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Jen, BIG THANK YOU!
You have no idea how much I needed those verses right at this very instant
You made my yearTHANK YOU Scavenger Life for existing
rock’n’roll
Linda, even though I do not have evidence either way, based on observation and perception, I agree with your assessment.
The same line of thinking takes me to conclude that stores with thousands of items will be less affected but very likely will be undeperforming to their potential if they were moving things around like you said.Fof smaller store like mine listing is king. If I do not list daily it affects my sales a couple of weeks down, if I do list and move the store,,prices, promotions the sales go up and even old forgotten items move.
I have some suspicious about static x dynamic items (ex those listed 2yrs ago and never touched ever since)
I think you touched several strategic decisions like size of inventory, merchandise turn over, promo frequency, inventory aging.
I have to design my strategy now. Moving to 1000 items listed. Like Paul said during the manual discussion, I am 90/10 on $10/$15 items because they give movement to the algorythm, positive feedback and allow the perception of movement, until I pass the 1000 barrier
Have mu manual pile out for listing
some will save to sell with 30 year old equipment all originalgoing for early 90s Garmins
Today sold for $30 a TI calculator manual I purchased for $0.30
BCB, I have “enlisted” 4 commercial Estate salws for tomorrow, 3 finalists, trying to decide between one with toys and other with electronics.
I will try to have these activities on weekdays. Florida booms in the South on garage sales on winter time, however I have yet to educate myself better.
From one side Hyenas (was to call them scavengers but the mammal gives better sense) and the garage sellers looking at buyers and yelling “no eBay no eBay I dont want to see any of my stuff on eBay”You folks will say “just ignore them” … remember ‘nerd, asperger’s, etc”
Sue, except my wife all here are Republicans … including me. The older boy fell in love with Sanders, geez, my case I cannot stand people like Trump or Ted Cruz or even our homie Rubio. Did we come all the way from Reagan to this? Ouch.
Anyway, SoFlo employment is CRRRAZY, 14 year old kids have no problem finding jobs for example, not to mention the crazly booming health care market (they are importing here more than TI. specially Nurses and Pharmacists with Bachelors have a faster path to diploma recognition because of the deficit).
I am hoping all goes well. The handover present from current president is a very solid economy.
Hey Paul Rydell Relics,
I need to grab some of your skills on this. I do not have a fraction of the commercial sense most of you guys here have, on the contrary. Super Nerd, Hyper Geek.
So what happens on this specific? See manuals, know you can download any PDF on line. Ask: why would someone buy it from me if you can just download it …
However they DO SALE A LOT. I am caught in this hyper analysis paralysis loop.ALSO: THE LONG TAIL THING, right? Like most we do, list and forget it. The secret is to have your backlog built, downtheroad someone will buy it.
Was not aware it was that simple to get numbers from the Commerce company Linda.
Great hint though, turn the contacts into business opportunities (I worked on Customer Services and Support for over a decade, we did exactly that, even though we were on the technical support for enterprises, the Engineers in my team would also grab each and every opportunity).Great point
Good points Linda. Not sure why you say I am listening or not to media or whatever. Even though mainstream media is very important source of facts for any free democracy when appropriately providing solid evidence and information to support their news and questions.
My case the “sources” (as you say) are Trumps site (the one you posted), my business sources, Republican party actions and their love affair with corporate lobbies, Trump’s mouth and actions and, more than anything else, analysis from economists and scholars from US and other developed countries.
For sure this is “futurology”, even more we are considering similar cases that happened in other countries when Trump-like people took power, please the names he has already appointed.
His site is not strong on providing “what, how, when”. Mentions from inception about “vast majority” and has not details at all on how he plans to do things like “repeal and replace” affordable care act.Finally, let’s make America Great Again? Believe me, I am an immigrant who was invited to pledge allegiance on behalf of 200 other immigrants receiving their citizenship eons ago: AMERICAN HAS NEVER STOPPED BEING GREAT. simply the best Nation in all history of the planet.
Anyway, I do not want to bring politics to the table. My topic is actually something that seems to be interesting to both of us since you are my inspiration in terms of what to sell on eBay and on Etsy. With the opportunity that is drawing ahead for commercial long tail (just to remind us all, the MBA definition for Long Tail is “infinitely large quantities of mutually unique items”).
I am better (not as good as you though) on collectibles and antiques and on designer fashion than on “supplies” (using this term in a really broad way).
There will certainly be more people and small businesses souring their money making routines through long tail, not in the collectible sense though, more in the professional sense.
There are great examples from Jay when he buys dozens of bottles of this cleaning product, dozens of finger nail products, those vintage nails, etc. The business nerds (business analysts of the long tail segment) have put an interesting bet this will be the next ship to leave the dock.
Great opportunity for “commercial” long tail
Folks, as result from the probable policies from the President Elect (specifically lowering taxes from the rich and large corporations; eliminating social security and health benefits from low income and others with pre existing conditions; partnerships with powerful lobbies like dirty energy producers including the mega oil corps, full power to coal producers). There would be interesting consequences. And I will put aside environment and global warming and focus only on economy.
It is very likely that because of the short to mid term fiscal deficit, government spending will be in pressure and the inflation will go up, recession will affect so far immune sectors like commerce, small businesses and the poorer population will have less money to spend and worse condition.
It is very likely that the look for second hand office material, equipment,, machines to make things from T shirts to food will come stronger. Compare to the commercial auction houses and estate sales.
I am not sure how much we can leverage that. buying and selling perspective. For example we will see more ceramic sinks for liquidation from the smaller shops and the chains that will consolidate, also portable electronic players in moderate quantities.
I plan to go to one of these auctions tomorrow to see who are the buyers. Wonder our case in terms of shipping and storing would be.
BGB, I have 500 items and 8 months into eBay, have not yet made it a routine to go to auctions, estate sales, garage sales. Huge block on me, except one weekly online auction
Will try the commercial auctions and estate sales on the week days, weekends proved impossibleOld Manuals
Never was lucky enough to find old manuals. Boy they sell. Even old Texas Instruments calculators are going.
Now my challenge is to have a better send of what others, like Audio Systems, manuals do sell. I have plenty at home. The challenge is as much as there are manuals, there are also the actual audio systems in various conditions.
Possibly I will look into the beyond vintage ones. Seems like electronics from last 15-20 years are not worth the effort.
Comments? Computer related seems to sell anything
Customer call in my Home!!
Yesterday, Sunday the 4th, received a scary call from a recent customer complaining about an item and asking for return. Even though my wife had that SCARED FACE, I told the customer to please go ahead and initiate return case using the Platform provided tools – she insisted she only paid through PayPal and could not remember where she purchased from. I told her I did not know how she found my personal phone, however we need to use the official channels provided by the Commerce Site and Paypal because they are the official mediators for cases like this.
Informed her I accept 30 days return guaranteed and I was waiting for the return request.
My only inference is that she looked my address online to find the phone number.
This is terrible terrible
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