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You had a good sale. Be proud!
But, yes, a pair of shell cordovan shoes could have sold for twice as much. Especially if the shoes have a brand like Hanover. Next time.
Glad you made it over to the forum!
Regardless of your difficulty finding inventory, you’re doing great. A $225 painting. That’s a serious art sale.
Can you remind us what you’re generally selling on eBay and Amazon? I assume it’s new items since your COGS are high?
Great sales numbers. Your average sale price on Amazon is $106. That’s incredible.
I’ll be interested to hear how you sell from two different locations throughout the year. I know this is an issue for other snowbirds.
What image hosting did you use?
https://imgur.com/ works by just adding links.You can also try using the “img” button at the top of this text post. This tells the blog that you’re adding an image.
Living in a rural area, we also often drive up to 90 miles to scavenge, but it’s worth not having to live in the traffic madness!
I can’t think of a better way to teach kids how to make money. Much better than preparing them for a boring minimum wage jobs.
I think you can already do this. At the top of your post on the right hand side are several function links in light grey: “edit”, “trash”, etc.
Do you see these? Or am I just seeing them because I’m an admin?
I think if you keep your items in a climate controlled environment, you’ll be fine. If you also poly bag and tape them up, I can’t see how moths could get to them.
We have hundreds of wool sweaters stored inside and never had a moth issue for the past eight years.
Welcome Dallas. Its glad we have an “old timer” here who started out scavenging and selling before many of us were even born! I think many of us forget that what we’re doing is nothing new. People have been buying and selling old stuff for millennia. The only difference now is that we’re using a more efficient kind of selling through the internet.
Just curious: I notice a lot of guys who sell at flea markets stay away from eBay because they love the cash business. Did you ever let that give you paus from selling online?
You make a good point. I forgot that you need to lay down the pipes before pouring the concrete base.
The metal building is really just a large shed. We can try to insulate and cover cracks, but the walls and roof are just a thin piece of metal. Perfect for storing things from the sun, rain, and snow. Not temperatures, small animals, and bugs. Our hard goods would do fine like this as they already do.
We know the metal building is $8k installed. We’re going to get a price on a wood frame building. It’ll cost more, but it’ll be nice to have a protected area.
