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Hi! Got my coffee and trying the Cameroon – it’s nice.
Well I listed a few Halloween items this week and I’m determined to pare down our old costumes etc. I’m still kind of needing a solid Ebay day. Day job is brisk at the moment. Thrifting a bit and I love to hit it when the Halloween gets put out. Definitely, definitely more scavengers out in my neck of the woods than there used to be. We are in a college and tourist city that is super short on hotel and food service staff. One wonders if some of those prospective employees have figured out selling online is better.
I discovered a reselling Podcast called Pure Hustle, and they have annoying promotions but they seem pretty sharp. Had a recent episode truly mourning the departure of Jay and Ryanne. They had some experimenting going on and decided that sales beget sales > listing. I think he ran a sale and accepted a bunch of decent offers to fire up his sales after trying listing first and restarting listings. They acknowledge it could be other factors of course, but still interesting.
Happy Fall. Retro keep healing.
Take care of yourselves folks. @Retro especially you. Sending healing thoughts.
Just popping in to say that I missed the podcast. I started out on a couple of listings but I’m not in hard core effort mode for sure. Both kids – college freshman and high school in person – are going through major transitions but I do have more time if not mental energy. It’s a bit rough but I look forward to doing what Ebay I can. Sales are a little better.
I’m glad you posted here to let us know how you are doing! 🙂 Sales improvement probably is tied to listing, let’s face it.
I drove by an estate sale and decided to go in (way past opening). It was picked but I still found an overlooked vintage cartoon stationery box that has sold for $60 and some envelopes for shipping.
As far as content goes, I wanted to give a quick plug to Lavender Clothesline on Youtube. I like to watch the videos where she decides to pass on things and she talks about hard goods a lot and decision making. Honorable mention to The Niche Lady. She picks a lot of stuff I wouldn’t but also knows and shows some brands I’m not familiar with. She also shows pictures of the comps she looked up on the screen. I don’t watch much television but I enjoy some of the videos.
After reading the responses I feel like mine was totally inadequate. I’m just a voice in the internet universe but I suggest that you consider at least a quarterly podcast. In the meantime I’ll be supporting your podcast and the coffee biz. You are uniquely intelligent but slumming it. Luv u guys.
Nooooo! 🙂
Aw I hope you decide to keep the forum but I get it. Thanks for all of the info and sharing yourselves and your journey with us. You guys are too cool in my book.
@Retro thinking good thoughts for you and your family.
Well I dropped my oldest off at college and feel enormous relief. His college has a serious vax mandate for everyone, though the students are taking some liberties with the initial mask mandate. They caught 10 cases on the initial arrival testing, half are staff, 3 are international students. School population is 4200 in NY. I guess I kind of get fixated on something and obsess a bit so I’m glad my son seems to be settled where he is supposed to be. Now I have some time to get back to Ebay and my younger is vaxxed and back in person. I’m finding it hard to dive in on listing so please use this space to yell at me! Lol. I’ve done a terrible job being productive during the pandemic but I think a lot of it was due to anxiety that my son’s future college life would be disrupted and the insanity of US selective college admissions.
New England was great and people were really friendly and have great manners compared to California. It seemed a bit strange how little of the land is populated and looks the same (from the freeway anyway). We checked out Boston and Mystic – had to scrape Cape Cod because of Henri.
I have about 300 items left in the store and did very little shopping during the pandemic. There is definitely more competition when I do go. I like the Youtuber videos where they show you what they are passing on. I feel like I’ve graduated to the thrift quick and walk out empty handed group now.
R&J glad your sales picked up a bit!
P.S. I finally ordered something by mistake. I was looking at a particular used hoodie and ended up ordering the wrong size. They shipped before I noticed so I will just flip on Mercari. I was on my phone and the size was in the title but got cut off. Oof.
Greetings! Well I’ve put Ebay on the back burner for while and it seems Ebay also put me on the back burner. A couple of sales here and there but really it wants the listing. I’m doing a little R&R rather than listing still. The Pandemic Pounds are starting to come off and I’ve been feeling a lot less stressed. We are catching up on a lot of medical screenings and appointments. Get your colonoscopy Gen X friends! I do need to get in the mood to sit and list at home, which I find harder after being forced to do my day job from home for over a year.
I’ve been thrifting pretty often and I’m proud to say that I graduated to that super fast scanner mode I used to see the long term resellers execute. I can see with clarity a million things that are not worth my time. I also feel like the stores are being heavily shopped, so I’m not sure if a lot of people are still getting government help and hitting up the thrifts in earnest. It seems I have more and more Gen Z competition too instead of just the old record and art guys. Mainly I’m hunting for quality winter clothes for my son who is headed off to college in August.
Have a good week! I’m following the social media for Luray Modern, etc. and you guys have such great taste. Love it. We’ll be spending time in the East but unfortunately not close enough to enjoy your Airbnb.
Hey guys! Congrats again on the success of the coffee shop. I’m curious how the food is doing vs the coffee. Exciting to hear that you will be expanding the business.
