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[Mark S]

I came up with a Scavenger Buying Equation Matrix.

For those of you having a difficult time deciding if you should buy an item or not, maybe run the purchase by this matrix:

https://imgur.com/a/n3NdSa1

Mark S

[Mark S]

Thanks Simon,

You provided the missing link that I needed!

Wonder Lister had all the information I need for my taxes, except my USPS shipping costs (it only saves Fedex, I believe it is a bug). Anyway, with Go Daddy losing my data, I had no way to get this data. The only accurate way to get it was to add up it up by hand the postage I paid from each 1 page print out. I didn’t want to do that, so I just downloaded the shipping costs from Paypal (had to filter it), but it gave me the number I needed.

Thanks again Simon.

Mark

[Mark S]

2019-01-27 – 2019-02-02

Total Items In Store: 2,683
Items Sold: 16
Cost of Items Sold: $50
Total Sales: $516
Highest Price Sold: $76 (Hunting Jacket)
Average Price Sold: $32.25
# Items Listed: about 20
Money Spent on New Inventory: $0

Gut Sales Report for the week: Somewhat slow week. Had some good sales on Sunday, so I’m good.

Challenge of the week: Have to start on my taxes. Bad news is that my Go Daddy account got shut down because I forgot to have money on a credit card. The good news is that I don’t think I need it. I can get everything I need from Wonder Lister.

Scavenge of the week: Nothing

Movie of the week: Ralph wrecks the internet! Must see ebay movie. See my full post about it at:

Best ebay movie ever! You have to see this movie – Ralph wrecks the internet!

Mark S

[Mark S]

Tony,

I saw a video with that side by side with Rick and it is dead on!

Mark

[Mark S]

It was Free. Thats what this article says:

https://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/wreck-ralph-ebay-starring-role/315748/

[Mark S]

I don’t know if Ebay gad to pay. Most of the most popular web sites were in the movie. You tube was not – it got a new name like buzz feed I think.

Great movie.

Mark

[Mark S]

Almost forgot, here is the link to the official trailer:

Mark

[Mark S]

Mike,

All the US Post Offices in my area take the Smartpost packages. I don’t have to go to Fedex for Smartpost. I only have to go to Fedex for Home Delivery and Ground.

Mark

[Mark S]

DT,

Yea, those marbles are a challenge. I found a good site for help: http://www.buymarbles.com/

They will do a free appraisal.

They also help you identify if they are German handmade or machine made.

Mark

[Mark S]

Mike,

I still use Smartpost all the time. It seems to work best for really small packages – 12 X 9 X 4 or smaller. Ground and Home always are better for Bigger and heavier items I have found.

Mark

[Mark S]

2019-01-20 – 2019-01-26

Total Items In Store: 2,667
Items Sold: 15
Cost of Items Sold: $50
Total Sales: $556
Highest Price Sold: $105 (Allen Edmund Shoes)
Average Price Sold: $37.06
# Items Listed:
Money Spent on New Inventory: $200

Gut Sales Report for the week: It was a painfully slow week until the Government shutdown was over; then sales picked right back up to where they normally are.

Challenge of the week: I got my new clothes racks setup. But guess what? Three double racks are not enough! I keep saying I am getting out of clothes (well, cheap ones anyway, just going for the good stuff).

Scavenge of the week: I struck it rich at two 50% off high end sales. I got $1500 worth of items for $200. The average selling price is $55.73. Among the items were a Burberry Trench Coat, a Hartmann Briefcase, a Pendleton Sports Jacket, a nice Stetson Cowboy Hat, a Tux, and an LL Bean Duffle bag with leather trim. These are the types of sales that I am looking for. Spend a little more money and get these high end items with a high average selling price. Now if I can only find more of these types of sales along with nice vintage sales, then I am all set for the year.

Guaranteed Delivery: I think I was selected by ebay to do guaranteed delivery, but no one has even asked me about this.

Mark S

[Mark S]

If you look, you will see that the United States Post Office lost 3.9 Billon dollars in Fiscal Year 2018. I think they are trying to catch up and at least break even for 2019!

Mark

[Mark S]

Mike,

“Also by using WonderLister, the item is still in the database as sold, but not paid. When we replace we just adjust the database.”

I followed you except for the sentence above. What exactly do you do here?

Mark

[Mark S]

Retro & Ice_Queen,

I think that returns, unpaid items, or cancellations are one of the main causes of this. So, I have made a spreadsheet for each of these types transactions. I have a column “Back to Inventory” and “Relisted”. This forces me to put these items back into my inventory and to relist them.

The reason for this is that when something goes unpaid, it just sits there without getting relisted or put back into inventory. Or, you may relist it and then it sits there and gets lost. Then when it sells, you cannot find it in your inventory.

The other culprit is users asking questions about an item. You take it out to answer the question and then leave it somewhere instead of returning to your inventory.

Mark

[Mark S]

Inglewood,

I have like 5 back up remotes for my cable because we always seem to lose them. They after awhile, they show up again. I like having the 5 around so I never run out.

Mark

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