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@Sharon I love to find vintage tiles. They can do really well as you say.
Sold this pair of vintage bookends for $265. I had to pay up at a local chain thrift at close to $70. I think that’s the most I’ve ever paid for a used item. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334941296667
Delete if repeat pls
Total Items in Store: 842
Items Sold: 10
Gross Sales: $804.09 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $516.35 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $121
Highest Price Sold: $365 (Vintage bookends)
Average Price Sold: $80.41
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $90
Number of items listed this week: 30Solid week for me on Ebay. I got my second Vero from Williams Sonoma for photos and I need to fix a couple of other listings as they clearly are trolling for stock photos. I’ve been very lucky lately to be selling one higher end item in my store each week. I don’t have many at all over $100.
This weekend I went to a flea market near Downtown LA with my friend’s Gen Z teens. All clothing and much of it denim and graphic tees. It was fascinating to see what they were wearing. Lots of cowboy boots on the girls, small tees and baggy jeans, doc martens. The graphic tees are so random that they think are cool – pop culture, music, but also things you could just find at any thrift store, priced between $20-95+ a tee. I mentioned the Costco trend, and they looked at me like I was nutters. The son’s girlfriend was wearing a toned down Stevie Nicks outfit.
Then I got to try out the bins on my way home for the first time. It was a chill Sunday night before closing and there were a fair number of shoppers but no new bins so pretty mellow. Nobody being territorial thankfully. I bought some sheets, vintage and brand new, and a handful of other things for 2 pounds, $15. It was a good arm workout looking through the fabric bins. Once again, everyone just passing over the linens.
Have a good week!
Great video though I kind of wish he would keep his mouth shut lol.
In my town it really does depend on who is pricing. There are college kids, low wage workers and old ladies. The college kids have absolutely ruined two of my favorite stores, testing EBay prices and slowly marking things down from there until they sell. They look everything up 100% and put the real best stuff behind glass and the register. The old ladies like grandma frills and only know a few good current brands. The low wage workers are hit and miss, mostly miss. The latter are my favorites right now.
Currently our one centrally located Goodwill has some younger workers who are catching and pulling a lot but still pricing to sell. They fall somewhere in between the others but still seem to want to do a lot of volume and keep things moving so it’s good.
Youtube is a gift. I don’t watch most of those guys he mentioned but he is correct that we are lucky to get a free education watching sellers who post comps or solds in their videos.
30 for me this week. I’m away for the weekend and I hope everyone has a nice Labor Day weekend.
Total Items in Store: 876
Items Sold: 13
Gross Sales: $557.52 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $364.46 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $58 + a few items ours
Highest Price Sold: $81 (Used Orla Kiely bag)
Average Price Sold: $42.89
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $150 +/- (One labor day sale online RA + thrift)
Number of items listed this week: 2Sorry about your customer. I bet it’s weird to see her and try not to think about the review. I think most city visitors at least would expect self service at your style of coffee shop, so I wouldn’t sweat it.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my Ebay business lately. I’m slowly growing my listed inventory, working toward 1000. Having a little bit more trouble finding a good size recycled shipping box – hardly anyone is using priority – and slightly more time locating items, though it’s pretty organized and labeled by type. I would like to spend a little time next week grouping similar boxes of items together, which won’t take long.
I have been shopping some and my goal of clearing the garage floor is not moving forward right now. There are about 6 bankers boxes of linens mostly that need to be cleared there. I keep finding and buying great linens and pillows, which for some reason I don’t really enjoy listing and take up a good amount of space. I have to conclude that there are not a lot of other resellers looking for them locally.
