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https://www.ebay.com/itm/234942474539 Found this amazing kinetic sculpture at a rummage sale for $5. Solds are pretty strong for a similar sea captain one, but much less for other themes by the same maker. I’ve priced it high and we’ll see what happens. I really need to add a video but it looks like you can’t do that in the app? and I was too lazy to upload to desktop version.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234933101194 Very quick $45 sale of this amazing 1960s Mary Poppins Fabric. I found it at the last rummage sale and paid a buck.
24 listings for me. Unfortunately did not do the MM challenge since I was working on the overriding rule of new purchases first and the rummage sales came up. We were out of town for a big one this past week so I only have one large box left from the recent sales and thrifting to list and then it’s back to the death piles.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234933135489 I was lucky to find this cool Kobenstyle pan with a wrap handle. Very desirable and I think will sell even with the chipping. Paid $7.99
I just noticed one of my close up photos is blurry. Does anyone know if Apple changed the focus settings during an update recently? I never used to have issues in the past.
Total Items in Store: 730 (over 700 for the first time)
Items Sold: 6
Gross Sales: $834.67 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $589.13 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $36
Highest Price Sold: $500 (two new old stock bed sheets, paid $12)
Average Price Sold: $119.24
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $30
Number of items listed this week: 12Very good week on Ebay. I sold the recently posted scavenge of the week Ralph Lauren sheets for $500 best offer to the same buyer. I also sold my first Goodwillfinds.com item, for about a $50 profit. Raining here again and I hope to list quite a few items today. R&J just keep listing I remember you used to say. That still works.
12 for me all in one day. Next week could go either way listing-wise.
On the same podcast they also mentioned that Ebay gross sales volume is down for the last quarter of 2024. They are making more money on fees but had lower sales last year, I believe they also said. Seemed like a net 2022. https://www.reuters.com/technology/ebay-forecasts-first-quarter-revenue-above-estimates-2023-02-22/
12 items.
The fabric for March Madness is out here next to my desk but I’m trying to clear my recent purchases first – a deal I made with myself. There is only one more rummage sale I think left so I should be able to climb out of the hole soon. It may be April madness for me unfortunately. Kind of depends on how the rest of the week goes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334786487137 Not the best item I found at the rummage sale but I was thrilled to find out that a basic pillowcase can sell for this price. A few comps even a bit higher and I got to make an offer right away.
Not much to write home about this week. I did finally start to sell multiples of a new blouse I’ve had listed for a few of years. Had to drop the price to get a small profit only but wanted to move them. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334587735001 I don’t sell many clothing items other than pajamas and this is rare near fail with this brand.
Total Items in Store: 691
Items Sold: 6
Gross Sales: $215.05 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $120.09 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $36
Highest Price Sold: $54 (Set of 4 used Williams Sonoma side plates)
Average Price Sold: $35.84
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $53 (Rummage Sale)
Number of items listed this week: 12Slow sales here. Did not list until the end of the week. I’m hearing on a podcast that sales are significantly slower for them even though using promotions, coupons and the works.
The rummage sales dormant during Covid are all popping up here at once. I did attend but had a few talks with myself while there. The first chat was about how I can always find more things to sell, even things that are easy to list with barcodes. For example, I passed on a Toyota cargo net, some new in box Costco stuff, etc. I just am not excited about listing that stuff. My store has been getting a little more generic and I have mixed feelings about that. I also found some vintage tablecloths with stains. I have a number of these on hand and those 60 year old stains are pretty tough to beat. I made myself put them back and someone else quickly scooped them up. I mainly am talking to myself about my time being valuable and what I want to put up in my store. Not to mention the piles.
This week some personal stuff should calm down and I hope to complete all of the recent purchase pile next to my desk (two bankers boxes).
The rummage sale was charging $20 to get in an hour early. Totally worth it for me as a scored some new in package items and some vintage. It’s been raining a lot here in California and all of the stuff was absolutely crammed outside under tents. It was super claustrophobic once everyone else got in and I checked out. I had to keep making rounds in the same tent to see everything. I noticed the hard core dealers refused to pay that high of an entrance fee.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234916962315 Vintage Ralph Lauren sheets are a bolo. The checker told me someone had bought the pillowcases 3 minutes earlier so I just missed having a complete set. :/ Don’t you hate that.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234917133610 I thought this was kind of unique but there were a bunch on Ebay. It sold super quickly at a good price vs comps – I attribute this either to 4% promoted fee or posting on Pinterest. BO $35
For three years I was tracking my rookie death piles around New Year’s. I did have a large garage sale to help, but I’m pleased it doesn’t look like this any longer. I’ve been very good to get ahead of my purchases but do have a two boxes of recent stuff by my desk now. That needs to get out of the living space first. Then I’d really like to clear next what’s in my guest room closet, which is about a quarter listed inventory and half personal stuff. Some is pillows. I need to stop buying pillows until I make room in the garage storage even if I can make money on them. Perhaps that should have been my March Madness item. Despite the improvements from the Pinterest situation, I feel like the construction guys are still thinking hoarder in the garage. LOL
