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I haven’t listed anything since the beginning of December. At that time I had 300 items, I’m down to 188. Items continue to sell although slowly.
I liked this teddy bear sale purchased for $3 sold for $27. I really thought it would sell in February for Valentine’s Day.
Very happy to see this bulky coat sell. Paid $10-12.
I picked this up because of Ryanne’s what sold videos. It took 11 months to sell. Paid $1.50.
Blue Love Birds Pink Flower Embroidered Applique Cotton Quilt Block Framed
A lovebird is a type of parrot, not sure if these are truly lovebirds but term is used loosely for a pair.
Picked this butter mold out of my mother-in-law’s goodwill donation box, so it was free. She purchased it in the early eighties when they were stationed in Belgium and Germany. She just downsized from a 6 bedroom colonial in PA to a 3 bedroom ranch in CO. She had tons of antiques she sold to a dealer.
It took 6 months to sell but sold at $189.99 full price!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/282142824028Because of the what sold videos, I decided to try some Michigan brochures from an estate sale. Purchased for a dollar sold for $22.
Total items in store: 230
Items sold: 8
Cost of Items Sold: $31 thrift + $29 retail
Total Sales: $216.88 ebay + $60 craigslist
Avg. price: $34.61
Highest price item: $79.99 Burton ski jacket
International sales: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $0
Number of items listed: 1An average week for me. I haven’t been listing and I have been removing some of my old low value items.
Total items in store: 241
Items sold: 12
Cost of Items Sold: $27 thrift + $105 retail + $23 consignment
Total Sales: $438.39
Avg. price: $36.53
Highest price item: $79.99 tie – Ugg Shearling Shoes, Burton Snowboard Pants
International sales: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $0
Number of items listed: 0This was a great week for me, especially since I haven’t listed in over a month.
Total items in store: 253
Items sold: 3
Cost of Items Sold: $3 thrift + $32 retail
Total Sales: $75.97
Avg. price: $25.32
Highest price item: $59.98 2 packages of jockey underwear
International sales: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $0
Number of items listed: 0It was a dud of a week. This week is already much better.
Very happy with these coat sales:
Sawyer of Napa made in the USA paid $24 sold $163.
Gorsuch long down coat. It seemed like a sleeping bag you could wear. Paid $14 sold $25.
Laundry is no laughing matter and there are only 4 people at my house. I have had to do very little laundry over the last year. I pay my twelve year old to do the laundry. Our washing machine has been broken for over a week and he wants to earn money, so we are going to the laundromat tomorrow.
That’s terrific! Selling 5 items is a great start.
I still remember selling my first item for $17.49 in 2007. It was a new with tags Zutano dress. I had taken it to a consignment store and they were going to give me $4 for it. I knew I could do better. I put it up for auction and had two bidders go back and forth.Hi Linda, in order to reply under a post, you need to be logged in, so that you can see the word REPLY to the left of the posting number, which is at the top of the post. Click reply and it opens a box at the bottom of the page, but it will post under the comment.
Total items in store: 283
Items sold: 8
Cost of Items Sold: $37 thrift + $73 retail + $12.50 consignment
Total Sales: $531.94
Avg. price: $66.49
Highest price item: $163 Vintage shearling jacket
International sales: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $0
Number of items listed: 0I felt like Flim (Faith) selling only high dollar clothing. It was a great week selling coats for $163, $125, $80, and $70, but there goes all of my high high priced inventory. I’ve already gotten glowing reviews for the Sawyer of Napa shearling and Gorsuch down jacket. I’ve had the down jacket up for over a year so I was happy to see it go, purchased for $14 sold for $125.
Total items in store: 283
Items sold: 9
Cost of Items Sold: $23 thrift + $10 retail + $17.75 consignment
Total Sales: $292.38
Avg. price: $32.49
Highest price item: $64.99 Spyder Ski Set
International sales: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $5
Number of items listed: 0A good week.
