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Would be great if Ebay negotiated with FedEx and then actually passed on the savings.
I’m pretty much on break mode and only sold one item last week and one the week before. Struggling to find a contractor for my dad’s remodel who is available, good, and reasonably priced. This and the kids being out of school is taking up my time for now and it’s been stressful.
Basically I haven’t bought anything or listed for over a couple of months now. I ran a sale today to try a little life support for my store. I do not particularly feel like taking on Ebay listing into my crowded mental space but could use the money for our summer vacation and Hamilton tickets, so plan to get some Ebay mojo back and list soon. This is the slow season of my contract work and projects have dipped over the last couple of weeks.
Wishing you all better than usual summer sales! I’m hoping to read about how you all did with make offer to buyers. I’m also interested in hearing about anyone selling home goods on Poshmark. Someone said on Youtube that it’s messy right now and limited.
@HistoryNerd thanks for your input! PNW schools are very high on our list. My son fell in love with Seattle on a family trip and we’ve already toured UW. I suspect that a smaller school might be good for him but we need to flush that out.
#3 is particularly interesting to me. There is some controversy about bothering to apply with dream schools. This Ted Talk is relevant.
#2 is also very interesting because he would consider the Midwest region, which is supposed to be easier to get into generally. Michigan is a reach school, Minnesota and Wisconsin are on the list.
We are right next to UCSB and he’ll certainly apply there.
He is concerned about bio job prospects and when I mentioned it to the counselor, she agreed. Trying to research where the two might intersect, careerwise. I’m hoping he can find a tech field where he can use is creativity and out of the box approach to things. Maybe also his interest in ocean life. He’s a kind soul who is great volunteering with kids and peer tutoring. We think he might make a super teacher. We also think he might enjoy the Midwest, where it’s a bit easier to connect with friendly people. The weather scares me though.
Thanks for sharing. Interesting perspective on the mega tour. I’ve heard some negative comments about those. A lot of the schools on our list are pretty spread out, except there is a cluster in New England.
Thanks Indy. He’s done some coding in classes and short camps and seems to have some proficiency for it, as well as some interest. I hate to see bio go to the wayside but we have some time to explore in high school. He has comp sci and AP bio next year It would be hard to fit in a 3-4 month coding class (he’s knocking out an AP this summer at CC) but I think this is really smart advice.
Hi Sharyn and thanks. This part of your post is really interesting to me.
One thing that my daughter wished she did more of was volunteerism. Some schools really emphasize that. She is waitlisted at two schools, and she thinks she might have gotten in if she had more volunteer experience.
Was this just a suspicion? What made her think this?
There are a lot of UC schools on our list. That is definitely a lot of bang for the buck. You’d like my son scavengers. He already wants to move away from California to pay less taxes and get more house for his $. Very scavenger type thinking.
We haven’t even begun to get into the financial side of it, though it will certainly be a consideration. He will get some help from a grandparent though that won’t cover a private school. He would only qualify for merit scholarships even though after taxes, retirement, housing expense, and the higher cost of living we are living basically middle class out here and have not saved for college. We’ll do what we need to to make sure and cover his undergraduate degree at a school that is a good fit. Beyond that, he’ll probably do loans.
We have an excellent, free community college here. However, my husband I an both experienced seriously amazing growth by going away to a four year school and we king of want that for him. Selfishly, I’d love for him to stay home of course.
Total Items in Store: 255 Ebay, 45 Mercari
Items Sold: 5
Gross Sales: $157 Ebay, $10 Mercari
Cost of Items Sold: $62
Highest Price Sold: $50 (set of Dansk side plates)
Average Price Sold: $39 Ebay
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Thankful for the sales. It’s been at least 6 weeks since I’ve listed and I’m way down from 400 items. Enjoyed the podcast on my drive back from a quick LA trip. Life is very busy. It’s fun to listen about scavenging strategies even if I can’t do it. In fact, between my dad downsizing, my daughter’s outgrown clothes, and stuff in my kids’ rooms, I’m adding to the piles without even going shopping. Ugh. I expect to get back into listing before the better Fall season hits. Have a great week and enjoy scavenging.
Thanks Terri! We went with cheaper bathroom faucets (with plastic innards) in our house only to have to replace them in a few years. I’ll check that out.
I’m basically on a hiatus as I help my dad transition and remodel his new place. 0 listings for me until I chime in with something else. It will be completed by mid to late summer I expect so at least it coincides with summer slowdown. Have a great week ladies.
Putting nothing in, getting nothing back. Sold one item on Ebay this week for best offer $30. I’m focused on my other job and renovating my dad’s new place, so Ebay is still on the back burner. I didn’t even manage to send any offers from the app but will this week. That’s a great feature.
Enjoyed the discussion of value and that is relevant to me now as I choose products for my dad’s place. And even as I choose what to update and what is not going to increase the value of the unit. I have expensive taste but I try to get bargains. My dad is the cheap swede and is out of touch with what things cost. “How much is a dishwasher? $200? Vanity $200.” Anything buried in the wall or labor intensive such as plumbing I’ll pay up for. I found out our Costco has Hansgrohe fixtures and they also had $50 off ceiling fans. Yeah for Costco! I have some time before he moves in so I will be hawking local sites and Habitat for some deals. Picked out nice stock tile this week.
Zero for me. And I picked up a set of china and seven more boxes of death pile stuff from my dad’s house which goes on the market this month. Ugh!
Thank you for the podcast. I listened while I was returning from my dad’s on a road trip. My husband and I don’t work together on Ebay and are very compatible, but our occasional trouble areas are: (1) he is very goal oriented and I’m not. I can see the big picture, get what I need to get done, and don’t overspend, but I kind of take things day by day and do my best; and (2) sometimes we are in agreement but don’t explain things the same way – it’s a bit hard to describe but it frustrates him. Another thought is that while I appreciate his zeal for retirement savings, I wonder if I’m going to live to enjoy it. I have a sinking feeling that I will look back and wish we had traveled more and saved a bit less.
On vacation and closed the store this week for peace of mind. Have eight more boxes of stuff to add to my death piles. Sigh.
Total Items in Store: 270
Items Sold: 2
Gross Sales: $40
Cost of Items Sold: $7
Highest Price Sold: $25 Craft kit
Average Price Sold: $20
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Reporting to you from the dead zone this week. I’m amazed too about people who have like 3 or 4 kids, work full time and squeeze in Ebay. Hat’s off! I’m getting sandwiched between the older and younger generations through the summer on a reno / relocating project and honestly I have been a little bit on a tv binge lately, which is not like me so maybe to deal with the stress of it all. I guess I’m taking a hiatus from listing (and buying). Might as well make it official. My luck finally ran out this week getting $200 in sales despite that.
Still need to finish the podcast. Thanks for doing it!
