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Members Only is still around, and I don’t think that they ever went out of business. I have a newer Members Only coat for sale, but the label is different. I am not familiar with this one.
If you printed the label from PayPal, then you should copy and paste the tracking number into eBay for that return. Not sure why you couldn’t print directly from eBay. You would have to call them.
Thanks for the podcast. I also have a Brother laser printer for the new year. It cost $99, but I asked for it as a gift so I didn’t actually pay for it. Love it! It’s almost like a thermal printer where the ink doesn’t need replacing often and it always prints without streaks. My color inkjet needs printer head cleaning way too often.
Week of Feb 2 – 8
* Total Items in Store: 1454 eBay, 34 Etsy
* Items Sold: 24 eBay
* Cost of Items Sold: $32.39 + $22.70 Commission
* Total Sales: $384.61 eBay
* Highest Price Sold: $55 lot of 9 vintage airline playing cards new & sealed
* Average Price Sold: $16
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $23
* Number of items listed this week: 2I sold quite a few items (for me), but the average price sold is pretty low. So far this week (Sunday and today), I’m selling much higher value items. We’ll see how it goes.
I went to an auction for the first time in months. I hate going to auctions around the holidays, so I just skip. I didn’t spend much, but I have seven more vintage radios to clean and test! These sell so nicely, even nonworking, and some of them for decent prices. I’m also working on some deathpile items, which I’m really happy about. Hopefully, I will list much more this week.
On the other end of the scale from Libby, I did two listings.
I had car problems where I had to bring the car back twice because the issue wasn’t fixed. They didn’t charge me much, but it ate up my time. Then I went to an auction on Friday, which was a full day affair. Oh, and I did sell quite a few things, so there’s that.
I went to an auction on Friday, and one box lot was a large number of Jadeite cups and saucers. I didn’t bother bidding. It went very high, I think close to $100. Jadeite is mentioned in that article as getting popular again.
I have been able to get claims paid by FedEx. I had a claim once through FedEx Smartpost, and they did not pay.
I would use Smartpost only for non-breakable (or, at least, less fragile) items. The weight and size region where Smartpost is less costly than FedEx Ground is rather small these days, so I don’t bother providing it as an option.
BTW, I recently had a claim through the USPS. For the first time, they told me that the damaged item with the packaging had to be brought into the nearest post office. Like you, I had already refunded the buyer. I called to explain that I didn’t think that the buyer would bring it in, but they insisted that the claim would be denied otherwise. They also said that the USPS was pushing back on fraud, and that their software selected cases for additional proof. Miracle upon miracle, my buyer actually brought the broken item into their post office, but they had thrown out the packaging. After all this, my claim was still denied.
The moral of this story, I guess, is that it is getting harder to get a claim paid, but Smartpost is definitely the most difficult to get covered. Make sure to double box all fragile items and use plenty of bubble-wrap. I did do this myself, but I had two vases in a smaller box. I should have boxed them separately as one probably hit against the other.
Beautiful area you live in Steve. Looks cold. We are having a mild winter on the east coast, but my husband reminded me yesterday that the bugs will be out in force this year if it stays this way.
I had some interesting sales last week.
This sale marks the last of my square head nail supply. I had been selling 8 ounces (minimum 40 nails) for $4.95 plus a flat shipping rate of $4.99 no matter how many were ordered. Mostly, people were paying for just one, and I would make about $1 on shipping. However, one guy bought three and then made a second purchase of seven wiping out the remainder. It was a nice listing. Created once, and kept selling a few times a month. Paid maybe $1 (total) out of a $5 auction lot of wooden barrels and nails. Made about $200 over about 1 1/2 years.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183677160165Sold two whiskey pitchers to one buyer from my auction purchase in September. Paid about a quarter each. Many of them are Scotch whiskeys. Glenfarclas is apparently a big brand. The Isle of Jura pitcher was made in Italy.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183982840930
https://www.ebay.com/itm/183982410046Out of my big radio auction purchase, also in September, I sold two larger Zenith radios, both to the same lady. The first was a Trans-Oceanic Royal 1000, which appears to be the first model that came out in the late 1950s. It sold for best offer of $100. I actually have seven more Trans-Oceanics to list! The second was an early 1960s Royal 2000, which only has AM and FM, but is considered to be an excellent radio. I was able to get $90 for it. Each radio from this auction cost me less than $3.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184132658809
https://www.ebay.com/itm/184153908049I bought an older, used Dymo off eBay. Maybe the newer models work better. Perhaps Ryanne can give us a report on her new Rollo after she uses it for both USPS and FedEx.
Sorry, I am subscribed to this thread, but, for some reason, I didn’t get an email that there were new responses.
Yes, I print out FedEx labels from eBay the same way I do USPS labels.
My challenge would end in April for me. I would either make it a March challenge (but I would finish later) or make it an April challenge. Either way is fine for me.
So, a two month thing? If so, I might have something to start the beginning of March and end in April.
I don’t know too much about vinyl, but it doesn’t appear to be particularly valuable. $10 seems about right. Personally, I wouldn’t glue the sticker back on because it would damage the cardboard if someone pulled it off.
I think reattaching stickers is more for ceramic or glass items where the manufacturer could make the item worth more. Maybe someone else has a different opinion.
What is the artist and name of the record? Vinyl can be very popular for certain genres.
Here are instructions for posting photos on the forum:
My guess is to photograph the sticker for the listing and just say it fell off. You can include an envelope (mark the outside) as part of the sale.
So I thought that the “January” challenge allowed us to finish by the end of February? I’ve started on it, but haven’t finished yet.
I did test a large cabinet style dartboard and figured out that it didn’t work. Too bad. So, it’s in the garage waiting for garbage day next Monday.
I did get out my Indian food grinder and found out that the plug is for India. It must have been something that the couple brought from India to the US and then couldn’t use it. My husband got out his Swiss army knife of plug adapters, but he didn’t have anything for India. So, now my conundrum is to either buy an adapter plus a voltage converter (the machine doesn’t have one of those 120/240 switches) or dump it? Since new ones cost $250, I might get around $100 for this used, older model. On the other hand, it might not work, someone might not want to pay the shipping (it’s about 25 pounds!), and who would want to deal with all the adapters or the pain of bringing it back to India? I could sell the attachments, but I’m not sure there are many of these older models for US use. Anyway, I’m having issues making a decision here. I need the rest of February to figure this thing out!
