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whoops i just lost my post. Rummage sale was 80-85% clothing, and much smaller. About 75 people paid the entry fee and they had a higher price list at the pre-sale to boot. I got a whole trash bag of pottery barn curtains for $15 and made it to the art first. Bought two paintings. The above is quite large with a heavy frame. Not sure what I was thinking but I just go with my gut on art.
Way more fun then going to the movies. But yeah, it’s usually a ton of stuff. This one is the junior league, so they have wealthy connections and better clothing. I’m hoping they don’t allow the workers to pick.
Total Items in Store: 1237
Items Sold: 14
Gross Sales: $620 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes); Net sales $364 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $52
Highest Price Sold: $75 (vintage cocktail glass set)
Average Price Sold: $44
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $120 +/- Macys RA + thrifting + flea
Number of items listed this week: 5 new listingsNiknax update: one featured item sale, no new listings. Something that sat a long time on Ebay.
I’m glad to hear the restaurant is doing well!
Just a lot of non-Ebay distraction last week. I have some family stuff going on that is taking me away but I also could have managed my time better and had a virus for a couple of days. The time just went poof! Started out the year strong but now it feels like time is passing quickly and I’m getting a bit off track with Ebay. We have a lot of expenses this year creeping up and some smaller trips to pay for. I hope to get it into gear again. I have a fun rummage sale on Friday to go to. Next week unfortunately I will have to take a break and do COGS taxes work for our appointment.
My daughter helped me create a new business instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/retro_decor_and_more/ She made the first couple of posts from some recent listings and solds. Niknax has a thing called Magic Comments where people can somehow purchase. Apparently you can also sell through Instagram. Need to discover more about this. It might be good for selling some larger art locally that I don’t want to ship. I found out while picking accounts to follow about some college kids having a flea market in the college park this weekend. My daughter is going to go check it out.
PS. One of the big three annual charity rummage pre-sales is this Friday. They are testing a $30 entry fee which I hope most people won’t pay. I can’t wait. We get 3 hours Friday night.
Hi Retro. It is exceptionally good here I think. It’s a decent size city with a lot of older people, with more old transplants moving in and young professionals moving out. We also have some 1 percenters (Harry and Meghan’s neighborhood +1 more). We have no Walmart and didn’t have Target or Home Goods, etc. until just a few years ago so the made in China stuff is not as prevalent. The older guys picking a few years ahead of me really, really had it good for a while until Youtube came along. Would have been like shooting fish in a barrel. There are also three colleges in our area, and they are now showing up regularly.
I’m grateful for the free education on SL, Youtube. Google Lens also has been a huge help more recently. Always learning… Currently, I am thrifting more often after I drop my kid off on weekdays but remind myself to “hit it and move on”. I have a bad habit of getting into browser mode. I don’t go out on the weekends too often when I’m spending time with the fam. Most of the time I am paying between $3-6 for things like that bowl. At the flea market it varies wildly from a $1 to $10. It’s rare that I will pay over $10 for anything unless it’s very special or a Patagonia jacket or something we will use.
One of the big three rummages is this weekend. I had better put my head down and list this week.
A cat lady apparently died and her cat stuff showed up at the thrifts all over town. I think she had a bunch of gifts she hadn’t used. I bought maybe 8 or so items. Would have bought more but some of the prices were high. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235446488479
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235455311969 I finally found a Youtube legendary glassybaby candle holder. I priced mine to move quickly. It feels like nice quality but I don’t see what all the fuss is about.
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.
