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https://www.ebay.com/itm/235432235527
Sold this find of the week from a few weeks ago.
Sold a Quimper SL throwback https://www.ebay.com/itm/235051397109
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235098601954 Sold two sets of lowballs. I guess dry January is over.
Only 5 listings for me. I have no idea where the time went last week. This should be a better week for listing. All listings were new items, no dp and there is more freshness here by my desk to do.
https://imgur.com/a/hklhByK. @Retro just thought I’d share this amusing pic from one of our thrift stores. To be fair, this is the only one that rounds color tag sales. But still $58 for used vans? I found some shoes at the flea for $5 today. They were nice brands but had scratching on the leather so I decided to pass.
Our grandparents and his parents loved to be formally waited on and love taking cruises. Maybe it’s our Gen Xness but we feel almost uncomfortable with really attentive table service even. I like being able to just get up and grab what I need, like condiments, etc. Wonder how your college Gen Z customers feel. I would think they would be the self serve types too.
Thanks @Craig that’s kind. I”m good just need to get more exercise. I wish I could blame it on the rainy season we’ve been having. I feel really lucky to be able to be there for my family members who need it. It does make it hard to set business goals since we have a lot of ups and downs. Some of it I could manage better though. Ebay is part of my therapy. I love everything about it. Those are great suggestions but I seem to be default to boom and bust with things.
Agree I’m not in for putting kids on YouTube.
I’m camera shy and video skill challenged. There are a few people who do live sales just showing their hands and the items. I’ve sat in for a few minutes and it can be a little entertaining. The person chats w viewers and shares his or her love of vintage. They are pointing out what’s special about an item and people are not comparison shopping. It’s more about impulse buying. On the platform there is some social aspect with other sellers and identification help. A lot of the big YouTubers came on board with Jocelyn at launch but even she is still doing whatnot lives more often.
@Retro I paid only $10 for the Hokas. I priced them at the highest end of solds with best offer but you are right I should mark down by now. I know about the uggs – bought a great pair myself for $20.
No Anthro is well aware of resellers buying all of their clearance and I think it helps them out. They have made some things harder to do but have not gone after people for photos. I have only received a VERO from Williams Sonoma before. I usually put in my own photos and add the stock photo later if necessary for seeing a packaged item.
From the $1 guy a pair of kids’ lemon print converse, a pair of ugg boots short, and a pair of Born sandals.
http://www.henryevans.com/poppies.html I found a signed copy of this work this week for $14. I got to the thrift late so a lot of people had passed on it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235426554135 I had started picking up skeins of yarn and it seems to be a good seller though the thrifts really are charging more than I want to pay. I paid $10 for this but it sold immediately. The Nurse Flipper did a video and I look for mohair, alpaca, cashmere but do not find much of that.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335236723426 This sold quite quickly. One time years back we decided to have a Western theme party and it was surprisingly hard to find a basic check tablecloth for sale. So I pick them up when I find them, especially new.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335230696428 Fresh from the death piles. I cleaned it up and dealt with it. No longer picking these wool blankets up.
Congrats R&J! I’m glad it’s open and starting to make money for you guys. The menu looks amazing and it’s great you can make money in the evenings as well. My favorite restaurant formula here in Cali is a smaller comfort food chain where it’s industrial style with counter service and you choose your dish and sides. https://urbanplates.com/order/categories/?store_id=001&service_type_id=2 My husband and I aren’t big on being old school served. Great for the staff too because they pretty much get tipped the same by most people I imagine. The old school thing I do like is comfy booths. Many trendy restaurants have the most uncomfortable metal chairs now!
I’m doing the sandwich generation thing right now and did not get a lot of listing done the last two weeks. Too much shopping and not enough listing. My daughter still is not driving and has a new later school schedule. So, I have a daily routine of thrifting certain places each day of the week after drop off. If I want to do that I need to list more often in the evenings or early morning. February is always poor, but my sales have been super slow and I’ve not been running a sale event to help things along. I’m also due for sell similar.
I hit a good Presidents Day sale at one of my regular retailers but got all of that listed last week. I found some deep discount bargains at Macys.com on premium high thread count bedding. It’s a small experiment since I don’t usually sell those brands but the discount was 90% off.
@Retro congrats on your great sales and pregnancy. Just for you I bought 3 pair of shoes and 3 mens Ripcurl trunks from the $1 guy at the flea market. Lord knows when I will get that listed. I admire you and @Ebaymom for going through your old listings before selling similar. I need to find the discipline to do that.
I did some cross posting on Niknax and I’m up to 95 items. Sales seem poor for all but the very active live sellers. We’ll see. I’m also approved to sell on a Disney District site that has a much better buyer/seller ratio than Niknax. It seems like a lot of people are dumping cheap stuff on Niknax but they do have some amazing items as well. I’m kind of just going with the theme of the week and one more weekly chat post over there. I’m hopeful it continues to grow and she features me as a seller eventually.
Store Week February 18-24
Total Items in Store: 1286
Items Sold: 11
Gross Sales: $402.47 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $235.67 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $48
Highest Price Sold: $70 (Two NOS valances)
Average Price Sold: $36.59
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $250 +/-
Number of items listed this week: 23The week prior was nothing to write home about either. Time to list!
@Craig you’re welcome. I’m sure Philly has great food too.
We have a some very wealthy people and a lot of old people. Mainly older people moving here too from colder places. We also don’t have a lot of big box stores. So it makes for good picking in my city. Now that I am not working my day job, I am lucky to source on the weekdays when many people are working because the competition is increasing like everywhere. When I first started it was mostly men looking for records and metals.
23 new listings for me on Ebay. I had some personal stuff going on but also indulged in shopping a bit too much and not enough listing to be sure. All were newer purchases. Hoping to get back on track this week and there should be fewer interruptions.
I crossposted a few to Niknax and I’m up to 95 over there. Sales not really happening over there but I’m hoping things pick up.
Great job Julie!
@Craig lots of great food here. Where I live and the rest of So Cal is excellent Mexican, great Asian food in the cities. Sourcing while traveling is hit and miss. In places where sourcing is considered cool and it is crowded, sourcing can be very poor. Also places with a lot of big box stores. Luckily we have a lot of older people where I live and many others have to work a lot to live here. I find sourcing during the week is great. The young people are showing up a lot these days but they are mostly after things out of my niche.
Like Santa Cruz is picked over, but the mountain town where we stayed nearby was fun. It was crowded in the store. San Diego is tough with high prices but they have much larger stores. SF I imagine is pretty picked over. Places like SF and the Pacific Northwest large cities there are many people who are ok with buying second hand and know the value of things. All those chain stores have their own Ebay and auction sites. LA can be good maybe depending on where you are. Orange County I tried a little bit and found it disappointing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235432235527 https://www.ebay.com/itm/335255595928 Out of my usual area, but I’m still checking Goodwill for new Christmas presents.
Sourced near Santa Cruz and on the central coast on the way home. Only bought a few things but it was interesting. Will hopefully have all of that listed by next week. We were up in Silicon Valley too but didn’t have time to source there. Probably is fab.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/335252280714 This was fun because I found the shortie and online arbitraged the companion, making an offer to a newbie seller. Didn’t make a ton but they sold right away. I have this pair listed now with the same approach: https://www.ebay.com/itm/335231819891 I thought this was so cool but had only found one. The other one was cheap but had to be shipped from Australia, so I hope someone else agrees.
No high dollar sales but some death pile items going out the door. Hurray! https://www.ebay.com/ship/single/235107262369-2155014442013 https://www.ebay.com/ship/single/335230696428-2108675583014 https://www.ebay.com/itm/334941266880 Good riddance.
