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Haha awesome, I love that people can sell old empty boxes and jars! Yes @craig-rex I remember your post about the piece of Santa’s Sleigh a while back. Actually I predict things like this will increase in demand as people become less connected to the physical world and more immersed in VR, but I’ll get off my soap box lmao.
My best sale of the week was a vintage L.L. Bean nightgown despite bad pictures, because it was my first time realizing some of these under-the-radar looking things were in demand.
I bought the label through eBay. It was definitely a book so I’m not sure why they would have denied it even if they opened it. Yes I’m tightening up with my weight specifications now that I’m charging the buyers for it.
@lukastresuretrove Yes, it was a book I shipped Media Mail. I do believe the charge I advertised it at was slightly less because I didn’t adequately take in shipping materials, but I am surprised by an entire double charge especially because it was a smaller book.
Okay thanks. I think it’s likely I underestimated the book weight after being boxed up, like an additional $1.50 but not a whole $4.50. So does this mean her transaction will even out to show the initial shipping canceled and replaced by the new amount at the post office? Or was she actually double charged?
Lucky the buyer asked and you happened to remember! Nice sale; testing/packing that kind of thing scares the daylights out of me haha.
@Temudgin Oooh good tip! One of my best selling categories is modern militaria so it’s good to expand my knowledge base about the vintage.
Best sale of the week was a vintage L.L. Bean chore coat I picked up for $13 that sold this week for $89.
Yes technically odd numbers are juniors sizing, but if the piece is vintage and also has a dual women’s size on the tag, I would list is as women because listing it as juniors (particularly a wool suit) is likely to hurt the demand for the listing. Yes no worries on the t-shirts and other things, just take what you can handle! Good luck!
Some interesting pieces! I think the red double breasted will sell, especially as large puffed sleeves are trending too. The black one as well may sell in the next 6 months if priced reasonably. The tweed suit looks nice but I would expect some difficulty with selling. Not many women are wearing full sets like that. You may want to experiment with running the individual items through Terrapeak and seeing if it makes sense to split the set (for instance, the blazer might sell on its own). I would also look at the measurements and see if it makes sense to call it “petite” as opposed to Juniors sizing.
Another thing I do with vintage is I make it clear there is the tagged vintage size and then give my estimate for the modern equivalent according to garment measurements. I take the measurements and convert them according to the GAP’s size chart. So a made up example, “tagged size 6, modern estimated size XS”.
Vintage t-shirts are trending so if there is any kind of quirky graphic or famous logo, I’d keep those. If the Irish festival has a cool logo or looks very vintage, I’d consider selling it if you’re willing to price it low. It would likely sell around St. Patrick’s Day. If the other t-shirts are plain but in good condition and made in the USA, I’d sell them as a lot.
Super cute! I hope someday at least one of my kids chooses to learn some things from my eBaying. They are also young and right now only interested in sticking labels on the packages, ha!
I like the idea! How old is your son (will this be like a teaching experiment for him)?
@craig-rex That is true they have made it easier for the casual seller to list. I suppose that is encouraging. I agree that the lost direction trying to compete with Amazon was a losing situation and focusing on “collectables” sounds like a solid middle direction with raking in more money while maintaining an authentic connection to the secondhand essence of eBay.
I suppose my fear is just in the way I look at my own business; when I tally up percentages of categories that are at the bottom of the high performing list, I make a mental note to invest less inventory in those categories. If eBay feels that small time quirky/vintage/one-off sellers are not bringing in as much money as the HVC, wouldn’t they be likely to take a similar approach?
@retro-treasures-wv Hey I like that eBay has a reputation for selling face-shaped potatoes! lmao! I think it brings a kind of “Wild West”/treasure hunting attitude that’s fun! We’ll see if the focus on authenticity and high value can extend to all categories in the future. I know when I run across high value clothing items I send them straight to TRR. eBay simply doesn’t attract enough high-value clothing buyers to make it worthwhile, and if you do manage a sale there’s higher risk of getting accused of selling a fake (interestingly TechNSports says he does the same for the same reasons).Favorite scavenge of the week; I pulled the trigger on a lot of clothes because I thought I saw a vintage flight jacket in there. I won’t be able to tell until I actually receive it (I buy all my inventory online) but fingers crossed!
I have two favorite sales; one was a toddler ride-on triceratops costume because it’s fun, one of the higher-dollar sales of the week, and I’m glad to reclaim the shelf space (kind of bulky). Fun fact; infant/toddler costumes made up one of my top 5 sales categories last month.
The other one was a vintage silk Harari tunic top featuring East Asian porcelain. I priced this top hesitantly at $24.99 because I thought it was just too ugly (and not in a so ugly it’s awesome way). I thought maybe I would be sitting on it for months at that price. To my shock it sold within hours of listing to a buyer in Honolulu. I’m not sure if this is just a highly coveted brand or my keywords in the description helped.
