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It was a very lower dollar kind of week but this was a fun vintage item I sold. I love to buy nautical stuff. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334797718341
There is definitely cool stuff on Goodwillfinds and it gets marked down. Most of the items I like are coming from the Pacific Northwest location. I was hoping people would forget about the site but about half of my liked items are selling when I check back at prices higher than I would pay. You can’t return, ask questions and the descriptions aren’t good – it’s a bit of a risk.
Not yet. I have one other picker friend who I had told about the podcast, but he’s mainly an antique booth guy.
Luckily, they are looking for different items with some overlap with me in vintage smalls. I told this friend he can have the shoes – I can’t stand the smell. He said I’m welcome to the linens.
He’s an experienced Ebayer and this is his store below. He said he has had an antique booth before but doesn’t like to pay the high rent here. I think he does some Facebook Marketplace as well. Also interesting about him – at one point he got a job at Goodwill probably to cherry pick. I should ask him about that sometime.
This is an interesting observation about promoted listings. I’m still at 4%.
Total Items in Store: 642
Items Sold: 6
Gross Sales: $338.01 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $199.60 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $70
Highest Price Sold: $89 (set of four new plates)
Average Price Sold: $56.34
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $9
Number of items listed this week: 47It felt slower than this. At least half the days without sales. A bit concerning that several of the items were from my now scarce RA inventory. I got back in the Ebay saddle with listing and it used to be a couple of years ago that would result in good sales a day or two later. Not so much lately. Should have good listing time the next couple of days. I’m also not shopping and really getting into the randomness of my piles. It’s nice to have a variety of items to choose to list. I’m embarrassed to say that I listed things this week with stickers from 2014! I’m moving items from one side of the garage wall to the listed side gradually. We are having an extended period of heavy marine layer without afternoon clearing that is making it difficult to take well lighted photos.
I have become more friendly with an old time picker. We were talking at Goodwill and he invited me to run over to the newly wheeled out cart with him lol. He is irked by difficult customers and likes to share briefly. He always reminds me that there is so much here, though I have found thrift store pickings to be pretty thin lately. He says the estate sales are generally overpriced in our area and he sticks to the thrifts and garage sales. It’s always interesting to talk to local resellers. I told him some of my piles are $15 items I wouldn’t buy now and he said “you are better than that”.
Have a great week!
Back to it last week with 47. Unfortunately it did not result in sales, but I did get further into the piles. No shopping. Worked on a lot of very random stuff last week and a few things I had multiples of.
Agree. Yes, don’t pass that up again. 🙂 The wood can be refreshed on those too.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334893849999 This was from Goodwillfinds.com I paid about $30 I believe. It did have some minor flaws but I expect to do ok. Gorgeous work by this artist.
I also found this in my dad’s closet – it was my grandmothers. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334893894557 Probably not a popular style these days but I priced it up a bit since it’s bigger than the solds. The artist doesn’t seem to be famous.
Slow week again for me too. https://www.ebay.com/itm/234981036016 Sold this guy. I don’t typically do plush but these stand out for their quality and realistic appearance so sometimes I scan the plush and look for them at the thrift store. They are usually in excellent condition and hardly played with – let’s face it kids don’t really play with puppets that much but the adults buy them at boutiques. Sold fairly quickly. It’s nice I’m seeing similar “sponsored items from this seller” right above the listing.
Last week was bad for me also. I sold this single plate for $40 that I found at a rummage sale for a buck. Nice return. https://www.ebay.com/itm/234990992882
I’m not getting out sourcing lately, which is good. Worked on a box of smalls from my piles. This is a great item https://www.ebay.com/itm/235035234704 Art tiles can be a real sleeper hit.
Total Items in Store: 626
Items Sold: 5
Gross Sales: $249.59 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $153.55 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $64
Highest Price Sold: $78 (New pajama pants)
Average Price Sold: $43.57
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 2Well not a good week for sure and I didn’t help it along by listing. Have some things going on but hoping to get my Ebay mojo back soon.