I had a short trip to Santa Cruz and San Francisco with my daughter. It was surprisingly pretty dead in SF, even at Fisherman’s Wharf. Sales are slow but I haven’t listed in weeks. I lost my TRS status I think due to low volume. Plenty to list but lots of work changes and family stuff going on. We are getting ready to take my son to New York for college in mid-August and will go see Cape Cod and Boston briefly while he does a pre-orientation trip. Lots of extra expenses right now so I’d like to ramp up on Ebay.
Hey Jay! I sure hope you have a better week this week. I need to order more coffee. You guys are victims of your own success. Kind of normal to get a little burned out. Perhaps you can raise coffee and food prices a bit in the future. $4 is a little less than here but everything here costs more. Grab and go food is actually a bargain at Starbucks, even compared to IHOP or Subway.
No need to post numbers, sales are awful. I saw on next door that the local thrifts are so full they are refusing donations. Lots of sales are starting but I still have plenty of stuff to list and a lot of day job work. I’m hoping when I get back to listing in earnest, EBay mobile will be as easy as Mercari.
We have two awesome newish resale stores. They are so nicely curated that I think these guys must be getting an in on estate sales. I did see a pair of brass figurines I passed on at the thrift. They wanted $120 and the price was 2@$3.99. I guess I should have bought those.
Have a great week.
Thanks for the podcast. I’m glad you are still appreciating the margins in Ebay so you’ll stay with us. 🙂. Ebay is terribly slow for me but I haven’t been listing or running a sale. Had a change at my day job that is keeping me extra busy and my daughter is out of school and not in camp yet. I started consolidating some inventory and organizing boxes this weekend. In the past I was determined to list all of the death piles but I’m having an argument with myself to just shed some lower dollar stuff since it’s hard to find time to list. Stay tuned.
Total Items in Store: 308
Items Sold:
Gross Sales (Not including shipping and tax): $279.79
Net Sales (After fees): $218.62
Cost of Items Sold: $52
Highest Price Sold: $155 (One new pillowcase)
Average Price Sold: $72
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory: $20Well things are getting pretty close to normal at least until school gets out. I’m back at my office 4 days a week while my daughter is in school and it’s great. I like clean dividing lines between my work and my home life (and Ebay at home). It really has been good for me. Also the stressful worst-year-ever college admissions cycle has pretty much come to a close. Tomorrow I plan to consolidate and organize some Ebay inventory in storage. No need to shop unfortunately. This weekend I should have a some time between activities to list. A woman paid me $155 plus shipping for ONE discontinued print pillow sham, and told me not to ship the duvet. UM, OK!
Hope you guys aren’t working too hard on the coffee shop and everything else but are enjoying the adventure. It looks amazing. My Southern Split brewed has a nice kick vs. the dreaded Kerig.
We had someone write to us offering to buy our house and pay all of the closing costs, etc. Housing market is off the charts here as inventory is low. Too bad we are not empty nesters yet but then, I’m not emotionally ready for that.
Total Items in Store: 318
Items Sold: 6
Gross Sales: $398.75 (including eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Net Sales: $302.59 (minus eBay fees, shipping, and taxes)
Cost of Items Sold: $150
Highest Price Sold: $79 New tunic dress, paid $24
Average Price Sold: $66
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Thanks for the podcast. I was wondering where you were going with the death nun. Congrats on the continued success of the coffee shop. It reminds me a lot of my favorite shop here, which btw has stopped selling my favorite avocado toast. I’m crushed.
Finally coming out of my pandemic/stress induced coma and got some items listed and was rewarded with some sales – all comfort clothing. I have sold a handful of really old items recently that I marked down to try to blow out. Work is busy but I’m looking forward to getting back into Ebay. I don’t have much of a taste for thrifting and instead really want to focus on clearing some death piles. A bunch of saleable stuff came out of my daughter’s room that I could flip on Mercari and I’m currently resisting just donating it since I didn’t buy it for resale. I feel a Marie Kondo spell coming on. We have a lot of travel expense coming this summer with my son moving and I need to kick back into gear on all fronts.
I got a notice that a totally benign home decor item made in India sent GSP was stopped at customs. Does anyone know off the top of your head if it might clear or if Ebay will just hold the funds unless I call. I loathe calling them.
Have a great week everyone.
Thanks guys! I presume that he will be going in and out of buildings a lot so yeah, layers. What if he has to go to the gym? I get the top part but would you pull on some sort of pants on top of the track pants? So he should have heavier snow boots and also like the duck style ones for rain? He wears shorts and tees and a light Patagonia nanopuff year round now. I don’t think he’s ever worn a sweater. Thanks again.
ps. Nice yard sale score. I’ve found 4 Patagonia jackets / vests here for $20 in great shape. I bought him a Patagonia parka and warm raincoat on Backcountry Steep & Cheap. I’ve found it to be pretty expensive on Ebay in most cases.
