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09/14/2017 at 9:59 pm in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Christian Dior sunglasses, Bose speakers, Lucchese boots, Artists pochade box, GE Wildcat record player #22838
I had a number of interesting sales this past week:
I was given some vintage electronics & equipment last year, which quickly became a death pile. A friend was able to test a few items for me, but the rest was listed as non-working. This SyQuest hard drive didn’t do anything when I plugged in, but I don’t know if it needed something else to work. It sold for $22 through the GSP to the UK.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182592493025Vintage cooking books sell well for me. Bought this 1965 one written by Vincent Price and his wife for $1, sold for $20.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182717291895For some reason, tablecloths have suddenly been selling for me. These two listings were sold to the same person for a total of $76. I paid pennies.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182509114943
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182509153851A Harley Davidson lamp sold via GSP to Canado for $59, paid $15.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182713667231I paid about $0.55 for this vintage Trapper Keeper binder as part of a $1 minimum bid lot at an online auction. Sold for best offer of $35 to someone in Guam.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182688664843Another vintage Pantone book sold for $50, paid $5.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/18266676691709/11/2017 at 10:02 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 326: What Is A Scavenger Vacation? #22711Week of Sept 3 – 9
* Total Items in Store: 999
* Items Sold: 20
* Cost of Items Sold: $24.75 + $0 Commission
* Total Sales: $415
* Highest Price Sold: $50 – 1984 Pantone Fan Deck & Book
* Average Price Sold: $20.65
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $46.50
* Number of items listed this week: over 40This week, I had one buyer who bought two items from me at the same time for $76, which would make it my highest sale. I wasn’t sure which to put down, so I chose the highest single sale.
Kids are finally back to school and I have been able to start listing again!!! The light kit I bought is definitely helping to speed up my listing, but I still have to do minor adjustments in eBay.
I had a few really good sales on Sunday from those newer listings, but those will show up in next week’s numbers.
T-Satt –
If you do a cash sale on a local pickup, are you cutting eBay out of the deal? Or do they still get their fees somehow? There could be an issue if they don’t get their fees.
Jay & Ryanne have mentioned that they ask a buyer to pay upfront on a local pickup, but you are saying the opposite. I know that when I sell something through a Facebook post, the buyer might try to negotiate the price down when I meet up with them. Usually anything I list on Facebook is something I’m just trying to get rid of, so I can lower the price. On the other hand, I’ve just wasted my time for very little money.
So, for eBay, I want to have the person pay for it first, and then I’ll refund their money if they don’t want it. There’s a less chance that they’ll ask for a lower price.
Just two sides to the argument. I can see the issue with PayPal. The podcast today mentioned getting a signature or photograph to show that the item was picked up. I’ve only had maybe four or so local pickups so far, and they have all worked out. I’ve never gotten a signature, but maybe I should start doing that.
To me, it similar to cubism modern art. Is the artist’s first name Bobby? I can’t make out the last name, but it looks short. The term Black Art is used throughout eBay and the internet, but I would not use African since you don’t know where the painting was made.
I can’t tell if people are hatching out of the eggs or if the people are hanging around a bunch of large eggs. And then there are pineapples! Maybe a few eggplants? Really cool & weird.
Can you tell if it is paper? From the one picture, it looks like something painted or printed on wood.
So, descriptor words, for what they are worth: Black art cubism modern hatching eggs pineapples. Maybe put the size in the title like ##”x##”.
You can put descriptor words together and price it high with make offer. I never seem to price as high as Ryanne & Jay, but maybe a few hundred dollars?
09/08/2017 at 7:35 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Stereos, Model cars, CPR Anytime trainer, Vintage Starburst clock, HP calculator, Winter overalls, Men's cologne #22656Steve – I remember those HP calculators from back in the day. I never bought one for myself, and I hated the weird way that you had to punch in the numbers. If I see one now, I guess it is the time for me to purchase it!
