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Really cool dragon print pillows. A buyer bought both from me this week. 🙂
listed 15 last week. Hope for a lot more this week. Have a market on Saturday to prep for as well.
Y’all I’m losing it a little bit this morning. I just got my second INAD in a row on a brand new item. Had sent the buyer pictures of the item all around in messaging. She took an EXTREME close up of the item (painting) and called it scratched. If EBay sides with her too, I might as well do free returns! My other buyer found some restraint and has not yet left feedback.
I’ve had one INAD before these in all my time (also false). It took a year for that negative feedback to fall off.
Need to listen to Jay’s old podcast discussions to be reasonable.
I saw the Broadporch Coffee wagon in a Youtube video about Lucketts Market. 🙂
I bought six educational no screen coding games. It’s kind of random for me but they are brand new. I hope they are not too long tail…
@Craig it depends on how long it’s been listing and what I paid for it. Anywhere between 15-33%, a few 50%.
Ebay did decide in her favor, which is really frustrating. Also I reported her violating the return policy and they have no record of the report, yet am blocked from filing another report. No feedback yet. She just got refunded. I went on this lady’s feedback page and there is good feedback but a few IN ALL CAPS craziness and other sellers reporting problems with her, including her using profanity. I should have just taken the hit. 🙁
@VL A lot of the Portland Youtubers say picking Europe is amazing.
I created 17 new listings, mainly yesterday. I listed a bunch of stuff I just bought that was a pain to list, but at least I got it done. Large banquet table linens, a large art glass platter, XL serving bowl. I did get good prices for these, but questioning myself for sure.
@Antiquefrog I found a cool ship decanter last week but sadly it was missing the stopper. I loved the nautical, etched design. I’ve been challenging myself with the clear glass for about 9 months. You get used to spotting the quality.
Sorry I was just joking. 🙂
At least I have been good about not plunging into estate sales much. We have them year round, lots of older people live here. But I know I’d just get even more swamped and quickly. At least with thrifts I get only one or two items usually. The flea is limited as well unless there is an amazing clean out person – not often.
@VT oh good you were making me feel bad. I think Sharon is the only one who cleared the piles then? I have at least 20 bankers boxes and quite a few totes. Still some larger family stuff that I might try on Facebook Marketplace. Really need to get that out of my storage.
I listed 16. Have been spending some time with the kiddos, my dad and my husband plus having insomnia and servicing the dog. Hope for better this week. No pop up market.
I found this art glass bowl at GW, they don’t forward large breakables to corporate. $9.99 less 25% coupon for donating. https://www.ebay.com/itm/365098599059?_skw=Verlys+France+Art+Deco+glass+bowl+%27Birds+and+Koi%27+ca.+1930&itmmeta=01JYKTSS63HGJA0JMRR15HYFDG&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAABIFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dEcxm9MpaFPR9ZGsKKXAg7ZU9Ec5MEJjQt3vaI2tZfknS7M44oWqc%2B0%2BmUlQt0NCvNXnO%2FXQbgdF0V61zffyJBkwWLEBGgAcfnuNXlyU7Ainu%2FKQ8EfUBPH70bn%2FS9xtQiA%2Be87zCT1QNkxWPl6WxaC%2Fw1%2FCyuqM7e6ZSKETx30VJkisfpotW%2BdY9n%2FPxraCpYIKKqKY8wJ8sw5%2F8Z6EbPslgAwAOXlYUg5z%2BYPKqIqQoBXZX4Y8JFjnouaFp9fGGX%2BrUTiVLKlTgjuNk6KffKUeB9UCVGzRy%2FJqk1qjaTtSCynzpPDqtKUfG4AocqBgcim7gEKzqATnvNEgDvGppwm04gJAssWARHnTd3h0iT4g%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMkpPn-vRl
@Craig, I do ok with photos. I fall down on sitting down more often to create listings.
Total items: 1145
New listings this week: 16
Items sold: 18
Gross sales: $756
Net sales: $485
Average sales price: $42
High sale of the week: https://www.ebay.com/itm/335841063597 Went at the end of day 1 to an estate sale in a super packed house and found these under things. Paid like $2 maybe.
I’m approaching 5000 items and 2000 feedback on Ebay. Crazy numbers for how part time I have been. Our taxes were on extension and we just went in to sign. Despite having a medical emergency / injury for 3 months last year, my business profit was about double, in part due to the pop up markets. Still not impressive by any means, but not too shabby. I wish I could just consistently kick it into gear with the listing.
Honestly did way to much sourcing last year but it’s hard not to get out after working a desk job for many years. My kids are home for the summer too – one perhaps back home in the fall tbd -but we aren’t traveling much so I hope to giddy up. I’m keeping away from estate sales and garage sales to work on the piles but letting myself out to the flea market and once in a while while passing through to the Goodwill, which is on my way to everywhere. I’m also passing on things I would have bought before. Part of the journey but still similar challenges to my early Ebay selling. The pop ups and Facebook Marketplace have provided some balance but still need to list online more often.
I’ve also started to reach out to the most reasonable and better located antique mall here, which is very hard to get into. The local joke is someone has to die before you get in. I could probably get a spot in nearby downtown Ventura where the rent would be about the same as that one but I really don’t want to add that kind of driving into the mix with my current smallish vehicle. It would be great to get a fixed space if the rent is $300 or so (unlike others here at @600+). I have been accepted to the better pop ups here in town now and have one about every three weeks through October (or November), when I will probably break from live selling.
Thanks to R&J for keeping the forums alive for now! Sending virtual hugs.
I listed about 18 new items, 5 of which sold. Definitely pricing and offering to move things. It feels good to be back listing and getting results.
@VT are you almost done with the piles? Amazing.
Total Items in Store: 1142
Items Sold:
Cost of Items Sold: $40
Total Sales: $233; Net: $144
Highest Price Sold: $44 Tonala Pottery Owl
Average price: $33
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $80?
Number of items listed this week: 0During this week I reset my whole store with sell similar. I’ve been able to send about 120 offers, many are 25-33% off but few takers. I was waiting until the offer opportunities dried up to start running a sale again. I like the newish feature where you can bulk sale based on new or used. I’m calling it the “summer of sales” (borrowed from a Youtuber) and just closing my eyes and discounting a lot of older things. I generally have a lot of margin except for some of my new items.
I cleared enough room in the garage to put one car back in. I still have a lot of organizing and framing work to do.
I have a market this weekend – a bit tricky because it’s before and during this parade https://www.swt.org/solstice/2024/parade/index.html. Lots of people come out for it and we are on the parade route, BUT they aren’t going to want to carry stuff back to their car.
I’ve enjoyed the live selling but this might be my last season (ending October). Some of the things about our very high cost of living area that make picking so good make it harder to sell at pop ups. People aren’t as spendy as LA people up here, probably because they can’t afford to. I also have a bit of an issue with few older people showing up at the markets. I don’t really have the right car to travel to LA and sell and might be a little old for that with this heavy art work. The prep really takes away from Ebay but it’s really nice to get out of the house and interact with people.
I’d rather have a booth but the rents are a bit crazytown. I’m talking to some locals about that. I might dip my toe in starting with a bookshelf.
In the meantime, I have a a lot of inventory to list. I’m trying to be really good about staying out of the thrift stores. I’ve kind of lost my appetite a bit for buying larger breakable items so that helps.
