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https://www.amazon.com/your-orders/pop?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_pop&orderId=112-0267705-4915447&lineItemId=qhljstnupikrwny&shipmentId=XHV719xPB&packageId=1&asin=B0BJ6SRZWX This is the one I settled on, but there were many sizes and similar brands. It seems ok, but I kind of wish I would have gone with this one with lights on the sides as well. My daughter said the front of some items was not getting light but maybe she wasn’t placing the item well or should have closed the front flap. https://www.amazon.com/PULUZ-Professional-Shooting-Photography-Backdrops/dp/B0B6VGN6KR/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=4CBYKWMGOAW8&keywords=light+box+upgrade&qid=1689606294&sprefix=light+box+upgrade%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-1-spons&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
Thanks Craig. I’m going on a big trip in 10 days so I hope to power out a bunch of listings before we leave. I was thinking too about Jay’s podcast discussion of the flea markets where we are all part of the food chain. I definitely miss the podcast but I’m so happy for their local success. It’s very cool to witness. I listen to Pure Hustle podcast, which is ok if you skip through their promotions. They are Scavenger Life disciples.
In our town, Craigslist is still the best place to look, but people do put them on Facebook group sites and Nextdoor. We aren’t big enough for those cool yard sale apps.
This was the golden week of finding textiles. In addition to the flea market haul, I came across a bunch of brand new linens at the thrift store. They didn’t really price them consistently so I had to leave some behind sadly. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235087419979 I bought 5-6 Williams Sonoma because that brand is reliable for the price I had to pay. There were about 30 pieces of new April Cornell and I bought about 10 of them, this one being the most expensive set. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334953036643 My best guess is that someone was a compulsive shopper and relatives donated these discontinued items. April Cornell went out of business here a few years back and this person evidently went nuts. All of that haul is listed. That thrift never runs sales, so sadly I left behind the $10-15 profit stuff. Elsewhere I also found two duvet sets from Pottery Barn and one from Restoration Hardware that has sold for $250+ on Ebay used. I definitely have the feeling pickers in my area don’t care about linens much.
Steve I’m so jealous. Rummage, school, and church sales are the best IMHO. We only have a handful here for the whole year.
I think I might wait for 20 or so days to see if Ebay can get their shitake together and do first class.
Someone I follow on Youtube did a bulk edit and is seeing how that goes.
Total Items in Store: 802
Items Sold: 12
Cost of Items Sold: $92 (including a couple of items I originally bought for us but sold)
Total Sales: $530.00 Net: $321.55
Highest Price Sold: $95 (Small vintage painting)
Average price: $44.17
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $145
Number of items listed this week: 42Made it over 800 listings for the first time. I’m organizing and labeling inventory as I go along. Have a bit more of that to do. Also have a few unlisted things that crept into listed boxes since I wanted to keep like items together. I think I have removed most of that. I think I have one more box to list before I finish the long garage wall. As for clearing the floor, well that will be a bit longer than I hoped. A stack of bankers boxes remains and no shelves left to put them on yet.
Fun story from the flea market this week. I don’t normally bother but I dug into the $1 clothing pile. I spotted a Garnet Hill flannel sheet set that retailed new for over $200. Ended up buying 22 items (mostly Garnet Hill bedding) for $22. Talked to the guy. He buys fabric items by the ton from one of our independent local thrift stores. Drives it around to markets as far as Las Vegas. Unfortunately what doesn’t sell he dumps in the landfill. He was really proud of his business and ability to buy the truck. He said he is banned from one of the other stores. Turns out the one he buys from is the one I don’t shop any longer because the college kids look everything up on the internet and they price to high for resellers. Seems to me they should rethink that with this guy getting pretty good items in this piles sometimes. Had another fun sourcing event that I will share in next week’s scavenge of the week.
Need to pick up my listing today. My daughter hopefully will get back into taking photos. At her behest, I bought a light box finally on the Amazon Prime Day sale.
I listed 42 items last week. Julie hope you are feeling better!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235053280639 I had a hunch this would do well because it’s mushrooms, which is a thing for some vintage lovers. Glad I got the high price – bo of $95 I think it was. Sold surprisingly quickly too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235081873082 From the piles. This is like my favorite category of item to sell, so I put the obnoxious price on it.
https://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2023/7/1688603393.html
I am seeing Parcel Select already updated to Consolidated Ground. So it looks like we may have to manually edit any first class listings. I don’t see a way to do that in bulk editing. (I don’t use business policies but maybe I’ll bite the bullet and do that now.)
I’m looking at a 6 oz item and the Ebay estimate for consolidated ground is higher than first class by up to $3. Ebay still has first class as an option as well.
Total Items in Store: 757
Items Sold: 9
Gross Sales: $609.41 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $328.51 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $128
Highest Price Sold: $150 (Set of two new outdoor pillows)
Average Price Sold: $67.71
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $100
Number of items listed this week: 42Sorry to hear about the slow week but I’m sure it’s not slow at your other businesses! Fun to hear about the growth of the coffee shop and I look forward to hearing the latest news.
This week sales started out well with a multi-item buyer from beautiful Tiburon, CA, but then really fell off into oblivion. I’ve been listing a lot and it’s paying off to some degree. My daughter is helping with photos and is a real perfectionist so they look great but she’s hopefully going to get faster as well. She wants to create an Instagram page for my best listings. We’ll see if her interest continues. Right now I have a bunch of drafts backed up that need photos. Didn’t get the garage floor cleared yet but I’m almost done doing listings for the last of side one of the garage! This week I worked a box of Scandinavian glass, yet another box of rookie coffee mugs, and finally tackled some dreaded bedding. Found 5 or 6 damaged items – sheesh.
I forgot to report last week on the College sale. It was fun but the lady who checked me out this year wanted to count up everything, instead of doing $20 for a huge bag. Still a great deal, not much for resale and mainly household stuff we can use.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235070168544 Scavenge of the week was an RA find. Bought nine of these Christmas plates for under $4 apiece and they should do well.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235069063435 Sale of the week was a rich lady who bought 5 pillows from me for $280 plus shipping. It was a laborious process to get done with her but she left me awesome feedback “nicest seller on Ebay” already and 5 big pillows out of my storage area is something to celebrate for sure. These are RA so I paid up a bit on clearance for them.
43 for me. I have more in the queue but my daughter has taken an interest in taking pictures for me again. She did a few today, but I the others had to wait until she had fun with her friends over the weekend. Should be a good week for me this week, knock wood.