Some fun sales from the week:
Here is a recent auction buy where people just didn’t seem interested in the box lots. The auctioneer combined enough boxes where this wood sculpture cost me only $1. Sold for best offer of $23.35 (the total with the shipping came to an even number).
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182733207411I purchased this set of antique Bavarian plates at one of the first auctions I went to over a year ago. Maybe they took so long to sell because I had them priced too high, but they sold at the asking price. Paid about 60c, sold for $49. They are going to an office above a specialty home store in NYC. I wonder if the plates will be resold or if the buyer is just having their purchase sent to their office.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182275162592I continue to sell the overstock books I purchased two months ago. One lady purchased 4 copies of “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook” for an art class she runs. I have a promotion for the purchase of more than one book, so I refunded some of her money plus shipping was included. After those expenses, the sale came to about $46; I paid about 20c a book.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/18261260427809/08/2017 at 7:14 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Stereos, Model cars, CPR Anytime trainer, Vintage Starburst clock, HP calculator, Winter overalls, Men's cologne #22654Mostly, I go to auctions during the winter months. There are two live auctions that happen on a regular basis that I like to attend, and there is a online auction company in my area that posts auctions on an ongoing basis. You can find auctions near you at AuctionZip.com and keep an eye out on gsalr.com and estatesales.net for auctions, estate sales, and the occasional garage sale.
The prices at the Goodwill near me have gone up, but I might duck in there a few times. There a few other thrift stores in my area that I can check. I’ve never been to the Goodwill outlet closest to me, but I might do the hour drive some winter day.
09/04/2017 at 9:29 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 325: New Rental Done, Now Hopping On A Plane! #22541Jay & Ryanne – I follow your stores, and I noticed an over $1500 sale of a vintage Louis Vuitton Briefcase. You didn’t mention it on the podcast. Did someone buy it by mistake and you had to cancel? Or was that a real sale?
I noticed when the $40 RCA mug sold. RCA was a big manufacturer of satellites with headquarters in NJ. When I started interviewing in my senior year of college (1986-87), RCA had just been purchased by GE. I did not interview with them at that time. My first job took me to LA, but I decided to move back to the East coast after about 5 years. I ended up with a job at GE as an engineer working on communication satellites (not weather). The name of the company changed twice and the plant was moved to PA during the over 20 years I worked there. When the plant moved again to Denver a few years ago, I decided not to go with it.
When I worked on a specific satellite program, I would often get a mug or shirt around the time it was ready for testing. The mug you sold was more of a general history of RCA weather satellites, so it was probably a company wide event. Maybe some day I will sell all of my company mugs, but I’m not ready to do that now. I don’t have anything from GE or RCA.
Anyway, my numbers …
Week of Aug 27 – Sept 2
* Total Items in Store: 974
* Items Sold: 14
* Cost of Items Sold: $18.82 + $10 Commission
* Total Sales: $263.20
* Highest Price Sold: $49 Set 6 Antique Bavarian Plates
* Average Price Sold: $18.80
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $55
* Number of items listed this week: about 25 end & sell similar, no newThe kids go back to school Wednesday. I will FINALLY be able to take photos and start back on listing. I have a HUGE backlog, which will take me quite some time to get through.
My sales reflect my lack of listing. However, I have been ending a few old listings each day and then relisting them with sell similar. My high sale of the antique plates was one of the “refreshed” listings, but it is the only one that has sold so far.
09/02/2017 at 8:33 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pioneer amp, Harley boots, German honey dripper, Charlie perfume, models, Polaroid camera, Jarts #22475For the tablecloths, that’s easy. People like to have different tablecloths to change up the style or, if they have people coming over a few days in a row, they don’t have to clean one right away. All the tablecloths were close in size.
For the gloves, I don’t know, but I definitely didn’t want to sell them separately. Maybe someone is gearing up for Halloween, and they have a few daughters that want to dress up in old fashioned dresses. Or maybe they don’t know their hand size.
