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I did a virtual thing one time. I made it about 10 minutes in and realized worthless seminars are a whole different thing when you realize you are wasting your own time vs your day job companies time. LOL!
I left the meeting and went and spent that hour listing instead.
The scam on facebook marketplace where the bots request your phone number is exhausting.
I don’t recall ever seeing the exception thing in any communication on the INFORM act. I found the exception thing in an unrelated google search.
The ebay for business person also gave me a link for some account settings I’ve don’t recall seeing before. I probably have but it has been revised or something.
Items in Store: 2501
Items Sold: 31
Total Sales: $1,872.00
COGS: $163.00
Total Profit: $1,709.00
Average profit: $55.13
Average sales price: $60.39
New Listings: 111
Items scavenged: 12
Listing 2023 weekly Avg: 38
Sourcing Allotment: 35Had a HUGE weekend to close out the week – $1200 in sales over the weekend. I made great strides in getting my ebay garage office cleaned up and organized. It is NOT easy to process 100+listings each week in a disorganized space.
I have 154 listings to go to hit my 1000 listings summer goal. I’ll finish that up in the next 2 weeks. The processes I’ve set up to maximize my listings this summer will really help me have a successful fall and Q4 as well.
Yard sales were absolutely dead this week again. That’s just how August sales go around here every year it seems. The sales that were out were all full of overpriced junk. I bought one single thing in 2 hours of hunting – a Lego friends boxed set. To be fair, there were things I could have bought and just didn’t. I had no interest in buying sub $50 items so I passed on several pair of shoes.
Premium hoarder numbers for the week:
Shoes – 4 pair for $400.
Clothes – 5 items for $360
I haven’t posted my kid’s ebay numbers in a while. Why? Because they did what teens do: lost interest.
Oh well, at least they are doing work for me. In total my daughter cleaned and/or photographed 100 items. I pay a flat rate for cleaning and photographing. It works out to $15/hr if they actually work.
Before we go on vacation I’ll buy out their listings and unlisted items and cash them out. Good thing I didn’t waste my time setting up their own store!
This week already has a great start – sold two pair of hoarder shoes this morning for $575 total.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266312115214
Marantz Headshell NOS Sealed with leads and screws
I bought some misc audio/video junk at a yard sale a few years ago and this was inside a random box. Gotta love free, unexpected home runs!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266317661810
Green Star GSE-5000 Elite Slow Masticating Juicer Jumbo Twin Gear Cold Press
Sold for full price. Paid $7 at goodwill. This is the kind of things you find after saying you “need to scavenge less”. LoL!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266297192092
Bass Sportocasin Shoes Leather Brown Mens 7 D Vintage V Nail
Hey I’m all for a $150 sale, but this one is….odd. I sent an “offer to buyers” on Friday. The kind where you don’t get to even know the buyer’s username. Saturday morning around 10:30 I get a phone call and the person addresses me by name. They start talking about the fact they have a pair of sportocasin’s and they want to send me a picture. I’m really freaking confused and then he tells me I sent him an offer of $150 on a pair. I asked him to send me the photo on ebay to steer the convo back there, but he sent it in a text…and now I have a penpal.
Long story short – it’s a harmless old man who just wants to chat shoes and life in general and get a matching pair to his for his son. He ended up buying them for my offer on ebay. What’s super concerning was how in the hell did he get my name and number from ebay? I went through all my settings with ebayforbusiness and they could not see any way he would have been sent my info. Even with the INFORM act, he should not have gotten this info and clearly isn’t internet savvy. I’m glad this guy is harmless (so far) but what about next time? This is the crap that was my concern when the government started this BS system.
What a wild random call!
On that note, go to this link and request an exception if you run your business from home:
https://www.ebay.com/sellercenter/resources/inform-consumers-act
Ebay says that the INFORM act info was not communicated to him on an offer to buyers, but it had to have been. My real name would not have been in this info, so maybe he looked up my name/number from the address? I think the simplest answer is probably correct – ebay gave the dude my real name/number even though it is turned off in settings and the ebayforbusiness rep was playing dumb.
Nothing good this week. Back down to earth it seems after a CRAZY scavenging summer! That’s ok, I needed this lull in order to catch up and organize. Instead of filling my van with new scavenges, I loaded my van up with death pile items to list on breaks and lunch at work this week.
The real nuts is that there is 10x more stuff that I haven’t seen yet. I may be able to go look at the real stash later this month.
Yard sales were dead. Nothing too special at Goodwill either. I did get one of these complete in box.
340% 90 day STR. Will sell for $125. Paid $11 at Goodwill
One other cool item I actually passed on was a vintage GI Joe Mobile Command center at goodwill.
I LOVE scavenging vintage 80’s toys! That is what got me in this game and I based my store name on.
