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Look at the invoice (print a packing slip!) and see if it says 1 or 5. The packing slip is what the buyer is going to get.
It will also depend on how the shirt/s were listed in the auction format. I know you can’t put variables into an auction. So the auction may have defaulted to Qty 1. Have a look at your original listing. Or post a link to it here for us to look at.
Oooh, WisePrey, I love that clock! But then… I love clocks! 🙂 I have one in every room in the house, and there are three in the main living area. LOL
You need to identify the clock movement. The face of the clock has no identifying features, but sometimes the value of a clock is hidden in the movement (the mechanism that makes it go.) As your faceplate just says “China” it’s possible that the value is going to be low-ish, but you can crush up a bag of peppermint candy canes, put it in a $1 jar from the Dollar Store, make it look fancy, and then gift it as “Fairy Dust to make All Your Cakes Look Magical”, so why can’t you take a good looking clock and make $30 plus shipping? *wink* In fact, as it’s wood and heavy, I’d price at $
The number one thing to know when identifying your movement are the numbers off the back plate. Getting these numbers can be annoying since your clock movement is probably in a case. We suggest using a little compact mirror to view your back plate or simply putting a camera phone on flash and taking a photo will work too.
From this website.
For horology in general, here is a great reference website and here’s one with visuals on older timepieces.
Doing a quick Worthpoint search for pendulum wall clocks without a brand name, I found this one that sold for $42 and this one that went for $38.72.
Put it up for $50 with BO and see what happens. Add “heavy”, “well made”, and “with key” to your listing. Also test to see if it chimes. I’d put it on eBay for sure!
antarestar, I found the same thing! Now I just strip the bed and lay the curtain out on it (on a white sheet.) Gives the buyer a look at the whole length of curtain, but without the hassle of me having to remove my existing curtains, hang the one I’m selling, and then reverse action. I’m tending to move away from excessively sized sales items, though. The hassle of photographing them just isn’t worth the income, IMHO.
… buyers who honestly believe that a $5 offer on a $50 item is acceptable, and that by going up $1.50 for consecutive bids will make you suddenly decide you are quite happy to take it!
Great article here. If you still have their email addresses, this might solve your problem.
Posts like these make selling online worth all the hassle! Thanks for the chuckle.. and it isn’t even Friday! 😀
Oooh… I like the last one! That’s a great idea! May I add that to my list too?
Good luck on going full time.
FlipperTools has a great breakdown of the new rates on their FB page. I don’t know if it’s publicly available or you are supposed to be a member, so I’m not going to share it in case I do wrong, but you can join their FB group for access.
LOL. I like the way you asked. Can’t wait to tell her she’s an “is”… but I guess I set myself up for that one!
For privacy, I don’t name any of my family online. My husband is Himself. My daughter is The Bratness. My grandson is Squiggles (or Squiggs, for short.) So, for example, a blog post about a family outing would say “Himself announced we’re all going to Six Flags for the day on the weekend. As I suffer badly from motion sickness and Squiggs is too short for most of the rides, Himself and The Bratness spent the day developing shades of green and scream, while Squiggs and I did the kiddie rides and waaaay too much cotton candy!”
Wow, what a week! Molly made 500 listings – CONGRATULATIONS! It’s a heady feeling, isn’t it?
And Sharyn hit 1,000 here in the challenge! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS! What an achievement! You’ve rocked the challenge this year!
Only 4 weeks to go.
Vintage Lacy, I’m going to Reading, Berkshire for 17 days to visit the kids. The Bratness has been threatening to drag me all over to view all the gorgeousness of this more than 1,000 year old town! We’re also planning a day trip to Oxford just to explore. I really wanted to add in a trip to Ireland or Scotland (which is MY favorite place! *wink*) but I don’t think we’ll have the time or budget. Sales have been lower than anticipated, so I don’t have the $1,000 spending cash I was hoping to have. Still, it will be beyond marvelous to visit the kids. I booked an extra luggage piece so that I could go over there loaded – I’ve sewn the quilts (mentioned earlier) and have a bunch of other goodies that I’m going to haul across the pond. I’m allowed my 2 checked luggage, plus two cabin baggage, so I’m going to look like I absconded with Santa’s sleigh. Perhaps I should put one of the luggage items into a sack, paint the other to look like a sleigh, and add reindeer horns to the cabin baggage?
I twinned Sharyn this week and also listed 8. I decided that a minimum of 2 per business day is my goal for the foreseeable future and hit my target. If you tell me I’m 2 short *wink* I’ll tell you I only had 4 business days last week. I’ve started a new series of treatment on my knee and Fridays are now ‘weekend’ as I’m either in doctor’s offices or laid up after unpleasant treatments. I’m supposed to stay entirely off the leg for Friday and Saturday, and Sunday I’m on crutches, so I have a 4-day work week for the next 3 weeks. Worst time of year for this, but as the aim is to be pain free for the next 6 months, I’ll take it!
Molly – I always catch folks up if they post missed numbers. Nobody gets left behind in the Twins! 😉
While I’m away, I’m going to put the store on extended handling time. J&R have had multiple discussions on the perks of doing it that way rather than vackay mode, so I’m going with Community Wisdom.
You guys are the BEST! Thank you.
I didn’t know anything about Nightmare Before Christmas, I thought it was a horror movie! 😀 Somebody told me this mug was Beetlejuice, so I went with that. Now I know what I have and got some great advice.
I love this Forum!
I’m thrilled you guys are posting with your photography woes. I get so discouraged with folks like T-Satt who can photo an item in 2-3 minutes and those who seem to do a gajillion photos a day with no problems. It’s good to know I’m not alone!
😀 😀 😀 😀 antarestar – you have hit the nail on the head! THIS! Definitely!
I tried installing one of those time-out apps that kicks you out after so many minutes… but it counted eBay as internet… as well as Worthpoint and any other research sites. It was a brief, frustrating trial.
