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06/13/2017 at 6:57 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19369
Beautiful.
06/13/2017 at 6:21 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19367Is that histogram a tool you use or is it just from a spreadsheet you make? Neat little visual and I might like to do something like that myself.
06/13/2017 at 6:19 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19366Would you email me some pictures at bthouse68@yahoo.com?
06/13/2017 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19348Awesome find on the Omega Constellation. Is it working and do you have any idea what year it is?
06/12/2017 at 3:35 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19318I buy insurance on a case by case basis. If the item is small, not expensive, and unlikely to get broken, I don’t add insurance. If the item is big, often times Priority Mail covers enough (first $100). If the item is super expensive and I would take a hard hit if I had to refund, I insure in full.
06/11/2017 at 10:20 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19290The way I understand things is that you can sell Cuban items that were made before the embargo (1958). The style of these pennants and the silk handkerchiefs point to them being of that era.
The eBay regulations are pretty vague.
If they take my stuff down, I’ll live with it as I’m only out a few bucks. There were other Cuban items that I passed on because of the price – crocodile shoes & handbag, tobacciana, etc.
06/11/2017 at 10:07 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19288Awesome sale on that photo – can you link us to it? I currently have a Civil War photo listed and there hasn’t been too much action on it.
06/11/2017 at 9:59 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 314: Selling on eBay while in the Military #19286Excited to listen in the morning. I come from a military family, although we didn’t live on base. I know the struggle to make ends meet while serving the country. It’s honorable and the thing I’m most proud of my father for (after Army BT, he worked in the White House & then Camp David before retiring from the service in 1992 after his 20 years enlistment).
Week June 4-10, 2017
Total Items in Store: 936
Items Sold: 19 (1 Amazon, 2 Bonanza)
Cost of Items Sold: $75 (12% of sales)
Total Sales: $626.91
Highest Price Sold: $156 (48 Star Philadelphia Quartermaster flag)
Average Price Sold: $33
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $170
Number of items listed this week: 30
Promoted listings test: 5 sales, $247.49 (39.5% of total sales), $14.10 fees (5.7% of sales)Another above average week for me. Summer seems to be here during the week & early weekend, but Sunday nights I’m killin’ it. 14 of my 19 total sales this week came on Sunday & Monday. 5 sales the rest of the week.
Picks this weekend were good too. What I think will be my biggest score was finding a box of 14 antique locks working with keys. It was the second day of a sale, so the guy gave me all 14 for $50 ($3.57 each) and I listed 13 for $39.99 and one for $29.99. This is the range I sold the others I’ve had in the past.
Other good picks included a Levi’s denim wallet (likely 70s or 80s), a 1908 Bausch & Lomb microscope, and some neat 1950s pre embargo Cuba souvenirs.
06/11/2017 at 9:30 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Prince & Wendy picks, Engineer boots, Coleman Cooler, Video switcher, Jeanie Rub massager #19261I love these old mah jong sets. They’re so gorgeous and well made. I’ve had several of the styles that look like they’re in a little suitcase over the years, but your looks much older than mine. Where did you find the detail about the flower tiles? Were you able to find a mah jong site for reference?
06/08/2017 at 12:29 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Prince & Wendy picks, Engineer boots, Coleman Cooler, Video switcher, Jeanie Rub massager #19174That Marsh Wheeling cigar box brought back a lot of memories… that was my grandfather’s brand up in Weirton and of course his garage was FULL of those boxes full of nails, screws, tapes, zip ties, etc.
06/08/2017 at 12:14 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Prince & Wendy picks, Engineer boots, Coleman Cooler, Video switcher, Jeanie Rub massager #19172The key on those Bossons heads is condition. They are quite fragile, so every little nick matters. I’ve sold mint condition heads in box with tags for $200+, but also have sold broken ones for repair for as little as $10. I was fortunate enough to buy an entire lot of 75ish from a collector a few years ago and did quite well on it.
06/08/2017 at 11:28 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Prince & Wendy picks, Engineer boots, Coleman Cooler, Video switcher, Jeanie Rub massager #19168Another good start to the week thus far, fingers crossed it continues through the weekend!
Sales with a story since last week’s post:
48 Star Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot Flag
You all know it… I LOVE FLAGS!!! I’ve had this for about 8 months, bought at an estate sale of a big time military collector for $25. Sold for $165 best offer.Tiffany Paloma Picasso Silk Scarf
I know Jay doesn’t like scarves. I don’t mind them so much because of the wide profit margin. Can usually pick them up for $3 or less and easily sell for $20+. This one I bought 2 weeks ago and just sold for $32.50 best offer.Ever Ready Single Edge Safety Razor
Always also buy safety razors when the price is right (less than $5). Usually they sell quickly with the proper research. This has been listed for years. Finally jumped on the first offer I ever got on it at $15.(5) Vintage Estate Tobacco Pipe Lot
Part of the big estate lot of pipes I bought 2 weeks ago. Listed the good ones individually (and have sold 3 so far for a total of $180) and then made 2 different lots of the lower dollar pieces. This sold for $80 best offer.06/05/2017 at 11:26 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 313: What’s your Backup Plan to eBay? #19004Yeah, things are really coming along, but I by no means expect this to be a normal week (although I would love it to be). The strategy of finding quality over quantity is slowly paying off. Also interesting that the promoted listings continue to provide sales – although I haven’t cracked the nut on whether they are actually driving incremental sales that would have gone elsewhere or if I’m simply paying fees for sales that I would have gotten anyway. That’s my next challenge in the process.
06/05/2017 at 8:38 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 313: What’s your Backup Plan to eBay? #18990Not really on topic, but just saw this in the advertising trades:
AdAge: eBay Paints Itself as Colorful Contrast to Amazon
In the new campaign, eBay is highlighting the items listed as unique & colorful and make your life better while Amazon is more of a machine that you get the same old same old everyday. Ebay is investing in advertising to draw in more potential buyers – they spent twice as much on advertising last year as the year before, and with a campaign of this size that debuted in the NBA Finals last night, chances are their expenditure will be high again this year.
06/04/2017 at 6:01 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 313: What’s your Backup Plan to eBay? #18973I have a feeling this week’s topic is going to have quite a forum thread. With so many different models for our business and so many different situations we live in, the convo is going to be great.
Week May 28-June 3, 2017
Total Items in Store: 924
Items Sold: 20
Cost of Items Sold: $132 (15.9% of sales)
Total Sales: $830.02
Highest Price Sold: $100 (Pittsburgh Penguins signed photo)
Average Price Sold: $41.50
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 18 new, 8 relisted old listings
Promoted listings test: 5 sales, $254.84 (30.7% of total sales), $15.10 fees (5.9% of sales)I did not think the week was this good until I tallied things up. Really happy with a total & avg price like this. The past couple weeks had been a lot of lower dollar items, but this week it seemed like every sale was $30-$40 and then a few high dollar items mixed in.
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