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I pulled out those two boxes of magazines I mentioned earlier, and I listed exactly 21 new items to meet my goal. I started working on other DP as well as some newer stuff, but they haven’t been listed yet. So, just met the goal and that’s it.
This week’s goal is then 15. Yesterday, I washed enough dishes and men’s shaving razors (random) to about make those 15 listings, and I have more to wash today to get to that number. I feel I’m on my way.
I hope everyone else is doing well. I know that I working towards this challenge a bit more seriously because I’ve promised my family that I’m going to give them back enough space in the basement to set up a small workout area. My first goal is to reduce my DPs, and then I will set up an online auction to sell off old inventory that has been sitting for years. I will also sell off some DP electronics that I don’t feel like testing, so I guess that will reduce the number of items I could be listing for the challenge by about 3 or 4. Don’t worry, because the boxes of stuff that weren’t DP when we started the challenge will be towards the end of it! LOL
Anyway, please join me in this challenge. You can always restart now with 15 and say you didn’t meet the goal a week or two.
Yes, I realized that there wasn’t too much exciting there. I was surprised at some of the prices they did get, although, they had some unopened sets. Hopefully, they were just interested collectors.
I did buy a few lots of household stuff and art. I got some very good deals, and the house was beautiful.
Good for you, Julie! Take care of yourself.
I listed 26 items (all DP) and donated three.
That’s 29 against my goal of 34. That leaves me with five I still need to catch up, so this week’s goal is 16 + 5 = 21. (double-check me, but is that correct?) This seems more reasonable especially since I found two boxes of magazines that should be easy to list or pull out ones to throw out / recycle. I’m pretty sure I can catch up this week.
I remember those Swatch watches! I think I have one, but it was a more mass produced model. I think I bought it from Costco. I stopped wearing watches (and wedding rings) during the pandemic.
My big sale from last week was a charity listing, so I didn’t really make anything from it. Weird though, eBay’s performance calculation messed up the sales numbers by adding it in twice. I think it meant to add and then subtract (since the money doesn’t go to me).
Anyway, a friend had two very old paintings on felt that was bought in the Ukraine over 100 years ago. They really weren’t worth that much, but my friend wanted to sell it with the money being donated to World Central Kitchen. I listed it right after Russia’s invasion, and we tried running it as an auction a few times with her advertising it somehow online. After that didn’t work, I just left it as a listing. The buyer’s name did sound Ukrainian, so the paintings found its person.
Otherwise, it is still quiet for me. I did do some scavenging, which I shouldn’t do since I need to pare down my inventory and open up a section of the basement. But, I got some good deals. Tons of garage sales this weekend, and I bid in a MaxSold auction.
Week of Sept 8 – 14
Total Items in Store: 1789 eBay, 41 Etsy
Items Sold: 10 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $16 + $17.50 Commission + $150 for charity
Total Sales: $355.27 eBay (includes the $150 charity listing)
Highest Price Sold: eBay $150 for Antique Pair Ukrainian Folk Paintings on Felt
Average price: $35.53
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $73.60
Number of items listed this week: 26Glad to hear that eBay was strong for your last week! I’m still trudging along.
Week of Sept 1 – 7
Total Items in Store: 1778 eBay, 37 Etsy
Items Sold: 10 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $14 + $40 Commission
Total Sales: $205.73 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $49 for Vtg Pendleton Womens Button Up Shirt
Average price: $20.57
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 25If this could be a oyster plate, that would also bring in the $$$.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1311&_nkw=oyster+plate&_sacat=0
Send an email to Ryanne & Jay at TheScavengerLife@gmail.com to get your access fixed.
I shouldn’t be scavenging right now; I have so little space, and I’ve promised my family to make room in the basement for a workout area, but I can’t help myself.
There is a Maxsold auction in Cranbury, NJ that has lots of baseball cards that look totally worthless (1980s). However, I see some sports memorabilia that you might be interested in (college & professional) plus maybe football cards (1980s, but maybe more interesting than baseball?).
