We like to think of our eBay store as a”steady state” business and our numbers over the years have reflected this to be right on. Also, eBay now has Amazon-like catalog pages for some types of items like books. Interesting?

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Our Store Week June 10-16, 2018

Store #1
Total Items in Store: 6624
Items Sold: 40
Cost of Items Sold: $79
Total Sales: $1,646.36
Highest Price Sold: $400 (necklace)
Average Price Sold: $41.15
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $350
Number of items listed this week: 120
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Store #2
Total Items in Store: 882
Items Sold: 2
Cost of Items Sold: $18
Total Sales: $119.99
Highest Price Sold: $100 (vintage planer)
Average Price Sold: $59.99
Returns: 0
Number of items listed this week: 0

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Last week we talked about not “keeping up with the Joneses” and a listener had a much better way of putting it- Scavenging off the Joneses. We love that idea. That along with Jay’s 45th birthday and a visit with some older neighbors, our take away for the week (month, year, life) is to do what you want right now, don’t wait until you have “retired” to make it happen. We couldn’t have said it better.

Dan from Melbourne, Australia pointed us to a program that eBay is testing in Germany and Australia called eBay Plus. It’s basically eBay’s version of Amazon Prime. Wonder if they’re pushing free returns to make way for the program in the US? Seems like it.

This is the Keto Instant Pot Cheesecake Recipe that I love. Instead of using a springform pan, I used these in little 4 oz mason jars as ramikins.

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Our Store Week May 27-June 2, 2018

Store #1
Total Items in Store: 6588
Items Sold: 27
Cost of Items Sold: $90
Total Sales: $1,894.90
Highest Price Sold: $520 (vintage art silkscreen)
Average Price Sold: $70.18
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $60
Number of items listed this week: 50
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Store #2
Total Items in Store: 887
Items Sold: 4
Cost of Items Sold: $7
Total Sales: $85.11
Highest Price Sold: $33 (vintage napkin rings)
Average Price Sold: $21.27
Returns: 0
Number of items listed this week: 0

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We happened to stumble upon a full on basement clean out of a friend’s defunct business downtown. Happy to help, we joined the group to organize, sort, donate, dump and ultimately scavenge and sell all their unwanted stuff. We live for moments like these!

We mentioned eBay’s Summer Seller Update. Amazon banning buyers who abuse returns too much. Also, we love this little bluetooth FM transmitter for listening to podcasts in the car.

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Our Store Week May 20-26, 2018

Store #1
Total Items in Store: 6567
Items Sold: 35
Cost of Items Sold: $120
Total Sales: $1,752.48
Highest Price Sold: $200 (vintage nylon stockings)
Average Price Sold: $50.07
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $20
Number of items listed this week: 35
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Bonanza/Trugether:
Sold 0 items for $0
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Store #2
Total Items in Store: 890
Items Sold: 2
Cost of Items Sold: $4
Total Sales: $81.43
Highest Price Sold: $50 (vintage brass candlesticks)
Average Price Sold: $40.71
Returns: 0
Number of items listed this week: 0

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