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If I print labels at work on the copier, 75% of the time if I just print the label it is small. The solution is to open the label in a new window. There is a link right above the label example to open the new window.
I got some fur jackets once upon a time and took them into a local “furrier” to confirm what kind of fur they were. She gave us lots of great advice on furs, and confirmed the ones I had were junk because the hide was dry rotting. It was a cool experience talking to the lady and looking around her store. I even learned that she had what was basically a giant humidor in the basement where she charged people to store their furs year-round. They are treated and stored in a climate/humidity controlled room. When the people need their furs, they call ahead of time to pick them up or have them shipped out.
Depending on the item, you would be better served to tap into the hobbyist groups to find the unbiased true experts. Take my specialty, arcade games. If you called an “operator” – a company that sells machines or puts them on routes in restaurants and such – you are likely not going to talk to someone with a passion for the objects or the history. Most of them are more interested in making a buck to keep their business alive. You would be better served to go online and find a hobby group. TONS of extremely knowledgable people there who truly care about the old machines and want to see them in the hands of people who truly want them. Many of them will even bend over backwards to put you in touch with a local expert to help you out.
So yeah, sometimes going to experts can be handy.
I tried to use it for a while. It’s a junk tool that doesn’t work half the time. When I review my listings on mobile they look fine. On some of them it seems to have made them look worse. Waste of time IMO.
I should add that I have had multiple sales that started with a lowball. I had one offer me $10 on an $80 item. I knocked off $5 and they took it. Positive feedback and all.
Some people just want to see if you’ll play the game of haggling. If you view it as a game you’ll enjoy yourself much better.
03/21/2018 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Considering changing from PC to mac. Any advice for buying used imac? #35781Did you upgrade yourself or buy it fully upgraded?
I’ve never had it happen, but if someone wants to sell me a set of 6 movies for $7 shipped I’ll happily take it. Lol!
When I make an offer, I fully intend to follow through immediately. I’m the same way in person on facebook or craigslist. If I don’t plan on following through I don’t make the offer. I don’t understand these ebay buyers who make an offer and then beg to cancel immediately because “they didn’t know that making an offer actually meant they were buying the item”.Actually I take that back – my wife put in multiple offers and bought all accepted offers for my Christmas present this year. I’ve had this specific McDonald’s melmac plate from 1977 since I was a baby. The one that had Ronald McDonald playing in leaves in the Fall. It has ALWAYS been and will ALWAYS be my favorite plate – I’ve eaten easily more than 10,000 meals on that plate. Someone put it in the microwave and ruined it a couple months before Christmas. For Christmas my wife tried to surprise me by getting me a replacement on ebay (using my account…it wasn’t so secret but I really appreciated the effort). She put in offers on several hoping to get one cheap. She ended up getting two of them plus a few others from the series after several folks accepted her low offers.
So now I have two of my Ronald McDonald Fall plates and I’m a happy camper. Don’t care about the other ones…just the Fall one because I’m weird and sentimental like that, but again I appreciate her effort. Lol!
You’re probably still hearing voices because #6 was a severe over reaction! How confident are you on your pricing? Pricing for solds of vintage balance scales are all over the place. I can tell you in just 2 minutes of research that $26 is the average sales price of “vintage balance scale” listings. Pricing is very subjective based on make/model/materials/style/etc.
Take a step back, and realize that when you have “best offer” on your items that you should be open to all offers and negotiations.
If I were you I would have knocked $5 off with a counter. If he came back with the same price or like a dollar more, then I would either decline or resubmit my previous offer – maybe with a note saying this was my bottom dollar.
Or…maybe if I wasn’t confident in my price (sometimes I pull prices out of my butt and hope for the best), I might consider this person willing to fork over real cash for this item might have done more homework than me and they know this item is only worth $30.
A couple more things to consider: How long have I had the item? Have I ever received any other offers?
Bottom line: You are shooting yourself in the foot over reacting to offers like you are.
I think some of y’all get way too worked up over offers. They take all of 5 seconds to review and address.
Me personally, I have absolutely shotgunned offers. For instance, my kids wanted to watch the star wars prequels. I found several ebay listings with at minimum all three prequel movies. I sent low offers to several. Did I expect any offers to be accepted? Nope. I was checking to see who would play ball. In the end I got a listing with all 6 Star Wars movies for $14 shipped.
