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Thanks for the Podcast R&J. I heard that in LA County, people are going out of the city to visit vacation rentals – like in the desert. The locals aren’t happy because of the potential strain on limited health resources there. The ski resorts shut down here before the state’s lock down for that reason. Hopefully you will continue to rent and be safe while cleaning up. I would imagine that it must be somewhat hard to set rates and minimum stays.
Ebay is quiet for me but my day job may be quiet for a time so I plan to list from all of my piles. I loaded up on groceries and bubble wrap at Uhaul before the shut down. I ended some larger item listings and changed Mercari items to the post office to avoid using Fed Ex. Extended my handling time to two days to allow for scheduled pick up. As long as the post office is still running, it seems like Ebay has an advantage with its army of individual sellers.
I’m hawking Mercari for underpriced personal buys with make offer but not to flip. I’m very surprised not to see non-essential retailers offering good sales right now. I would think now would be a good time for them to sell merchandise before things gets worse.
Last week was head spinning and felt like a month. Since my husband is on the hospital care planning team and I read a lot last week, we’ve become informed and have done our best to get ahead of the virus. We have been shut in alone longer than most. We are allowing no contact with older relatives, no play dates. My husband moved downstairs to the guest bed and bath after local confirmed cases appeared Friday. They are still not testing here except in a few cases so we knew before that it was out in the community. There just aren’t enough tests yet. Stay safe trash elves.
I sold some pajama pants. I’m hoping that as people get a bit weary from being home so much, home decor might start moving to replace some items. For example, I just purchased a new tablecloth from an RA reseller on Mercari.
@Almasty in our area younger people have been volunteering to retrieve prescriptions and groceries for older and at risk people and leave them at the door. If you are in that category, you might see if NextDoor or another local site might list this. You could also maybe try online national chain retailers that don’t immediately come to mind for groceries – like Target – and load up a bit. Good luck to you. We are wiping down everything, transferring food out of plastic packages and washing our hands after handling items from the outside.
Finally made it back to listing yesterday with 12 unique listings. Not sure what day job will bring this week to do at home. So far that doesn’t seem busy so I plan to keep listing as much as possible. Unfortunately, I moved all of my fabric boxes over to my elderly dad’s house. Debating whether or not to have him put them out. So much is here but not sure it is of the type to sell especially well right at the moment. I need to give that some thought.
It seems like it would be a good time to share items on Pinterest or Instagram if you haven’t done so already. I’ve been making offers too but that hasn’t really been producing sales and not many items are eligible.
Thanks ladies! If I get bored enough maybe I will work on business policies. Lots of projects to do. Inventory, COGS of remaining inventory. BUT I have a lot of smalls in my piles so that will take priority.
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So will Fed Ex pick up if you have an account but don’t purchase the label through your account (but through Ebay labels instead)? I don’t have a lot of sales going on but it’s a pain to go through and edit everything since I don’t have business policies. Thanks!
Everything is closing down where I live in California other than essential businesses and take out / drive up services. Most people are taking it very seriously. My husband says the hospital is relatively empty in a calm before the storm prep mode. My office is already work from home. My day job is sitting at the computer so between that and my kids being off I’m not getting any listing done unfortunately. The schools are still trying to roll out online learning.
I’ve been shopping online – my daughter’s birthday presents, some pre-owned clothing. Also looking for bargains and sending low offers because I’m online more than usual. Strangely, because of our virus-related demand professions we will probably work and make more this year. A strange reason for feeling ok about continuing to shop online.
I would think as long as deliveries continue, people will continue and Ebay might benefit from other retailers’ delays, retail therapy, and people being on their phones. I’m watching Mercari for amateur listings but not sure if those people realize they can ship without going to the post office or are prepared to pack items. I think a lot of people will be cleaning out during the break, so I would expect a crazy amount of inventory donated after this. My mom FB groups are all talking about doing that. I’m very surprised the major retailers I follow with b & m exposure are not yet running good sales – I’ll be watching for that RA and later for GW online urban listings, though I don’t really need to do much sourcing.
Stay safe everyone!
Zero for me this week. I’m completely uncertain about what to expect from my day job. Could be crickets, could be crazy. We’ve been instructed to work from home. If crickets, I plan to get into the piles, even though the kids are home I’m guessing through summer maybe. Here in Cali we are not making any unnecessary trips and some of the thrifts are closing anyway.
There are no tested cases in my city yet but with all of the state closures people are really starting to freak out. My husband works intensive care at the hospital so we have already prepared to quarantine and stay away from my dad. I’m absolutely surprised and concerned at our country’s lack of preparedness and I’m not super confident in our local authorities but hopefully they are getting testing online in the next couple of weeks. The closures are a good thing and hopefully we can flatten the curve.
Wondering if sellers are considering tightening up return policies? Thoughts?
hurray! finally got on the board with 16 listings, 11 unique.
VL I love to buy fabric and linens too and not get to listing them.
02/29/2020 at 1:32 pm in reply to: What to watch today: Dow to drop into correction as global coronavirus concerns #74590In California (but not near the recent new community cases). Some people are stocking up on things – bulk groceries mainly. I’m a bit more concerned that my dad get his meds if things get disrupted later but he is only allowed to get so much from the insurance at a time. (My husband is a pharmacist and drug shortages are often a problem already.) The older men in my family are feeling poor already due to the stock market plunges and if people start stocking up on basics, it might possibly curb their appetite for random Ebay stuff.
I think it will run its course but right now it seems like all they have to do is more testing and they will likely find more US cases. I’m not feeling confident in the federal response to keep it as controlled as maybe it could have been.
2020 has not been a good time to stock my Ebay store. A lot of busyness and some struggles. So, I guess you can keep me on with zeros until I get back in the swing of things or just remove me. I still love Ebay selling but it’s had to go on the back burner for now.
Ebay is just sitting on the back burner unfortunately. We were college touring and I’m finally getting over my unusual month long ear infection. Sold a few items, so that’s great but no listings last week. February has always been my worst sales month. I hope everyone else in the challenge is doing better than me. I don’t even want to look at the spreadsheet yet. :/
Oh dear. Did not list this week. I did finish my bookkeeping and tax stuff and will turn that over tomorrow to the CPA. I’m also distracted with kid stuff.
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