Just thought I’d mention it. I’m more interested in the household stuff that might go for really good prices. I might have a conflict during the pickup time, so not sure whether I will bid or not.
I listed 25 items last week. Of them, 17 were from death piles and 2 were donated, for a total of 19 against the 18 challenge.
Since I missed the previous week, I like Amatino’s idea to make up for it. So, I’ll need 19 for the missed week plus 17 for this week, a total of 36. Since I listed an extra last week and another in the first week, I’m reducing it to 34. Doable, but definitely a big challenge! I’ll only list DP items this week!!!
I was out of town last week with my store on Time Away, so I only sold seven items. I did sell a few higher priced items, so my ASP wasn’t too bad.
Right before I left on my trip, I found that I had never adjusted my Etsy handling time from my last vacation that ended in the beginning of June. I might have made an extra sale or two over the summer if I had remembered to fix it. I fixed it on Friday.
My daughter (with my husband’s backing) has asked me to give back some of the basement so that we can have a workout area downstairs. It might not be a bad idea for me to reduce my store and get rid of inventory that hasn’t moved over a few years. Plus, we can free up some workout equipment that’s buried in the mist of all my junk. I told them that I will probably need until the beginning of next year to set up a Maxsold online auction.
Week of Aug 25 – 31
Total Items in Store: 1763 eBay, 37 Etsy
Items Sold: 7 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $11 + $18 Commission
Total Sales: $212.11 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $75.65 for 1961 Websters New International Dictionary
Average price: $30.30
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 10My parents were in town, so I took my mom to some yard sales just for fun. We both didn’t buy anything. However, my mom brought books and art for me to sell. I just listed this one called Calder Jewelry. I priced it a bit too high at $425 OBO, but I wasn’t sure about how to adjust it for a paperback. Most of what I saw in the solds were for hardback.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186667221171
I’m currently working on listing “The Intimate World Of Alexander Calder”. The prices seem all over the place, but I’m thinking around $75.
Not sure why Calder’s books are so high priced, but he is a great artist, and one that I can recognize. I noticed a sculpture or two of his on the high ceiling of the JFK airport when I was there about five years ago.
I listed 10 items. Most were scheduled from the previous week. As I mentioned, my parents were in town, so I didn’t have time to do much listing. None were DP.
My mom brought a bunch of stuff up for me to sell; mostly art & books. She also brought up some clothing that her friends didn’t want anymore. I’ve told her to stop, but she forgets. I will get rid of it otherwise it will be become more DPs that I don’t need!
You could get these triangular shipping “tubes” for free if you ship your bats via Priority mail. This is the 38″ size, and I just noticed a note that they will be discontinuing this product once their inventory is depleted, so get them while you can. There is a 25″ size as well, and you can always tape two together.
You might be able to ship the bat to most of the US and keep within your $19.99 ship price, but you might have issues with a multi-purchase customer. You can use these boxes for international shipping as well.
@Retro – I’m glad to hear that you are human. With all the listing you do, I can’t keep up, and I only have a part time job. You should be falling asleep at 5PM every night! I don’t know how you do it.
I have family visiting this week, so I went to set up Time Away and then to adjust my Etsy handling time. Ends up, I never adjusted Etsy after getting back from vacation at the beginning of June. Could be one reason I haven’t sold anything there through the summer. I’ll adjust back once my parents go back home.
I was inspired to list some deathpile items, and I’m working now to clear out an area of my basement. Thing is, once I list all my DPs, then everything I’m setting aside now will be DPs when I’m done. LOL.
Week of Aug 18 – 24
Total Items in Store: 1763 eBay, 37 Etsy
Items Sold: 10 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $11 + $15.85 Commission
Total Sales: $172.94 eBay
Highest Price Sold: eBay $36 for Replacement Part for Fitness Bike
Average price: $17.29
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 24
