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@JasonK – I have a Lionel train set from the 50s/60s that I have to list. This is for my neighbor where I am selling his stuff on commission. Most likely, I will sell it together rather than selling the parts, but I haven’t done the research yet.
Nothing terribly interesting this week except for my biggest sale, a rare atlas. Again, it was for my neighbor on commission, but still nice.
Week of May 7
Total Items in Store: 1715 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 11 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $64 Commission
Total Sales: $324.26 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $169 Historical Atlas US Congressional Districts 1789-1983
Average price: $29.50
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 10@vintagetreasures – I understand that you can get shingles more than once because the virus stays in your system. Thankfully, I just got in on my stomach. What you got sounds horrible.
I managed to list 10 items this week.
I also managed to clean up some items including a few lamps that need rewiring. I’ve mentioned them before and had them on my TDL for a few years. I don’t think I will get to the rewiring part until mid-June.
Yeh, Amatino, you OK?
If you cancel the order, you will refund the buyer automatically. If you refund without canceling, eBay still expects you to ship the item, and you will get a mark against you for not shipping. That mark is worse than the one you get for canceling.
You should notify the buyer first that you have to cancel. Some sellers ask the buyer if they would want something else in your store in place of the item that they ordered. If the buyer says, no, just cancel the order, then you can select “buyer requested to cancel” Then there is no mark against you. Up to you, do a little research to see if you want to try that option.
One more thing; if you have a book that is in an eBay category that doesn’t allow media mail, you can pull the listing into Pirate Ship and buy the label there.
For example, let’s say you have a book about the history of a sports team (and it doesn’t have ads), and you list it in the category for that team’s merchandise. eBay will probably not allow you to buy a media mail label because it isn’t in a book category. So, you just import it into Pirate Ship.
Hope this helps.
Magazines (in general) cannot be sent via media mail because they contain advertisements. I have been shipping magazines in the flat rate padded envelope but adding in a piece of cardboard and a “do not bend” sticker. For anything less than a pound, they can be sent via first class. If you have a stack thicker than can fit in a padded envelope, then parcel is best (but check against FedEx/UPS).
Note that there are a few magazines that don’t have advertisements except for a subscription form or for notices of their other services. I’m not 100% sure, but I have shipped Consumer Reports with media mail. I am sure about a few kids magazines like Ranger Rick and Boy’s Life that don’t have ads.
Robb – I read the information at your link. I believe I exceed the $20k limit if they count the money received for shipping. I am relieved that an exception applies if you use your home as your address. In that case, they will only report your town and state. This information is already listed under item location, so it isn’t a big deal. I don’t think this law will apply to many people here at Scavenger Life.
For some reason, I will not able to post this on Robb’s original post.
I came here to say that mercury in thermometers are fine, but forgot about my older post. Thanks @LukasTreasure!
I recall that I sold all of those thermometers relatively quickly!
Ooo, unless someone sneaks in here while I’m typing, I get to be first!!
I also had a slow week, but my day job was a bit busy, so no big deal. I sold lower priced items, so my average sale is down a bit as well.
Week of Apr 30 – May 6
Total Items in Store: 1714 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 12 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $0 + $64 Commission
Total Sales: $227.02 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $29 Flag blanket
Average price: $18.90
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 77 new listings for me, which was pretty good considering I had a very busy week at my day job.
@Amatino – What a difference some paint can make!
@VintageTreasures – I had the shingles vaccine last year and had a similar reaction. I had shingles in college, and I never want to have it again, so I think the vaccine is well worth it.
@ChristineR – Seems that many high school / college age kids are struggling including one of my own. I hear it from my friends, read it in the news, notice the increase in mental health, and so forth. I’m sure the pandemic had much to do with it, but I believe there are other reasons as well. Hang in there.I’m going to get paid!! 50/50 split of profits, believe me. I expect I should get over $1000.
I put together an online auction for a friend about 3-4 years ago. I got less than 50% (and she did some of the work), but I made $2000. She had some collectables like metal matchbox-like cars made in England and tons of Legos that she did very well with.
I’m working on it. I’ve been organizing the clothes into lots and bringing them over to his house. He wants to move into his new home before I run the auction. I probably won’t start taking photos and setting it up until June, and the auction will be in the beginning of July.
So, Steve, what are you going to do for bar stools now that you have a bar table?
Those TV tables are awesome!
I’ve been listing my interesting sales from the date you cover in your video, but I didn’t sell much April 21 – 28.
I mention this set of 3 antique bread plates that sold for $9 only because I bought them in an auction lot my first year of selling, 2016. They were unmarked and in pretty poor condition, so that didn’t help with price or interest.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185639037277
Here’s a set of baby care pamphlets from the 1950s that sold for $18. They came in a bookshelf of books I purchased in an online auction. Just kind of a cool thing for someone to have saved.
The week started of terrible with no sales Mon or Tues and only one piddling sale Sun and Wed. However, it picked up after that, and Saturday had several sales plus the completion of six items sold to one person. Strangely, I had sold six item to one person the previous week, and I hardly ever get multiple sales.
Week of Apr 23 – 29
Total Items in Store: 1718 eBay, 30 Etsy
Items Sold: 13 eBay, 0 Etsy
Cost of Items Sold: $7.25 + $75 Commission
Total Sales: $274.01 eBay, $0 Etsy; includes fees but no shipping
Highest Price Sold: eBay $55 Kirks Folly Brooch
Average price: $21.07
Returns: 0
Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: $0
Number of items listed this week: 3
