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Here you go then. The mark is shown in the last two photos.
It isn’t that exciting as a jar, really. It’s pretty modern, but vintage. I probably would have thrown it out, but someone had made it into a funky craft project. They wrapped the lid in foam and painted it to look like a mushroom. The shape of the jar lent itself to the mushroom theme. I’m guessing a mustard jar.
The maker mark is a three point triangular thingie plus a dot next to it. It’s probably pretty common, but I thought I’d take the pictures and do some quick research. I won’t list if it isn’t worth much. I don’t like to list cheap stuff like this, but it came in an auction lot with other, more valuable items.
Wow – Your death piles mirror mine, except that I’ve accepted the task of listing and shipping dishes. However, I vote for the coats and jackets because of the time of year. Look at Jay and Ryanne sold items and you will see plenty of that selling right now.
My second vote goes to dishes. They are relatively easy to photograph and list, but I get you on the shipping. I have also dropped Smartpost for breakables. For a small stack of dishes, I will wrap them so that one layer of bubblewrap is between each plate plus the top and bottom. Then I “wrap” in cardboard. This whole cocoon should be relatively tightly wrapped. Then I wrap the whole thing in bubblewrap. Finally, I get a big enough box and use packing material to ensure that the cocoon won’t move around too much, but won’t break if a side of the box is pushed in.
I totally get the electronics issue. I actually tested a DVD/VHS combo in the Fall that I know will sell. I got to a point where I needed to test the ability to copy from DVD to VCR, and I didn’t have any blank VHS tapes. Now I do, and I should get a move on. As well as several other piles of electronics. Help!
I don’t have the knowledge myself, but recently found a website for glass bottle marks (I’m trying to identify a jar that I purchased in a auction lot). The link below is the page for marks S through Z. There are several entries for “S in a circle” and the one labeled “S in a circle connecting 4 small raised dots”, which might be the closest. Unfortunately, the website owner doesn’t know which manufacturer it belongs to.
I’ve never had to do this myself, but you can buy a label from USPS.com. You could then save it / print it to a PDF and send that to the buyer.
Maybe someone else has more experience with this issue?
I listed 30 items last week, all of which were part of my death piles. yay!
I had wanted to go to an auction, but we had a snow storm that day. There was an online auction, but I decided that the drive and the prices weren’t worth it. So, I didn’t buy any new inventory. yay!
BUT, there is another auction on Jan 16, and another online auction that ends on Jan 18. Oh boy. Let’s see if I can be careful and only buy stuff I think will net me $30 or more.
In the meantime, I’ve got this week to list. Let’s see what kind of dent I can make!
Steve has mentioned a girlfriend in past comments, but we aren’t really kept up-to-date 🙂
For the caller asking about a damaged blazer, I find that suits can do well. If you think you can get over $30 and the damage is hidden in a pocket, I’d mend it. You can disclose the mend and include a photo.
In general, though, I’m learning not to bother with issues. I purchased a large bag of clothing at the beginning of December that I just listed last week. I found issues with several pieces after looking more closely, and most of those will be donated.
I found two suits with stains, and I’m going to try to clean them up. They are dry clean only, but I’m going to try the delicate cycle with Woolite. If that doesn’t work, out they go!
I did get two Members Only jackets (the first time I’ve scavenged those!). One had a few minor stains, but I still listed it. I’m sure it will sell. The other is a leather jacket with a number of issues. I figured there would still be interest, so I listed it in “Rough Shape” with a lower price. It’s not getting many views, so perhaps it will be a dud. We’ll see …
Week of Dec 31 – Jan 6
* Total Items in Store: 1180
* Items Sold: 14
* Cost of Items Sold: $15.11 + $0 Commission
* Total Sales: $291.16
* Highest Price Sold: $40 Lot of specialty engineering paper, $39.55 Panasonic pencil sharpener
* Average Price Sold: $20.80
* Returns: 0
* Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
* Number of items listed this week: 30Ebay continues to be a bit slow for me. The slowness started about five days before Christmas. I finally got back to listing, so that will help.
It has been very cold here in NJ as well. A snow storm closed school on Thursday and Friday.
If the buyer doesn’t pay after a few days, you can open a unpaid item case. The buyer then has four days to pay for it. If they don’t pay after that time, Ebay closes the deal, the buyer gets a ding, and you can relist your item.
You can set up your unpaid item assistant to open a case for you after a set number of days. I have mine set to 4 days, but I think you can set it for as little as 2 days. I also send a message to the buyer on day 2 and day 3 with friendly reminders. After that, I let Ebay do the rest.
Yes, when you accept the offer, the buyer is obligated to pay for it at that time. That doesn’t mean that something really bad happens to them if they don’t pay. They get some kind of ding on their account. I don’t know what it would mean for them if they get too many dings. I suppose Ebay would close their account if they did it consistently. Otherwise, it isn’t a big deal so buyers will chose not to pay if they changed their minds.
If it is a fake, I don’t think I want to sell it on Ebay. Not worth the risk.
AdventureE – Yes, one shipping label cannot be used for two different boxes. However, Ebay does allow you to purchase a second label for the same listing.
One time I had a set of books that would have been overweight for media mail if I used one box only. I was able to purchase two different labels for the one sale and divide the books between two boxes.
I should add that you need to tape up each cocoon before you wrap the outsides in bubblewrap.
Going forward, when you estimate weight for shipping such an item, you need to consider the outer box, the cardboard for your inner boxes, and all the bubblewrap and packing material. It could come to about 3 pounds more than the weight of the item itself.
