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08/06/2023 at 12:20 pm #100741
Last week was a rare one for me in that the only items I sold were sports and trading card related, the first time in months that’s happened. But it’s not a surprise, since I was on time away through last Thursday, and sent about half of my store to auction on Monday. So there were only about 150 BIN/BO items in my store inventory in the first place. With that context, I had 15 sales for $674 gross which really isn’t too bad.
This autographed booklet football rookie card was my high sale of the week at $160 ($126.16 net), and I made a nice profit on that one since I snagged the original listing (which had a title mixed-up with another listing) for a great price of around $30.
This lot of Red Sox cards to a repeat buyer was my lowest card sale at $15 + shipping ($12.37) but my cost on those cards ranges from $0.25 to $2 each, with most towards the lower end of that range. I have my lower end inventory organized so that when one of these lots sell, I sort out another lot, put all the cards into appropriate sized sleeves, take the scans and sell similar from the old listings. If you’re going to mess around with sub $25 listings, at least make it ones where you can sell in quantity and relist fairly easily.
These autographed batting gloves were my only non trading card item sold on a slow week, and it was an $15+shipping sale ($11.16) after two years of waiting. I won the original auction for $0.99 + a few bucks for shipping since I bought a few other items (cards) from the same seller. Nothing extraordinary but it’s a few bucks on something that’s easy to list and ship.
What did you sell this week?
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08/07/2023 at 9:22 am #100749
My biggest sale of the week was a Lenox crystal vase for $90 that is part of my commission sales for my neighbor. This is a another wedding gift that was never used.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185874751651
My next best sale was a globe lamp for $50 that a different neighbor put out at the curb the day before trash day. Through the grapevine, I heard that they have bought a new home that is being renovated, and they will put their current home up for sale sometime in the future. Looks like they are going through their closets little by little. The buyer for the lamp paid a bit over $20 to have it shipped to Oregon.
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08/07/2023 at 11:33 am #100754
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266312115214
Marantz Headshell NOS Sealed with leads and screws
I bought some misc audio/video junk at a yard sale a few years ago and this was inside a random box. Gotta love free, unexpected home runs!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266317661810
Green Star GSE-5000 Elite Slow Masticating Juicer Jumbo Twin Gear Cold Press
Sold for full price. Paid $7 at goodwill. This is the kind of things you find after saying you “need to scavenge less”. LoL!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266297192092
Bass Sportocasin Shoes Leather Brown Mens 7 D Vintage V Nail
Hey I’m all for a $150 sale, but this one is….odd. I sent an “offer to buyers” on Friday. The kind where you don’t get to even know the buyer’s username. Saturday morning around 10:30 I get a phone call and the person addresses me by name. They start talking about the fact they have a pair of sportocasin’s and they want to send me a picture. I’m really freaking confused and then he tells me I sent him an offer of $150 on a pair. I asked him to send me the photo on ebay to steer the convo back there, but he sent it in a text…and now I have a penpal.
Long story short – it’s a harmless old man who just wants to chat shoes and life in general and get a matching pair to his for his son. He ended up buying them for my offer on ebay. What’s super concerning was how in the hell did he get my name and number from ebay? I went through all my settings with ebayforbusiness and they could not see any way he would have been sent my info. Even with the INFORM act, he should not have gotten this info and clearly isn’t internet savvy. I’m glad this guy is harmless (so far) but what about next time? This is the crap that was my concern when the government started this BS system.
What a wild random call!
On that note, go to this link and request an exception if you run your business from home:
https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/resources/inform-consumers-act
Ebay says that the INFORM act info was not communicated to him on an offer to buyers, but it had to have been. My real name would not have been in this info, so maybe he looked up my name/number from the address? I think the simplest answer is probably correct – ebay gave the dude my real name/number even though it is turned off in settings and the ebayforbusiness rep was playing dumb.
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08/07/2023 at 3:52 pm #100760
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Thanks for this. (The INFORM Act info). eBay does not make that easy to find when looking thru your account settings.Also, I noticed that even though one may be eligible for an exception, due to having a residential address, One must still go in and opt into the exception. The eBay default is to share your residential address. Duh.
This deserves its own thread.
Timo
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08/07/2023 at 4:17 pm #100762
I don’t recall ever seeing the exception thing in any communication on the INFORM act. I found the exception thing in an unrelated google search.
The ebay for business person also gave me a link for some account settings I’ve don’t recall seeing before. I probably have but it has been revised or something.
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08/08/2023 at 2:09 pm #100769
I just checked a friend’s listing (eBay UK) on eBay USA. It has his name, home address, telephone number and… actual BT email address!
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