Sale of the week March 17-23, 2024

[craig rex]

I took a few days “off” eBay at the beginning of last week to do some further planning and organization for my big spring cleaning, then life got in the way at the end of the week. I didn’t create a new listing until yesterday afternoon, a 9 day gap which may be my longest since I started reselling full-time 2.5 years ago. I didn’t use the end and sell similar trick either. With a 175 item store, I’m not sure I would try end and sell similar ahead of sending aggressive offers or repricing or listing better stuff. Of course, I didn’t do any of those things either.

Now that I’m really analyzing my last week, and my own behavior, it is a small miracle that I sold anything. Of course, because eBay can be strange, I had a busy week with consistent sales. 36 items to 27 buyers for just over $1600 gross/$1100 net, slightly up from last year even though my store is much smaller. Go figure. The lesson of the week: do nothing you’re supposed to and don’t even think about listing. Not every week, that’s reselling suicide. But maybe one week out of the year?

Some of these sales were because of my specialty, sports cards. I sold four Terrence Shannon Jr. autographed 1/1 encased proof cards at $50 a pop (three to the same buyer) as he led his Illinois team to two victories in March Madness. I sold seven Naz Reid autographed Panini Prizm draft cards to the same repeat buyer at about $20 each. He has probably bought ten cards from me, almost all Reid and most of the different color parallels from this Prizm set. Collect them all, which is basically impossible with how some are limited to 1/1 or #/5, and you have what collectors call a rainbow. This is why I stock up on individual players when the opportunity presents itself, but usually I sell one at a time for a nice profit. It’s rare to sell seven anything to the same buyer on eBay in 2024, but this week was my turn for that. Couldn’t have happened at a better time.

I sold a few longtail items this week too. This Al Capone art card was given out at the 2022 National card show and I paid $26 for it in July of last year. There was just one other listing for $100 and a decent history of sales in the $100 range. Unfortunately someone flooded the market in August with $5 auctions, something I missed until now because I was traveling back from Chicago at that time. With that in mind, no wonder my copy has had no bites at the apple. Sometimes demand dries up for an item. I finally got an offer for the card last week after about four rounds of auctions, repricing and lowering my offer settings and even though it was just $30, I’m happy to move this one and go on to something else.

It’s been almost 18 months since I bought a listing with the incredible title of “Jimmy Carter inauguration” but I have finally made my money back with this $12 sale so anything I make from the remaining three listings of random presidential inauguration tickets will be pure profit. Not the type of item I normally sell, or care about, but it was a cheap way to learn a little bit and make a buck or two.

I did a little better on this authenticated signature of Maude Adams, an early 20th century actress who played Peter Pan. I purchased the auto for about $25 on March 16 last year and it sold on March 19 this year for $75. Not sure where my buyer was for the last year, and I’m not sure I’d pay quite this much for an item with such a scant selling history, but it worked out this time.

What did you sell this week?

[Retro Treasures WV]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266461143898

Cuisinart Vari-Speed Blender Model CB-4 12 Speed Glass Jar Lid TESTED WORKING

Cuisinart appliances are always worth a look when you come across them. I paid $3 for this.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266361603475

Ralph Lauren Polo Sport Performance Jersey T Shirt White Size XL Mesh NEW

One of the many NWT Ralph Lauren shirts from the hoarder collection. Sold for $60 on offer as I was hungry for sales. Here’s another one of them I sold this week for $65 on offer: https://www.ebay.com/itm/266520073788

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266548025257

Craft Spartan Race Running Shoes Womens Size 8

A shoe brand I had never seen before, but they caught my eye. A VERY well made shoe meant for triathalon runners. Sold for full price. I paid $8.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266702900605

Hoveround MPV5 Powerchair 9 X 3.50-4 Drive Wheel & Pneumatic Tire w Pr1mo Hub

I sold two of the hoveround wheels I picked up a couple weeks ago at an estate sale for full price. Not bad for a $5 each pickup.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266471311261

Vintage Apple II Utilities Guide 1985 New In Package Sealed Manual Book Software

I’ve had this in my inventory for several years. I picked up a pile of vintage Apple accessories and manuals all sealed at a yard sale for $1 each item. This was the last item from that haul. I think I made $400-500 total.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266462984480

CoreBody Reformer Nautilus Pilates Yoga Exercise Workout System

Sold on offer for $50. I had a box that I just had to lengthen a bit to fit. It’s always an adventure to pack/ship something like this. But hey, it’s done and I made $50! I think I paid $4.

 

[ChristineR]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/335198013632  It was not a thrilling week for sales by any means, but I’ll point out that I have sold I think all of my Denby china pick ups.  In the meantime, I have not done well with Dansk and had to redonate several items. Now I totally pass on Dansk unless it’s wood.

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