Bottom line, don’t let offers occupy your brain space. Don’t take them personally. Try to deal with them quickly and concisely. They’ll either turn into a sale or they won’t. Eventually the right buyer will come along.
After hearing you all talking about prepping for a haul in the rain I have to ask…why haven’t you scavenged a topper for your truck?? You can get a camper topper that has an oversize height so you can haul tall stuff. Craigslist and facebook yardsale are full of old toppers. You should be able to get one cheap, then you can have a bone dry all weather truck bed.
03/19/2018 at 11:15 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 352: Scavenging is The Alternative Early Retirement #35548Items in Store 955
Items Sold 19
Total Sales $497.00
COGS $62.00
Total Profit $435.00
Average profit $22.89
Average sales price $26.16Week felt a lot crappier than it really was. If you told me I sold 19 things for $500 I would call you a liar if I didn’t do my weekly numbers to see it for myself.
Scavenging this week I went to a Goodwill that is a few miles down from the one I frequent. They dedicated two walls to selling “purchased goods” New in box shoes. The goodwills in this area buy pallets and then sell it in-store with high prices – typically 50% of retail. The don’t discriminate either – no checking items to see if they work, etc. They call these items “Purchased Goods” items and they do not ever discount them.
Anyways, I bought two pair of Timberland Pro boots For about $50 each that I should sell for $130-150 each. Items like this is why you can’t limit yourself to sticking to some 10x profit investment system. I paid $100 for two items which is a lot, BUT they should sell within a month and I’ll net $160+. I’ll get them listed this week and if they sell quick might buy a lot more to sell.
03/19/2018 at 10:13 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 351: Being Frugal Is Not A Secret Club #35538The little sales add up over time. Let’s say last year you had total 50 sales between $5-10 profit (approx. 1 a week). That is $250-$500! If you would have just tossed those items instead of taking the time to list them, you wouldn’t have that money.
I also don’t like listing the lower profit items, but I do as long as I’m interested. Feed the machine and it will feed you.
I have a full time job and 4 kids, 3 of which are in baseball or softball this spring. I head coach the youngest one and assistant coach the middle one. To say I have no time is an understatement! You just gotta break it down into small tasks, tackle one tub of items at a time. I typically work for one hour at a time whenever and wherever I can fit it in. You’ll get there, just keep swimming!
Small tips to make time:
– When in the car, have someone else drive while you list. I’ve done this many times. Either list on your phone or create a hotspot so you can use wifi on another device. Just bring a bag of whatever items you can easily handle in the car. I like doing shoes. Take pictures when you are back home. If you list smalls, you could even photo in the car with a small portable light box.– “garden” your store in down times. Waiting in line? Edit and reprice old listings on your phone while you wait. I do this by sorting my items by end date. I’ll review and edit the items that are ending within 24 hours.
– Reverse list in down times. To do this, take photos on your phone of items. This way you always have a back-log of photographed items you could research and create listings for wherever you are or whatever you are doing. Include photos using a tape measure so you capture your dimensions as well. I have done this before but I don’t really like doing it anymore because I like having the actual item in my hands when I create the listing draft. Maybe I’ll get back into it sometime.
– Have a day job? Use your breaks and lunch to list on ebay! I list and even ship during my breaks and lunch. My boss is cool with it. My coworkers (and boss) like to make fun of me and all the odd women’s shoe/clothing items I bring in. I don’t care – I laugh with them…all the way to the bank!
Using my breaks and lunch can buy me an hour a day to work on ebay.03/19/2018 at 9:54 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 351: Being Frugal Is Not A Secret Club #35535Congrats on the new baby Dan!
That is an insane amount of items. I bet what you consider “not huge money” is actually quite a bit for someone in a rural area such as me or J&R.03/16/2018 at 11:09 am in reply to: Upgraded Store, 7 Day Listings, 100% Promoted, 24 hour sales, and Best Offer. #35358I’m not TRS, so no credits for me.
03/15/2018 at 3:22 pm in reply to: Upgraded Store, 7 Day Listings, 100% Promoted, 24 hour sales, and Best Offer. #35275I’ve had promoted listings for 2 months now. I maintain between $900-$1000 in sales from promoted listings per 31 days.
Good luck actually getting smart post on your account. My local Fed Ex rep put smart post on my business account twice. Guess what – I never got smart post on my account. I gave up on them eventually.
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