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For Ralph Lauren, the crazier patterns and features are always higher prices. The premium materials also command a higher price.
A couple more items that I got listed today from weekend scavenging.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266339569246
Logitech MK570 Wireless Comfort Wave Keyboard and Mouse Combo Sealed
How could I not pick up a sealed wireless combo for $3? High STR item.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266339568626
brady idexpert handheld labeler Keyboard Layout In Box – tested
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266339566136
Honeywell Programmable Wireless Focuspro Thermostat Kit YTH6320R1001
Picked both of these up at a family run estate sale. No prices on anything, but once you got up to pay the guy got real precious with his pricing. Very frustrating but they were good items. I left behind a sirius boom box because it was incomplete and he wanted way too much.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266339561940
Disney Pixar Cars Quick Changers Professor Z With Pop-Out Weapon
This is one of the gems in the Pixar Cars Lot I picked up. This is why I love them so much. Some of those cars are worth a ton to collectors.
One other item I forgot about that I just reminded myself of. I actually did pick up a sirius xm receiver/boom box combo at goodwill as it appears to be a lifetime sub unit. I couldn’t get good enough reception inside the store, but all the channels loaded. I need to test it out tonight to make sure.
I actually may keep it as my wife left my lifetime sub unit on inadvertently for a long holiday weekend and Sirius nuked it. GRRRRRR!!!!!!
Items in Store: 2350
Items Sold: 40
Total Sales: $2,357.00
COGS: $299.00
Total Profit: $2,035.00
Average profit: $50.88
Average sales price: $58.93
New Listings: 86
Items scavenged: 20
Listing 2023 weekly Avg: 32I overdid it last week. So much listing, stressful day job, home projects, etc. Then on Friday I found a fake pair of shoes and started questioning everything about the premium hoarder sale. I checked out and played video games all weekend with my kids. I needed the break and I’m glad I listened to my body to take the rest.
I’ve put all listing of hoarder shoes on hold while I go through every pair and identify the known real ones and isolated the fakes to the best of my abilities. The good news is that most of them are real. It just sucks having to put in the work to authenticate every pair. I am also maxed out on space right now so it isn’t easy to do this in an organized fashion while also keeping all other aspects of ebay selling moving.
The worst part of the fakes is that in my research I found that legit retailers such as Bloomingdales and Nieman Marcus have sold fakes, whether intentionally or unintentionally. So the ones I have could have been purchased legitimately and STILL be fake. Ughhh…
Shipping is BUSY right now. That’s a good problem to have.
My daughter did an AMAZING job doing photographs this week. She did all of my listing photos this week. I couldn’t have listed 80+ items without her help being as busy as I am. It is VERY nice to have a helper who can keep up. Hopefully that trend continues.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266104493912
Nike ACG Goadome Trail Hiking Boots Men’s Size 8 Black Sneakers 90s Vintage
I paid $20 for these at goodwill. I had no comps to go off of, but I knew they were special. Sold for $120 on offer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266299654979
Spin Master Spy Gear Video Walkie Talkies Lot of 2 model 15215
These are pretty cool. I would give them to my kids, but they would just break/lose them and…well…$50. Sorry kids!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/266293744441
Yo Kai Watch Mixed Lot Watches Medals Figures Case
My kids loved Yo Kai Watch some years back. I bought the whole lot for $5 and listed it as-is. Nice profit!
In other news, I sold 6 pair of the hoarder shoes for $1400. I’m not too happy about it though. I found a pair that was simply too good to be true this weekend and had it authenticated. They said they were fake. The pair that set off my alarms was a Louis Vitton Nike Jordan crossover that was just released in the last 2 years. They are incredibly nice fakes. The details are extremely subtle. Even fake, I bet this guy paid a mint for them. I was actually pissed off when the authenticity check came back as I had already went through the online fake/real guides and compared mine to sold listings photos as well.
I’ve had to do a deep dive on some pairs and found a few more suspected fakes. I still have only opened about 40% of what I have, but there are plenty real ones in there too. For instance just this morning I opened a Burberry box that has the shipping packing slip with the guy’s name/address from Nieman Marcus. They are sandals, they look awesome. They have to be real….but are they?
I’ve met again with the people selling the stuff and they’ll make it right with me. They’ll refund me for any shoes that are fake. I also got more to the story on the person these came from. The older shoes are real. I’m going to assume anything fairly recently new and new in box is fake until proven otherwise.
So back to the ones I’ve sold. They’re gone on the way to the buyers. Not much I can do but wait to see if I get hit with returns. I don’t have any way to go back and check them. I’ve pulled down 2 listings that I suspect are fake. I don’t want to be in the business of selling fakes.
This has complicated things and stressed me out. You know what they say – if it’s too good to be true…it probably is. At the least I’ll still make money and it will be a tremendous learning opportunity. And at least I can get my money back on the stuff that is no good.
The clothes I have considerable more experience with. I’ve handled a TON of ralph lauren clothing new and used, current and vintage. There have been multiple pieces that were bought from discount stores such as TJ maxx. I’ve personally bought designer Ralph lauren stuff at TJ Maxx or Marshall’s and flipped for $150+. The clothes in general are older than many of the shoes. – much of it from the 2000’s and 2010’s. The clothes maybe were in a ‘flush with cash’ era, and the shoes that were bought in the last few years of declining health, but still wanting to have the good stuff.
The guy who owns the house things are being moved to in my neighborhood said if I wanted he would bring me to the hoarder apartment to determine if the fakes are isolated or wide spread. I don’t know if I want to. I just need some time to slow down and reassess.
