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Whoops, I see I never posted my numbers. Nothing exciting.
Week of Jul 30 – Aug 5
Total Items in Store: 1715 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 9 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $9 + $64 Commission
Total Sales: $238.58 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $90 Lenox Adorn Crystal Large Vase
Average price: $26.50
Returns: 1 (plate arrived damaged)
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 14It is now called eBay International Shipping, and I believe it is automatic. As long as an item is not in a prohibited category, it is eligible for the program.
I listed 14 items this week.
Five of them were to Etsy because my inventory was starting to get a bit low there.
I’m still working on my neighbor’s online auction. The sale of his home keeps getting pushed out, so he isn’t working that fast on going through all his stuff. I do get more time to catalog. One day in the next month or so, I will post huge number here. I’m up to 81 listings already, and I’m sure it’ll be over 100 in the end!!
My biggest sale of the week was a Lenox crystal vase for $90 that is part of my commission sales for my neighbor. This is a another wedding gift that was never used.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185874751651
My next best sale was a globe lamp for $50 that a different neighbor put out at the curb the day before trash day. Through the grapevine, I heard that they have bought a new home that is being renovated, and they will put their current home up for sale sometime in the future. Looks like they are going through their closets little by little. The buyer for the lamp paid a bit over $20 to have it shipped to Oregon.
I just spent a good bit of today going through one last place at my neighbor’s house. It was the attic over garage. I had been up there once and saw a few things that would be sellable, but forgot about going back until recently. He didn’t think much was up there.
I went up and found some interesting things, but my husband gets the scavenger crown for today. There’s an old (genuine) metal milk jug, a vintage Gillette razor (I’ve sold them before and they go for good money), and so forth. But the real kicker was when he decided to make a second trip. He found boxes of sterling; a set of flatware, many salt & pepper shakers (as if she bought out an overstock sale at Bamberger’s), candle sticks, Gorham Christmas ornaments, and so on.
My neighbor has no idea where his wife got this stuff. Crazy to think that he would have sold the house and left it for the new owners. He is giving them a very good price, but the deal is that he can leave the attic filled with garbage that they will have to clean it out.
Anyway, I’m thinking of putting some sterling in his MaxSold auction to create some excitement, and the rest on eBay.
I happened to take a second look today, and I see I misread the 3 bedrooms 4 beds as 3 bathrooms 4 beds. I don’t know how I didn’t see the 1.5 bathrooms. Either way, it is absolutely stunning.
My biggest sale really wasn’t all that big, but it was cool. I found this women’s shirt in a outdoor rummage sale during 2020. The cool part about it was that it was new with tags from the 1960s (maybe even earlier). I paid $3 and sold it for $34.
I can hardly see how the before and after photos are even related. From narrow and boxy to light and airy, just doesn’t compute!
You can click on “Help & contact” on top, and answer the questions until they give option to contact them. Usually it’s a phone number to call, but you can have them call you back. Sometimes you get an option to chat.
Another possibility is to message them on Facebook using the group “eBay for Business”, but sometimes you have to wait a day or two before they get back to you. I usually use that for general questions or requests only.
That new AirBnB is gorgeous. I almost want to take a long weekend in the fall and go. I’ll have to talk to my family about it. One thing about it, other than how nice it looks, is the number of full bathrooms. Your other homes have only one full bathroom, and this one has three.
My week was pretty sucky with three days where I had no sales. Interestingly, I’ve had one sale from Etsy for a few weeks in a row, and I’m getting low in inventory there. I did bid in an online auction last week, so I’ll have to get more inventory back up there.
Week of Jul 23 – 29
Total Items in Store: 1714 eBay, 25 Etsy
Items Sold: 6 eBay, 1 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $3 + $12.50 Commission
Total Sales: $119.17 eBay, $35.90 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $34 for 1960s Lady Sutton Shirt; $35.90 for Vintage Glengoyne Whiskey Pitcher
Average price: $22
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $116
Number of items listed this week: 13I listed 13 items this week.
Julie – I hope you can get the surgery scheduled and everything taken care of quickly. Recently, I’ve had some health issues as well as some family members. I’m reminded of when I was a kid and never wanted to be someone who is so concerned about health, but here we are.
I haven’t been scavenging much because of the work I’m doing for my neighbor, but I decided to bid in a MaxSold auction. I was focused on one lot that had an antique oyster plate that will go for $150 to $200. However, I bid on a few other lots that had a thing or two interesting.
One was a bookcase full of books, mostly contemporary, but it wasn’t the books I was interested in. One of the shelves had a smaller, wood accordion sewing box that I was after. I should get $20 for it, which is nice considering I paid the $1 min bid (plus $0.15 premium). However, when I opened the box, I found some jewelry. It was mostly costume, but some of it should have some value including a really neat belt buckle. But what really caught my eye were two high school or college rings, one is marked sterling and the other 10K. Doing a quick Terrapeak search, I should be able to get about $200 total for the two. So, yeh, those are my scavenges of the week, all for a portion of that $1.15.
@Jay –
I’ve followed your store for years, and I can see that you are making lots of sales through your deep discount. I would say it is working.
I just saw that you sold a Barbie doll yesterday. You might want to go through your store and increase the price on any other Barbie mech. With the movie out Friday along with a big merchandizing blitz, you can expect older stuff to start selling as well.
In my other stalking activities, I can see that Steve has two vids on YouTube that haven’t been uploaded to SL.
I’m looking forward to the photos of the new house. I assume it will be another AirBnB.
In my own news, I noticed that I had two orders with USPS for free shipping supplies that were coming up as completed even though I had not received the orders. One was from May. I called their customer service, and the rep put in the order for me. She didn’t know why my orders haven’t gone through, but said it might be a glitch. Anyone else have issues recently? I had to modify my business policies for the flat rate padded envelope because I have run out.
My sales were decent for this time of year. Interestingly, I’ve had one Etsy sale each for the past three weeks. It had been mostly quiet since the beginning of the year.
Week of Jul 16 – 22
Total Items in Store: 1707 eBay, 26 Etsy
Items Sold: 11 eBay, 1 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $4.06 + $49 Commission
Total Sales: $269.01 eBay, $61 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $45.86 Black Dress NWT; Etsy $61 Vintage Womens Wool Coat Fur Collar
Average price: $27.50
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 15
