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Listed, sold, small haul, storage. Minimal editing as usual 🙂
Thanks to Steve and Sharon for sharing some solds. I also sold two Halloween costumes super quick on Mercari.
@Craig I think I looked on Terapeak 360 days for cross stitch quote and found something somewhat similar. This was stained, so I took that into account. I feel good when things take just a few weeks to sell. Makes be believe I priced it about right.
Pretty amusing. I like the juxtaposition of the super granny design and the booty reference. It only took a few weeks to sell.
Hi, my sales really picked up yesterday after being D-E-A-D as a doornail. I listed 50 items last week and my store is over 400 items now! I’m really trying to get things moving. I still need to find the box with Thanksgiving and I started listing Christmas this week. It’s super hot here in California but I’ve put out my Fall decor and had a pumpkin spice latte already.
Vintage Lacy I also would love to see your videos. 🙂
Thanks @Decline. I don’t have a ton of items at the 3-4 pound rate but I should go back and add UPS to some of my older listings. I don’t traditionally share my discount with my buyers though.
I just noticed that Mercari also has a UPS choice that is similar to smartpost at FedEx. For a two pound standard size package, Fed Ex Ground Economy is running 7.99 or 10.50, still beating the “UPS Surepost”. Not too much cheaper than the $12.50 priority rate. I’m trying to sell off my old Mercari stuff and those buyers are cheap so I’m changing it to the 7.99 rate – you only get one choice on Mercari. For example, I have the less desirable Starbucks mugs on Mercari and the shipping would be $2 less than Ebay priority even to my own zip code. But I’m also noticing that USPS Parcel Post is showing as a cheaper two pound option on Ebay. I thought they got rid of Parcel Post or that the price used to be the same.
Bottom line, seems like a good time to go through and check shipping options.
D Eulesben?
These are cool sites. https://artistssignatures.com/artistsbyname.php?page=1&letter=e
https://www.themarksproject.org/search-artist
Often the person I find isn’t famous enough for those sites. I found one this week by typing in my best guess and seeing a listing for similar work. Good luck!
I’m listing but having a “Is this thing on?” kind of week and holiday weekends are not usually good for me. Hope other scavengers are doing well!
@Julie thanks but I didn’t get anything done until after testing negative. Then I still had a few days of lazing around. But now I’ve had a couple days of decent listing. My sales are still poor, but this week should be good for listing. I too need to pay for some things so I’m hoping sales pick up soon.
I know right? it’s so sad. I’ve had only a couple of claims with USPS but they have refunded in those instances. The buyer thought I packed it very well.
I just mention and photograph the crazing. I know this name is very collectible so would sell, but it did take a while so perhaps that is why. There are people looking for Midcentury items who aren’t serious collectors I think. I am still learning myself about how these things affect the value and have to guesstimate on the pricing. Probably many similar pieces do have crazing, and if that’s true then it would be expected even by a serious collector.
I finally got back to listing Friday and listed 18 items this week. As I wrote on my numbers post, I really need to kick myself into gear this coming week. I don’t normally watch tv but started a long series while sick with Covid and I’m almost done. Confessing that it’s been a distraction. Have a great week everyone.
Total Items in Store: 381
Items Sold: 3
Gross Sales: $108.41 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $58.31 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: 24
Highest Price Sold: $60 (vintage art pottery)
Average Price Sold: $45
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 18It was a very slow week of sales for me. Yarn is selling well and getting offers. I think it’s my favorite new thing to pick up. Last week my post disappeared but it was busier than I thought. I hardly ever have broken items or returns but I had one of each last week. Also hard to get motivated for me post-Covid even though school has started. Kind of just had the blahs. So, I really, really need to kick myself into gear and get listing this week. Today I have some good time to list. My sales are usually quite good in October and November.
@Temudgin hope your sales pick up. I like your photography, which is similar to my style. Scrolled through your store and I’m wondering if your buyers might be older and possibly more conservative (cautious) during this recession time? My sales with a similar size store and long listing gaps have been slow for vintage but good for my new items. I do wonder too if Ebay has made some tweaks to the algorithm that favor regular listing and fresh listings during the past few months.
@Sharon the sale went through at the low price but the item was still showing in the listing at the higher price.
normally I just ship it out and don’t pay attention ruin so I just wanted to see if maybe there was some kind of glitch going on.
@debits nope I had auto decline on for higher than he paid. Also did not say offer accepted.
clould have been a hacker because zero feedback. They made the same offer/counteroffer at my lowest offer price 3 times first. I can’t believe someone would bother but EBay couldn’t explain it. Also interesting that I canceled and blocked but no complaint or contact from the buyer.
