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Listed 2 items – RA that just arrived. Stressful week outside Ebay and I’ve been having a really hard time sleeping lately, so not in a good listing head space at all. Hoping this week goes better though I have some of the same remodel and kid issues to deal with. Hope you all have a good listing week.
Congrats on the gold/yellow train case. Personally, I’ve had trouble selling them in less desirable colors. I would probably still pick up in aqua, red, or pink, or in the tweed texture.
Love that tile sale up there. Wow.
Steve my dad grew up in Minneapolis and he told me he’s planning a fly fishing trip to North Dakota. Told him I “knew” a scavenger, but in So. Dakota. So close.Crazy couple of weeks outside Ebay so I’m grateful to have any sales since I haven’t been listing. Really excited about the holiday weekend! Happy Labor day to all of you other part-time office trash elves. Incidentally, I’m going through a phase where cautious buyers are asking a lot of nit picky condition questions. One found something wrong with a $10 book and life’s so crazy I just refunded immediately without asking for the item returned. It’s funny how this happens in waves.
Sold my kids’ used backpacks, textbooks, etc. so that’s nice. Textbooks don’t excite me but are good money if current it seems. Also sold some book lots.
Magic School Bus lot paid $3 at a church book sale. Also sold this Japanese comic book set for a great price. Paid $10 for the set at local chain thrift and sold quickly. I like picking up book sets and media mail shipping is so reasonable.
This Hazel Atlas small bowl sold quickly. Paid $2 at a thrift store and kept another three piece set for myself. This aqua print is quite desirable.
Sold a few items of ours that I cleaned out of the kitchen for the remodel. this bread basket for example. Still trying to sell some Americana brown Pyrex on Facebook pretty cheap. I don’t think I will buy the brown again and will end up listing these on Ebay or Mercari maybe.
Finally, this was an item I wasn’t sure about but the buyer was super happy and shipped them all the way to Europe. 70s Brass tennis bookends. Paid $3 at indy thrift.
Hope you all had a good week. I didn’t do well this week with 3 listings, none from DP. Kitchen reno, company, back to school, work. Onward! It’s Fall and time to list!
I did consolidate a couple more boxes of vintage stuff, so happy to see some space continuing to open up.
Hope you feel better very soon R and thanks for your past consistency with the podcast!
Total Items in Store: 457
Items Sold on Ebay: 12
Gross Sales: $300
Cost of Items Sold: $42 + 28 free shipping
Highest Price Sold: $60 Quantity 2 new bowls paid $17 clearance in Spring
Average Price Sold: $25
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $18
Number of items listed this week: 2Mercari update: Sold one item, listed one of our clothing. Mercari sends a message about low view, stale (6 weeks old) listings asking if you still want to sell the item. Interesting…
On Ebay this week sold a lot of low dollar items and it felt even slower. Life outside Ebay unforgiving so I’m hoping it’s a better week on Ebay. I did manage to sneak out Saturday intending to shop at the tile stores, which were closed by then so I went late to two estate sales. Didn’t buy much but interesting. One was a clear the decks divorce sale at a gorgeous property with a city view. Amazing furniture at fair prices but the little stuff left was way overpriced. For example, they had one of these Dansk Teak Ice Bucket priced at $90 and not in great condition. Another “Moving Miss Daisy” (love that name!) run by some fun gay guys who obviously know their stuff and also price high. I’m going to have to learn the ropes later when I clear the death piles. I guess estate sales might also be about finding what other people are missing. And building relationships and finding the right companies or family run sales.
Have a great week.
Grady: hi, yes looking for the sold price – thanks almasty. I bought this item for $6.99 at GW without much thought. I bought another small piece not realizing it was a print on board. I actually sold that small one for about $45 or $50 I think on Ebay and the buyer was super happy. Grady, happy to hear your thoughts on value. I’ve put in on local Facebook groups already but probably will get a better price on Ebay.
