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Ugh! I listed one item that wasn’t a dp. Pathetic. Non-ebay busyness and burn out in the way this week.
Total Items in Store: 425
Items Sold: 6
Cost of Items Sold: $80 + $3 free shipping
Total Sales: $234
Highest Price Sold: $70 (Two new plates)
Average Price Sold: $39
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $20 on 2 items
Number of items listed this week: 1 ugh!Glad to hear you had a good trip. Not sure if I missed you talking about sourcing there or not.
This past week was filled with extra kid events in the evenings and I was heavy in my role of Mom the Planner and Fixer. I’m in a mode where I’m not crazy about being at my day job. It’s a great job with good pay and flexibility, but there are times when I don’t find it stimulating. I’d love to have a weekday off and list while the kids are at school! I really crave that when it hasn’t happened for a while.
This weekend had somewhat of a break when we went to the movies (Ready Player One) and played a game (Settlers of Catan) while the power was out. So nice reconnecting with my busy teen son. So, was a week when Ebay listing just didn’t fit in. I’m selling off my RA inventory on Ebay that I had bought with my early Ebay profits and not sourcing RA so that’s nice. Currently saving for our June quarterly taxes and being even more frugal than usual. Also thinking about a garage sale next month as my kids have old toys hanging around and have outgrown their furniture. Might be some death pile items that wind up in there which would lighten the load a bit more. Our last garage sale was very successful. My inventory shelves are emptier, so I can really start to see the progress I’m making. I feel like this is my most boring post ever – lol sorry! Keepin’ it real.
Another vote for the Odyssey. This is my dirty 2010. My future death pile free self will enjoy taking it to estate sales.
Yes, that’s an older Anthropologie item. Try google image search to find the pattern.
I really want to find some Bitossi. If I get out from under my death piles I hope to find some at estate sales. Saw the real deal in Palm Springs. So awesome. That is a cool vase btw. Looks like West Elms style.
We get turbotax at costco. I think it’s a fairly good price.
Interesting report. I heard online that milk glass is cyclical and is cooled right now. If you can manage take some photos next time. I was thinking of starting a topic for photos of displays. We have an awesome local sort of antique mall but very upscale. They have a a lot of rustic and nautical items with great styling.
I have a similar issue – going to unload some of our better brand clothes from home, and I want to do it before the free returns requirement. Personally, I don’t think consignment or my items should count. Maybe I’ll switch on and off with the clothes and death piles. Not much shopping lately…
It seems to me that the states will find a more reliable way to get their sales taxes, but it will have to be done in a comprehensive manner that does not result in impossible bookkeeping for sellers. Really it makes more sense for the platform to collect and disburse. We are definitely not there yet.
You’re welcome. State challenges look dismal but we can’t really afford the path we are on. Tax law is never as permanent as it seems.
Congrats on paying off your car! You’re one to watch Doubly. TFS sales too on Wednesdays.
Finally did our estimated taxes and the software allows you to make adjustments under the new tax law. Looks like we will take a hit, but it’s not as bad as I feared at first. We’ll be paying an estimated $4k in additional federal taxes. We will now pay federal taxes on all of the money we pay to the State of California in taxes. It would have been much more but the child tax credit is higher and luckily for us, the phase out is way more generous. Retro here you go with a real world example of someone losing under the new law. I hear the regime is going to try to go back for another bite at the apple (capital gains rate + permanency). I’m sweating already…
So so week for me even with company and kid events. I listed 14 items, 11 from death piles. Listed three times, but one was a single listing before I got interrupted.
Total Items in Store: 425
* Items Sold: 9
* Cost of Items Sold: $112 + $21 free shipping or upgrade shipping to get ins.
* Total Sales: $493
* Highest Price Sold: $115 two RA plates paid $20 clearance – running out of these! :-
* Average Price Sold: $55
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $15
* Number of items listed this week: 14Happily the Ebay gods were smiling on me. All profits went to 2018 quarterly taxes so it was a timely sales bump. Sales continue to be dead or clustered. End of work week seems better.
Still need to listen to the interview and looking forward to hearing from you J&R. Retail seems to be heading toward a hybrid of ecommerce and smaller presence brick and mortar. It totally makes sense that smaller retail shops with unique items would be supported in progressive cities. Kudos to these youngins. Have a great week.
