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Thanks! I didn’t think it was anything special, BUT not being any kind of denim expert and the realized price of old denim, I took a chance at less than $5. Measurement wise, it seems to be symmetrical. It looks sloppy on the inside, but not bad on the outside. Being raw denim is a bonus and already have it up and listed for $30. We’ll see how it goes!
Joshua
I, too, have a Kia Soul. It’s a 2014 base model. Manual transmission, which is what I wanted. It has a tow package, but it would be hard on the little buddy if I ever used it, but it may come in handy one day. It gets 30+ MPG most of the time and can haul a ton for it’s size. I got a great deal on it and though I miss 2001 barebones Honda Civic, this dude is worth the hauling space!
This is one of my favorite shows and have already rewatched it several times. As an former (and maybe someday again) detectorist, the show rings true. The detectors they use are high end machines, the way they hunt is genuine and even how they dig and cover their holes is the preferred method. Top notch writing and execution! I wish more shows were like this.
It has been over a month since I did a What Sold video. Between moving, work, eBay and other commitments, I just hadn’t had the time. This one clocks in at nearly an hour. I didn’t realize it would be that long and I expect no one to watch the entire thing. Anyway, just a highlight of what I’ve sold over the past month.
There has been a lot going on my side and I haven’t had a chance to get a video up. This covers the past few weeks. Sales have been great. I am up 60% MoM with August poised to be my best month of the year to date. Running a couple of sales seems to have really helped out. Enjoy!
Joshua
It’s finding that middle ground I suppose. I was more curious to see how others handled the issue and what their non-pay rate was. I’m going to keep it manual for now with daily emails and an UPIC on the 4th day. If it continues to increase as my inventory grows, I’ll go back to automated or do away with best offer. That will require more research in the future. Thanks all for the replies.
Thanks for all the replies and the mention on the podcast….but I am not a she 😉
I have decided to just keep it manual. I seem to get more of these than average, especially when you consider J&R have 5000+ items and I hover around 800. Anyway, I don’t know why I get more, but the majority of mine do not pay. I have one now that I gave 3+ days and sent 2 messages prior to opening a case. I am going to go the 4 day route with emails each day after the first and let them know that on the 4th day the case will be opened and there will be no way to close it without payment (this all assumes there has been NO communication from the buyer).
Joshua
It’s been a couple of weeks or so since I posted a video, but finally got around to getting one done. Hope you enjoy.
Joshua
Summer slow down is really kicking in. Still selling an item or two a day out of 800+ listings. Hoping things pick up, but at least I am stocking up for Q4. No huge sales in this video, just a lot of run-of-the-mill. Just purchased a new house, more than doubling my space for Ebay. My goal is to pay it off in 5 years using my Ebay sales. It will need some work done to it, so that may be a tad aggressive, but I am also using my current metrics and not taking into account potential growth, so it may happen! Thanks for watching.
Joshua
By the way, only 2 players from the roster had any kind of meaningful careers in the Big Leagues: Dick Coffman (really wasn’t that good, but played several years) and Goody Rosen.
Looking at the roster for that year I do not see anyone that achieved stardom in MLB that would make the effort of getting it authenticated worth it. I would sell it as-is, include a roster in the listing, show as many legible names as possible and throw it up for around $50 – $75 and see if there is any interest. The age alone should carry some value and a hardcore MLB collector might be quite interested.
As for other memorabilia, the better the player the greater the value. Also, the more unusual the better. An example, I sold a Cal Ripken Sr metal sign to someone with an obvious MLB collector eBay user ID for $75. I probably could have held out for more since it was so unusual.
For sports cards, stay away from anything later than roughly 1984 and realistically you should avoid anything post-1980. There are always key cards every year, but they almost HAVE to be graded by a reputable company (PSA, BGS, etc) to have any resale value. Ebay and the grading companies killed the card market. The exception are very rare, low number prints (think 10 or less) of super star players from the past (Nolan Ryan as an example) or super high end rookie cards that include a signature and/or game used something. Your run-of-the-mill Joey Votto signature or memorabilia card won’t be worth much.
I couldn’t find anything resembling that logo. I assume there are no tags?
Joshua
From the discussions I have seen the reasonings are rather vague if any are given at all. I think some sellers have assumed it’s due to misrepresentations of merchandise when listed for sale (whether it be condition, specifics, or missing items, etc). It certainly looks like they are pushing out the home seller. I guess that will be a boon for the really big flippers…for a while.
I can’t see how this is good in anyway for Amazon and especially customers. I buy very little on Amazon these days. I HATE HATE HATE how the search display works, cannot view the highest rated whatever with the most purchases etc, it’s one or the other, the prices are high, there is not good visibility on the used section, and more. It all feels like it was designed in the early 2000’s and never updated. On the other hand, eBay is great for searching. You can get as granular as you want and see actual descriptions of the items with photos. Stock is fine for new items, but that is it.
In my opinion, the ONLY thing Amazon has going for it is the fast shipping turnaround and that costs you $100 a year. While you do get other benefits for that amount, I am constantly questioning if it is worth it. I watch the Prime service once every couple of months, so maybe that answers my question.
It will be interesting how this affects ebay in the coming months. Will there be a rush of new stores and inventory moving in from Amazon? Will the casual to semi-serious FBA’ers just pack it in a quit instead of dealing with eBay? How will eBay react with less competition? This will kill a lot of the RA game (think retailers might be behind some of this??). Personally, I don’t think this will really affect me because I don’t sell much I would send to Amazon anyway. I don’t do books, RA, CD’s, DVD’s. etc.
Joshua
