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Yeah, houses under $200k are going fast because everyone wants an Airbnb property. I’m curious if we’ll see a saturation of rentals.
We made a fast trip up to Luray on Saturday to look at another house for sale. We liked it and made an offer over listing price and still got out bid. Buyer waived all inspections and appraisal. That is one crazy real estate market now.
Which house was it? Who do you think is buying at these prices? I live here and am still not sure.
You have any insight into the reason? Is it a change in eBay’s algorithm? Or do you think its just fewer people searching for things right now?
We started selling on eBay during the 2008 meltdown. People just hurt uncertainty when making buying choices. Over the long haul, we still like to shop.
We’ve sold four low dollar items since Sunday morning. I think it’s just the current market we’re in that no one wants our weird, vintage stuff. War, inflation, rumors of recession, another round of COVID coming….
This video is relevant to states across the country. Here in Virginia, there are hundreds of small communities that are struggling to find a reason to exist after the manufacturing disappeared 30 years ago. Cheap housing, cheap land, no jobs.
a huge part of building my knowledge base was finding the items I could buy for $5 and list for $20.
Are you now buying big lots of cards to find the gems?
My deal with the Thrift shop is that I get first dibs on some of the items coming in. I go there twice a week and pick what I want.
Wow, that’s the scavenger ream to get the pick from the beginning of the stream. Do you pay a premium for that privilege? Why do they let you have that kind of access?
I am trying to think of ways to get my store my into auto mode.
What is “auto mode”? What’s your deal with a thrift shop?
I wonder what will happen if we send a single package to Germany without applying. Will they return the package?
Nice to hear from old posters. Last I remember, you guys bought a second home near where your partner was going to graduate school.
Since you had such a huge listed inventory, did your store continue to give you fulltime income while you were part time? How long did it keep feeding you?
I chalk this up to your scavenger “spidey sense”, but also to your deep knowledge of vintage toys. I would likely have grabbed the dolls but you really know you got a big score. Good find!
Unless we see photos its broken and was our/PO’s fault, we always require the buyer to mail it back for a refund. This way we know the buyer is serious and not just fishing for a partial refund. And/or we get to resell the item.
As we’ve all discussed before, often times buyers dont mail items back so do not get refunds.
Yeah, Ryanne said we actually already had that chosen. So it seems eBay is still doing beta testing? We already have an unpaid offer we accepted Monday.