Sadly it was pretty much stripped of parts and just wasn’t worth buying to sell for $40-50. It is HUGE. I left it for another scavenger to buy.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266197038755
Spectracide Bag A Bug Japanese Beetle Trap 16901 Lot of 3
Not a big deal on it’s own, but I completely sold out of these this week. 20 lots of 3 all gone at $20 a set. It must be june bug season! I bought out a clearance lot at Walmart last year at $1 a box. Research showed selling in lots of 3 would work out the best for me. 3 of them fit perfectly in an 8x6x4 box at 12oz. Super easy to ship.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266334306347
HARLEY DAVIDSON BLACK LEATHER SOFT TOE MOTORCYCL Engineer BOOTS MEN’S 9.5
A pair of premium hoarder boots, but not from the big shoe lot. I bought these in the normal sale prior to getting the big score for $10. I used leather cleaner/conditioner on them to make them look really nice.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266326376216
Firestone Ride-Rite Rear Air Helper Spring Kit for 94-04 F250 F350 Ram 2500 3500
A previous scavenge of the week a few weeks ago. Paid $40 – was happy to take a $200 offer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266328717398
Ralph Lauren Purple Label Blue Polo Shirt Short Sleeve Men’s Size L
$80 offer on this one. I’ll be honest, there is nothing special about this shirt other than the label is purple on the inside. I’ve bought shirts just as nice at Walmart. Some of the Ralph Lauren stuff I’ve been listing has truly been amazing. This shirt…wasn’t. hey, I’ll take that $80 though! 🙂
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266335116899
RRL Ralph Lauren Shorts Indigo Wash Cotton Denim Look Sweats Men’s Size XL
Here’s another Ralph lauren item that is worth more because of the tag on this inside – not because the clothing is actually anything special. RRL is Ralph Lauren’s Personal label that he makes to induldge his own style and taste.
I took a $75 offer to keep sales happening. No need to get precious on this stuff – keep it moving and keep cash flow positive.
Items in Store: 2421
Items Sold: 44
Total Sales: $1,686.00
COGS: $246.00
Total Profit: $1,436.00
Average profit: $32.64
Average sales price: $38.32
New Listings: 65
Items scavenged: 16
Listing 2023 weekly Avg: 36
Sourcing Allotment: 25My my, how perspective can change on a dime. I feel DISAPPOINTED that I ONLY have $1700 in sales this week. How funny! In the last 4 weeks I’ve made as much in sales as the previous 15 weeks combined!!! I really was hoping to hit $2k 3 weeks in a row.
Ebay Sales this weekend were dead. I didn’t get a chance to photograph or finish listings until this weekend as it was a busy week. On top of that, we had a bug go through our house that finally made it to me. I felt like crap all weekend. My two oldest kids did plenty of shoe cleaning and photography so I still knocked out 65 items in two days. I still have 30 drafts that need photos. Not posting any new listings for 5 days likely hurt me. Well maybe I can get back on track this week with another $2k week.
Fun listing fact – in the last 9 weeks I’ve listed 733 new listings. This is as much as I’ve listed in the last 44 weeks combined!
Premium hoarder numbers for the week:
Shoes – 6 pair for $522
Clothing – 3 items for $189
I powered through and listed all the lower dollar hoarder shoes that were basically throw ins. Multiple pair of Sperrys. I also listed the lower dollar new in box shoes that are definitely real.
I got some more positive feedback from premium hoarder shoe buyers.
Specificially this one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266329021840
I had a gift receipt from a gucci store for this pair, but when I looked at online guides for fakes and compared photos this one was questionable. I didn’t have the shoes anymore so I was just going off memory and my listing photos. This was the weekend where I was freaking out thinking I had bought a ton of fake shoes. I’ve calmed down a bit since then and I think the amount of fakes is just a few pair.
I’ve made about half my investment back so far on only 33 sales – 15 clothing & 17 shoes.
I’m averaging $60 per item on clothing and $150 on shoes – though I’ve mainly only listed used lower dollar shoes. If these numbers continue trending I’ll end up around $50k in sales once everything sells.
Scavenging wise, it was a dead weekend. Yard sales were sparse and disappointing. even the big annual high school sale that I usually load up at was crappy. I did score a wireless pet fence system for $10 at goodwill that sells for $150. I’ve sold them before and it is always an insta-sale. The poor sourcing is ok though – I needed a break from sourcing so I can work on death pile listing this week. I already have my van loaded with plenty of death pile items as well as some more premium hoarder clothes and shoes.
I have my inventory building organized and made space for 14 bins of new items this weekend. I have 3 weeks to list 267 items to complete my 1000 listing summer goal. Let’s goooo!
Wow that house looks AWESOME! I felt like I was looking in one of those interior decorating magazines looking at your photos.
Did you have that acrylic/tree stump table made or did you find it scavenging?
Items in Store: 2400
Items Sold: 50
Total Sales: $2,761.00
COGS: $395.00
Total Profit: $2,378.00
Average profit: $47.56
Average sales price: $55.22
New Listings: 100
Items scavenged: 65
Listing 2023 weekly Avg: 35
Sourcing Allotment: 23Twas a busy week! I was able to get my van cleared out finally (only to fill it again!). I got all my listed items caught up with inventory storage. Those are two big tasks that really needed to happen to pave a path to close out strong over the next 4 weeks. 1000 new listings is within reach.
