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Items in Store 1129
Items Sold 26
Total Sales $745.00
COGS $55.00
Total Profit $690.00
Average profit $26.54
Average sales price $28.65
New Listings 36Not much to report on this week. Just listing and shipping. I did some organizing on Saturday and it PAINED me to go through some of my unlisted inventory. Things that I know will sell for over $100 just sitting there unlisted. I had to stick to my guns on priorities though – I already had 65 listings ready for photos. That lot of imaginext stuff though is soooo totally getting listed once I finish my photo backlog. I also had a house project I finally finished, much to the happiness of my very patient wife. Lastly, it was 90+ degrees and I actually had my pool up and ready before memorial day for once! Pool time is good time. 🙂
Have a great week everyone!
Yep, that’s it. Mine hasn’t updated since 4/30. Super irritating as I have been shipping on-time all month and I should have had 8 late shipments fall off from last may.
I also have a drawer in my kitchen with one of those. Maybe I should yank it out and sell it!
Yes I got something in the mail from ebay about the square capital loan program.
I didn’t really read it as I get a much better deal for a personal loan from my local credit union.
Oooohh, Legos is a rabbit hole that you really have to explore to see how far down you want to go.
A couple pointers:
– Complete minifigures can sell GREAT separately, especially if you can identify the set they went to.
– custom parts have part numbers on them. Research the part numbers and sell separately for good cash. Boat hulls, things like that do great.
– Look through the bins for a weird bottle opener shaped orange handle thing. That is the tool that easily lets you separate bricks. I learned what these are AFTER I had separated alot of bricks by hand. Doh!
– Lot up Star wars pieces. These are the gray and black pieces.
– Sort your pieces to remove Megabloks and other generic bricks. Customers DO NOT like getting the off-brand bricks. At. All. If you do sort out the off-brand, mention that in your listing. If you don’t, also mention that they may be there.How to lot:
EASY: Create 1 lb ( or whatever weight you want) random lots and list individually. Photograph each lot so buyers know exactly what is in them. No sorting necessary.
HARD: Sort bricks by type: Flat pieces, 2×2’s, 4×4’s, 4×6’s, 1×2’s, technic pieces, smooth top pieces, graphic pieces. Bonus points for separating by color. Then sell by the pound or as a large lot for each sorted type.Like I said, you can go down this rabbit hole as far as you want – even so far as selling it brick by brick.
I have a pair of shorts listed. Description says “See pictures for details & condition”. I have 7 photos that include close ups. I also have dimensions in the listing and describe the rubbery waist band liner thing these golf shorts have to help them stay up.
This morning I got a message that says this:
“There are no comments on the condition of the shorts. We need more information”.So after reviewing my listing I sent this reply:
“If the pictures are not enough information for you, then this item is probably not for you. ”Definitely set off my red flags.
No!!!
Then people will start posting political crap. Then people will get offended fight and leave. New users will show up who spend all their time there and don’t contribute anything of value anywhere else in the forum. Then it will bleed over into the rest of the forum. Then a sub forum just for political crap will be created to try and fix things. Then J&R will start wondering if this place is really worth their time….So, no. Absolutely not. EH EH! Nein! Nay! No Dice! However you want to say it, we don’t need it. It’s not a good thing.
Items in Store 1119
Items Sold 23
Total Sales $617.60
COGS $57.00
Total Profit $560.60
Average profit $24.37
Average sales price $26.85
New Listings 1The make offer in app thing was very successful for me this week. I made 6 sales in my first wave of offers, and two yesterday in a smaller wave of offers. I only had one new listing, but I have completed 60 other listings except for photos. I intended to do all the photos this weekend but my wife got very sick and I instead took care of her and the kids. Poor thing had a 102-103 fever all weekend!
Hopefully things will get back to normal sometime this week.
Back when I was a poor fresh out of college newlywed, I drove a 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo that I bought for $800.
I had a local shop that I used for more indepth repairs on my cars over the years. They would let me bring in my own parts.
For the Volvo, I would research the issue, buy my parts from Rock-auto (cheap). I would also print out a repair guide from brickboard.com and hand them the guide along with the parts. That kept my repair costs WAY down.
That was an awesome car – very luxurious. An old man who could not hear ran over the front of my car in a gas station parking lot – backed up right up and over me. Lol! I got $3500 from insurance for the car. Worked out great!
Well I should have known.
We agreed on a price for two lots and I was coming to look at a bunch of other lots. Agreed on meet and address was given to me for the estate it was all located at. I was bringing plenty o’ cash. All the sudden I see one of the lots I was getting was marked ‘sold’. I messaged him to ask whats up. He says
“I got an offer of $85 on that one. I still have the other lot”. I knew who I was dealing with…and I still gave it a shot. Shame on me.Douchebags never change.
I responded with ” Enjoy your $85 and your complete lack of integrity.” and blocked him.
Oh well. There’s always more stuff.
Looks like 2 lots I am getting will cost me $125 but I’ll sell it all for $600-1000+
The third lot has ALOT of promise. Huge lot of vintage board games and toys from the 60’s. Some of them are very desirable. It all depends on if they are moisture damaged or missing parts. There are at least 5 things there that could sell for $100 to $300 if fully complete.
It such good stuff thought! I’m getting two lots and waiting word back on a third lot that has alot of amazing stuff in it.
He just puts “best offer gets it” on all his posts. Yeah he’s that kinda guy.
I inquired about a couple things. He’s running a blind auction (like I said, he’s a douche). He has some mid century floor to ceiling lamps I inquired about and his response was “someone has offered $45 for all of them”. So I’ll try and play along and said I’d do $50. He also has a large lot of vintage pink luggage I really want as well. Other than that he has some lots where I’d only want a couple things. If I get something I’ll just ask to look at everything and see if I can pick/choose.
If he comes back and says he’ll wait to see what offers he gets I’ll tell him to pound sand.
