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24 listings. Unfortunately despite my best efforts, I came down with the nasty cold my husband brought home and as of yesterday I think it’s turned into a sinus infection. So that’s been fun and has severely hampered my productivity.
I was able to get thru 5 DP items – 4 I listed and 1 I donated because it wasn’t going to be worth the trouble to set it up, test and photograph. Even though it was only 5, it sure feels nice getting these old deathpile items out of my life. Just having unlisted inventory around makes me less productive and less motivated.
Amatino – THANK YOU for the Trash Elf tote! I love totes and bags. I use them constantly for taking things to the post office, for when I’m shopping at estate sales and when I’m bringing inventory up from my basement. You are so sweet (and amazing!) to award a prize and keep this group going.
Good morning,
60 items this week. I’m very happy with that number! Yesterday I took one of every vitamin in the house because my husband came down with whatever bug everyone seems to have right now and I’m doing all I can to keep my immune system strong and healthy. I felt like I could run a marathon after all of those vitamins! But instead, I listed like someone on speed.
I can’t remember whose idea it was to list out all of the contents of each deathpile box but thank you! I listed each item from one box into excel last week. Technically it wasn’t a box, it was all of the loose items floating around my office. Having the list to look at really helped me. I got through all 17 of those items by listing 14 and tossing 3. I’m creating another deathpile list this week. I guess maybe it works because I don’t have to think about what to list next, it’s already listed out in writing for me.
I’ve also created a written daily/weekly schedule for myself which has so far been beneficial. I hope I keep up with it. Sometimes the newness of the year gets me excited for change but I end up quickly losing steam as the days go by.
2024 Resolutions
#1 Create and follow a daily/weekly schedule
#2 Monthly catalog all death pile items from one bin and list or toss each one during the month
Thank you everyone for all of the motivation over 2023. It really does help me some weeks to know that I’ll be posting my numbers.
My address is the same but Amatino you really don’t need to send me anything! You are too kind.
Here’s to a productive, healthy, profitable, fun, happy 2024 for us all!
Happy New Year! I finished the year with 1 entire listing. 🙂
Death piles definitely weigh me down and I know I’m much less productive because of them. I like the idea of listing out all of the contents of each box and working thru the list. Maybe by seeing the items in a list form, it will help me work thru the box contents since I will have a visible list from which to mark off items.
I need to make some changes in 2024 because I’m not making enough money. I’m not sure what I can do at this point, I’m my own worst enemy. It’s all mental at this point.
39 listings.
Later today I’ll be shutting my store down for the holiday. I’m a bit of an anxious person and I hate the frantic messages I start receiving from buyers as Christmas approaches. All the last minute shoppers who pick the cheapest shipping option and are then irate when their item didn’t arrive at their doorstep across country within two days. Or they want me to ship it express or next day air until they find out how much that costs. So, for the last few years I just shut my store off a little early and enjoy the week.
ChristineR – thanks! I need to go thru my Mercari listings. I’m sure I have several which will need the shipping changed.
39 listings.
Future productivity may take a dive. A few days ago my cat Cookie started batting at my computer monitor so I put on a bird video for her to watch. Now she’s obsessed and is constantly standing in front of the monitor. She loves it. I may need to get her, her own computer monitor.
Parting out the dishwasher – GREAT idea! Our dishwasher died after 2 years and because Lowes couldn’t get us the right replacement part within 2 months, they had to give us an entirely new dishwasher. We kept the old one intending to fix and sell it but we will make so much more selling it for parts!
15 items for me – all photographed and listed in one day. It’s amazing how quickly it is to list socks.
VT – I have had a terrible time with eBay search while I’m out sourcing. The results of the searches have been largely irrelevant to the item I searched. I’ve resorted to using google to search for the item and clicking on the Ebay listings from there. I’ve heard other resellers say the same. No wonder sales have been crappy this year.
Wow Amatino! Thank you for your persistence in rescuing the dog. Unfortunately, I think this might be becoming more commonplace as the price of pet food and especially vet bills have skyrocketed, along with everything else. A local man was recently arrested because he surrendered his dog to the pound with a broken leg. He couldn’t afford to get it vet care due to a serious illness in his family and he thought he was doing the right thing. I’m worried that since it made the news, people in similar situations will simply abandon their injured pets. I sure hope not.
I was just telling my mom and husband awhile ago that pet ownership has become a luxury that many families can no longer afford. It seems like we drop at least $400 every time we have to take one of our pets to the vet. We’d like to eventually get a dog again after ours died last February but I keep thinking of the price for vet bills, pet medication and dog boarding so I don’t think I’ll be getting a dog anytime soon.
