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Total Items in Store: 227
Items Sold: 9
Gross Sales: $403
Cost of Items Sold: $163
Highest Price Sold: $65 (New placemats, paid $20 sourced on Ebay)
Average Price Sold: $44
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 1Enjoyed the podcast. I think you should keep your ideas flexible about food options. Start with the easy no brainers like pastries, sandwiches, fresh fruit, power bars, chips etc. and see what kind of clientele you are getting and at what time of day. My favorite coffee shop here has the best avocado toast on rustic bread. I could eat that every day. If you can manage, oatmeal with toppings and egg options are nice to have. They do not serve chili dogs. But maybe you’ll discover that locals and tourists will like to have more grab and go lunch options? I like to grab a coffee and a lunch to take to the office during normal times. Also I was thinking unlike your other businesses you may experience lulls in the day when you can catch up on some tasks while at the business. Anyway, good luck. There is every indication that things will turn out great! One last coffee shop thought – you probably have super cool branded mugs coming out but one of our local breakfast places uses random coffee mugs from the thrift store. It’s kind of fun to check them out at the table and see what you get.
I had pretty good Ebay sales last week. I usually have a few ladies who purchase new items after Christmas either with money gifts or because they ran into them on the web while looking for bargains. February is usually the worst month for me.
It’s a bit of groundhog day here but we finally got some rain and are wrapping up the last of the college apps this week. Happy that will be over and done with. I was forced to recycle a bunch of boxes and discard perfectly good packing material to make room in the garage for my husband’s new pull up bar. A bit painful. 2019-20 I did make some progress on the death piles and some of that is slowing selling off. There’s nothing on the floor of the garage anymore – yeah! I hope to get the remainder down by half in in the next year.
I was happy to read in the news that Ebay will continue to address the relative difficulty of listing and try to better synch the app and the site. Also read they will focus more on used items as their niche. Finally moving in the right direction IMHO investing in tech and moving away from trying to compete with Amazon.
Happy New Year!
Total Items in Store: 315
Items Sold: 3
Gross Sales: $148
Cost of Items Sold: $64
Highest Price Sold: $59 (New pajamas – paid $24 summer clearance)
Average Price Sold: $49
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Happy holidays everyone! I bought a comfy oversized Broad Porch Coffee hoodie today. I still haven’t tried the coffee. I mistakenly bought a used Bonavita pot on Amazon that I returned and then got a great deal on Thanksgiving for a brand new one. Tomorrow I open the bags. I’m never going back to dressing up for the office.
Sales were slow, but I had 10 day handling on, which I switched to 7 day today. I think they were all sales to men who didn’t read the delivery date and bought the items as gifts, so I really hope they arrive before xmas.
Thanks for the podcast during the dreadful 2020. I look forward to 2021 and hope your success continues in the new year.
P.S. re browsers, what do people recommend? We have Microsoft for now, having taken Google Chrome off at the request of a geek squad helper. I can’t use some websites on Explorer. Thanks!
Total Items in Store: 362
Items Sold: 8
Gross Sales: $345
Cost of Items Sold: $83
Highest Price Sold: $120 discontinued Lego set I bought at Ross and didn’t get listed last or donated year, then found in my garage ($25).
Average Price Sold: $45
Returns: 0 – one item didn’t show up or get an outbound scan – refunded and out about COGS + Shipping $18.
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 0Happy holidays trash elves. My little Ebay Store is greatly neglected but I had some nice sales last week. We are about to emerge from college application land after this month. My day job has been very busy lately too. Kids are stressed in their own ways. I haven’t listed in weeks.
My son was accepted to 5/5 colleges so far. He has a lot of apps in and just a few more reach school apps to send during break. We still hope to travel in April to MA/NH/VT. Fingers crossed. My daughter made the high school musical (which they will try to perform in May somehow.) We are a looong way from that now, with a huge Cali shut down. Hopefully our numbers will trend back down and people won’t travel or mix much.
I should be able to do a bit more Ebay starting in the new year as I anticipate my day job will slow down and I won’t be as fatigued by sitting at the computer desk at home. It was tough as for the first time I bought a few seasonal items and then didn’t even get them listed before the holiday event. I hope everyone enjoys a safe and wonderful holiday at home.
Thank you! I think it is a browser issue. I don’t understand all this browser stuff. Microsoft seems to be at war with Google or something…
I’m closing my EBay store early. Two years ago I got stung on a Fed Ex package. EBay allowed the buyer to pay the regular rate, but I had to go into the store and pay crazy express/holiday/overnight? shipping as EBay would not allow me to print a normal label. It was a husband buying a gift so I ate the profit and told him to pay it forward. Now I always shut down until the 24th. Not worth it at my level of sales.