I found 4 sets of this music curriculum – different grades – at Goodwill yesterday:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/175766486107?nordt=true&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
That one sold for $200. There are others that have sold for good money in terapeak.
My trend of buying video game systems continued as I got an Xbox One S with games for $60 at a yardsale. After testing I decided to keep this one and sell the 360 as we can now play Halo Master Chief Collection. I took the weekend off of ebay working and played alot of Halo with my son. Lol!
Found one of these fully packed with awesome 45’s.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234439686247?hash=item3695b1b867:g:AjIAAOSwtYNhz3zu
I love picking these totes up. I’ll list it as is and take photos of all the records. Will list at $100 and take offers.
A couple other odds n ends such as shoes and a few electronic devices that are worth around $100 each. I’ll get them listed this week and hopefully share them as solds next week! Lol!
Pick a random suburb and just drive around Saturday morning.
FB marketplace set to the zip of a specific suburb will help too.
Yardsaletreasuremap app is DEAD in my area. Some people post their sales on FBMP, but most people still just do the tried & true sign at the main road.
I’ve ran the 50% off sale several times in the past and it did nothing for sales.
I’m slowly doing end/sell similar on my oldest items. That has resulted in some sales. I just have to keep on plugging on it.
I’m surprised you were allowed to do that as long as you have. Every thrift store worker/manager I’ve ever talked to either only allows shopping on days you do not work or straight up no shopping at all at that location.
as a customer or donator that would be disappointing to find out the workers were cherry picking in the back room.
at least you can still shop whenever you want.
So yesterday at lunch I was listing some clothing. As I lifted a few pair of pants out of a bag, a ring clinked out on the floor. I about crapped myself when I saw the big stone set in the men’s ring!
Unfortunately it was just a Men’s fashion ring made of 925 silver and a cubic zirconia (still worth $30-50!). The guy told me he had to inspect every item as he had found designer watches and jewelry. He was not kidding around. I’m actually quite fond if it and it makes a badass pinky ring. I wore it all day yesterday. I’m not much of a flashy jewelry guy so on to ebay it goes!
I think if I did find a super valuable ring or watch I would be inclined to return it as an act of good faith to build rapport…
…maybe. 😀
Items in Store: 2304
Items Sold: 28
Total Sales: $1,077.00
COGS: $136.00
Total Profit: $954.00
Average profit: $34.07
Average sales price: $38.46
New Listings: 76
Items scavenged: LOLZ lots! (over 400)
Listing 2023 weekly Avg: 30I have to keep telling myself to be patient with this premium hoarder collection – the sales will take time. Every time I list one, my brain tried to convince me it will sell instantly. They rarely will. Trust the process.
I just really would like a couple quick big hits to replenish cash reserves. I started the summer with $4k in cash reserves just for yard sales (that I never DREAMED I’d actually use). That’s gone. Now I’m into the general cash reserves I keep in my business account. While I still have plenty cash reserves, it is uncomfortable to move that much cash so quickly.
I have a $10k personal line of credit at the credit union I could use for special inventory purchases, but I would rather borrow from myself if I have the ability. I’d also really only want to use that for a quick flip. This is NOT a quick flip by any stretch.
So far I have sold 5 shirts for $290. Only one high dollar shirt sold. 3 of them were less than $30 used shirts. Selling 5 items in less than 10 days is not bad. I currently have 112 active premium hoarder listings (shoes and clothes) for a listed value of…$21788! A $195 average list price. Whoah!
I have 31 more premium hoarder drafts (mostly clothes and lower dollar shoes) waiting on photos for $3125.
So on 143 listings I’m at $25k potential value and I have over 300 more listings to do ( 100 of which are high end shoes) By the time I’m done with just what I’ve bought so far I’ll have a list value of $70-80k.
I’m really feeling the pressure in my workspace. I’ve had so much come in so fast that my workspace is getting overwhelmed. I’m listing so much that it is rough to process new listings into my inventory system. Moving 500 new listings over 6 weeks into inventory takes time and effort and that time/effort bucket is where I’ve been stealing from to accomplish other things around the house. So…I’ve got the opposite of a death pile – a listings pile!
My daughter is stepping up her photo game this week. I’m giving her about 20 listings a day that I’m creating on my breaks & lunch at work as well as some time in the morning before I go to work. I hope to do 120 new listings this week which wouldn’t be possible if she wasn’t taking photos.
I’ve scored a wii , a Wii U, and an Xbox 360 this summer that were not part of the garage sale. $20 each time with games and accessories. That’s just on asks. I’ve bought other systems like wii, ps2, even an original Nintendo as well. I’ve never found this many cheap systems in a yard sale season. It’s cray cray as I only yard sale along the same 10 mile strip that I’ve been hitting for 10 years now.
I had pretty much given up on video game stuff as people typically want a mint for systems. The fact I’ve found this many on asks – amazing.
One of the YouTubers I watch pretty much spent the last year saying that yard sales were beneath them now, and now they’ve dedicated the whole channel this summer to yard sales. Lol!
You would think, but ebay has stated that you have to specifically remove the 1st class option within 30 days and replace it with ground advantage.
It is mind blowing that ebay can’t fix this behind the scenes. It seems so easy. Clearly something went really wrong during the beta test of fixing this. Remember photogate when they deleted all our photos? Or when they made it so that the dimensions you put into your shipping had to be under a certain limit or your shipping options didn’t work. I spent HOURS putting “10x8x3” on every padded flat rate listing I had and had to find them manually.
Anyways, I guess it’s time I got with the program and started using business policies.
You still have to update every listing that has 1st class. They won’t work in 30 days and eBay has no way to fix it.
