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08/07/2017 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 322: Don’t Forget To Make Your Own Weekends #21480
Week of July 30 – Aug 5
* Total Items in Store: 979
* Items Sold: 11
* Cost of Items Sold: $6.99 + $0 Commission
* Total Sales: $145.39
* Highest Price Sold: $45 Cappas Newsboy hat (but received return request this morning)
* Average Price Sold: $13.21
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $221.85
* Number of items listed this week: 26Crappy sales, but good sourcing. Seems like the prices at garage sales & auctions come down a bit in August. I went to an auction on Thursday, and the quality was better than normal and prices were not bad. Unfortunately, I had to leave early. I also got some quality art at an online auction, and some good stuff at a garage sale.
I got a return request for my high sale this morning, so the next biggest sale would be a vintage necklace at $17.
I think that Jay meant Candle holder; just a slip of the finger on the keyboard!
The place to “pour” might be a place to hold it or maybe pour out melted wax.
08/04/2017 at 8:51 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Edison horn, 48 star flag, Nintendo box, Cowboy kettle, Models & Trains, Schott fringe jacket #21349Last week’s sales were great! I sold my last Vampire Tarot card sets for $90. I won’t link to it here because I’ve shown it a few times before. Here are some of the other interesting sales:
I bought a mismatched set of an older Denby pattern at my local Goodwill last year. It sells very slowly. This listing is for 4 dinner plates. Paid $2.50 and sold a little under $36.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182583218030Earlier in July, I bought this vintage bread box at auction for $7.50 plus 15% premium. Immediately afterwards, I had buyer’s remorse because I felt I had paid too much. I decided I needed to list it at a price where I would feel good about the sale, so I put it up for $39 or best offer. Sold at full price! Now I feel good! Not sure what is so special about it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182683657452There is an online auction company that I buy from often. If I am bidding on an auction for certain lots I want, I will look at the other unsold or low priced lots to see if I can get something cheap. For this particular auction, I bought several lots at the beginning bid of $1 because I saw one or two items I thought looked interesting. One lot of books ended up having several vintage software packages. This is the first to sell: 1991 Sim City software, bought for pennies, sold via the GSP for $16.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182687419576Another nice piece of Jewish art – purchased for $1 sold for $25.50.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/18254420289708/04/2017 at 8:27 am in reply to: What Sells On eBay: Edison horn, 48 star flag, Nintendo box, Cowboy kettle, Models & Trains, Schott fringe jacket #21348My parents would get a AAA bag for that purpose when I was growing up.
My 2007 Toyota minivan has a hook on the front passenger side below the console for hanging a trash bag. I haven’t seen a AAA trash bag for a while, but they may still have them. We normally use a grocery plastic bag.
I don’t see any images or links; not that I know anything about fins anyway.
I had a mannequin at one time. It was a women’s large size, but was a bit adjustable. When I put a small size on, the shirt would be stretched out. When I had something extra large, it would drape. It had to be the right size in order to look good. I’m running out of room these days, so I decided to go the lay flat on the floor route.
I think that to do it right you would need mannequins in different sizes. My adjustable one, which was really a form for sewing, had knobs that would show up in the photos if the shirt was too low. It just wasn’t working for me.
I think so, but the table has been listed since October with no activity. I guess it is waiting for the right buyer!
Another possibility is to buy the male torso. Then buy a bra that fits the mannequin with lots of padding or use foam, tissue, cotton balls, whatever to make “boobs”. When you have women’s clothing, put the bra on the male torso. The only issue is that a real slinky dress or one that has spaghetti straps or no straps at all will not look right. Of course, you could buy a strapless bra with padding – I’ve never done that, but it should work.
I used to have a female mannequin, and I would put men’s clothes on backwards. I don’t think it looks right. Here is a recent sold listing where I did just that:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182201641560BTW, I decided not to use mannequins any more. I like Jay and Ryanne’s method of laying it flat on the floor. For example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/182457778931Yes, if you contact eBay after shipping the item, they will remove the ding as long as they can see the email from the buyer asking for a late shipment.