Going on another short trip to LA to visit college friends this weekend, then it’s pretty nose to the grindstone listing-wise. Last week I had trouble kicking things into gear but this week I’ve been better. I hope to find more quality Halloween decor because my bin is almost empty. I don’t want to get into costumes, etc. since I have so many piles. Was considering good wigs because I know from experience those are very expensive new. One of the things I’ve been thinking about is straying from my home decor based store with these other random items. I bought a Grand Ol Opry sealed DVD set and it will make about $40+ but do I get excited about selling that kind of stuff?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235161954562 Thank goodness could easily read the signature for once on these pottery bowls. Paid $4 for the pair and a similar has sold for $50. Artist known for thin but strong Asian blend techniques. You can’t swing a bat here in my area of California without hitting some 70s-80s art pottery, so I just try to find the nicest examples I can. My favorites though are 50s and 60s which are a little bit harder to find.
I found these at my favorite thrift, which I have not been frequenting due to word getting out, limited days and hours, and there being a big line much of the time. I was the 120th person or so to get in the small store that day (they give out numbers), thought I was wasting my time but actually had a nice little haul. I may have to reconsider making an effort there. The old ladies are painfully slow restocking but do restock once the big morning rush comes in. I have had a couple of great scores shortly before they close.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235035251276 I think this might be the first handbag I sold. Buyer was a nice gal from NYC who also loves Orla Kiely prints. I paid a buck at a school rummage sale.
@VT thanks!
just 2 listings for me. I need to kick into gear today.
I’ve done very well with UK and Danish cross stitch kits $80-100+. Also some USA Christmas kits can be worth a lot and Dimensions Gold Collection. I haven’t really tried pattern books. These are still pretty overlooked in my area at this point.
I also save completed canvas works on occasion if they are French or good subject matter. Once in a while I’ll even remove them from a frame.
I learned about these from ThePaperCastle rummage saler on Youtube. Even the newer ones have a bar code and are easy to list and ship. However, the newer or boring vintage ones seem to be moving more slowly for me in the past year or so.
Eight bucks is actually fine if it’s a nice European kit. These were only worth $15-18 on Ebay. I like the pricer who did $6 for a huge bag. Keep that guy!
Thanks Jay. I’m so grateful to 2 year Terapeak access. That was such a great improvement Ebay made. Only one of this design sold and the other designs were much lower.
Starbucks started their fall drink menu yesterday. That’s about the time I started having good sales. Christmas is selling for me. https://www.starbucks.com/menu/product/2123563/hot?msclkid=3f16ab92cb731ec6a45ccf7a3e6604cf This is my fav. Maybe Broad Porch has a similar one? I need to learn how to make it at home.
Total Items in Store: 846
Items Sold: 9
Gross Sales: $670.23 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $426.06 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $28
Cost of helpers: $0
Highest Price Sold: $329 (Folk Art Kinetic Balance Sculpture)
Average Price Sold: $74.47
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $95 +/-
Number of items listed this week: 0Had a nice sale this week of the sculpture. I hope it doesn’t get returned. Buyer wanted it faster than the label they paid for as a gift, then neglected to answer email before I sent it out. I spotted it up on a high shelf at a rummage sale and paid $3. Always look high and low.
I’m pretty excited because everyone is settled into school and between now and early December is usually a good sales period for me on Ebay. One thrift pulled the trigger early on Halloween and I missed it being put out. The others usually shoot for September first I think. I always enjoy thrifting the Halloween and Christmas decor they hold back all year. It’s fun to scavenge away from home, but I realize how good I have it here. Many items to list in the piles of course. All it takes is a few good small hauls to get me away from piles progress. However, this year I really feel like I’m capable and have the time to throw these hauls into the pipeline. I also keep getting better and better at leaving unworthy items behind.
To my knowledge, there is no youth run on Kirkland clothes happening here yet. That’s funny. What a great sale for you guys.
Right before I went away on my last trip I found two large bags of needlework kits for $6 apiece. I opened them on my return yesterday and many are good subject matter and almost all are sealed and 70s vintage. 66 kits in all for 19 cents a kit. The same local thrift chain store has others priced individually in the same bin for $8-10 a kit. Obviously different workers are pricing and I got someone lazy that day, probably a dude filling in for the lady pricers. Hurray!
