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Monday morning cute just to help you through your week. A fun one for all Mario fans
I was actively promoting, and making sales, but someone on the forum mentioned there was no point if your item is one of a few. I’ve been actively cancelling promotions and it hasn’t really made much difference.
Personally, I think promotions are a money making gimmick for eBay with no real benefit to anyone, but with the added annoyance of seeing the same item twice if you’re a buyer searching for something specific. But it’s just my opinion, and as they say….
Sharyn! Wonderful! And look at you racing into the lead! You may win this one yet!
VT, yup! Double dipping actively encouraged! I mean, it’s double motivation, right? You got your two points.
Julie B, you didn’t post! Did you take the clothes to the cleaners?
Well, we’ve hit the hump for this challenge. 3 Wednesdays down, 2 to go. Sharyn and I tie for first, but one sale and VT makes it a hat-trick! Although, with Sharyn’s list of items ready to go up, we may be in for quite a race! Exciting times!
Hi Daysi, the one with all the painting is probably a tourist piece, as Antique Frog says, however I see that style more often in the Congo than in South Africa. This is the pair I picked up from the DRC. They’re kind of hard to price, because folks like them because they’re pretty, but they’re touristy, so they need a particular buyer.
The cat is definitely not African.
The all wood one, now, is probably genuine. Look on the inside to see if it has the marks of hand tools. That’s a good indication. Genuine African pieces are done by hand with awls and other non-electric hand tools, and the scoring is obvious on the inside. On the outside they are sanded smooth. I’ve picked up a few of this style in Mozambique. Have a look at Makonde art for some ideas, as the Makonde people tend to focus on carvings of people and face. A good sized piece like this I wouldn’t price less than $30. Price upwards as high as you feel comfortable, but be prepared to sit on it. They are very long tail because of the plethora of cheap tourist pieces.
WedWoes #3
No new listings and no sales yet, worse luck. However, I did spend several hours polishing up that binnacle. One of the previous owners painted the inside of the binnacle white and splashed paint onto the oil lamps, so I have to scrape that paint off and then polish those up too. Working nights after I’m done with all the other business stuff, I hope to finish it within the next week and get it listed.
I’ve been intensely busy this month with off-eBay projects, so I’m finding this harder than expected, but they wouldn’t be Woes if they were easy! 😀
My bad, I had only 13 listings this week, not 14. The spreadsheet is correct, even if my post was not!
Spreadsheet updated and Libby juuuuust edged VL out to take the win!
Glad to have you on board for the WedWoes, Julie. It’s good to get these old hangers-on out of the way, isn’t it? Don’t forget to post the work you’ve done and any listings tomorrow. 1 point if you post, 2 points for EACH listing. Points can rack up pretty fast in this challenge!
Listed 14 this week. This weekend, I went out, for the first time since… um… March? Scored a major haul of about 40 items!
The WedWoes reminded me of this advert, with a little boy who calls everything Wedwo.
P.S. I also love Redro. Haven’t had it in forever, but it was fabulous stuff!
Spreadsheet updated with Utahbill and the WedWoes. Sharyn, if your item sells, it will go into next week’s numbers. Fingers crossed! That will give you the first sale of the challenge!
The increase in free listing subscriptions was what I found interesting. No need to level up to a larger store any more.
