Steve – I am surprised that you were able to give your address to the buyer before he paid. eBay usually detects an address or phone number. Good sale! I love those old tube radios, but I never try to fix them.
Two weeks ago, I sold a carved wood cane from Jamaica for an offer of $15. I hated that price, but I’ve had it in my inventory for several years. Then the buyer never paid, and it relisted. It sold last week for the full price of $28. I’m happy.
This is an electronic organizer that I sold as a commission for my neighbor at $79. He bought it, but never used it. I’ve learned to mention for any battery operated electronics that the batteries are most likely dead because of the age.
This engineering textbook was in a box of stuff a neighbor was throwing out. I sold it for an offer of $18. I find that older technical books can sell well, at least better than other general textbooks.
I was channeling you Steven at an estate sale in digging through a box of stereo wiring and junk to find this tape deck selector and dubbing switch box from the ‘70s. Unfortunately the company that was running the sale was unimpressed by the lowly junk box it came out of and wanted the outrageous price of $10 for it, though they eventually accepted $5 to get rid of me and my ranting. It sold for $40 plus shipping.
Sometimes I just don’t know what will be a hot item. Apparently, a lot of people need parts for Thule brand vehicle roof racks. They were OEM on Land Rovers for a time. I had four of them from a family car recently sold and put them up individually, selling all within a few days of listing with 2 going individually for $13.89 each and 2 bought together for $12.50 each, all plus shipping.
Another item from that car was this OEM trailer hitch. Typical Land Rover, it’s an engineering marvel and easily detachable yet locks securely and is Class III. It sold for $380 with free shipping (cost me $20). In the $600 range new at the dealer, they usually go for more but the locking mechanism did not fully function correctly (well, it is Land Rover).
Military challenge coins have been uncharacteristically slow and I’ve had to send out multiple offers to get them out the door but this consignment was a nice sale at full price, $148 plus shipping. It’s for the 4-star admiral Chief of Staff of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
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