For sunglasses, I know someone who loses theirs all the time. They need to have more than one. Or, perhaps you want one for the car, one for the backpack, etc.
Another thought is to look at other listings for similar items. Put the word “lot” in your search words to see if listings come up or not. Make sure to be looking at sold items. That might give you an idea if people would buy a certain item in quantity or not.
I don’t really know what it is, but it reminds me of the thing in the center of a roulette wheel.
I didn’t get the firehose email this morning 🙁
09/01/2017 at 11:32 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pioneer amp, Harley boots, German honey dripper, Charlie perfume, models, Polaroid camera, Jarts #22433For some reason, the tablecloth link isn’t working. This isn’t the first time this has happened today. I was able to get the correct link via a roundabout way. The only difference in the link is the removal of the “s” at the end of http. I assume this is an eBay bug.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18250801231709/01/2017 at 11:25 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Pioneer amp, Harley boots, German honey dripper, Charlie perfume, models, Polaroid camera, Jarts #22431My biggest sale this week is also my biggest sale ever. I was given this antique brass lamp that I believe originates from the Middle East. I was not able to find any hallmark, but the sockets were made by Ostrander, which is a brand that went out of business during the 30’s. It sold for $300. The person (from San Francisco) who purchased it said that they have a very Bohemian style home. I can see where this will fit right in! I hope that they have it rewired first.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182378829044These are vintage gloves that I sold on consignment (actually the same person that gave me the lamp above). Sold for $32.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182467750236These are 5 Russian made tablecloths. I had the high bid of $1 for the contents of a linen closet. It was a risk because the online auction really didn’t provide very good photos, but I have been able to list (and sell) many great things from that purchase. These sold for $37.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182508012317I paid $4 for this doll house patio set that sold for $25. Doll house furniture sells pretty well.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182350694007Yes, I got it! Thanks so much.
I’ve mentioned before that I haven’t been getting it. Do you want me to email you my email address (I don’t want to post it here).
Thanks for looking into this – I miss my morning SL injection!
08/28/2017 at 11:35 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 324: A Day In The Life Of A Scavenger VIDEO! #22267Very neat video – nice to see all the houses. Seems like the drive is somewhat long between each of them.
I am not getting the forum firehose email. I have had the problem for about 4 or 5 days now. Is this an issue for me only? I did subscribe to the sub-categories in “Buying & Selling”, and maybe that messed me up? I really miss reading those in the morning and catching up. I hope it is an easy issue to fix.
Week of Aug 20-26
* Total Items in Store: 983
* Items Sold: 16
* Cost of Items Sold: $8.70 + $26 Commission
* Total Sales: $526.40
* Highest Price Sold: $300 Vintage Middle Eastern Brass Lamp
* Average Price Sold: $37.60
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $50
* Number of items listed this week: 2 + about 15 end & sell similarWe still have about a week and a half until school starts, so I am unable to do much photography or listing with both kids home plus my parents are visiting right now. I started to end several older listings and relist them with “sell similar” just to show some activity.
I did finally buy a lighting kit. The two items I listed were ones that I used to test out the new lights. I’m pretty happy with the results, but I think I can get it better. I will end up spending more time with setup, but much less time adjusting photos in eBay. I also FINALLY downloaded my camera’s manual and figured how to set it to a 1:1 aspect ratio. Should have done that a LONG time ago. Duh!
It would have been a slow week without the lamp sale. Actually, the lamp sold the previous week, but the seller wanted time to pay. It is my biggest sale by $100!!
I don’t normally go to estate sales these days, but my mom and I decided to go to a few on Sunday. I ended up buying one item – a vintage set of silverplate in a box for $50. The price was a bit high, so I went back to the sale twice to try to get them to lower it. It was already at 50% off and they wouldn’t budge, but they did throw in a set of salad servers. It won’t get the ROI I’m used to, but it will be a bigger sale in the end.
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