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I am in the process of figuring out how my eBay store is going to change and grow in 2023. I have some ideas and it will be fun to watch them play out. In the meantime, my eBay sales are down a bit so I will have to live vicariously through all of you most weeks.
What did you sell this week?
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/265785230593
I bought a whole box of vintage drafting tools at a yard sale for a few bucks this summer. Why was this one worth $50? Who knows!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265772709434
A couple years ago I bought over 200 pair of smart wool socks at a Dicks Sporting goods tent sale. I paid $2.50 a pair. I sold a bunch of them a couple years ago in the fall after I bought them – every pair I listed. For a couple years I had a memory of having a whole additional bin I didn’t list buy could never find them. Finally they turned up this summer when I was reorganizing. So now they are the gift that keeps giving again!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266009384606
Another pair of vintage Levi’s. I took an offer of $60 yesterday because I was hungry for a sale to ensure a $1k week. Then after that I sold another $250 before the night was over. Makes me kinda wish I would have countered. Oh well!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265711443261
This is the last lot from the massive haul of Anime DVD’s I bought from Goodwill a few months ago. I sent an offer of $160 that was accepted. I had to pay $2 per disc unfortunately, so I paid $64+ tax for this lot. In the end I still made a bunch from that lot. It was worth it!
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That Goodwill DVD haul is practically from another time. Unreal! I’m happy if I find one or two weird DVD’s at my local thrifts, and maybe half the time the DVD is too scratched up or doesn’t match the case.
Your Yu Yu Hakusho listing is so nice compared to comps of the cheaper more recent $50 box sets. But those older Funimation DVDs can gain a real cult following sometimes.
I love that old compass too. Looks like a medieval torture device.
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Unfortunately it looks like that DVD sale is a deadbeat buyer. Their 4 days are up in about 2 hours for a cancelled sale. I’ve tried to reach out multiple times with an invoice, payment reminder, and even my canned last ditch message where I even throw them the lifeline that it ok for them to change their mind and I can cancel the sale.
Nothing – not a peep. Some people just suck at communicating like a decent human being.
Oh well. I have 2 $300 sales this week that have already paid so movin on and up!
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Sucks about the deadbeat buyer, but obviously it’s all part of the game. Maybe this is morbid, but I wonder sometimes how many non-paying buyers had something horrible happen to them. Like they’re in jail, a hospital bed or a casket. Obviously the vast majority of non payers are just your typical eBay flakes but I’m sure we’ve all had a few buyers whose disappearance was actually something very sad.
I will be curious how fast your lot sells after relisting. I’ve noticed that sometimes my unpaid items sell really, really quickly after I relist them.
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For sure it’s this atomic starburst piece. $135 for one coffee mug. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334625135845
I’ve been lucky to find here and there a piece of this pattern and it’s popularity has really exploded. On Facebook I’ve seen people post that they found a whole set. Amazing.
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Wow, that’s a crazy price for a coffee mug! If anyone got curious, like I did, why this pattern is worth so much, I found this article which gets into why. I’m sure social media is a huge factor in its value compared to 20 years ago as well.
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I sold a huge vintage gold starburst Syroco clock for $150. It was a real pain to pack, but it definitely qualifies as interesting. I don’t think I’d want it hanging in my house, but to each their own.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275546976862?hash=item4027e1325e:g:P~AAAOSwt0djeVPz
I sold a vintage Cosmo Time Talker talking alarm clock. I had been sitting on it for years and I finally took an offer of $105.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275546792671?hash=item4027de62df:g:Z70AAOSwcXFjeUeM
This vintage gas station mug from Casey’s sold for $40. I love selling weird items like this.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285045470013?hash=item425e08b33d:g:BaIAAOSwCUljeVSb
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Great sales, Zach. Like @julie-b, I also love the starburst clock even though it’s not to my taste.
Really smart pricing on the gas station mug as well. A lot of $20 sales in Terapeak, but most of those are newer mugs or amateur sellers with $10+ shipping. It makes perfect sense that yours sold for full price. How long did it take for your mug to sell?
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That mug took about 3 months to sell, which is pretty fast for that type of item in my experience. Some can take years to sell (if ever). Pricing for old plastic mugs is a bit tricky. It’s partly based on age, partly based on perceived brand equity, but also based on the uniqueness of it. I love Casey’s (especially the pizza), so I bet other people do, too. And that mug was VERY 90s. Most of my plastic mugs are in the $15 to $45 range.
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