Thanks! I wish my YTD total listed was bigger. I think it’s probably a good time to list your afghans and linens. I don’t think I have any selling tips, but personally I’m only picking up going forward if a really cool pattern or color scheme I think.
Vintage Lacy you can really handle quantity! Hope everyone is having a relatively calm week outside Ebay. I listed 20 items, 7 from death piles. Sat down 5 times to list this week.
I did some very focused RA summer clearance and hit one grand reopening sale at my favorite thrift for vintage items – that was fun but backpedaled a bit.
Kids go back to school this week and I love Fall. It’s making me feel some urgency to list. The pile categories I’ll be working are cookie cutters, Christmas, and tablecloths. I can’t bring myself to say flatware or vintage fabric but makes sense to tackle those this time of year. Have a great listing week!
Total Items in Ebay Store: 456
Items Sold: 12
Cost of Items Sold: $375
Total Sales: $892
Highest Price Sold: $322 (3 piece bedding set, paid $199 on sale Set )
Average Price Sold: $74
Returns: 0, but one loss of $28 buyer claimed new item sent with bottom chip and I replaced no charge.
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $478 (Loaded up on more clearance bedding sold above, plus one thrift reopening sale of vintage items)
Number of items listed this week: 20Mercari update: cross posted 3 kids book lots, sold a death pile Disney mug overnight and my daughter’s jacket for $40 profit. Word on Facebook is stale listings don’t move on Mercari and they pump up new seller’s listings. So strong start, and then eases off.
Also sold made $30 on Facebook selling less desirable vintage Pyrex lots that I didn’t feel like shipping.
Nice sales on Ebay and a couple of customer service issues, which I almost never get. I had my first truly nutty and mildly abusive buyer. But, moving on. I don’t have many problems so I’m ok just throwing small $ at something to make it go away. Hopefully I’ll escape without any negative feedback and keep my 100%.
Glad you enjoyed your trip to NYC and are excited about your new project. My kitchen contractor is great and I told him I admire him for calmly solving any issues that crop up. He said that’s what the job is – pretty much solving problems. So kudos for you for being able to deal! That’s not for me. Great prices at West Elm. You had good timing for RA brick and mortar picking though I feel like the summer sales aren’t quite as generous as they used to be a year or two ago. All the same, it feels SO good to get nice quality at Walmart prices. Have a great week!
I like that advice Sharon. Here’s what I did. Buyer C hadn’t paid yet. I took the out of stock hit which I could afford and apologized and sent a brief explanation. They accepted the cancellation right away, no comment. I apologized and offered Buyer B 50% a similar item in my store. If they ever respond, I’ll also offer to buy the same item from another seller or refund them the difference if they do.
Buyer A I figured is most likely to follow through and leave bad feedback. So, I fulfilled the order for them. If they still leave bad feedback, I will for sure fight it. If they complain about the item (expecting that), I’m just going to refund and let them have it – totally not worth it. What a cluster!
Ebay let buyer A pay again with the original item number even though it was relisted (Ebay’s fault). She had it in her cart before I blocked her. Buyer A threatening to complain to Ebay. Ebay rep said refund in Paypal and she can’t leave negative. Not sure I believe her.
I would and have donated unsold Heartstone pottery before. There are currently a few for 10 or 15 dollars with free shipping. I don’t have a problem with breakables though and that wouldn’t factor in much if I already owned it. Fun to see what people say on this issue of pricing I’ve been thinking about. Incidentally, I’ve not done very well with single sugar, creamer, or honey servers generally speaking even if it’s a recognizable name.
Workspaces / internet area are cropping up downtown here with wine and coffee bars inside but not sure if you have the right age group to support that.
Have fun with it! I’m confident you’ll make a good choice.True. I feel like during later decades we will all go back and think about what stuff of little value we – adults and kids – were scrolling vs. spending time with family or friends and cringe. In my house at least we don’t have phones at the table.
