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My sale of the week took 3 days to sell. It was a complete Lenox Spice Garden Spice Rack. It sold for $499.99 + $40 shipping. I bought it for $65 during a 75% off day at an estate sale. The person who owned it before me paid $4.95 for it at Goodwill back when you could still find good deals there. I forgot to select Signature Required when I shipped so I was sweating it for about 3 days after I saw it was delivered until the buyer left positive feedback. Phew!
Before I comment anything, I’m just going to say I know how to calculate dimensional weight. Anytime I complain about FedEX or UPS’s postage adjustments someone always comments that its dimensional weight. I know about dimensional weight and I know how and when to calculate it.
I agree about the predatory pricing. I do not trust FedEx or UPS. I fully expect a class action lawsuit against both companies at some point. Of course, we’ll probably each get a check for less than $5 when that happens. The last time I shipped UPS I took a video of me measuring and weighing the box with the postage label and tracking number already attached to it in the event UPS comes back with a postage adjustment. I thought about completely taping a measuring tape to each side of the box so UPS can’t come back and say one size was several inches longer than it actually was.
I found out the hard way that Ebay’s postage calculator is unable to account for packages that incur surcharges. For example, poster tubes. The few times I have to ship UPS or FedEx I use PirateShip since they are able to calculate the surcharges provided I select them in the options.
Yesterday I went to 3 estate sales. 2 were run by the same company that is notorious for overpricing so I always wait until the last day which is 75% off. I got the complete Lenox Spice Garden and Rack for $65, it routinely sells on Ebay for $475. The kicker is when I was cleaning it I found a goodwill sticker on it. The prior owner only paid $4.94 for it! I can’t imagine finding that entire set at goodwill for less than $5. These days they would sell each piece separately.
I also found the Lenox Village coffee pot for $10. It sells on eBay for $120. Replacements.com sells it for $249.
I listen to TechnSports when I need motivation. He tells it like it is. Honestly I could benefit from having someone like him in my life, I wouldn’t have a deathpile.
For clothing/style BOLOs I watch Trash Pandas Thrift but a little goes a long way. They mostly source from Goodwill bins which I do not have but its still good for learning style keywords.
Lately I’ve been watching Tuition Ain’t Cheap because she seems to find and sell things I never would have thought to pick up.
Hustle at Home Mom is good but I find myself getting jealous because how could one part of the country have so many garage sale/thrift store goldmines? The episodes with her husband are my favorite. They both seem like sweet people.
The most underrated Youtuber IMO is Stefany Fuson. She rarely puts out content but I find her dry sense of humor hilarious. I hope she ramps up her channel.
Possibly my scavenge of the year – 5 Hermes scarves for $1.50 each! I didn’t get even remotely excited when I found them because these things are often counterfeited which I assumed must be the case but at $1.50 a piece it was worth the chance. I found them in my husband’s working class home town at a nice thrift store that was having a Black Friday sale. I thought surely they would know what they had and must’ve known they were fake hence the price but my husband and in laws all agreed that people in that neck of the woods probably wouldn’t know the brand. So far all indications are the scarves are real! I’ve listed the first one for $299.99 obo.
I also visited that town’s Goodwill. In the past the place has always been a dud but I was finding amazing NWT brands all over the place. They must not have the crazy amount of resellers that my town has.
First, that is an amazing quilt, Amatino! I love it.
Second, I’m going to bow out of this group for awhile. It’s a wonderful group of ladies and I appreciate all of the motivation and kindness shown by everyone here, especially Amatino who keeps us all going and who has faithfully logged our numbers week after week.
I’ve gotten a bit scattered and unfocused lately and am trying to streamline as much as possible. I just wanted to hop on here and let y’all know so when you don’t see me posting weekly, you won’t think something bad happened to me. I’ll check in from time to time but I won’t be posting my weekly numbers.
Best wishes to all!
Thanks everyone so far for the assistance. I have found some additional information about the pottery studio that made it. It was made in Kalona, Iowa at a now closed pottery studio. The land was/is owned by the Amish so I wonder if the pottery was also made by someone Amish. I don’t know if that helps identify the purpose of the item in any way but good to know nonetheless.
Thanks Amatino. I’m motivated to list. I had insane vet bills plus both a crown and a filling replaced all within less than a month!
42 listings. My death pile was untouched, unfortunately.
I’ll be visiting my mom next week so I might not remember to post here for a week or two.
34 listings.
I dropped one death pile item off at the tailor today to get a hook from a missing hook & eye closure on a dress attached. It’s a super easy fix that I could have done myself but I constantly put those types of projects off so now I let someone else do it.
47 listings last week. Tons of vet bills the last 2 weeks so I have to list, list, list to get them paid.
Here’s wishing this group a much healthier 2nd half of 2024.
VT – That stinks!! 🙁 I hope you feel better soon.
I hadn’t realized I forgot to report in last week.
For 7/15 – 7/21 I listed 49 items
For 7/22 – 7/28 I listed 26 items
54 listings for week of July 8 – 14.
I have several bins of DP items in my basement that I’ll definitely be working on for the challenge when it starts in August.
I forgot to post last week. For the week June 24 – 30, I listed 40 items.
For the week of July 1 – 7, I listed 60.
So far July is shaping up to be a month of few distractions (I hope I didn’t just jinx it) so I’m trying to get 300 items listed during the month. I’m well on my way. I flew through a rack of clothing, many of which had been hanging on that rack for months! I’ve never seen the rack so empty. I also donated a number of items I was sick of looking at.
Good morning, y’all. I was on vacation last week to Clearwater Beach. Before leaving I listed 29 items for the week of June 10-16. I listed 0 for the week June 17-23.
Prior to leaving for vacation my husband and I deep cleaned our house for 11 hours! My ebay room looks pretty amazing. Most of the unlisted inventory is now located in my basement. I think it will help me to have it out of the way so that it won’t overwhelm me again. I’ll bring up a little bit at a time to work on.
My favorite sourcing honey hole closed down while I was on vacation. It was one of those liquidation bin stores. For some reason that store got the most amazing clothing, unlike most every other store of that type. It accounted for 30% of my profit so far this year and it was a really quick place to source a lot of inventory. So now I’ll have to hustle quite a bit more to make up for that. 🙁
