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I’m hoping there are a lot of other sellers refusing to do promoted or doing 1 or 2%. I’m at 4%, the minimum I think you need to pay to play.
Thanks Craig. I’m embarrassed to admit it but I got a little junk drunk in the beginning and a lot of this low dollar stuff is things I wouldn’t buy now. I’m listing purchases going back to 2014 even. Not much if it makes any sense to lot up. If I don’t love it I price it lower or put minimum offer low. Last week I listed and sold a Goodyear mug right away so go figure. There were plenty others online too. I can’t wait to get through the junk.
Total Items in Store: 771
Items Sold: 17
Gross Sales: $795.82 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $515.05 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $68
Highest Price Sold: $110 (Vintage fabric, paid $2)
Average Price Sold: $46.81
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $185
Number of items listed this week: 41I can’t wait to hear about what you two have been up to R&J. Glad you will share soon. I have a guess, but will keep it to myself again this time.
So, it was actually a good week on Ebay. For once I’ve been listing quite regularly and it helped. I also did that sell similar on older listings last week and have been able to make quite a few offers since then.
I’m closing in on 800 listings for the first time. On the downside, quite a few lower dollar items are going into the pipeline. I didn’t create death piles yet for myself, so some of the piles are good stuff but a lot of it is not exciting. Still working my way through the second half of the first side of the garage. Getting closer to completing that and did some more organizing this week. On the other garage wall is some of my piles and also some stuff from my parents’ house to be listed.
I’m taking my daughter on a trip this summer that is very expensive so we are being really frugal and eating at home a lot.
I did do a bit of RA scavenging at the 4th of July sales yesterday and today. Despite everyone tightening their belts, I’m still struggling to get items as cheap as I like to get them at my favorite 3 retailers. I did spend about $150 I believe and got 19 great items I’m very confident about selling.
@Retro how fun! Happy for you.
This is not earth shattering but I thought these dishes were super cool. I’m guessing they are just butter dishes since they are so small. I don’t eat lobster. I couldn’t find anything remotely similar on the web, so I priced them high with best offer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334923286111
This item is from the piles and I had a hard time pricing. I found any number of these listed and sold, priced all over the place and some claiming (dubiously in some cases) to be real brass or antique. I think mine is just pot metal, probably Midcentury and it’s not marked. I’m just throwing it out at this price with best offer hoping someone likes the face and patina. It is heavy.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235040346524
This scavenge of the week from a couple of weeks ago sold for $110.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235057067497
Also had this sale for $50 BO floor price. It sold within hours of listing. There were no sold comps with a thermometer and several were listed so it was hard to price. I guess I undervalued it, but I paid $2.50 so I’m super good with it.
I listed 41 items and most of them were random from the piles. I’m really into Ebay lately.
Sharon some of the things you post about dealing with simply amazes me. I’m not really down anymore to do anything but cleaning items and I’d be too chicken to attack electronics, instruments, etc. Great work!
Amatino, I agree. I used to just have to get back into listing and a day or two later the sales were really good. I feel like the bar is higher now, even though we have better pricing info through Terapeak and flexibility through make offer. Plus, I am promoting at 4%. It’s puzzling.
New today from Ebay:
Do I need to update the shipping service in my listings and business policies?
In most cases, yes. Listings with the following USPS services will need to be updated to select USPS Ground Advantage
- First-Class Package Service
- Retail Ground
- Parcel Select Ground if offered in addition to First-Class Package Service and/or Retail Ground
These changes can be applied starting July 9. We recommend that you make these updates as soon as possible in order to keep your shipping information up-to-date for buyers.
I did get an email confirmation that they received the paperwork I was blocked from submitting online. Hopefully they will pay since it was already showing approved but needing that paperwork.
UPS Claims Processing Center PO Box 1977 Scranton, PA 18501
It’s interesting because they are done in color, unlike most of his available works. But also they are mounted on particle board, so dunno? the value.
I will post the address for sure if it actually works. I have only had a handful of claims with USPS before over the years and I had no problems at all there getting my claims paid, and quickly. They were all $60 or less though.
Total Items in Store: 713
Items Sold: 8
Gross Sales: $428.36 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $252.57 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $52
Highest Price Sold: $68 (A Byers Choice Christmas Caroler)
Average Price Sold: $53.55
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $8
Number of items listed this week: 37Happy for you R&J. I know that would have been a splurge getaway in the old days unless you were cat sitting or out scavenging in the area. Glad you had a fun birthday celebration. Thanks for all you do on the Forum.
Thankfully, sales were better this week. I did the old sell similar trick on pre-2023 listings and got to make over 20 offers in the next day or two. We have a lot of big kid related expenses so I’m hoping sales continue to be like this for the next few weeks.
I made it this week to over 700 listings for the first time! I’m feeling really good about digging into the piles these days. I created listings for a whole box of really random stuff yesterday and just need to take pictures and clean them up today. I think I mentioned elsewhere that I have a huge garage wall full of shelves I’m working on. One side is all listed now and the other side is turning into listed items vs. unlisted. So I can physically see my progress. Also once things are listed they can be better organized and packed, so take up less space to some degree. I have a few more boxes on the floor that don’t fit so I hope to clear those out in the next couple of weeks.
I didn’t go thrifting at all but did go to a lousy church sale and a few garage sales. One estate sale was ending and they gave me free shorter plastic bins that I can stack on the bankers boxes. I mostly actually bought storage items as I plan on reorganizing a bit soon.
Have a great week everyone!
There were a bunch of people complaining about service on their Facebook page so I chimed in and messaged. The agent gave me a fax number that didn’t work and an address. I sent it by snail mail and will return to post the address here if it works.
Retro I hardy ever get out to garage sales but I did and found them to be disappointing as well. I also went to the smallest and most disappointing church sale I’ve been to before. Still always fun to look.
This week from the piles I found 4 of these unusual art prints on particle board. I should have bought all 8 of them but the others had more nudity and I didn’t want a problem from Ebay. The artist is known, and famous for doing the children’s book Corduroy. These were done at the end of his life when he retired here. https://www.ebay.com/itm/235052844565 https://www.ebay.com/itm/334914832257 I had no comps at all. We’ll see what happens.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/235051397363 This was my favorite sale this week. I bought it for a buck at a garage sale. Again, I love the vintage nautical stuff.
