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Nothing earth shattering this week. Was tempted to keep this item. Found at the bottom of the junky household light switch covers, random garage junk drawer stuff at a Goodwill https://www.ebay.com/itm/334770682624
I have also found vintage bakelite handles that sold for almost $200 in that area before so it’s always worth a peek in the catch all bin folks.
Total Items in Store: 566 Correct?
Items Sold: 12
Gross Sales: $328.40 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $195.72 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $75
Highest Price Sold: $86 (New Williams Sonoma towels x 4)
Average Price Sold: $27.37
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 8My dashboard listed # items seems to be jumping around each week. I’ve also been having some glitchy problems saving draft listings and then losing some changes from sell similar. Not a great sales week, but I didn’t get a lot of listing done. Have a stressful situation going on that is a drag on Ebay in general this year.
Couple of Ebay regrets this week. I sold an item this week that was fun but the condition (described and pictured) was not great. I wouldn’t list those today with that much wear. I hope the buyer is ok with them. I also got positive feedback that mentioned I left the thrift store price tag on the bottom so she’s not sure why she had to pay so much on Ebay for them. (Smacks head.) Not sure how I managed to to that since I have a process but oh well.
I hope you are finding joy in your current projects R & J, or at least do at the end of them.
11 listings. Lots of random distractions and a bit of laziness I suppose.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/334802437494 Found two of these Stephen Huneck prints at a local thrift. For some reason they only priced them at 7.99 apiece, and this one is still in the plastic. I’ve sold one before so I’m thinking maybe the artist did a show here even though I am so far from his hometown. There’s an interesting story about the artist here https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Stephen_Huneck
Write up includes him picking up furniture as a trash elf. 🙂
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234950063477 This pottery was very clearly marked on the bottom. Great brand to look for.
Total Items in Store: 676
Items Sold: 5
Gross Sales: $522.07 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $327.43 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $19
Highest Price Sold: $315 (Bavent French pottery figural casserole dish, paid $7.99)
Average Price Sold: $104.41
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $20 +/-
Number of items listed this week: 11Slow week but had one really good sale. It sold super quickly so I probably should have put in on auction, but still a great profit. I have a lot of random outside Ebay stuff going on but also took some tv down time this week. Hoping to get on more consistent listing schedule while my daughter is back to school and as soon as the bathroom remodel is finally finished. I failed last week to get to a box of church sale pottery – the last of my recent shopping hauls.
I heard that Mercari is super slow since they had to raise shipping rates in February. They are probably no longer supplementing labels. Bummer because I like to unload our household better clothing on there. I have three more big bins in our bedroom from the closet clean outs and I suppose I’ll just go forward with listing them anyway.
I also read an article this week about Amazon starting to creep away from free shipping. Last Christmas a lot of retailers moved away from free returns. So hopefully Ebay will let up asking small sellers to do this.
Hope everyone has a good week. Jay I enjoyed listening to you on the tax program.
Total Items in Store: 739
Items Sold: 8
Gross Sales: $333.05 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $217.15 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $43
Highest Price Sold: $45 (Vintage fabric)
Average Price Sold: $37.01
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 24An ok week. I am noticing a general trend of recently listed items being 85% of my sales. Probably should try sell similar again soon. I haven’t refreshed beyond January of 2022. My daughter is on spring break so not sure it will be a great week for listing.
I’m excited to hear about the new R&J projects. You guys have a great work ethic. We are almost done doing a bathroom and I feel like the cost has gone up so much since we last did a big project. Labor and materials. A friend’s relatives moved from California to Utah and they call everything there “half off” – housing, groceries, gas, etc. When our kids are both fully out of the house it would be nice to downsize but I’d hate to start over with remodeling.
Have a great week everyone.
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.
