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https://www.ebay.com/itm/235051396901 Super happy to finally sell this very old listing item. It was from one of the first estate sales I let myself go to, if not the first. Took forever but it’s a good feeling when something like that sells out of the blue.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235406879460 Another nice sale last week from the $1 flea market guy. I gave my cousin in Bend the matching duvet and shams but the sheets still sold. I love sharing my finds with friends and family. In case you haven’t heard of it, Garnet Hill makes really super quality bedding. I don’t find it often. I gave my Polish friend a bunch of really cute serving dishes she saw on my instagram thrift haul.
I made it out to one of our larger thrift stores last week. Didn’t buy much but I was surprised that they already started trickling out their saved up Christmas. Not listed yet but comps look good for this. I had to pay up a bit at $14
@Vintagelacy I hope Charlie is doing well now. So sorry. It is scary. I missed your post earlier.
My listings last week were recent pick ups (pre-health stuff) and RA, so I don’t really get death pile credit. I have a bunch of smalls on my desk that I will probably get to first to tidy up. However, I do have some Christmas stuff that I would consider death and I’ll be listing that shortly after I clear the desk.
I only managed 13 items on EBay but listed about 8 more on Facebook marketplace (mainly large pillows).
Total Items in Store: 1174
Items Sold: 15
Gross Sales: $1056 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $728 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $98
Highest Price Sold: $556 (watercolor cat painting 80s)
Average Price Sold: $70
Returns: 1 cancellation for a hard to locate $75 item – I can’t search in boxes easily right now 🙁
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $240 (RA fall clearance and Target RA)
Number of items listed this week: 20Good sale on Niknax.net $145 Empoli covered dish. Paid $14
Good week on Ebay for me. I need to list as much as possible as we can use the $ and there is great inventory lying around. I miss vintage sourcing but silver lining of recovery is it’s not tempting. I was surprised to find some nice RA bargains this time of year. Those new items help my store in 4th quarter usually.
Recovery is slow and it’s frustrating but I’m getting used to just using just the app from the sofa. I wish Ebay would make the “what others charged for it” a more reliable easy link to Terapeak solds.
This week I got stung with a huge upcharge adjustment for Fed Ex on a tube. 4x4x24. $40 for “special handling”. Weight and measurements were correct. Is this just a Fed Ex thing to avoid them with shipping tubes? I don’t see any way to contest it through Ebay.
Happy for you R&J about the Fall business! It would be so nice to come and hang out at your coffee shop in the season. Lots of people are reporting slow sales this month on Facebook, podcasts. Also hearing reports of Ebay tinkering with the app.
Have a great week.
Ps. In other random drumbeat news, someone reports discontinued new old stock items crossposted on bonanza sell well due to suspected preferred google results. I’m not certain but eBay I think chooses what to send to Google? If so, they would not probably send these household items.
Interesting topic on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFiZfVJvaos&t=805s
I have a lot of items that could go in the collectibles or home categories. I think there are bonus listings in collectibles, so maybe I should consider using that category more often. Their point is potential favoritism to niched down sellers.
I bought and listed a brand of Target reselling, and sold a bunch of items in that category the next day to different sellers. Could have also been because I have a pinterest board, but sill makes you wonder about the works of things.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334913104405 Grateful for this sale. Another Ebay (seller) made fun of me for listing it high. I did drop the price at one point and took an offer of $485. Paid $14 at my favorite indy thrift before they started raising their art prices.
https://district.net/product/d6850232-8f0e-48ef-bb5f-a5c930f8fbaa?variantId=dac0a939-2e10-4571-98b7-f98e9d53508c Finally got a BIN sale on the alternate platform I had kind of given up on. Sold for an offer of $145. Paid $14 at my favorite indy thrift.
Recent scavenge (listings) of the week came from a little lady at the flea market who decided to dump all her stuff at 11:30 announcing it was free! gratis! https://www.ebay.com/itm/335611424142 https://www.ebay.com/itm/335608610718I ended up giving her a few bucks and bought a banker’s box full of stuff, still some to be listed.
20 new listings for me. Some was RA clearance I just ordered, some was Thanksgiving I’ve been saving up. A fraction was death pile items.
Hoping to list more this week.
@sharon thank you. Last couple of days I definitely feel improved. Even made it to one thrift store today and walked briefly around Target. still uncomfortable in the car.
@Sharon thank you. Unfortunately I had a cardiac event that caused me to pass out and fall. All fixed up now. This week I’m improving and was able to stand and take photos and then sit on my pillows and list on my phone, which was encouraging.
I’m getting used to listing on the app now and I kind of like using the dictation feature. I also like the app version of Terapeak. It’s pretty easy to change the period of comps and it calculates sell through for you, at least on very common items.
@Retro ha! The day EBay starts an actually effective smart marketing campaign I’m buying more stock. This will be another missed opportunity no doubt.
Sold an adorable baby owl painting by a known artist. Offer accepted for $160 https://imgur.com/gallery/vJgrkBB
