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12/04/2017 at 11:53 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 337: If You Build It, You Will Have Storage #28050
Yes, I didn’t see other casseroles going for higher prices, and, yes, it does have some damage. It does have the stand and burner, which appears to be a bit unique. Your paella pan definitely looks nicer than what I have.
12/04/2017 at 11:46 am in reply to: Question on silver plate, what silver colored metals tarnish? #28043The 925 mark is called sterling silver. It is 92.5% silver and the rest are other metals, mostly copper. The other metals make the silver more durable. Pure silver is too soft to be of any use as a household item.
I did have an item once marked with a slightly different number, I think 950, which is just a higher silver content. Sometimes the item is just stamped “Sterling”, and you can assume 925.
Mike – Thanks for the link discussing this issue.
12/04/2017 at 11:22 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 337: If You Build It, You Will Have Storage #28038Comments on the podcast:
Awesome building! We don’t have land anywhere near what you guys have, but it is 0.57 acre. We’re thinking about a large storage shed in the back.
I recently listed a Copco casserole with a stand, and I have it at a much lower price than your pan. Is there something special about a paella pan, or do I have mine listed too low? It does have some loss of enamel on the lid:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182937663938As far as the Kewpie doll goes, I posted in the What Sold section two weeks ago that I found an article about weird things people collect. One was haunted dolls, and a related category of scary dolls. Using “zombie” in the listing probably helped sell it. Here is the broken down scary doll that I sold for $19 in three days and received positive feedback:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182902713043I did have a customer pay by echeck once. She informed me that she was paying that way, and I think the ebay notice email said something to effect that I should wait until the echeck posted before shipping. Perhaps the caller didn’t read the email carefully, or there was a glitch in the system.
Anyway, here are my numbers:
Week of Nov 26 – Dec 2
* Total Items in Store: 1200
* Items Sold: 22
* Cost of Items Sold: $27.30 + $13.27 Commission
* Total Sales: $371.12
* Highest Price Sold: $49 Set of 5 vintage Fire King blue (delphite) dinner plates
* Average Price Sold: $16.87
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $30
* Number of items listed this week: 29I had one funny issue where I thought I had a non-paying customer. However, she responded saying that she couldn’t pay and she was getting a message to contact the seller about shipping. Long story short, she is in Georgia and accidentally selected Georgia as the country. When I went to invoice her, I was only given international shipping options. I didn’t think anything about “Georgia” being listed twice. Took a few days to work it out!
It does come out on top, so maybe they did sell it at that crazy high price?
Hey, free shipping!
I was able to find the sold listing, but flipper tools couldn’t give the price because it’s a multi-quantity listing.
So, that makes me think, they could have had a relative in another state “buy” the item with a $10 best offer, and then shipped them an empty box. Then, it would look like they sold one at the high price.
12/01/2017 at 9:06 pm in reply to: Question on silver plate, what silver colored metals tarnish? #27880I’d also be interested in where you get the test and what kind of test it is. I have quite a bit of silver plate and other metals. This is probably something I should have!
12/01/2017 at 7:43 pm in reply to: Question on silver plate, what silver colored metals tarnish? #27868Lovely mirror!
I’m the one who was asking, so who am I to answer? However, I’ll throw out that the silver I know to be silver plate looks a bit whiteish. The silver / nickel plating is darker. That is the reason I don’t think my bowl is silver plate.
Your photos could just be dark, but it doesn’t look like silver plate.
If you go under the Scavenger Life banner, click on the tab “resources”. Jay and Ryanne have links to different types of scales.
I recently wanted a Dymo label printer, so I found a listing for a used one plus a scale. It is an Accuteck digital postal scale with a max of 50 lbs. I’ve been using it for about two months now, and I’m pretty happy with it. It displays pounds and ounces, converts to kg if needed, and also has tare and hold. The Hold button has been useful lately when the box is too big for me to read the weight. I press the hold button, take the box off, and then I can read the weight.
Whether you go with the Accuteck or something different, first click one of J & R’s links because they will get some small amount of money even if you don’t buy from ebay.
I’m not sure myself, but most of what I buy at auction has “vintage dust” (as someone here on the forum called it), so I’m pretty sure of authenticity. However, I did find a site recently about determining the difference between real and reproduction. I haven’t really looked at it much yet, but it looked like it covered many categories. Check it out:
11/30/2017 at 5:31 pm in reply to: Question on silver plate, what silver colored metals tarnish? #27769Thanks for that answer. I was thinking that I had it wrong about silver plate.
Does the trim go all the way around? If so, then coverlet makes sense. You can measure it and see if it would fit a twin or other sized bed and use that in your description.
I noticed that the pictures are over a rug, and it is hard to discern which is rug and which is the fabric. You might want a more plain background.
Upholstery fabric that is used for curtains, bed spreads, and such is usually a little thicker than what is used for clothing. I assume this is a thicker fabric?
It does look very nice, good find. You might want to use some of the key words in the Etsy description you found.
11/30/2017 at 11:45 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pantry boxes, leather planner cover, Krispy Kreme mugs, Dope, needle point, typewriter #27734I bought this older bread machine for myself at the local Goodwill, but it took up so much counter space. When I saw how much it went for online, I decided to sell. I think people like it because the bread comes out rectangular. Bought it for $14, sold for $55.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182593947009This listing is just a bunch of glass candies I bought as part of an auction lot. Paid a dollar or two, sold for best offer of $42:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182567426974My biggest sale of the week ($200) was given to me by one of my parent’s friends. His wife passed away a few years ago, and this had been her mink coat. Yes, we vintage sellers tend to sell “dead people’s stuff”, but we don’t always know for sure.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182862309365Jay – You need to bookmark this and take him up on the offer!
I’m staying out of this discussion, but I’m finding it very interesting.
Week of Nov 19-25
* Total Items in Store: 1193
* Items Sold: 18
* Cost of Items Sold: $30.19 + $9 Commission
* Total Sales: $568.91
* Highest Price Sold: $200 Mink coat
* Average Price Sold: $31.61
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $32.77
* Number of items listed this week: 35As I mentioned under the “slowest week ever” topic, my week has been pretty normal with 18 sales. I had 6 sales on Thanksgiving Day, but then Black Friday & the weekend were quiet. I did sell a few higher priced items that made my total sales a bit higher than normal.
I was thinking about how to deal with returns. I understand that you guys can just accept a return, and then choose not to refund the full amount because you are in the beta program. For those of us that are not and the buyer is asking you to pay for return shipping, I think that perhaps accepting a return right away may not be the right decision. If it is a light weight item, especially first class, or if a mistake was made in the description, then I think yes, just accept it. But, if return shipping will cost a higher amount, perhaps the seller should contact the buyer first and plead your case as to why a “not as described” is not appropriate. The seller can also contact ebay if the buyer doesn’t respond in a day or two. But, the seller should accept the return no matter what before the buyer has the right to escalate. Is that four days? Then, the seller could call in ebay after the item is returned and plead your case.
A few sellers have recently commented on the forum where they either offered a partial refund and waited too long to respond or have accepted a INAD return and had to pay for shipping after receiving the item back. I think that a seller should document their objections to paying shipping before accepting the return.
Just my 2 cents.
Up through Thanksgiving, sales were pretty normal. I actually had 6 sales on Thanksgiving, which is awesome. Friday and Today have been very slow with one sale each (at least so far).
I think that people actually get to the stores on Black Friday and the following weekend. I remember this happening last year. I don’t think the so called “Cyber Monday” boosted my sales last year either, so I’m not expecting anything spectacular.
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