Sale of the week December 3-9, 2023

[craig rex]

I had 285 items from my ~400 item store running at auction last week, and didn’t list much new stuff as most of my reselling focus has been on my trading card lots on eBay and single cards in my consignment port.

I had one small sale, $27 gross/$14 net, of my last book of Bernard Lonergan essays from a small collection that I purchased a year or two ago at a library sale. No barcodes on any of the books. I did no research. Just paid my $1/book because I thought they might have some value. I was correct. Every single Lonergan book from that haul sold on eBay in the $10 to $30 range. My prices were usually on the high end of solds, and they all still sold, which is a reminder of the advantages we have as scavengers from taking a few decent pictures and creating an optimal title. Lots of resellers are too focused on volume to have much of a strategy beyond that.

I love it when everything sells from a haul, with nothing to donate or stick on a shelf for six months until I see it one day and realize that after all this time, maybe I should have donated the stuff from the beginning. But some things are worth holding onto for a while. These books were out of print, so most of them had just 1 or 2 similar listings to compete with. Unicorns do not always sell fast, but if there’s a decent history of solds in Terapeak, that’s usually a good sign that there is a buyer somewhere out there for your item.

What did you sell this week?

[ChristineR]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335156764881  Someone had a search out for this and it sold immediately best offer auto accept.  My practice is to put best offer on everything right away, but I’ve sold a pillow from this line before and should have known better.  Paid $3

Sold this doggie to a prop house in Hollywood today.  https://www.ebay.com/itm/235243938750

[Retro Treasures WV]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266345381574

Epson WorkForce WF-7510 All-In-One Inkjet Printer New sealed box w/ inks

I bought this for $50 at Goodwill. I took an offer of $700. Most printers are indeed junk, but it pays to look at them.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266411820978

3” Trackball Betson Imperial Arcade Lot Of 3

Some holdovers from my heavy arcade repair/collecting days. Way before I had a true ebay reseller business, I would buy large lots of arcade parts on ebay for cheap and then test/resell the individual pieces. I sold a ton of trackballs back then such as these. I’d clean/test/refurbish them and sell for $50+ each. It was a self-sustaining hobby supported by selling parts and selling refurbished machines. I also did service/repair work for other people (including a local pizza chain) for $40/hr. That may sound like alot, but big companies did service work for $100+ an hour and they did TERRIBLE work that I often had to redo properly.  At one point my garage gameroom had over 20 arcade and pinball machines. I’d have people over for game night and I’d get asked what something like this cost. I’d truthfully say I had no money tied up in any of it. I’d get the typical ‘wink,wink, nudge nudge, chuckle yeah my hobby is free too’ response and move on. SERIOUSLY! NO MONEY INVESTED! I was pretty darn proud of the fact that I was able to have an ‘expensive’ hobby that didn’t actually cost money.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266471252367

Wear-Ever Super Shooter Wearever Cookie Candy Maker Press Foodgun 70001

Bought for a couple bucks at Goodwill. Sold for full price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266339566136

Honeywell Programmable Wireless Focuspro Thermostat Kit YTH6320R1001

I bought this at an estate sale buried in the corner of an unlit, hot, dusty storage shed. Paid $10

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266547672659

Skylanders Trap Team (Microsoft Xbox One, 2014) – No Manual Tested

It pays to have even a minor knowledge in video games. This sold for full price and was not in great shape. Xbox has alot of junky games, but some of them are worth some dollarbucks. I grabbed this out of a clearance bin at a local pawn shop a couple weeks ago for $5. I had the listing created in my van before I even left the parking lot, and then took the photos when I got home. I stop by there every once in a while to check their game section to see if any big ticket games show up. I wish they would sell older games. They are pretty short sighted and don’t take in any older system stuff.

[ThriftShift]

Scavenge of the week: 2 carved wood cabinet/bookcases, likely from India. Listed at $1500 and $750.
eBay item numbers:

145498030001
145498039218

Sale of the week:  Lucchese black caiman cowboy boots, eBay item number 145467965014.  These were free and sold for $375.

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