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Welcome! Twelve years as a full-time scavenger is no joke.
You mentioned dumpster diving. What’s that process like? Do you have regular spots that keep giving?
We just had a buyer return three plates to us. The buyer put them in a box without any padding. Surprisingly only one broke.
Listing in any form is always good. Glad you have a system down that works for you. As Retro said, each seller needs to find the listing routine/pace that works for them.
My only hesitation about these “systems” is when new sellers think it’s the only way, cant keep up, and then just not list.
I just like “always be listing”. No particular time of day or week. Just list when you can.
When you say electronics, do you mean video games? Stereo equipment? Computers?
Where do you do most of your sourcing? What kind of COGS do you have, assuming you pay up for quality, fast selling items?
I really love your stories of your sales. Huge congrats on having the foresight to purchase those cards and then circumstances made them valuable a year later!
I like your idea of a “scavenge of the week” or “sale of the week” topic. I’ll ask Ryanne to create it on the forum.
That’s an interesting mention that it may not be any of our particular stores but actually just fewer people shopping on eBay. I have no idea whats up or down.
Facebook marketplace feels more like a competitor to Craigslist. Except for Etsy, I still havent seen any other site that competes with eBay is the weird, vintage items that many of us sell. And Etsy hasnt ever been a great place for sales either.
While I encourage listing in any form, have you seen any patterns of your sales using this method of listing a certain number each day?
(Was Daily Refinement ever reinstated on eBay after being banned? What’s he up to now?)
Always good to hear your scavenging adventures. Shows that there’s no slow down on stuff being put out int the world. We haven’t had much time to scavenge and still have four bins of items to list.
Last week Zack suggested rearranging/renaming some of the forum threads which Ryanne will do. If anyone has any suggestions, happy to do it.
Wonder is this could be then next big scam. Offer to sell stuff for people. Then disappear.
It’s nice they’re patient with getting paid. Guess it’s a good problem having too much inventory that sells for big money.
