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I just received notification that the buyer shipped the shoes back. No additional message either. Ebay must have smacked them down. Lol.
You can sort by any column you wish. You can also add or remove columns. To the right of “manage active listings”, click the customize link. You can add start date as a column which is very helpful.
I received this ozone generator last night and promptly did an experiment with 3 pair of shoes that were eye watering reeking of cigarette smoke. I used a cardboard box that was 3’x2’x1.5′. I put the generator and shoes in box and closed lid after setting the timer for 20 minutes. I set the box outside my garage while the machine was running. I let it sit for an hour and then opened the lid to air out over night. I moved the box back inside the garage after opening, so most of the ozone would have been released outdoors.
First off, “fresh rain” my butt! That is one serious chemical smell that lingers in the back of your throat for quite a while. Secondly, the cigarette smell is definitely gone. It has been replaced by a chemical smell that is still there the next morning. What is more is that the garage has the chemical odor now even though the machine never ran in there.
I’m going to let them air out all day and see how they smell this evening. There is no way I’ll ever run this machine in my house, I can tell you that for a fact.
I hit up the toy clearance at Walmart pretty good while they were clearing up room for the Christmas inventory. I sent in multiples of several things. One of the items the price came back up and I sold out in a dayor two of quantity 9.
The price on everything else I sent in has not came up. New sellers keep tanking the price. I’m hoping that this mythical last minute Christmas rush experiment will pay off. Otherwise I’ll be stuck with a lot of large toy inventory. Knowing what the fees are, I cannot comprehend the business model of many sellers on FBA. Considering the sales price, fee’s shipping costs, etc, many of these folks are selling at prices where they cannot possibly be making money unless they are getting the inventory for free.
Last week I told myself that I’m so happy to be a part of a community here at SL that can abstain from political squabbles. I know it sounds cliché, but this was my “safe place” to get away from all that amid this online post nuclear political wasteland. I’m pretty surprised that J&R were the ones to open the can of worms. Here’s to hoping this dries up quickly and we can get back to being one big happy and helpful family! Everyone please think twice before hitting the submit button if going political. We have a good thing here – let things bounce off you and move on.
And so I’ll leave you with my numbers and thoughts on the ebay week and check out of this podcast conversation for the remainder because I don’t want to see what it is already turning into.
As for me, I had a better week.
Items sold: 19
Total sales: $762
COGS: $200
Profit: $562Sales were up big early in the week, but they tapered off as the week went on. I’ve really pushed hard on my listing and hit 600 listings last night. Yay! I have almost completely listed my backlog of shoes – just two more tubs to go. Everything new I buy is also being listed immediately. This week I want to try and focus on toys.
I’m really loving using the SKU function in ebay. Everything new gets assigned a tub SKU and I’m also slowly bringing old inventory into the system.
Have a great week everyone. I hope everyone’s sales start to pick up!
I pulled the trigger on the Enerzen 3500 unit. It will be here Monday and I’ll give a full report. I can’t wait! My nose is burning from the latent cigarette smell in some of these shoes I’m creating drafts for this evening.
Ah I think I’d have to use one of my wardrobes so everything has air circulation. A tub would work with shoes, but not clothes.
Knowing the hazards is critical on the safety front. A person who typically does not read instruction booklets NEED NOT APPLY.
They aren’t knock offs. Odds are the shoes you sold are an older model and the sole material was of poor quality. With age it becomes brittle. I always bend test women’s mule or clog style shoes before I buy them, but even that isn’t fool proof.
I sold a brand new unused pair of clarks mules about a month ago and the person had them blow out on the first wear while at work. I felt so bad for her! I may not have checked those because they were new. I immediately gave a full refund along with an apology. Customer was very happy.
I haven’t seen ebay as the “auction place” for many years. The auction format is outdated in the smart phone era. People want their stuff and they want it now! Ebay is the place to get oddball or hard to find things. Even Weird Al wrote a song about it. If you can think of it, it is probably for sale on ebay.
The listing format is irrelevant I think for most people.
Ha! I saw the same listing when I came across a duck hunting vest. My first thought was NOT to buy the item because I saw Jay. That means it is a very old listing.
I started out selling vintage electronics and toys 1.5 years ago. I had a lot of spare time as I was unemployed. Once I went back to work and ebay went to part time, that spare time to do extensive cleaning and testing went out the window. I have several shelves full of AV equipment I could get really good money for, but I just don’t have the desire to commit to testing it all. I also don’t really want to pack it.
I NEED to commit to this so I can clear out that valuable shelf space. Shoes are just sooo much easier though. “I need to test this amp and these speakers toda…..or I could list these two tubs of shoes. Shoes it is!” I’ve had this internal conversation many times over the last year. Lol!
The only time I would have an issue with this is if someone – say an employee – was making a backroom deal to prevent the product from hitting the sales floor. That is no longer a fair playing field.
Once it hits the public, it is fair game. How bad do you want it?
I have no issues with this. Price gouging is only an issue in matters of life & death.
An NES Classic is not a necessity. Noone is entitled to have one. You did the work, so now you can do what you want with it – open it or sell it. There are plenty people in this world who are happy to pay a large surcharge to ensure they get what they want when they want it. Now they don’t have to stress about it or run from store to store for weeks on end.After the Sandy Hook tragedy, there was a huge run on firearm ammunition. Specifically for .223 caliber rifle ammo. I happened to be at Walmart one night when they got in a shipment of ammo tins in this caliber for standard price. I bought my limit of three as did my wife and then sold them. I made over $500 on that stuff. Not one customer complained I was gouging them. Matter of fact, they were super happy to have the product in their hands.
Bottom line, don’t capitalize on rational fears. Feel free to capitalize on irrational fears all day. Capitalizing on irrational fears drives our entire economy. Happy scavenging!
Charleston has 2 Goodwills and a salvation Army. If you are willing to drive a bit, hit up the Goodwill in Nitro/Cross Lanes and the church thrift on Main Street in St. Albans. There is a Salvation Army in Cross Lanes, but they were extremely overpriced last time I was there. I don’t recommend it unless you simply have extra time to kill. They’re the kind of place that prints out a random unrealistic ebay listing to place next to an overpriced item.
If you get anything awesome, I’d love to hear about it!
