love your content also and ronda is a moderator of the facebook group and she has an awesome youtube channel so she's just giving ronda a shout out this has got junk in your trunk i'm sorry got junk not in your trunk got junk in our trunk oh my goodness all right paid zero just time spent growing it out oh my goodness what i've seen everything i've seen everything now i'm gonna talk about something after this but this i've not seen paid zero just time spent growing it out yes that's what i said if you're getting a haircut anyway might as well make some money sold on ebay for full asking price of 99 dollars and 99 cents now i've heard of people selling like their dreads like they grow their hair out in dreads and they i've seen that before but this is just fresh cut virgin human hair 14 inches brown curly ponytail she sold her ponytail she sold her ponytail i just feel like we should end the video with that one because i'm in a little bit of disbelief right now she sold her ponytail for a let's see she she charged shipping so she sold her ponytail for over a hundred dollars wow wow has anybody else ever sold their own hair let me know down in the comments all right you guys thank you so much for being here thank you for watching there's going to be some other videos popping up and a subscribe button i hope that you'll subscribe and let me know which bolo was your favorite and also let me know how you found how you found the channel thanks for watching