I learned about money from my parents. Papa was a fireman and photographer. My mom was a stay at home mom until Papa died at 38. My sister and I were 6 and 10 years old. We were lower middle class and then became a working poor family. My mom sold our 3 vehicles and we lived on the proceeds for a year. My mom was then able to get a job as a secretary at the elementary school.
Papa’s life insurance was the equivalent of 2.5 years salary. My mother invested his life insurance money into Treasury Bonds and T-Bills. From my experience, I’m a big advocate of having life insurance equal to 10-12 times your annual salary.
Before Papa’s death we would take weekly trips to the savings and loan to deposit $10 dollars into my savings account. I loved going because I would get a lolly pop and all the tellers would ooh and aah over me. I thought it was magical how the teller would stick the passbook into the machine and it would loudly print out the new balance and I could see how the number was getting bigger week after week.
Papa also took me to Holly Securities and we would see Mr. Peek, the stock broker. There was a lava lamp in the front waiting area that I found fascinating. They would talk about stocks and I would go into the darkened back office and watch the ticker tape. Papa was a risk taker and bought penny stocks. Nothing ever came of them, but at least AT&T did well.
Starting when I was five I got a 55 cent allowance. I was required to save 5 cents for church and then rest I could save or spend on gum which was 25 cents. I really liked Bubble Yum. The allowance increased such that by the time I was a senior in high school I would get $7 a week, which I could keep or spend on lunch, which cost $1.10 a day. I always packed my lunch and socked the $7 away. Seventh through 11th grade I had free or reduced school lunch which was 40 cents.
Once my father died my mother held monthly budget meetings with me and my sister. She would say this is my pay and then break out how much went for rent, clothing, food, electricity, water, gas, clothing, church, etc. We would then review the budget the following month to see if we had kept within the budget.
My mother saved every single receipt. She would even make sure to take the 35 cent receipt for the New Jersey Parkway toll. The grocery receipts went in the drawer with the kitchen scissors. She used cash for most everything. She paid bills on the 1st and the 15th of the month. She always balanced her checkbook. She found a dollar error one time and went right to the bank to have it corrected.
I started working under the table as a breakfast waitress when I was 12 during the summer. I held jobs every summer as a waitress, chambermaid, and lifeguard. I also cleaned my grandparents house once a week. I used my savings to pay for college. My mother and I split the cost of my college tuition, which was small based on the number of scholarships and financial aid I received.
My mother worked very hard to support me and my sister. She died herself at age 61 from cancer. She never bought a house and lived in the same rented duplex from 1974 to 2008. She worked from 1984 to 2007. Her starting salary was $19,000 and when she died she was making $40,000. In the end she had nearly half a million dollars in assets plus a pension. We chose not to cash out the pension. I signed the pension over to my sister, which is good for the length of my sister’s life. My sister gives me a small check every month. It makes me smile to think my mom is still giving me an allowance.
I do feel that people are predisposed to be a spender or a saver. The same parenting doesn’t necessarily translate into children becoming savers or spenders. In my house, my son is more likely to work to earn money and then spend it right away on things he wants. Whereas my daughter is a saver and frequently uses her money to buy gifts for other people.
11/6-11/12/16
Total items in store: 292
Items sold: 7
Cost of Items Sold: $18 thrift + $16.30 retail + $7.65 consignment
Total Sales: $189.93
Avg. price: $27.13
Highest price item: $36.99 Columbia coat
International sales: 0
Money spent on new inventory: $15
Number of items listed: 4Total items in store: 295
Items sold: 7
Cost of Items Sold: $7 thrift +$5 retail + $49 consignment
Total Sales: $168.92
Avg. price: $24.13
Highest price item: $98 – 3 listings of American Girl Doll Clothes
International sales: 0
Money spent on new inventory: 0
Number of items listed: 11This was a dud of a week, especially since the person hasn’t paid for the American Girl Doll clothes. That would make for 4 items sold for $70, if the buyer doesn’t pay. I fell off the listing bandwagon.