My daughter reverted and went full blown teenager this week. I got barely anything out of her this week on ebay – about 30 items photographed. I did the rest of the cleaning and photography this weekend. Thankfully I had a big draft bank to work with.
I sold 5 premium hoarder clothing items for $400, and 4 pair of premium hoarder shoes for $710.
I received positive feedback on 3 of the pair of shoes I sold last week. The one I was most worried about hasn’t contacted me or left feedback. So….no news is good news?
Even with another week left, this is my best July ever – even better than bonkers 2020. A guy could get used to these $2000 weeks! The daily ebay payouts to my bank account have been very nice!
Now everything above I typed on Monday so it was fresh in my mind. Then I save it in word until the numbers post goes live. Thanks Jay for keeping this site alive even though you are crazy busy. It is greatly appreciated! This place is like my own personal brain dump and has been crucial to my growth and improvements over the years. I’m sure I’d figure something out if it were to end, but it wouldn’t be near as fun.
This current week after 3 days I’m already up to 21 sales for $1100 and have created 55 drafts. 6 of the sales are from the hoarder collection for $550. Looking to be another great $2k+ week!
Terapeak’s data is highly suspect, but good for a quick reference.
There was a pair of jeans I have that showed a sale in terapeak for over $1k on BID with 17 bids. All the other sold items (not the same pair but similar) sold for $50-100
I asked about it on the BOSS reseller group on facebook and other’s told me it was a terapeak glitch. They were right as my auction did nothing but garner offers in the $60-80 range.The cool thing about terapeak is that you can see what best offer items actually sold for. I’ve tried drilling down on specific items to get the price, but it never finds the item in a specific search of the actual item title.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266285948233
GreenTech Environmental PureWash Pro Laundry System
Bought for $2 at a yard sale. They said it was new…it was not. Still sold for good dough since the refill things are available for sale.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266336317418
Larry Mahan Boots Men’s Size 10.5 D Red Leather Reptile Lizard
One of the used pair of boots from the premium hoarder.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/265136506316
Vintage Walker & Hall Silver Plate Dinnerware set 6 Settings 1950’s
I picked this set up at a local independent thrift that supports animal shelters. Paid $25 on 50% off day. Took a while to sell – took a $200 offer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266317767805
Reliance 306LRK Back-Up Power Transfer Switch Kit For Generators
Paid $100 at a yard sale a couple weeks ago. Nice & easy $200 profit.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266333476290
Ralph Lauren Black Label Tactical Utility Pocket Cargo Polo Men’s Size 38×32
My special nerd touch in the description:
“So many pockets and pouches that you’d swear Rob Liefeld designed these!”
Would I have loved to get more? Yes. Am I happy with a $175 sale to keep my cash flow nice & healthy? Also yes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266280344693
Vintage Audio Cassette Tape Holder Carry Case Storage Travel Retro 60-count
$3 at Goodwill. Vintage cassette holders always do quite well. The tackier the better!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266345440328
Polo Ralph Lauren Black Alligator Crocodile Penny Loafers Men’s Size 11.5 E
Another used pair of premium hoarder shoes. The original plan was that the used shoes were just icing on the cake. I barely even glanced at them when I bought it all. These sold for $160 on an offer the same day I listed it – yesterday.
I’m very happy I switched gears and went for the ‘faster’ nickel and two pennies instead of waiting for the slow dime. There’s just too much stuff and too little space.
Well the big winner for me was this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266345381574
$60 at Goodwill yesterday. I opened it to make sure it was actually new. It looks like someone bought it and then never actually used it. The receipt and warranty info (from 2012) as well as all the inks and USB cable – all new – are in the box. Sold comps are around $700-800 new in box.
I got a sirius sm boombox that has a built in sub that sells for $80.
At the first sale I went to I bought a HUGE lot of Fiesta Ware for $50. Usually this stuff is super expensive at yard sales. I was one of their first customers at about 7:45. There were no prices. When I asked she started naming random prices from $3-$5 for each piece. I asked how much for all of it. She hemmed and hawed so I said “how about $50?” Sold!
I haven’t counted all the pieces but it is over 50 pieces – some of them unique ones that sell for more. I’d estimate the whole lot at around $500-700 listed value.
At the same sale I bought a HUGE lot of BJU homeschool curriculum for $50. They tried homeschooling- their kids didn’t like it so they went to a private school. We use BJU as well so we cherry picked/upgraded some of what we have and will sell the rest. Around $800-1000 list value. Complete subjects of BJU sell for around $100 each used.
Other than that some odds n ends like various $50+ shoes that aren’t worth going into detail. There was a sweet vintage satin jacket with some custom screen printing on it. I’ll probably list it for $100. Those always do well.