The other thing you could possibly do, if the buyer is OK with it, is cancel the order, change the handling time to 3 weeks (or a little more), and then have them re-buy it.
Personally, I would just call eBay once the item has been delivered. You never know if the buyer is willing to go through the steps of cancelling & buying again.
Hey Doublythumbs – Yes, it’s crappy, but I’ll reserve the word “awful” for things like your house being flooded – like what happened to you. Just putting things into perspective.
The thing is that I was making plans. Like getting any damaged uniforms listed first because people might be thinking of Halloween soon. What’s better than a zombie drum major? And thinking about where and how I would store them, how much I’d price them, etc.
On the other hand, I’ve got an auction to go to tomorrow, there’s an online auction close to me ending on Friday, I want to check out a few church & synagogue rummage sales this weekend, etc. So, I’ll move on to other things and someday I’ll actually buy something on GovDeals. I saw 40 new VCR tapes listed for a beginning bid of $5, but the drive would be about an hour. Not worth it.
I use the unpaid item assistant set to four days. If the buyer hasn’t paid for two days, I message with the following:
“Thank-you for your purchase. This is just a friendly reminder that you need to pay for your item so that I can ship it to you. Please message me with any issues.”
After another day has gone by, I send another message (editing for the correct date) with the following:
“Just another reminder to pay for this order. I have eBay’s unpaid item assistant set to automatically open a case after four days of nonpayment (which would be tomorrow, Sunday, July 9). If there is any issue at all including needing more time or deciding to cancel the purchase, please message me right away.”
I don’t do anything more. After the 4th day, eBay opens a case. I think that the buyer then has another four days to pay before eBay cancels the sale and dings the buyer.
08/01/2017 at 11:15 am in reply to: Buyer wants to return but can't print out a return shipping label #21108I can’t give you a detailed explanation, but I’m pretty sure that she won’t be able to print out a return label until she opens a return request. The return request will also ensure that you get your final value fee credited back.
I am constantly making lists, sometimes several in a day, and I have to consolidate every once in a while. Lists definitely help you organize and remember what needs to be done. I’m one of those persons who will walk into a room and forget why I’m there. Sometimes I remember everything in detail, and sometimes I can hardly remember my kids’ names (or so it seems).
Week of July 23-29
* Total Items in Store: 963
* Items Sold: 26
* Cost of Items Sold: $34.61 + $0 Commission
* Total Sales: $514.17
* Highest Price Sold: $90 Vampire Tarot Card & Book Set – last one!
* Average Price Sold: $19.78
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
* Number of items listed this week: 36Absolutely awesome week for me! My average price sold is a bit low mostly because of the books that are selling one at a time. I have listed some lots of 10-15 books, so hopefully I will see more leaving the house.
I had something kind of crappy happen this week. I’m been looking at auctions on GovDeals.com for quite some time, but not bidding on anything. A few weeks ago, I saw a school township that listed a significant number of marching band uniforms. Initially, their price was $300, and I felt it was too high for me, so I passed. Then they re-listed them at $100. I was in a small bidding war against one other person, but I won the auction at $210 + 5% premium. I paid right away and called & emailed the contact first thing Monday morning. I get an email back later in the afternoon that the township decided that the high school still needed the uniforms, so cancelled the sale. This was within the terms of the deal, but I’m pissed. I think that they didn’t like the price they got, and I bet I see it come up in the month or two. I’ll call GovDeals if that happens, but I’m sure they can’t do anything about it.
Linda – I’ve noticed that as well. I’ve been assuming that someone, either at the local office or at the distribution center, has to verify the package against its initial scan before the information gets online. The other possibility is that their software system is slow to update.
I’ve also noticed that the rate at which the information comes up is different for priority, first class, media, etc.
Lastly – I found, even before I started to collect NJ tax, that I really didn’t have too many customers from within my state. I don’t think that the percentage of NJ customers has changed much from before and after I started collecting tax.
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