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Go to storage unit. Bring junk to house. That’s the one we SHOULD be using as our primary method LOL
We don’t have a lot of true estate sales near us. Mostly yard sales. We’ve got s couple thrift shops nearby, otherwise, we have to drive a bit of a distance. I like auctions, CL, FB and others, but the thing is, we usually do pretty well with yard sales (in season) and thrift shops (whenever we have time to stop in) without doing much more than that.
And, we have death piles on top of death piles, so there’s no danger of running out of inventory any time soon. Or probably within my lifetime LOL. It’s just hard to resist the thrill of the hunt.
The list is incomplete. I think ebay has said that numerous times. So don’t rely on it.
Congrats! I stocked up recently at a yard sale…but a few things that, when sold, will way more than cover the price of the shirts and stuff I bought for myself. Gotta love scavenging!
so cal joe, my German is pretty bad, but I might be able to save you some time on those…
I’m going to disagree, at least somewhat. I think a specialty store can have value and you can build a brand…but it depends on what you are selling. And what you are doing to stand out. I don’t think you have to be big. Just an example, if you are a real expert on certain pottery, for example, and you specialize in that, and maybe have an informative blog about it, you could probably build a real following on eBay.
For the typical Scavenger with a wide mix of merchandise, it wouldn’t be worth it.
T-Satt,
I agree with what you call “snap” and I call “the old razzle dazzle”….a fairly common brand can be a really good sale if it’s got that extra something.I just ran a markdown Manager/Sales Event 10% off sale on most of my fixed price items, while also running about 10% of the FP listings as Promoted Listings….I did sell some stuff (none of it promoted listing stuff, but all of it discounted stuff).
As northernpine said, it’s not really possible to say this was cause and effect or just coincidence, but I figure it didn’t hurt.
I’m going to launch another sale, probably not as many items, and keep running some PLs along with it. I like the combination. My theory is that the PLs help drive traffic to the store, where the buyers then see the 10% off promo. It doesn’t take a lot of time to set up, so I’m willing to do it and see what happens.
A good summary, thanks for posting that! Others? Harley Davidson springs to mind. Some that might not be so “common”, but might turn up, and can be good: Ben Sherman, Robert Graham, Thomas Pink.
dylan,
I think CS is right. Are you doing a bulk relist? It will sometimes who you the fees that WOULD be charged if you didn’t have free ones, but once you actually DO the relist, it shows you zero fees have been charged.We buy items for us all the time. I bought a slide scanner for five bucks the other day. The missus loves kitchen gadgets, so we’re always buying choppers and dicers and what not. Most of my wardrobe is purchased while sourcing. Hmmm, the monitor I’m looking at right now, best one I’ve ever owned (which isn’t saying much admittedly LOL)….$20 at a yard sale. Desk chair I’m sitting on. The list of what we pay for retail for is probably smaller than the list of what we buy when sourcing. Some more stuff: Books, We are both big readers, and always buying used books. Tools. Lots of my tools have been bought at yard sales, thrifts etc.
Jay, I don’t think Goodwill is a franchise. It is a national non-profit that is divided into regions, each region has their own management and policies (at least to some extent, I’m sure some things are dictated at the national level).
To get back to the threads title, stuff I don’t want to hear at my local thrift (or yard sale, etc):
clerk, as I pay for a really great item—“Oh, you’re buying THAT? …I didn’t know there was one left….someone was here yesterday and must have bought a few dozen of them…I guess she missed that one!”I’ve heard that sort of thing way too often! LOL
