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Thanks! I think that gold & silver is worth more these days, but I’ll need to reduce the price I listed it at.
This group of Staedtler Mars pen stuff sold for $33. I paid about a dollar in a tools/machinist online auction at the beginning of March (before life got so crazy).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184219087572I have been listing jewelry on commission for a family friend. These two sterling pendants, from a company called Sajen, sold for $89 and $85.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184202587453
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184203219072I paid $12 for this copper framed mirror in an online auction over a year ago. I must have thought it would go for higher. It sold for $38.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183596411510From my own shelf, I found this signed CD booklet from Queensryche. Sold for $40.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184000312103A neighbor was throwing out a bunch of stuff in nice carrying cases. Actually, I think this was her son’s. I pulled it off the street the morning of garbage day. This is the first item to sell; a camera tripod for $21.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184222233811Another balance scale from an auction in late February sold. It needs repair, but the brand seemed valuable and hard to find. Paid about $3, sold for $50.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184222181172Jay or Ryanne – The link for “Post your What Sold video in the forum>>” is missing from Steve’s latest What Sold video. Could you add that in? I wanted to post my sales for the week 🙂
OK, I got another one. I have exactly this ring (but in Size 10) to sell. Can someone get me the date and price sold?
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-cco-coleman-sterling-silver-736831601
I happened to be listing jewelry on commission. Most of them are sterling, but I’ve got a few that are gold over sterling. I know that I have one ready to list that is white gold. Then, I might have some costume jewelry that is gold in color. I should do OK with this challenge!
Last night, I was thinking about those 50,000 free listings and realized that this would be a good time to end older listings and re-start them (sell similar). Normally, you would have higher costs in a month if a listing just renewed, and then you end it and restart it. With the free listings, though, the fees are waived. I did 200 listings, and I might do another 200 later on. Something for everyone to think about.
The auctions around me are also going to online formats. The first is not offering box lots, and the pickup information is not well communicated. So, I will skip. The second one will be starting up soon, and I’ll have to see how it goes.
My sales picked up from last week, and they are continuing to stay lively.
Week of March 22 – 28
* Total Items in Store: 1432 eBay, 37 Etsy
* Items Sold: 20 eBay
* Cost of Items Sold: $44.10 + $87.60 Commission
* Total Sales: $552.50 eBay
* Highest Price Sold: $89 Sajen Sterling pendant, $85 Sajen Sterling pendant (both are commissions)
* Average Price Sold: $27.63
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
* Number of items listed this week: 20I listed 20 items this week.
I did not list any Halloween items. I didn’t have anything ready to be listed, and I didn’t find anything interesting at the auctions I went to before life as we knew it ceased to exist.
I just started a job this week, of all things, so my numbers will stay lower from here on out. It’s great, though, to restart my career.
Here is the link to eBay’s Report an Item page, if you wish to report price gouging.
https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/reporting-price-gouging-ebay?id=5105I went ahead and reported the Lysol one since it automatically popped up.
Thanks Almasty & Mike!
I do commissions for a friend of the family, and I’m currently going through his late wife’s jewelry. Most of it is sterling, and the prices and brands have been pretty easy to research. However, when I saw one stamped “14K PJS”, I figured I needed to do a bit more research. Except for the Worthpoint one, I only found ones for sale. Asking prices are $400 & $150. For a $400 price, I’d consider getting an appraisal, but, for less than $200, I’ll test with my home kit and assume the one I have also has a Tahitian pearl and several small diamonds.
Can someone give me the price for this ring:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/pjs-14k-yellow-gold-7-mm-tahitian-472983756Thanks so much!
In the past, I have grouped broken jewelry in one listing and used words like Arts Crafts Reuse and so on. It will sell to someone who likes to fix jewelry or make their own. I’m actually planning to put together one in the next few weeks once I get the good stuff listed.
I do run a bunch of auctions for stuff I want to get rid of. I have a premium store, so I have pay an extra $0.10 for anything over the 1000 allotment. I can move a bunch of items to auctions and save a little money.
I lower the price to about half of what I had been asking. I’d say half the time I sell one item a week and nothing for the rest. Since the COVID thing started, I’ve been selling one item a week.
Steve – For your social distancing dogs:
Steve – If you ever move to business policies, you won’t get that issue with eBay deciding to check the free shipping box.
Last week was pretty poor for me as well, but I did have one sale I wanted to mention:
I don’t like to do commissions, but I do for one family friend. His wife passed away a bit over a year ago, and she used to sew quite a bit. I grouped several partial spools of elastic into one listing, which sold for $29. The buyer said that she was going to make masks for a local hospital.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184092509977
