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Elle,
Hi, I am in your area. I have held a Michigan meet up. I had a lot of interest but not many showed up at the meet up.
Are you saying you want to hire someone to list for you? Or you are wanting to list for someone?
I am looking for someone to list.
Mark
Julie,
I have gone the off-site route. Just make it clear that they need to stay in a smoke free environment at all times.
I would be more concerned about the measurements. I had someone doing that incorrectly and that caused some issues.
Mark
Don’t worry, he doesn’t live anywhere close to you. I had a meet up for the Michigan people a while back, so I know this.
We bought a Dyson many years ago at Bed Bath and Beyond. Over the years, the vacuum stopped working about 2-3 times. Each time my wife just took it back to Bed Bath and Beyond and they gave her a new one, no questions asked! Not sure how they even knew that we bought the Dyson at there store.
Mark
Paul,
I recently went on a trip and my wife put my daughtets coat and her make up bag on top of the car trunk thinking that i would put it in the trunk. I never saw it and drove away. When we got to our hotel she asked for my saughtrrs jacket and then ee reslized what happened.
My daughter asked the neighbor kid if he saw anything and he ssid he thought he did. My wife searched the roads we went down (even helped a guy who got run off the expressway about 50 yards into the weeds) on our trip but no luck. Then about 1 mo th later i came home from work and both items were sitting on our porch! The neighbor kidput them there. Not surewhy it took 1 month.
Mark
This is the ultimatee “selling a memory story”. I bought 3 Michigan license plates all together right here in Michigan just recently. They were a 1957, 1959, and 1970. I chose to list them all together. Below is the edited (for grammar) message we got from the buyer after he received them.
“I am the original owner. That’s right I found the 1959 plate in a creek in ’71 near my grandmas house. The ’57 &’70 plates were my uncles and he gave them to me in ’71 I was in 6th grade. My older brother borrowed them in ’81 then sold them.
I haven’t seen these plate since 1981 – 36 years ago. I happen to recognize the ’70 numbers all of sudden it clicked. I could’nt believe it. It was like hitting the super lotto. These plates mean nothing to anyone except me.”
Mark
03/11/18 – 03/17/18
Items In Store: 2,258
Items Sold: 18
Cost of Items Sold: $60 (around)
Total Sales: $648
HIghest Price Sold: $75 (Large Fork and Spoon)Average Price Sold: $36
Returns: 1
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $ 150 (or there about)
Number of Items listed this week: 24The sales felt slow again, but at the end of the week it was a good week. Like I say, Anytime i am close to $700 with my store at this point is a good week.
I am still doing well trying to get higher priced items. Just have to stay disciplined to ignore the under $30 items.
Had an amazing story about an item sold. Will share below.
Mark
Yes, I just tried to update a listing and it took a very long time, so I just aborted it.
Mark
And both pair of the Coogi jeans had minor condition issues.
So, maybe if they didn’t have any condition issues they may have sold faster.
Mark
Katie,
Funny you should ask about Coogi Jeans and shorts. I picked up a pair of Mens Coogi jeans and Womens Coogi shorts while I was down in Florida. I got them both from the same guy at the Wagon Wheel of all places.
I sold the mens jeans for $39.99 and it took 13 months for them to sell. The womens Coogi shorts sold for $31.49 and it took 21 months to sell them.
So, yes, they sell, but are much longer tail. The Coogi sweaters were flying out fast. For the sweaters, it all depended on how much I was willing to hold out for. I was able to get the highest dollar for the Vintage Sweaters made in Austrailla that were 100% Wool. And of course the more colorful and better the pattern, the more they went for.
Mark
T-Satt,
Bin and Location are two separate things for me. I enter bin in Wonder Lister. The location is a separate spreadsheet.
For example, Sweater A is assigned to Bin #100. Sweater A will always be in Bin #100. However, bin #100 can change locations, be combined with another bin, or down sized from a 30 Gallon bin to a 18 gallon bin or smaller. Yes, a little more work to keep the Location spreadsheet up to date, but space is more important to me.
Mark
Doublythumbs,
Yes, I think that is one thing that makes it difficult – your partner is not as frugal as you. My wife is somewhat frugal, but my kids have that consumer mind set. Also their competetive gymnastics is not cheap. I think agreeing to a budget for things and sticking to it is the key. It just gets hard when things change fast.
Mark
Retro,
Our number were similar this week.
Coogi sweaters – one of my favorite items. I don’t know if ypu were here or remember, but about 2 years ago i got a whole tub of vintage Austrailian sweaters and hats at a garage sale for $50. The sales on those were crazy goid. If i could find something like that again!
Condensing listed bins – a favorite of mine too. You reclaim space (which is high in demand and scarse) and save money by not having to buy new containers! I love the outcome, but i dont always like the work involved. But it is always worth it.
Mark
03/04/18 – 03/10/18
Items In Store: 2,242
Items Sold: 22
Cost of Items Sold: $75 (around)
Total Sales: $695
HIghest Price Sold: $52 (Johnstone & Murphy shoes)Average Price Sold: $31.59
Returns: 2
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $ 72
Number of Items listed this week: 0The sales felt slow and low dollar, but at the end of the week it was a good week. Anytime i am close to $700 with my store at this point is a good week. The promoted listings continue to help.
Mark
Lacy,
I have been a Nike guy since the 1980’s. Last summer I read the book “Shoe Dog” by Phil Knight the co-founder of Nike and I caught the Nike fever! I was all into finding vintage Nike shoes because the story was so inspiring to me. That led me to find some great shoes. Phil did some crazy things back in those early years, it was a wonder to me that company even survived, but it did.
I would recommend that everyone read “Shoe Dog” by Phil Knight.
Mark