I’m getting an F on both of these Es right now. But 2021 is coming!
Thank you so much. I almost forgot to use my coupon. Google Ebay Subscriber Discounts and you should be able to find yours. Need to check the box next to the code at checkout with the cart.
He is applying early action (not binding), not early decision mainly because he didn’t have a firm favorite, we want to compare merit aid offers, and we haven’t been able to travel to MA yet. Yes, used to be SO much easier. Some of the extra essays these kids have to write are ridiculously insightful for a 17 year old kid and certainly burdensome when you are applying to this many schools. The colleges want their yield rate high so they are trying with the essays to figure out if you will really come.
Thanks Jay! It was a pretty simple process in the ’80s for me but I ended up undermatching. Fun socially and it all worked out, but I’d like to help choose a better path for my son. Long process. Will be super grateful in December when all apps are done.
Thanks Simon! Thanks for sharing and I’m glad it worked out so well for your D. I’m nervous about the UCs holistic admissions process but he will apply to 5 campuses. It’s a bit exhausting applying to so many schools but he should have some good choices at the end and if we are lucky some merit. We are leaning private but who knows? Partly because hasn’t really found a solid favorite and also because of all of the uncertainty, the plan is to apply heavily. I’m a terrible parent in the sense that emotionally I ride all of their highs and lows with them.
Congrats @annaesthetic23 on publishing your book!
Enjoyed the podcast and the Star Trek philosophy session. Whatever happens I’m hoping there is more unity and protection going forward, and maybe more Ebay sales too! Sales were dismal this week – just had a couple – but I can blame myself since I’ve not been listing for so long.
As of yesterday, son has 7 early college apps in, with acceptance from 2 of those toward the bottom of his list. There are 3 more due this month, but some of the work is done on those. It’s quite a marathon but I’m feeling a bit less distracted this week and relieved that he is over the hump at least in this crazy process.
My Broad Porch coffee arrived quickly and I look forward to trying that. See now that Amazon set me up to buy a refurbished pot, so I need to keep a better eye on them when ordering. I got free shipping on a big work item, so I joined Prime in the spring and I have to say it is super convenient and I will probably order enough stuff and movies to make it wash on the fee. I’m sure I’m paying a bit more here and there for Prime items but I do like to be able to shoot an order and get it off my mind without worrying about combined shipping. My husband has become a big Poshmark fan. He found a less famous but higher quality brand of clothing he likes and says he’s been getting good deals around the $15 mark. Surprisingly, he kind of liked the idea of the little notes the sellers put in there.
Have a safe and peaceful week out there trash elves.
I bought the new Bonavita but can’t bring myself to splurge on the Breville. We love coffee but the drip will be an upgrade to what we are doing now. Looking forward!
Total Items in Store: 316
Items Sold: 6
Cost of Items Sold: $31
Total Sales: $106
Highest Price Sold: $35 (Cross stitch kit, paid $6)
Average price: $18
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 3Low dollar week and I have to admit to being unproductive and snacking and napping to much. Absorbed with the college stuff and not listing. My son got an awesome score on the ACT after he finally got a shot at it, so some relief there. I think I should take a break from the news and buyers might be lying low because of the election?
I jumped on the Broad Porch coffee train and ordered some along with the coffee maker you recommended on the forum Ryanne. We’ve been using a Keurig for a little while since I needed to limit my caffeine intake but I decided to upgrade. Maybe going back to drip coffee will give me the boost I need!
Thank you @Temudgin. I’ll spare her until we find out around December if he got in first. But, I’d love to email with you. I’ll shoot you a message at gmail soon.
As his mom, of course I can say I told you so when he complains about the weather. But, if he learns to dress for it, then in theory he will like the cold vs the heat. The weather here is an eternal mild summer day. All of the plants seem really dry since the drought. I think he will enjoy the seasons on one level.
I had heard that Boston people can be rude, so trying to get a read on that. Thanks everyone for your input. It’s a big deal to think about sending your kid to live somewhere you haven’t been before.
Ryanne since you have lived here in California also, how would you compare the culture? Are people in MA generally friendly, willing to help out a stranger or more polite but closed off like Seattle? Here in Cali it seems like people are kind of wary of being asked for something so we kind of ignore each other. You know, just generally speaking of course.
